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Many teachers say, don't worry about your grammar mistakes, just communicate.
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Um, well, yes, but.
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You see, there's something else very important you need to know.
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And if you don't do this, your spoken English will just never improve.
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Let me explain.
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Hello, it's Keith from the Keith Speaking Academy and the YouTube channel English Speaking Success, helping you become a more confident speaker of English.
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Now, I remember at school I had to write essays and then give the essay to the teacher.
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A few days later, the teacher would come back and there's your essay, my essay, covered in red ink.
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all the mistakes.
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And I think, oh, no. And that's why nowadays, a lot of people think about mistakes.
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They have a negative feeling.
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So I understand why lots of teachers and linguists now say, don't worry about mistakes.
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Don't focus on the mistakes.
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More important is your communication.
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Now, that's true, right?
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We should embrace our mistakes.
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You have to make mistakes to get better.
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The important thing not to forget is you then need to correct your mistakes and learn from your mistakes.
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Otherwise, you're always going to be here.
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And many people forget that and they just carry on making the same mistakes again and again.
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And so they stay at the same level.
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Now, you can rely on your teacher to correct your mistakes.
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However, there's quite a bit of research that shows teacher correction doesn't always work, not always the most effective way.
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I think actually the most successful students learn to self-correct.
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And I think that's the key.
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So in this video, I want to show you how to do that, to learn to self-correct.
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So you can use grammar, making mistakes, but then correcting your mistakes so later you can use grammar without making mistakes.
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Yeah, that should be the title of the video.
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But if I put that title, you wouldn't click, right?
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Welcome to social media world, Keith.
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it reminds me of a story right i had a friend
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i still have a friend he's a buddhist monk i don't see him a lot
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because he lives out in china but i remember
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when i visited his temple one day
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and i was struck by all the visitors being attracted by the gold
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and the glitter and and the the monks would say you know come
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and pray with us and you will become rich And I remember thinking,
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Buddhism isn't about becoming rich, getting money.
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And so I asked him, I said, why do you promise these people that they will become rich?
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His answer, well, listen, I'm going to tell you the answer later, because right now, let's focus on your grammar, right?
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Grammar first, Buddhism second.
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I'm not a Buddhist, by the way.
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But so I don't get distracted.
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Let's focus on helping you learn how to correct your grammar so you can use grammar without making mistakes.
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Now, in this video, I'm going to show you a framework to do that, that you can use for all your grammar in the future.
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I'll use one example today to make it clear.
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But once you have this framework, boom, Bob's your uncle.
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You'll be able to use it for all of your future study.
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Are you ready?
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Of course you are.
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You've been waiting.
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Let's do it.
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Okay, so this framework has six steps.
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step number one is focus on one rule at a time.
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This is important because when you practice, very often when you're speaking or writing,
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you're trying to correct and use all the grammar correctly.
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And there's just so much grammar, it's overwhelming and you can't do it.
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And you go blank or you make lots of mistakes.
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So focus on one area of grammar that you find difficult, or that you know is a problem for you,
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and just focus on that, right?
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For example, if you confuse the present simple and the present continuous.
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I mean, for example, right, why do we say, I eat breakfast at seven o'clock, but we say, I'm eating breakfast with my friend now?
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Why?
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Or, on the other hand, maybe you confuse countable and uncountable nouns, right?
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I mean, why do we say how many apples?
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How much water?
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And what about coffee?
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How much?
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How many?
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So focus on one area at a time.
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Next.
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Right.
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Now, step number two is practice.
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Actually, I suggest here you use what I call the speaking success system.
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It's at the heart of all my teaching and my courses.
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It's the heart of the gold course for IELTS speaking students.
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Discover the language, practice using it, and then review it.
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I'll talk about reviewing later, but let's look at discover the language and discover the rule, if it's grammar, and then practicing how to use it.
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Practice speaking.
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Now, you can discover the rule through a grammar reference book.
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Hello, Grandad.
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Reference book.
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I've got ChatGPT.
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OK, sure.
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That as well. That works.
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Whatever.
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For this video today, let's discover the language through context, right?
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And for those of you who are IELTS students, let's take an IELTS question and see some language.
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So here's the question.
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Do you usually cook at home?
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And the answer?
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Yes, I cook most evenings after work.
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I usually cook Spanish dishes because I like them.
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Right now, I'm learning how to cook Italian food.
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Right.
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Interesting.
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So he says, yes, I cook most evenings.
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I usually cook Spanish dishes, but I'm learning how to cook Italian.
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OK.
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Why is he using the present simple sometimes and the present continuous other times?
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What's the rule?
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Right.
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Yes.
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So the rule is we use the present simple for a habit or a routine.
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and the present continuous for something happening now or around this time.
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Okay.
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Very, very simple. So that's discovering.
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Let's practice.
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Let's practice speaking.
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I'll ask another question and I want you to give one sentence with the present simple.
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I do A and another sentence with the present continuous.
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Now I'm doing B.
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Okay.
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For example, if I say, do you usually go to cafes or to restaurants?
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Right.
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Let's find out what our student says.
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Well, I go to cafes about twice a week.
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I usually go to a cafe near my home.
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This week, though, I'm trying a new cafe near my office.
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Right, I go to cafes twice a week.
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It's a habit, a routine.
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This week, now, I'm trying a new one.
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It's around this time.
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You see the difference?
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Keep practicing.
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Here's another one for you.
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Do you have a hobby?
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Well, I might say, yes, I play the guitar.
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I usually play in the evenings.
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Right now, I'm learning a new song by Van Halen.
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Let's move on to step number three.
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Okay, step number three, speak slowly.
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Now, just now you were practicing with one or two sentences.
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You also need to practice kind of longer turns, speaking more a longer time.
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And when you're doing that and having conversations, speak more slowly.
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because when you slow down, it gives you time to think and practice specifically the grammar that you're doing and to get it right.
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Focus on accuracy by speaking more slowly.
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The big mistake so many students make is that they speak too quickly and they think fluency is speed.
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It is not.
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Fluency is not speed slow down and it's really going to help you speak more accurately and use grammar correctly, right?
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Slow down.
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Do you remember the Buddhist monk?
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The story of my friend, the Buddhist monk who in the temples, they use gold and getting rich to attract people.
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So I said to him, I said, why do you do that?
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Why do you tell people they're going to be rich if they come in to the temple.
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He said, well, if they never come in to the temple,
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we can never teach them or convince them or tell them the story we want to tell them.
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They have to come in.
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Once they come in, we can then tell them about Buddhism and it's not about money.
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But if they don't come in, we can't teach them.
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Interesting, right?
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A bit like YouTube and clicking.
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Interesting.
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Food for thought.
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With that thought, let's move on to step number four.
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Okay, step number four.
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Well, remember, step number one, focus on one rule.
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Number two, practice.
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Number three, speak slowly.
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Number four, record yourself and check.
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You see, if you don't have a teacher to correct you, you need to correct yourself.
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And a great way to do that is record yourself audio or video when you're speaking.
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So when you're having a conversation or telling a story to yourself, record it.
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If you're having a Zoom meeting with somebody and practicing, record it.
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Ask for permission, but record it.
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And then listen back and focus on the one grammar rule, right?
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Not everything, forget vocabulary.
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The one grammar rule you're focusing on, Are you using it correctly?
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And if not, you'll see the mistakes.
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And if you are using it correctly, pat yourself on the back.
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Job well done.
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Excellent.
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And then move on to step number five, which is...
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Step number five is to use AI to review.
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Do you remember I talked about the speaking success system?
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You're discovering language, you're practicing and then review.
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So to review, use AI.
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It's so simple.
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You can get AI to create stories, podcasts, news articles, anything.
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You just need to tell it the one grammar rule you're focused on and then to create something, a short story, a short dialogue.
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using that grammar rule.
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You can say, create a story using five examples of that grammar rule.
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And then you've got a little story in a different context, but practicing the same grammar.
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You can read it.
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You can listen to it.
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You can get it text to speech, make it into audio.
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If you're really clever, you can get text to video, make a nice video, whatever.
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But you can just create unlimited materials to practice this and to review this.
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So important and yet so easy.
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Once you've done that, move on to step number six.
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Right, number six.
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Well, first, quick review.
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First, one rule.
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Second, practice.
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Three, speak slowly.
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Four, record yourself.
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Five, AI and review.
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Six, do some writing.
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because I think in addition to speaking, writing is a great way to reinforce the language.
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If you can write with a nice, beautiful pen, I actually think that's better.
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If you want to type, you can type.
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Hey, just call me granddad.
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But I think writing is a really good way to reinforce the language.
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Now, I know a lot of teachers do reading and writing first and then kind of speaking later.
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Course books as well, kind of speaking is the activity at the very end.
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I totally disagree with that.
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I think you should do speaking first and then some reading and then some writing.
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The writing at the end, that for me is a much better way of doing it.
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So there we have it.
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The six steps.
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It's a framework you can use for any grammatical item that you want to practice.
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And it's all about learning how to self-correct.
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Give it a go.
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Try it out.
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Now, I've got two action points for you.
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Actually, three.
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The first one is if you've liked this, subscribe to the channel.
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Oh, and you could also become a member now.
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If you look at the subscribe button next door, there's a join button.
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Become a member.
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Become a Keithian.
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You get custom badges, emojis, extra video footage.
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Most importantly, you support all the work that I do on YouTube.
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Action step number two is download the PDF for this lesson
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and you can review and practice everything that we've been talking about.
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That's it.
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I hope this has been useful and will help you on your journey to using grammar correctly when you speak.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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I do appreciate it.
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Take care.
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Have a great day and I'll see you in the next video.
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All the best now.
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Bye bye.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “How to Speak English Without Making Grammar Mistakes”. Las palabras que más se repiten: grammar, mistake, speaking, practice, step. Este vídeo tiene 233 frases y 2053 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:09. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 135 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| grammar sustantivo | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | gramática |
| monk sustantivo | /mʌŋk/ | monje |
| café sustantivo | /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ | café, cafetería |
| fluency sustantivo | /ˈfluːənsi/ | fluidez, fluencia |
| confuse verbo | /kənˈfjuːz/ | confundir, barahustar |
| reinforce verbo | /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/ | reforzar, socalzar |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| countable adjetivo | /ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/ | contable |
| grammatical adjetivo | /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/ | gramático |
| linguist sustantivo | /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ | lingüista |
| overwhelm verbo | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | apabullar, arrollar |
| uncountable adjetivo | /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl̩/ | incontable |
| glitter verbo | /ˈɡlɪtəɹ/ | brillar, resplandecer |
| noun sustantivo | /naʊn/ | nombre, nombre sustantivo |
| distract verbo | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | distraer, despistar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| slow down verbo | desacelerar, decelerar |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Otherwise, you're always going to be here.
- I'll use one example today to make it clear.
- I mean, why do we say how many apples?
- Do you usually cook at home?
- Do you have a hobby?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | You've been waiting · we've been talking |
| Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultado | if I put that title, you wouldn't click |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've done · you've liked · has been |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was struck · is speed · is not speed |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 50 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: grammatical /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, accurately /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como grammar, monk, café.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.