well hey there I’m Emma from mmm English
today we’re going to talk about leveling
up your English taking your English to
the next level from intermediate to
upper intermediate from upper
intermediate to advanced and beyond we
can all agree the becoming fluent in a
language has its highs and it’s lows
some of you are further along in your
language journey than others some of you
spend more hours practicing every week
and some of you work harder than others
to improve your English am i right but
I’ve got a question for you do you feel
like you’ve reached a point in your
English where you’ve plateaued you’ve
made lots and lots of progress in the
past and now it feels a bit flat your
progress is really slowed down you’ve
lost energy and momentum you’re not
improving as quickly as you want to but
perhaps this is how you’re feeling right
now the feeling of being stuck with your
progress is really really common most
language learners regardless of the
language they can relate to this feeling
but what we need to do together is push
through from intermediate level to upper
intermediate to advanced fluent English
but how are we going to do this well
I’ve got a few useful tips to help you
push through and keep climbing that
mountain but before we get started if
you have a friend who’s been feeling
miserable about their English progress
and they think they would love to level
up with you then please share this video
with them too it’s always good to have a
friend with you
keep your accountable and to practice
together tip number one expand your
vocabulary expand it make it bigger
wider broader this may seem like a
really obvious tip but it can be really
really easy to get stuck using the same
words over and over and over again
it’s what’s comfortable and it’s what’s
easy
hey if you can communicate your message
in English do you really need to learn
more well if you’re happy with your
current level of English then maybe not
maybe what you’ve got is perfectly okay
but if you want to take your English to
the next level then you do need to
improve your vocabulary range which can
seem like a bit of an overwhelming task
where do you start actually using the
new words that you learn is the key to
acquiring new vocabulary so make the new
words relevant make sure you use them
look for interesting new practice
materials new shows on Netflix or TED
Talks or different podcasts our world is
so full of information and opinions and
ideas and most of them can be found at
anytime in your pocket look for new
interesting content always don’t get
stuck watching the same shows listening
to the same things over and over again
if you love talking about food don’t
just watch cooking shows but search for
podcasts where people are discussing
topics and issues about food or even
better join online groups or communities
that discuss ideas and trends about
these topics daily even if you’re not
ready to participate in these
discussions in these groups you can see
what other people are
talking about what they’re chatting
about this is an endless supply of new
ideas and words and topics and they’re
real they’re current relevant
conversations that will help you to keep
motivated and interested in learning and
practicing your English you won’t even
notice that you’re studying so tell me
what topics are you most interested in
what conversations do you love to have
in English can you add them in a comment
below this video who knows I might even
be able to recommend an online group to
join about this topic or perhaps someone
else who’s watching might even be able
to recommend one for you now I shared
some tips on learning new vocabulary in
this lesson right here you might want to
check that out next but before we move
on when it comes to vocabulary as you’re
watching a youtube video take notes of
the new words that you hear turn on the
subtitles and rewind the video a little
so that you can really understand how
the words are used by the way I write
all of my own subtitles on English
lessons so you can see exactly what I’m
saying if you ever need to check the
subtitles and you can turn them on just
down there okay next tip get used to
different English accents now hands up
if you’ve ever experienced this
situation you just start feeling
confident with your English speaking
skills and you’re feeling pretty chuffed
with yourself right and then suddenly
you find yourself in a conversation with
someone that has an English accent that
you’re not used to or someone who speaks
really fast there is nothing that leaves
you feeling more deflated and miserable
right in the US Australia England people
speak English with different accents and
their Scottish and Irish
Jaxon’s and south african canadian new
zealand but then there’s everyone else
who’s learned english as a second
language which is by far the majority of
English speakers English is spoken by
about 20% of the world’s population
which is about 1.5 billion people but
only about 25% of those 1.5 billion are
native English speakers and since
English is the most studied language in
the world there will be many many many
more non-native English speakers in the
future so you really need to get
comfortable listening to English in
different accents search for videos and
lessons from teachers with different
accents watch movies from different
english-speaking parts of the world
don’t just watch American movies and
speak with people who have different
English accents find a speaking partner
from Iran or from Brazil and practice
speaking with them oh right the next tip
is use English filler words learn them
and train yourself to use them filler
words are meaningless words that can be
used when you’re pausing or you’re
hesitating while speaking it helps other
people in a conversation to know that
you haven’t finished yet but you’re just
thinking about what you’re going to say
next
so you’ll likely have these filler words
in your own language as well but they’re
probably different in English okay well
right basically you see I guess like
I mean you know pausing or hesitating in
conversation is normal especially when
you need an extra moment to think about
what you’re gonna say next and since we
use filler words without actually really
thinking about them your instinct or
your habit will be to use filler words
from your native language but instead I
want you to think about these English
filler words and next time you can’t
think of a word try to use them instead
try to get into the habit of using words
and sounds that are natural in English
now it’s important not to overuse these
filler words for example I actually like
literally sound totally ah you know
awful try not to do that I sounded
really unsure and confused and not very
confident then when I was speaking but
when used correctly filler words can
actually help to join your thoughts
together and make your speech flow a
little more naturally I mean if you
think about it filler words can be well
well they can be really helpful
sometimes uh-huh phrasal verbs now
English speakers use tons of phrasal
verbs you’ll hear them everywhere
especially in spoken English phrasal
verbs are really really common but
they’re a nightmare to try and learn
aren’t they
phrasal verbs are a verb followed by a
preposition or an adverb and together
that creates a new meaning often a
completely different meaning to the
original meaning of the verb now I’ve
got a whole playlist up here about
phrasal verbs with tips to help you
study them and
use them so definitely check it out at
some point but let’s look at a few
examples right here please come in
please come up with the answer to this
question please come forward with any
information that you hear about the
crime see what I mean these three
sentences have totally different
meanings come in means something
different from come up and something
different from come forward and all of
those meanings are different from the
original meaning of the verb come now we
know that phrasal verbs are tricky to
learn and it’s so so important that
you’re learning them in context so
what’s my recommendation set a goal to
learn and to use one new phrasal verb
everyday just one train your tongue you
can have perfect listening skills and
perfect grammar but if you can’t
communicate your message clearly with
your mouth and your tongue well it’s
really difficult to feel positive about
your speaking skills good pronunciation
is definitely one very very important
part of pushing your English to the next
level now think about it this way if you
want to improve your arm strength or
your leg strength what do you do you
exercise hit the gym you workout we
train our muscles to be stronger now the
tongue is also a muscle and it can also
be trained there are some English sounds
that just don’t exist in your native
language it’s a fact so of course it’s
normal if your tongue just can’t make
those sounds at first but it doesn’t
mean that you can never make those
sounds with a little bit of training and
a little bit of hard work your tongue
and your mouth will be able to make
those
now firstly you really need to know
which sounds are difficult for you which
are the sounds that you really need to
practice
maybe the th sound maybe the sound is
really hard for you and perhaps you say
shicken instead of chicken so find video
lessons that focus on the sound that you
need help with and study it then choose
a word that has that sound a tricky one
right and say it over and over and over
again squirrel squirrel squirrel
squirrel squirrel say it until you can’t
say it anymore
until your tongue is really tired and
will feel tired just like your stomach’s
going to feel tired after you do 100
sit-ups but that is still what if you
practice pronunciation while you were
exercising hmm six-six-six as you train
your tongue muscles those tricky words
and sounds will become easier and easier
to make it just takes a little practice
consistent practice
so there are my tips to help you level
up in English and I want to know if
you’ve got any others that you want to
add please share them in the comments
below if you’re an advanced level
english learner how do you push through
the difficult times the times when you
almost gave up how did you take your
english to the next level can you share
any advice with the other English
learners who are here watching today
here are the links to some of the
lessons that I talked about during this video so I’ll see you in the next lesson
today we’re going to talk about leveling
up your English taking your English to
the next level from intermediate to
upper intermediate from upper
intermediate to advanced and beyond we
can all agree the becoming fluent in a
language has its highs and it’s lows
some of you are further along in your
language journey than others some of you
spend more hours practicing every week
and some of you work harder than others
to improve your English am i right but
I’ve got a question for you do you feel
like you’ve reached a point in your
English where you’ve plateaued you’ve
made lots and lots of progress in the
past and now it feels a bit flat your
progress is really slowed down you’ve
lost energy and momentum you’re not
improving as quickly as you want to but
perhaps this is how you’re feeling right
now the feeling of being stuck with your
progress is really really common most
language learners regardless of the
language they can relate to this feeling
but what we need to do together is push
through from intermediate level to upper
intermediate to advanced fluent English
but how are we going to do this well
I’ve got a few useful tips to help you
push through and keep climbing that
mountain but before we get started if
you have a friend who’s been feeling
miserable about their English progress
and they think they would love to level
up with you then please share this video
with them too it’s always good to have a
friend with you
keep your accountable and to practice
together tip number one expand your
vocabulary expand it make it bigger
wider broader this may seem like a
really obvious tip but it can be really
really easy to get stuck using the same
words over and over and over again
it’s what’s comfortable and it’s what’s
easy
hey if you can communicate your message
in English do you really need to learn
more well if you’re happy with your
current level of English then maybe not
maybe what you’ve got is perfectly okay
but if you want to take your English to
the next level then you do need to
improve your vocabulary range which can
seem like a bit of an overwhelming task
where do you start actually using the
new words that you learn is the key to
acquiring new vocabulary so make the new
words relevant make sure you use them
look for interesting new practice
materials new shows on Netflix or TED
Talks or different podcasts our world is
so full of information and opinions and
ideas and most of them can be found at
anytime in your pocket look for new
interesting content always don’t get
stuck watching the same shows listening
to the same things over and over again
if you love talking about food don’t
just watch cooking shows but search for
podcasts where people are discussing
topics and issues about food or even
better join online groups or communities
that discuss ideas and trends about
these topics daily even if you’re not
ready to participate in these
discussions in these groups you can see
what other people are
talking about what they’re chatting
about this is an endless supply of new
ideas and words and topics and they’re
real they’re current relevant
conversations that will help you to keep
motivated and interested in learning and
practicing your English you won’t even
notice that you’re studying so tell me
what topics are you most interested in
what conversations do you love to have
in English can you add them in a comment
below this video who knows I might even
be able to recommend an online group to
join about this topic or perhaps someone
else who’s watching might even be able
to recommend one for you now I shared
some tips on learning new vocabulary in
this lesson right here you might want to
check that out next but before we move
on when it comes to vocabulary as you’re
watching a youtube video take notes of
the new words that you hear turn on the
subtitles and rewind the video a little
so that you can really understand how
the words are used by the way I write
all of my own subtitles on English
lessons so you can see exactly what I’m
saying if you ever need to check the
subtitles and you can turn them on just
down there okay next tip get used to
different English accents now hands up
if you’ve ever experienced this
situation you just start feeling
confident with your English speaking
skills and you’re feeling pretty chuffed
with yourself right and then suddenly
you find yourself in a conversation with
someone that has an English accent that
you’re not used to or someone who speaks
really fast there is nothing that leaves
you feeling more deflated and miserable
right in the US Australia England people
speak English with different accents and
their Scottish and Irish
Jaxon’s and south african canadian new
zealand but then there’s everyone else
who’s learned english as a second
language which is by far the majority of
English speakers English is spoken by
about 20% of the world’s population
which is about 1.5 billion people but
only about 25% of those 1.5 billion are
native English speakers and since
English is the most studied language in
the world there will be many many many
more non-native English speakers in the
future so you really need to get
comfortable listening to English in
different accents search for videos and
lessons from teachers with different
accents watch movies from different
english-speaking parts of the world
don’t just watch American movies and
speak with people who have different
English accents find a speaking partner
from Iran or from Brazil and practice
speaking with them oh right the next tip
is use English filler words learn them
and train yourself to use them filler
words are meaningless words that can be
used when you’re pausing or you’re
hesitating while speaking it helps other
people in a conversation to know that
you haven’t finished yet but you’re just
thinking about what you’re going to say
next
so you’ll likely have these filler words
in your own language as well but they’re
probably different in English okay well
right basically you see I guess like
I mean you know pausing or hesitating in
conversation is normal especially when
you need an extra moment to think about
what you’re gonna say next and since we
use filler words without actually really
thinking about them your instinct or
your habit will be to use filler words
from your native language but instead I
want you to think about these English
filler words and next time you can’t
think of a word try to use them instead
try to get into the habit of using words
and sounds that are natural in English
now it’s important not to overuse these
filler words for example I actually like
literally sound totally ah you know
awful try not to do that I sounded
really unsure and confused and not very
confident then when I was speaking but
when used correctly filler words can
actually help to join your thoughts
together and make your speech flow a
little more naturally I mean if you
think about it filler words can be well
well they can be really helpful
sometimes uh-huh phrasal verbs now
English speakers use tons of phrasal
verbs you’ll hear them everywhere
especially in spoken English phrasal
verbs are really really common but
they’re a nightmare to try and learn
aren’t they
phrasal verbs are a verb followed by a
preposition or an adverb and together
that creates a new meaning often a
completely different meaning to the
original meaning of the verb now I’ve
got a whole playlist up here about
phrasal verbs with tips to help you
study them and
use them so definitely check it out at
some point but let’s look at a few
examples right here please come in
please come up with the answer to this
question please come forward with any
information that you hear about the
crime see what I mean these three
sentences have totally different
meanings come in means something
different from come up and something
different from come forward and all of
those meanings are different from the
original meaning of the verb come now we
know that phrasal verbs are tricky to
learn and it’s so so important that
you’re learning them in context so
what’s my recommendation set a goal to
learn and to use one new phrasal verb
everyday just one train your tongue you
can have perfect listening skills and
perfect grammar but if you can’t
communicate your message clearly with
your mouth and your tongue well it’s
really difficult to feel positive about
your speaking skills good pronunciation
is definitely one very very important
part of pushing your English to the next
level now think about it this way if you
want to improve your arm strength or
your leg strength what do you do you
exercise hit the gym you workout we
train our muscles to be stronger now the
tongue is also a muscle and it can also
be trained there are some English sounds
that just don’t exist in your native
language it’s a fact so of course it’s
normal if your tongue just can’t make
those sounds at first but it doesn’t
mean that you can never make those
sounds with a little bit of training and
a little bit of hard work your tongue
and your mouth will be able to make
those
now firstly you really need to know
which sounds are difficult for you which
are the sounds that you really need to
practice
maybe the th sound maybe the sound is
really hard for you and perhaps you say
shicken instead of chicken so find video
lessons that focus on the sound that you
need help with and study it then choose
a word that has that sound a tricky one
right and say it over and over and over
again squirrel squirrel squirrel
squirrel squirrel say it until you can’t
say it anymore
until your tongue is really tired and
will feel tired just like your stomach’s
going to feel tired after you do 100
sit-ups but that is still what if you
practice pronunciation while you were
exercising hmm six-six-six as you train
your tongue muscles those tricky words
and sounds will become easier and easier
to make it just takes a little practice
consistent practice
so there are my tips to help you level
up in English and I want to know if
you’ve got any others that you want to
add please share them in the comments
below if you’re an advanced level
english learner how do you push through
the difficult times the times when you
almost gave up how did you take your
english to the next level can you share
any advice with the other English
learners who are here watching today
here are the links to some of the
lessons that I talked about during this video so I’ll see you in the next lesson
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