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Most English learners never become fluent in English not because they're lazy
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and not because they're bad at English and even not because English is difficult.
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In fact, The reason is much more surprising than that.
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A few years ago, I discovered something that completely changed.
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the way I think about language learning.
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At first I thought it couldn't possibly be true.
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Because if it was true,
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it would mean that millions of people are learning English in one of the least effective ways imaginable.
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So I started digging deeper and what I found shocked me.
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But before I show you what I discovered, let me ask you a question.
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Why is it that some people spend years studying English, yet freeze the moment a real conversation begins.
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while others seem to become fluent much faster even though they study less.
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The answer has almost nothing to do with talent and everything to do with one mistake.
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A mistake? that nearly every English learner makes including me.
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And once you see it, you won't be able to unsee it.
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So What's the mistake?
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To answer that, let me show you something interesting.
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Imagine two English learners.
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The first learner spends one hour every day memorizing vocabulary.
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studying grammar doing exercises and taking notes.
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The second learner spends that same hour watching English videos,
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listening to stories, and consuming content that they mostly understand six months later Who do you think speaks better English?
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Most people would say the first learner.
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After all, they're studying harder.
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They're working harder and they're taking English seriously.
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But in many cases, the exact opposite happens.
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And that's where things get interesting.
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because The human brain.
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doesn't learn language the way most people think it does.
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Let me give you an example.
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If I show you this and I say Apple you will understand instantly.
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No translation needed.
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Now imagine: I take a bite, say I'm eating an apple.
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Again, You understand and then I take the apple from the bench so There is nothing here.
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And I say, there isn't an apple.
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Still.
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You understand.
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What's fascinating is that nobody explained grammar to you.
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Nobody gave you a vocabulary list, nobody translated anything and yet your brain understood the message.
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And that's the key word.
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message.
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because your brain is not designed to learn language.
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It's designed to understand messages.
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And that might be a small difference.
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But it's actually the difference between people who become Fluent?
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And people who stay stuck for years In fact, there is one statistic that completely changed my perspective on language learning.
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When I first heard it, I thought it couldn't be true.
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Ready?
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To speak and understand 95 % of every day spoken English.
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you need to know roughly 2000 of the most common words and structures in English.
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Think about that for a second not 50 ,000 not 20 ,000 Only 2000 of the most common words and structures.
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and that means idioms, phrasal verbs and also collocations in English.
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So if fluency is not about learning.
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endless vocabulary lists.
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THEN.
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What is it about?
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And this is where most learners make their biggest mistake.
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They focus on collecting words instead of understanding messages.
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And honestly, when I realized it, everything started making sense.
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The learners who improved the fastest weren't the ones who were the smartest or the ones who were talented.
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And definitely not the ones who spent all day studying.
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They were doing something else.
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something that most learners don't do nearly enough.
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They were getting massive amounts of understandable English every single day.
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And that brings us to the method that completely changed the game for me.
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And that is called comprehensible input.
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When you understand messages repeatedly, your brain starts noticing patterns.
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You start recognizing grammar naturally,
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You start recognizing vocabulary naturally and you start recognizing pronunciation naturally.
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Without trying to memorize every rule, without trying to translate, and without constantly stopping to study.
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In other words, You start Acquiring English instead of learning English.
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And that changes everything.
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And at this point, some people might be thinking: "Okay, that sounds nice, but Where's the proof? fair question.
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Because if comprehensible input is so effective, then why aren't language schools teaching English in this way?
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Well, here is something interesting.
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One of the most influential researchers in language acquisition Professor Stefan Krushen spent decades on studying how people learn a language.
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And his conclusion was surprisingly simple.
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We acquire a language.
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when we understand messages.
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not when we try to study grammar rules, not when we fill out grammar worksheets,
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and not when we try to memorize words in English, just when we understand messages.
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Think about that.
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Every fluent speaker you've ever met spent thousands of hours reading and listening to English content before they start speaking.
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not spending thousands of hours on learning grammar.
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Thousands of hours? understanding messages.
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So what should you do if you forget everything from this video.
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try to remember these three steps.
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Step one: spend around 20 to 30 minutes on consuming English that is understandable.
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Not English that is too easy and not English that makes you look up every word.
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Just English that you mostly understand.
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You could use stories, podcasts, videos, movies, or simply you can watch my videos on YouTube.
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In other words, anything that keeps you engaged because consistency is more important than intensity.
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Step two, Focus on understanding messages, not on every single word.
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A lot of members when watching videos, listening to podcasts and so on,
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they pause after each word to translate and try to memorize that word.
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Don't do that.
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Allow your brain to follow the story.
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The words that matter will repeat again and again.
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and you will understand them.
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And gradually, they'll become a part of your vocabulary.
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And step three: use English.
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Not perfectly, but regularly.
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try to shadow sentences, talk to yourself, watch English comprehensible videos on YouTube,
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or you can simply watch English TV shows.
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Remember, You don't become fluent in English by waiting until you're ready.
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you become fluent in English, by starting to use whatever you've acquired.
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And if you do these three steps, consistently.
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Month after month your English will improve not tomorrow night, Not next week, but It will improve.
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Now, if you are serious about learning English and becoming fluent, I have a very special offer for you.
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you can use this discount code on every course on my website.
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you can get 20 % off.
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and I will give you a free trial lesson too.
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This discount code is valid until June 20th.
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And honestly, I don't know when we will have an offer like this again, because I don't think There is going to be one.
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So, If you are serious, click on the link above.
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Use the discount code two by a course you will find all the details about the free trial lesson and the courses.
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in the description too.
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end.
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If this video changed the way you think about learning English and becoming fluent, make sure you subscribe to my channel
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because I have plenty of comprehensible input vlogs which help you learn English and acquire English.
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like how native speakers learn.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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Keep learning.
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Keep listening.
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Keep understanding.
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See you.

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Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau B1 basiert auf dem Video „This is THE BEST way to Learn English“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: English, word, learner, learning, message. Dieses Video enthält 126 Sätze und 1214 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 10:31. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 115 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 86 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
learner Substantiv/ˈlɜɹnəɹ/Lerner, Lernerin
fluent Adjektiv/ˈfluənt/fließend
grammar Substantiv/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/Grammatik, Grammatiktheorie
vocabulary Substantiv/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/Wortschatz, Vokabular
comprehensible Adjektiv/kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/begreifbar, fassbar
memorize Verb/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/auswendig lernen, memorieren
translate Verb/tɹænzˈleɪt/übersetzen, übertragen
acquire Verb/əˈkwaɪɚ/erwerben
understandable Adjektivverständlich, begreifbar
consume Verb/kənˈsum/verbrauchen
podcast Substantiv/ˈpɑdˌkæst/Podcast, Audio-Internetsendung
collocation Substantiv/ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/Zusammenstellung
fascinate Verb/ˈfæsɪneɪt/faszinieren
fluency Substantiv/ˈfluːənsi/Flüssigkeit, Fluss
imaginable Adjektiv/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/vorstellbar

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

WortAusspracheBedeutung
fill out Verb/fɪl ˈaʊt/ausfüllen, eintragen
look up Verb/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/bergauf gehen, aufwärtsgehen

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sachepeople who become · people who stay · ones who were
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig istyou've ever met · you've acquired
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutis not designed · is called
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop … + -ing – Verben, auf die die -ing-Form folgtstarted digging · started making · starts noticing

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 22 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel don't, they're, couldn't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, influential /ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/, acquisition /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, imaginable /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

  • /w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): acquire /əˈkwaɪɚ/, acquisition /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
  • Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, verb /vɝb/, pause /pɔːz/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/
  • /æ/ — offener als „ä“: grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/

So übst du mit diesem Video

  1. Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
  2. Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
  3. Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie learner, fluent, grammar.

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