hello everyone and welcome back to
english with Lucy today I have got a
fluency test for you you all seem to
really enjoy the grammar test that I
posted for you last week
so today I’ve got a fluency test but
it’s a little bit different
basically if these things that I’m going
to talk about happen to you it means
that you are fluent so I think it will
be really interesting for you guys to
see how many of these situations have
happened to you and also to give you
something to look forward to I know that
a lot of you are learning English right
now with the intention of one day
becoming fluent so it’ll be really nice
to keep a record of these things and
work towards achieving the next one
before we get started I would just like
to thank the sponsor of today’s video it
is Skillshare and if you haven’t heard
of them before they’re an online
learning community with thousands of
classes of all different topics you can
learn about marketing languages cooking
craft skills honestly there are lessons
for absolutely everyone there are loads
of free classes but you can also sign up
to a premium membership which gives you
unlimited access to high-quality classes
from experts working in their field if
you follow me on Instagram you’ll know
that I love cooking I’m always posting
what I cook on my stories and I’m also
learning Italian and I found a course on
therefore making gelato and it’s been so
interesting gelato is not plain ice
cream guys but to find out more you’ll
have to sign up to Skillshare and it’s
actually really affordable it’s more
affordable than most other learning
platforms an annual subscription is
under $10 per month
and since Skillshare are sponsoring this
video they have given the first 500
people who click the link to sign up in
the description box their first two
months free so click on the link sign up
and there are loads of English courses
and things that you might be interested
in and most importantly let me know how
it goes right let get started with the
lesson so how do you know when you are
fluent in another
language well I’m going to talk to you
about 12 situations and if these
situations have happened to you it means
that you are on your way to becoming
fluent if all of these situations have
happened to you
congratulations you’re fluent so I would
love you to comment down below with how
many of these situations have happened
to you and which ones and also if you
can think of any other indicators of
fluency number one you know how to swear
appropriately so when I learn a language
pretty much the first thing I want to
learn other swear words but when I was
just starting to learn Spanish and I was
with my ex novio I imitated him a lot
and he used to swear a lot not in a bad
way but then I would try and do it but
in the wrong situations and I would get
told off so you know that you are fluent
not only when you know how to swear but
when you know when to swear number two
you are aware of the mistakes that you
make that’s something that I love
hearing when I’m teaching students when
they say something and then they say no
I made a mistake there and then they
correct themselves because that means
that they know what they did wrong and
they are on their path to fluency if you
realize that you’re making mistakes
you’re one step away from just not
making them at all number three you
sometimes don’t even realize that you
are reading or hearing the language
you’re just understanding it without
focusing I would consider myself to be
fluent in Spanish and sometimes I find
myself doing this on the London
Underground when I travel in to record
the podcast on Tuesdays sometimes I just
sit there and I overhear conversations
on the tube because I’m a little bit of
a creep well we’re gonna be honest it’s
because British people don’t talk on the
tube but when a Spanish family comes
along they talk a lot which is no
problem I think it’s weird that we don’t
talk I’ll listen to them and then about
a minute later I’ll realize oh my god
I’m listening in another language and I
didn’t even realize it and it feels
really really good so the next time that
happens to you you should feel really
really good about yourself also I might
see like a meme in Spanish on Instagram
and I’ll be like death
to show it to will next to me and then I
can’t because I realize it’s in Spanish
and it doesn’t translate into English
that well which leads me on to my next
one number four you can understand and
participate in humour so this was a big
pain point for me when I was learning
Spanish I once went with a big group of
friends to watch it mr. Sevilla in
Seville and he’s a Spanish comedian with
a faery thick accent and he speaks
really really quickly and I sat there
thinking I was fluent ready to have a
laugh with everyone and fit in and I
didn’t understand a bloody word muna
full double abre
and I realized I’m not fluent yet now
this one’s a difficult one because some
comedians speak really really quickly so
I’d take this one as you know you’re
really really fluent when you can sit
through a comedy show and laugh at all
the jokes but I would say you’d need to
live in a country for like ten years and
get married and have children there to
even have a chance at understanding a
comedian in another language I sometimes
don’t understand jokes in my own
language the next one number five you
know you are fluent when people don’t
adapt to your level they just go with
the flow and use their normal native
vocabulary including slang expressions
figures of speech the whole hog the
whole hog that’s a figure of speech
means all of it so this is more about
sounding like you’re fluent if people
think that you are completely fluent
they’ll start speaking in a really
relaxed way and expect you to understand
but you can start to feel really really
good about yourself if you actually do
understand everything they’re saying the
next one number six you know you are
fluent when you have a dream in the
language that you’re learning this has
happened to me and it’s been really
really weird I’ve had dreams about my
own family and close friends
speaking in Spanish to me when in
reality they don’t speak Spanish it’s
very very weird I actually have a lot of
very confusing dreams but we won’t get
into that but if you dream in that
language or dream about your close
friends and family speaking to you in
that language you know you’re well on
your way to fluency number seven is
a pretty general one but you know you’re
fluent in the language when you can do
all of the things in that language that
a native person it would be able to do
without even thinking about it like
going to the doctor’s going to the bank
ordering stuff in a bar or cafe giving
directions and that one is something
that I still struggle with because I
just really find it difficult to tell
the difference between left and right
it’s something in my brain I don’t know
why sometimes if I’m driving and I’m at
around about it takes me like a couple
of seconds too long to work out which
car should be allowed to go first left
and right it’s an issue does anyone else
have that problem
number eight now take this one with a
pinch of salt but you know you’re fluent
when you stop having to reach for words
so you stop having to say how did you
say it what’s the word for and like
waiting and reaching for words now
obviously we are all human every now and
again we are going to have to reach for
a word even in our native language but
you’ll notice that once you reach
fluency the rate at which you do it will
decelerate and sometimes you will even
surprise yourself by knowing words that
you didn’t know you know I sometimes do
this in Spanish I’ll come up with a word
and then I’ll be like go Luis I didn’t
know I knew that word it’s a really
weird sensation number nine something we
all aspire to do when we start learning
another language it is to watch a film
without subtitles oh it feels so good
and it means that you are fluent and you
also have a whole new world of art
opened up in front of you and it’s
fantastic and then you can learn so much
more about the culture number ten this
is a big one
and I think it happens to a lot of
people without them realizing it it
definitely happened to me with Spanish
you stopped looking for opportunities to
practice I remember being desperate to
practice my Spanish at any opportunity
it was desperate to meet Spanish people
I just wanted to talk in Spanish and now
I’m really happy if I meet someone in
Spanish so I can have a chat and kind of
brush up on my rusty skills but I’m not
actively
looking for opportunities in which I can
practice so it might be something that
stops gradually and one day you’ll
realize hey I’m not as desperate as I
was to practice I remember when it was
the be-all and end-all for me and now I
know it which of course strictly isn’t
true we can always learn more but your
priorities change number eleven this one
is such a good one and it is you know
when Google Translate is wrong maybe I
shouldn’t say Google Translate all
electronic translation services they
don’t get everything right they are not
perfect and when you know the language
fluently you can correct them and you
can see the amount of errors that they
make and you will probably feel
embarrassed about all your homework that
you did in the past using Google
Translate and how your teacher really
knew that you were using Google
Translate when I was teaching I used to
love it when students would hand me
essays that they’d written obviously
using Google Translate but without
wanting to tell me but they would
misspell a word in their own language
and so that wouldn’t translate and they
would just be like this random
gobbledygook in the middle of a sentence
and the whole sentence wouldn’t make any
sense and I just kind of would put like
a little red cross and be like see me
after class and I’d have to talk to him
about translation service days but don’t
worry and the last one number 12 you
know that you are fluent in another
language when people can’t tell where
you’re from if somebody has to ask you
where are you from I I just can’t tell
from your accent or if they ask you that
you’re from the country of the language
that you are speaking you know you’re
fluent you do my Spanish accent is not
perfect but people do have a hard time
guessing that I’m English because I’ve
worked hard to lose the majority of the
pronunciation errors that speakers of
English usually make in Spanish right
guys that’s it for today’s lesson don’t
forget to comment down below with which
of these situations have happened to you
and if you can add any more to the list
that would be fantastic
also don’t forget to check out
Skillshare remember that the first 500
people that click on the link in the
description box will get their first two
months free and you can connect with me
on all of my social media I’ve got my
Facebook
my Instagram and I’ve got my Twitter and
I will see you soon for another lesson
MA which gives you unlimited access to
[Music]
and since Skillshare and I didn’t
understand a people don’t adapt to your
level
they just number 9 number 9 something we
all aspire to do when we start learning
[Music] you
english with Lucy today I have got a
fluency test for you you all seem to
really enjoy the grammar test that I
posted for you last week
so today I’ve got a fluency test but
it’s a little bit different
basically if these things that I’m going
to talk about happen to you it means
that you are fluent so I think it will
be really interesting for you guys to
see how many of these situations have
happened to you and also to give you
something to look forward to I know that
a lot of you are learning English right
now with the intention of one day
becoming fluent so it’ll be really nice
to keep a record of these things and
work towards achieving the next one
before we get started I would just like
to thank the sponsor of today’s video it
is Skillshare and if you haven’t heard
of them before they’re an online
learning community with thousands of
classes of all different topics you can
learn about marketing languages cooking
craft skills honestly there are lessons
for absolutely everyone there are loads
of free classes but you can also sign up
to a premium membership which gives you
unlimited access to high-quality classes
from experts working in their field if
you follow me on Instagram you’ll know
that I love cooking I’m always posting
what I cook on my stories and I’m also
learning Italian and I found a course on
therefore making gelato and it’s been so
interesting gelato is not plain ice
cream guys but to find out more you’ll
have to sign up to Skillshare and it’s
actually really affordable it’s more
affordable than most other learning
platforms an annual subscription is
under $10 per month
and since Skillshare are sponsoring this
video they have given the first 500
people who click the link to sign up in
the description box their first two
months free so click on the link sign up
and there are loads of English courses
and things that you might be interested
in and most importantly let me know how
it goes right let get started with the
lesson so how do you know when you are
fluent in another
language well I’m going to talk to you
about 12 situations and if these
situations have happened to you it means
that you are on your way to becoming
fluent if all of these situations have
happened to you
congratulations you’re fluent so I would
love you to comment down below with how
many of these situations have happened
to you and which ones and also if you
can think of any other indicators of
fluency number one you know how to swear
appropriately so when I learn a language
pretty much the first thing I want to
learn other swear words but when I was
just starting to learn Spanish and I was
with my ex novio I imitated him a lot
and he used to swear a lot not in a bad
way but then I would try and do it but
in the wrong situations and I would get
told off so you know that you are fluent
not only when you know how to swear but
when you know when to swear number two
you are aware of the mistakes that you
make that’s something that I love
hearing when I’m teaching students when
they say something and then they say no
I made a mistake there and then they
correct themselves because that means
that they know what they did wrong and
they are on their path to fluency if you
realize that you’re making mistakes
you’re one step away from just not
making them at all number three you
sometimes don’t even realize that you
are reading or hearing the language
you’re just understanding it without
focusing I would consider myself to be
fluent in Spanish and sometimes I find
myself doing this on the London
Underground when I travel in to record
the podcast on Tuesdays sometimes I just
sit there and I overhear conversations
on the tube because I’m a little bit of
a creep well we’re gonna be honest it’s
because British people don’t talk on the
tube but when a Spanish family comes
along they talk a lot which is no
problem I think it’s weird that we don’t
talk I’ll listen to them and then about
a minute later I’ll realize oh my god
I’m listening in another language and I
didn’t even realize it and it feels
really really good so the next time that
happens to you you should feel really
really good about yourself also I might
see like a meme in Spanish on Instagram
and I’ll be like death
to show it to will next to me and then I
can’t because I realize it’s in Spanish
and it doesn’t translate into English
that well which leads me on to my next
one number four you can understand and
participate in humour so this was a big
pain point for me when I was learning
Spanish I once went with a big group of
friends to watch it mr. Sevilla in
Seville and he’s a Spanish comedian with
a faery thick accent and he speaks
really really quickly and I sat there
thinking I was fluent ready to have a
laugh with everyone and fit in and I
didn’t understand a bloody word muna
full double abre
and I realized I’m not fluent yet now
this one’s a difficult one because some
comedians speak really really quickly so
I’d take this one as you know you’re
really really fluent when you can sit
through a comedy show and laugh at all
the jokes but I would say you’d need to
live in a country for like ten years and
get married and have children there to
even have a chance at understanding a
comedian in another language I sometimes
don’t understand jokes in my own
language the next one number five you
know you are fluent when people don’t
adapt to your level they just go with
the flow and use their normal native
vocabulary including slang expressions
figures of speech the whole hog the
whole hog that’s a figure of speech
means all of it so this is more about
sounding like you’re fluent if people
think that you are completely fluent
they’ll start speaking in a really
relaxed way and expect you to understand
but you can start to feel really really
good about yourself if you actually do
understand everything they’re saying the
next one number six you know you are
fluent when you have a dream in the
language that you’re learning this has
happened to me and it’s been really
really weird I’ve had dreams about my
own family and close friends
speaking in Spanish to me when in
reality they don’t speak Spanish it’s
very very weird I actually have a lot of
very confusing dreams but we won’t get
into that but if you dream in that
language or dream about your close
friends and family speaking to you in
that language you know you’re well on
your way to fluency number seven is
a pretty general one but you know you’re
fluent in the language when you can do
all of the things in that language that
a native person it would be able to do
without even thinking about it like
going to the doctor’s going to the bank
ordering stuff in a bar or cafe giving
directions and that one is something
that I still struggle with because I
just really find it difficult to tell
the difference between left and right
it’s something in my brain I don’t know
why sometimes if I’m driving and I’m at
around about it takes me like a couple
of seconds too long to work out which
car should be allowed to go first left
and right it’s an issue does anyone else
have that problem
number eight now take this one with a
pinch of salt but you know you’re fluent
when you stop having to reach for words
so you stop having to say how did you
say it what’s the word for and like
waiting and reaching for words now
obviously we are all human every now and
again we are going to have to reach for
a word even in our native language but
you’ll notice that once you reach
fluency the rate at which you do it will
decelerate and sometimes you will even
surprise yourself by knowing words that
you didn’t know you know I sometimes do
this in Spanish I’ll come up with a word
and then I’ll be like go Luis I didn’t
know I knew that word it’s a really
weird sensation number nine something we
all aspire to do when we start learning
another language it is to watch a film
without subtitles oh it feels so good
and it means that you are fluent and you
also have a whole new world of art
opened up in front of you and it’s
fantastic and then you can learn so much
more about the culture number ten this
is a big one
and I think it happens to a lot of
people without them realizing it it
definitely happened to me with Spanish
you stopped looking for opportunities to
practice I remember being desperate to
practice my Spanish at any opportunity
it was desperate to meet Spanish people
I just wanted to talk in Spanish and now
I’m really happy if I meet someone in
Spanish so I can have a chat and kind of
brush up on my rusty skills but I’m not
actively
looking for opportunities in which I can
practice so it might be something that
stops gradually and one day you’ll
realize hey I’m not as desperate as I
was to practice I remember when it was
the be-all and end-all for me and now I
know it which of course strictly isn’t
true we can always learn more but your
priorities change number eleven this one
is such a good one and it is you know
when Google Translate is wrong maybe I
shouldn’t say Google Translate all
electronic translation services they
don’t get everything right they are not
perfect and when you know the language
fluently you can correct them and you
can see the amount of errors that they
make and you will probably feel
embarrassed about all your homework that
you did in the past using Google
Translate and how your teacher really
knew that you were using Google
Translate when I was teaching I used to
love it when students would hand me
essays that they’d written obviously
using Google Translate but without
wanting to tell me but they would
misspell a word in their own language
and so that wouldn’t translate and they
would just be like this random
gobbledygook in the middle of a sentence
and the whole sentence wouldn’t make any
sense and I just kind of would put like
a little red cross and be like see me
after class and I’d have to talk to him
about translation service days but don’t
worry and the last one number 12 you
know that you are fluent in another
language when people can’t tell where
you’re from if somebody has to ask you
where are you from I I just can’t tell
from your accent or if they ask you that
you’re from the country of the language
that you are speaking you know you’re
fluent you do my Spanish accent is not
perfect but people do have a hard time
guessing that I’m English because I’ve
worked hard to lose the majority of the
pronunciation errors that speakers of
English usually make in Spanish right
guys that’s it for today’s lesson don’t
forget to comment down below with which
of these situations have happened to you
and if you can add any more to the list
that would be fantastic
also don’t forget to check out
Skillshare remember that the first 500
people that click on the link in the
description box will get their first two
months free and you can connect with me
on all of my social media I’ve got my
my Instagram and I’ve got my Twitter and
I will see you soon for another lesson
MA which gives you unlimited access to
[Music]
and since Skillshare and I didn’t
understand a people don’t adapt to your
level
they just number 9 number 9 something we
all aspire to do when we start learning
[Music] you
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