everyone and welcome back to english
with lucy today i am going to talk to
you about the four things that you need
to study every single day if you want to
improve your english quickly in a short
period of time now i have made quite a
few videos about how you can incorporate
and integrate english into your daily
life but this video is going to take it
a step further throughout this video i
am going to answer
loads of the most popular questions that
you put underneath all of my videos
questions like how do I know which
vocabulary I should learn or how can I
know where to start with grammar what
order do I go in there are so many
YouTube videos out there but I don’t
know which order to follow or questions
like how often should i schedule classes
with teachers or another really
important question what’s more important
grammar or pronunciation should I learn
grammar first and then perfect my
pronunciation or should I speak English
with perfect pronunciation and bad
grammar which should I do first I’m
going to be discussing all of that with
you today so let’s get started the first
thing that you should study every single
day if you want to become fluent quickly
its pronunciation with pronunciation
practice makes perfect which is why I’m
asking you to do it every single day and
my honest professional opinion is that
pronunciation should be studied from the
very very beginning I’m not sure about
your experience with English teachers
please comment down below if you’ve had
a good or a bad experience but I’ve seen
many teachers put too little emphasis on
pronunciation and too much emphasis on
grammar I taught in Spain and I saw
students leave school with great grammar
sometimes better than my own but I
couldn’t understand what they were
saying because their pronunciation was
so bad and by then that they had spent
so long speaking with bad pronounce
d–ation that it was really hard for
them to make a change so what I’m saying
to you is don’t learn grammar first and
then introduce pronunciation at a later
date start with pronunciation the best
thing to do is just to study them both
at the same time but really really make
an emphasis on pronunciation because
grammar is a strict set of rules but
pronunciation is a lot harder there’s an
art to it correct pronunciation helps
with so much more than just sounding
like you know how to speak English
knowing correct pronunciation will
transform how you understand other
people once you know how a word is
pronounced you will understand it when
somebody says it to you students always
ask me why their listening skills are so
bad and I tell them it’s probably
because your pronunciation skills are
lacking you don’t know how to say the
word so how will you understand when
someone else says it to you so how can
we improve our pronunciation well
obviously this lesson is far too short
to teach you absolutely everything but I
would say that the best place to start
is the IPA the international phonetic
alphabet please let me know down below
in the comments if you would like me to
do a series on the IPA because I have
been considering it for some time now in
complicated terms the IPA is an
alphabetic system of phonetic notation
based on the Latin language but in
simple terms it’s a tool that will help
you understand phonetic transcriptions
those little squiggly weird words that I
often put in my pronunciation videos
once you understand how to read and
comprehend transcriptions you’ll be able
to understand any word you read in a
dictionary I have put a link in the
description box to my absolute favorite
interactive IPA chart you click on each
element and somebody says it for you
it’s brilliant if you dedicate yourself
to learning one phoneme or one diphthong
each day within two months you will know
the whole thing so practice every day
other ways that you can improve your
pronunciation listen to how native speak
that’s a given and also do some research
on the differences
between English accents for example
British English RP received
pronunciation and general American once
you understand the differences you’ll be
more in tune to the general
pronunciation of English right point
number 2 lessons with teachers this part
of the video is sponsored by lingo des
but I’m going to give you highly highly
relevant information on how to improve
your language skills on a daily basis
yes that’s right
how often should you schedule in a
lesson with a teacher if you want the
absolute best you can get you need to do
it
every single day now normally this isn’t
really an option for people but listen
to what I have to say because I think it
might surprise you this video is about
what you can study every day to improve
your language skills five minutes on a
language or a capillary app each day
will help but it won’t be enough on its
own weekly lessons at a walk-in language
school will help but again progress will
be very slow the lingo de language
marathon is the perfect way to study
every single day and make a massive
massive impact on your fluency over
10,000 students have participated in the
previous four language marathons over
the past few years and for many it’s
transformed their lives it’s helped some
get a new job it helps them make new
friends and it’s helped others study and
work in other countries many of them
have shared their experiences with all
of us and there’s a link down below to
where you can read about it on the lingo
– website you can also have a look at
lingo – Instagram page to see more
inspiring stories so what is the lingo
to language marathon well it’s basically
a really motivating study challenge you
study every day unless you take the half
marathon where you study slightly less
and if you complete the marathon
successfully you get a 100% refund or a
50% refund if you do the half marathon
that is such a great incentive that will
really stop you from procrastinating the
marathon starts on the 27th of May 2019
and goes on until the 24th of August
2009
you can take one class per day every day
that’s thirty classes for the full
marathon and fifteen classes for the
half marathon per month you can join the
marathon in English French Spanish
German and business English and it’s
suitable for every level beginner to
advanced so how do you participate well
you need to sign up to the marathon
before the thirteenth of May after
paying the five euro entry fee which
secures your spot in the marathon you’ll
automatically be enrolled into a
three-month subscription now I have a
special discount code for you and that
means that you don’t have to pay the
entry fee just click on the link in the
description box and sign up with my code
speak one and it will be discounted for
you now as if studying every single day
for three months wasn’t good enough
don’t forget that lingo des will refund
your marathon fee in full when you
attend that agreed number of classes
each month you’ll need to show up on
time and you will need to actively
participate in the classes if you book a
class and miss it or fail to book a
class at all you can still continue on
with the marathon but you won’t qualify
for the refund places in the marathon
are limited so sign up now to avoid
disappointment
also make sure you familiarize yourself
with the terms and conditions previous
marathon graduates have said that this
is the key to achieving the refund the
marathon is an incredible opportunity to
take your English to the next level
quickly and effectively so how many
students would jump at the chance to
take an English lesson with a native
qualified teacher every single day for
three months and the fact that you can
get your money back
as an extra motivational incentive it’s
the icing on the cake alternatively if
you don’t think that the language
marathon is for you you can check out
lingo as flexible subscription packages
and book a free trial class if you do
decide to go ahead with the marathon
please let me know how it goes I wish
you the absolute best of luck point
number three grammar I receive so many
questions about grammar people seem to
be so confused about where to start
people want me to number my videos and
put them in order
I have to tell you sometimes following a
strict order isn’t the best way to learn
a language now you know that my saying
is don’t wait for someone else to
educate you educate yourself well I’m
going to say the same thing again you
need to test yourself you need to find
out where you’re lacking in grammar
skills and then you need to fill in the
blanks the order in which you need to
study grammar will be very different to
the order in which your friend needs to
study grammar I’ve linked a really good
website down below if I were you I would
go through every single English level
from a2 onwards or maybe even a1 and if
you get a question wrong or if you get
multiple questions wrong you need to
review that grammar topic if you don’t
feel completely confident with the
grammar you need to revise it you
shouldn’t think oh well the present
simple was the first lesson we ever had
when I was 10 years old so I don’t need
to do that again I need to learn the
conditionals and the subjunctive like a
house you need to have strong
foundations this is all about
identifying your weak spots and making
them strong spots how can you study
effectively if you don’t know where
you’re lacking it just doesn’t make
sense but it always surprises me how few
students take this approach to learning
grammar so you know what you need to do
now click on the link in the description
box test yourself at every single level
and then write down all the topics that
you need to do and then study them in
order of level and that is the order in
which you need to study grammar simple
right on to the last topic and possibly
the biggest topic it is vocabulary lots
of students ask me what vocabulary they
should learn well it all depends on what
your goal is with learning English if
you’re learning English simply to pass
an exam if that’s your priority then
your priority should be learning the
exam vocabulary most exam boards will
have a full list of all of the
vocabulary that you need to know up to a
certain level make sure you have that
list cross out every single word that
you immediately recognized and then
condense the list of unrecognized words
and study from that now words that are
not
on your curriculum are likely to pop up
and appear in exams this is why you need
to read around the subject exams usually
have set topics you might have to talk
about holidays you might have to talk
about weather you might have to talk
about business growth who knows every
single day you need to choose a topic
and you need to read an article around
it that will really help you build your
topic specific vocabulary
now what if you were learning English
because you want to become fluent not
because you want to take an exam in that
case the most sensible option for you is
to learn vocabulary that you come across
in your daily life now I’ve spoken so
many times about the word diary I
mentioned it quickly again now always
have a notepad or a phone list handy on
you every time you see something and you
don’t know how to say it in English
note it down and then at the end of the
day research what they are in English
and have that list to study from you
should make a habit of contemplating the
conversations that you might have that
you are likely to have with your peers
your colleagues your friends your family
and consider the vocabulary that you
might need to have successful
conversations in those situations at
work you might be talking about what’s
for lunch you might be talking about
timekeeping you might be talking about
meetings you need to talk about what
you’re having for lunch go on YouTube
and search for what I eat in a day
videos that would be a pretty good way
of taking in some more vocabulary if
you’ve got a friend that likes dog
training or something like that watch
some dog training videos with subtitles
and try and take in some more vocabulary
you’ve got to be so proactive in the way
that you approach learning vocabulary
because there is so much to learn
start with what you really need and what
you think you’ll be able to practice
frequently and then slowly expand to
things that you are less interested in
or less likely to use right that’s it
for today’s lesson I hope you enjoyed it
and I really hope you learned something
don’t forget to check out the lingo to
language marathon the sign up link is in
the description box and you can use my
code speak 1 to get a 100 percent
discount on your entry fee and you can
check out my social media I’ve got my
Instagram I’ve got my Facebook and I’ve
got my Twitter and I’ll see you soon for
another lesson know how to improve
you’re speaking hmm why don’t I get it
previous for manga language lengthens so
how can we predict renews the
pronunciation lesson Pranay I cooperate
and integrate English into a date what
well [Music]
with lucy today i am going to talk to
you about the four things that you need
to study every single day if you want to
improve your english quickly in a short
period of time now i have made quite a
few videos about how you can incorporate
and integrate english into your daily
life but this video is going to take it
a step further throughout this video i
am going to answer
loads of the most popular questions that
you put underneath all of my videos
questions like how do I know which
vocabulary I should learn or how can I
know where to start with grammar what
order do I go in there are so many
YouTube videos out there but I don’t
know which order to follow or questions
like how often should i schedule classes
with teachers or another really
important question what’s more important
grammar or pronunciation should I learn
grammar first and then perfect my
pronunciation or should I speak English
with perfect pronunciation and bad
grammar which should I do first I’m
going to be discussing all of that with
you today so let’s get started the first
thing that you should study every single
day if you want to become fluent quickly
its pronunciation with pronunciation
practice makes perfect which is why I’m
asking you to do it every single day and
my honest professional opinion is that
pronunciation should be studied from the
very very beginning I’m not sure about
your experience with English teachers
please comment down below if you’ve had
a good or a bad experience but I’ve seen
many teachers put too little emphasis on
pronunciation and too much emphasis on
grammar I taught in Spain and I saw
students leave school with great grammar
sometimes better than my own but I
couldn’t understand what they were
saying because their pronunciation was
so bad and by then that they had spent
so long speaking with bad pronounce
d–ation that it was really hard for
them to make a change so what I’m saying
to you is don’t learn grammar first and
then introduce pronunciation at a later
date start with pronunciation the best
thing to do is just to study them both
at the same time but really really make
an emphasis on pronunciation because
grammar is a strict set of rules but
pronunciation is a lot harder there’s an
art to it correct pronunciation helps
with so much more than just sounding
like you know how to speak English
knowing correct pronunciation will
transform how you understand other
people once you know how a word is
pronounced you will understand it when
somebody says it to you students always
ask me why their listening skills are so
bad and I tell them it’s probably
because your pronunciation skills are
lacking you don’t know how to say the
word so how will you understand when
someone else says it to you so how can
we improve our pronunciation well
obviously this lesson is far too short
to teach you absolutely everything but I
would say that the best place to start
is the IPA the international phonetic
alphabet please let me know down below
in the comments if you would like me to
do a series on the IPA because I have
been considering it for some time now in
complicated terms the IPA is an
alphabetic system of phonetic notation
based on the Latin language but in
simple terms it’s a tool that will help
you understand phonetic transcriptions
those little squiggly weird words that I
often put in my pronunciation videos
once you understand how to read and
comprehend transcriptions you’ll be able
to understand any word you read in a
dictionary I have put a link in the
description box to my absolute favorite
interactive IPA chart you click on each
element and somebody says it for you
it’s brilliant if you dedicate yourself
to learning one phoneme or one diphthong
each day within two months you will know
the whole thing so practice every day
other ways that you can improve your
pronunciation listen to how native speak
that’s a given and also do some research
on the differences
between English accents for example
British English RP received
pronunciation and general American once
you understand the differences you’ll be
more in tune to the general
pronunciation of English right point
number 2 lessons with teachers this part
of the video is sponsored by lingo des
but I’m going to give you highly highly
relevant information on how to improve
your language skills on a daily basis
yes that’s right
how often should you schedule in a
lesson with a teacher if you want the
absolute best you can get you need to do
it
every single day now normally this isn’t
really an option for people but listen
to what I have to say because I think it
might surprise you this video is about
what you can study every day to improve
your language skills five minutes on a
language or a capillary app each day
will help but it won’t be enough on its
own weekly lessons at a walk-in language
school will help but again progress will
be very slow the lingo de language
marathon is the perfect way to study
every single day and make a massive
massive impact on your fluency over
10,000 students have participated in the
previous four language marathons over
the past few years and for many it’s
transformed their lives it’s helped some
get a new job it helps them make new
friends and it’s helped others study and
work in other countries many of them
have shared their experiences with all
of us and there’s a link down below to
where you can read about it on the lingo
– website you can also have a look at
lingo – Instagram page to see more
inspiring stories so what is the lingo
to language marathon well it’s basically
a really motivating study challenge you
study every day unless you take the half
marathon where you study slightly less
and if you complete the marathon
successfully you get a 100% refund or a
50% refund if you do the half marathon
that is such a great incentive that will
really stop you from procrastinating the
marathon starts on the 27th of May 2019
and goes on until the 24th of August
2009
you can take one class per day every day
that’s thirty classes for the full
marathon and fifteen classes for the
half marathon per month you can join the
marathon in English French Spanish
German and business English and it’s
suitable for every level beginner to
advanced so how do you participate well
you need to sign up to the marathon
before the thirteenth of May after
paying the five euro entry fee which
secures your spot in the marathon you’ll
automatically be enrolled into a
three-month subscription now I have a
special discount code for you and that
means that you don’t have to pay the
entry fee just click on the link in the
description box and sign up with my code
speak one and it will be discounted for
you now as if studying every single day
for three months wasn’t good enough
don’t forget that lingo des will refund
your marathon fee in full when you
attend that agreed number of classes
each month you’ll need to show up on
time and you will need to actively
participate in the classes if you book a
class and miss it or fail to book a
class at all you can still continue on
with the marathon but you won’t qualify
for the refund places in the marathon
are limited so sign up now to avoid
disappointment
also make sure you familiarize yourself
with the terms and conditions previous
marathon graduates have said that this
is the key to achieving the refund the
marathon is an incredible opportunity to
take your English to the next level
quickly and effectively so how many
students would jump at the chance to
take an English lesson with a native
qualified teacher every single day for
three months and the fact that you can
get your money back
as an extra motivational incentive it’s
the icing on the cake alternatively if
you don’t think that the language
marathon is for you you can check out
lingo as flexible subscription packages
and book a free trial class if you do
decide to go ahead with the marathon
please let me know how it goes I wish
you the absolute best of luck point
number three grammar I receive so many
questions about grammar people seem to
be so confused about where to start
people want me to number my videos and
put them in order
I have to tell you sometimes following a
strict order isn’t the best way to learn
a language now you know that my saying
is don’t wait for someone else to
educate you educate yourself well I’m
going to say the same thing again you
need to test yourself you need to find
out where you’re lacking in grammar
skills and then you need to fill in the
blanks the order in which you need to
study grammar will be very different to
the order in which your friend needs to
study grammar I’ve linked a really good
website down below if I were you I would
go through every single English level
from a2 onwards or maybe even a1 and if
you get a question wrong or if you get
multiple questions wrong you need to
review that grammar topic if you don’t
feel completely confident with the
grammar you need to revise it you
shouldn’t think oh well the present
simple was the first lesson we ever had
when I was 10 years old so I don’t need
to do that again I need to learn the
conditionals and the subjunctive like a
house you need to have strong
foundations this is all about
identifying your weak spots and making
them strong spots how can you study
effectively if you don’t know where
you’re lacking it just doesn’t make
sense but it always surprises me how few
students take this approach to learning
grammar so you know what you need to do
now click on the link in the description
box test yourself at every single level
and then write down all the topics that
you need to do and then study them in
order of level and that is the order in
which you need to study grammar simple
right on to the last topic and possibly
the biggest topic it is vocabulary lots
of students ask me what vocabulary they
should learn well it all depends on what
your goal is with learning English if
you’re learning English simply to pass
an exam if that’s your priority then
your priority should be learning the
exam vocabulary most exam boards will
have a full list of all of the
vocabulary that you need to know up to a
certain level make sure you have that
list cross out every single word that
you immediately recognized and then
condense the list of unrecognized words
and study from that now words that are
not
on your curriculum are likely to pop up
and appear in exams this is why you need
to read around the subject exams usually
have set topics you might have to talk
about holidays you might have to talk
about weather you might have to talk
about business growth who knows every
single day you need to choose a topic
and you need to read an article around
it that will really help you build your
topic specific vocabulary
now what if you were learning English
because you want to become fluent not
because you want to take an exam in that
case the most sensible option for you is
to learn vocabulary that you come across
in your daily life now I’ve spoken so
many times about the word diary I
mentioned it quickly again now always
have a notepad or a phone list handy on
you every time you see something and you
don’t know how to say it in English
note it down and then at the end of the
day research what they are in English
and have that list to study from you
should make a habit of contemplating the
conversations that you might have that
you are likely to have with your peers
your colleagues your friends your family
and consider the vocabulary that you
might need to have successful
conversations in those situations at
work you might be talking about what’s
for lunch you might be talking about
timekeeping you might be talking about
meetings you need to talk about what
you’re having for lunch go on YouTube
and search for what I eat in a day
videos that would be a pretty good way
of taking in some more vocabulary if
you’ve got a friend that likes dog
training or something like that watch
some dog training videos with subtitles
and try and take in some more vocabulary
you’ve got to be so proactive in the way
that you approach learning vocabulary
because there is so much to learn
start with what you really need and what
you think you’ll be able to practice
frequently and then slowly expand to
things that you are less interested in
or less likely to use right that’s it
for today’s lesson I hope you enjoyed it
and I really hope you learned something
don’t forget to check out the lingo to
language marathon the sign up link is in
the description box and you can use my
code speak 1 to get a 100 percent
discount on your entry fee and you can
check out my social media I’ve got my
Instagram I’ve got my Facebook and I’ve
got my Twitter and I’ll see you soon for
another lesson know how to improve
you’re speaking hmm why don’t I get it
previous for manga language lengthens so
how can we predict renews the
pronunciation lesson Pranay I cooperate
and integrate English into a date what
well [Music]
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