Pratique du Shadowing: HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY | 2 SIMPLE STEPS TO SPEAK ENGLISH FLUENTLY & CONFIDENTLY LIKE A NATIVE - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

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Hey, you've probably been studying English for a long time, right?
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You've gotten many books, you've taken many courses, but you still don't seem to be able to sound like a native English speaker when you speak English.
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What if I told you there were two things, only two things you needed in order to sound like a native English speaker.
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Would you want to know what they were?
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Hey, well then this lesson is for you.
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I'm teacher Tiffany.
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Let's jump right in.
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All right.
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So I'm going to tell you how to actually sound like a native English speaker using two simple things.
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You see, when you give an answer, you first need to focus on this formula.
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R plus S.
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Now the R stands for reasons and it's part one.
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And the S stands for story.
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It's part two.
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So basically today's lesson is going to teach you how to give reasons and a story whenever you're speaking in English.
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So let's take a look at this reasons portion.
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Here we go.
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So for the reasons you want to give three reasons to support your answer, your thought or opinion.
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Now, remember, it doesn't matter what the topic is.
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You always want to start with your reasons.
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So here we go.
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Each reason should be strong enough to support your opinion or idea.
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After each reason, remember to add a bit more detail about the reason.
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This will help the listener understand you even more, which will lead to them feeling that you are more fluent in English.
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Let me explain this a little bit more.
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When I was teaching in South Korea, I remember I would ask my students, hey, what's your favorite food?
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And let's say they said, oh, I like kimbap.
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It's kind of like the Korean version of sushi.
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And then I would naturally say, Oh, tell me why I'm asking for the reasons, right?
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When I say that.
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So when I said that, then I was asking for the reasons and many of them would say, I just do.
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It's good.
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But those reasons were not strong enough to support their answer or their opinion.
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That is why you must master giving three reasons properly.
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Now, after each reason you want to give a bit more detail,
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and this is because English fluency is all about organizing your thoughts and being able to clearly explain your position and ideas.
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So let's say, for example, let's say we were asked this question.
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Why do you think people like to travel to different places in their free time?
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Well, using our formula, we have to start with three reasons.
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First, I would say to experience and learn about new cultures.
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Next, people are looking for a change of scenery.
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And finally, people want to explore new places.
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So I've clearly organized my thoughts.
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I'm starting off with R, the first part of our formula to give an advanced level response, a response that a native English speaker would give.
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So I have my three reasons.
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But remember, I must support those reasons.
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So let's see how I would actually use these reasons and respond like a native English speaker.
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So here we go.
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Again, looking at this question, this is what my answer would look like.
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Let's start with the first sentence.
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In my opinion, there are three reasons why people like to travel to different places in their free time.
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You see, this is actually an introduction statement.
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And the purpose of this statement is to let the person listening know
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that your response is organized and directly connected to their question or the topic.
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So once again, before you state your three reasons, just real quickly, connect, connect with the person listening.
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Like, Hey, there are three reasons why dot, dot, dot, and then go directly into your reasons.
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So remember my first reason, right?
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So my first reason, look at the purple portion.
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The first reason is to experience and learn about new cultures.
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Now we're going to see me support my reason.
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When people travel, they can learn a lot about the food in other countries.
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They can also learn new things about the clothing of different countries.
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So you see, again, I'm supporting my first reason.
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You must remember to give your reason and then supporting details.
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This is all tied into speaking English fluently, like a native English speaker.
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Now, the second reason is in blue.
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The second reason is that people are looking for a change of scenery.
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Let's support it.
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Many times people get tired of city life and want to take a break.
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In addition, many people want to see more nature.
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So again, I gave my second reason and I supported it with a good amount of detail, right?
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Now you're probably wanting to practice this.
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Again, I do this with my students in the academy.
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So if you want to join my academy, we have weekly live English classes.
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All you have to do is hit the link in the description or go to letsjumprightin.com again, www.letsjumprightin.com.
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And my students have been able to practice this with me during a live class.
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All right.
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So let's check out now reason number three.
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Here we go.
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Reason number three is an orange.
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Finally, the third reason is that people want to explore new places.
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Some people are very adventurous, so they want to see and experience new places.
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This also means that they like exciting things.
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Now I want to explain a word really quickly.
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Repeat after me.
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Adventurous.
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Hey, you got it.
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One more time.
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Adventurous.
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Good.
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Now adventurous is just used to describe someone who likes adventure.
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They like thrills.
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They like roller coasters.
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They like traveling.
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They like maybe bungee jumping.
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They are very adventurous.
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So again, I gave my reason the third reason people like to explore new places.
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And then I supported it with a good amount of detail.
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Now there's one more sentence.
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Look at the last sentence in black.
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These are the three reasons why I think people like to travel to different places in their free time.
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It's a sandwich.
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I started off with my introduction statement.
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Then I gave my three reasons and then I closed the sandwich up with the last statement.
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So this statement can be called a summary statement.
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And the purpose is to remind the person listening very quickly of your three reasons once again.
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The more they remember from your response, the more fluent you will see.
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So remember your sandwich.
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The first one, again, the first part of our formula is the R three reasons.
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Now the second part of the formula is the S.
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So let's jump right into that right now.
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The S stands for story.
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What you want to do is tell a story related to the topic.
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You see, telling a story that connects to the topic or the question helps your listener to connect with you.
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They will start to visualize your response and your situation.
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This will make them feel like you are more fluent in English.
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Think about it.
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What's your favorite part of my video lessons or one of your favorite parts?
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You know, whenever I say story time, why?
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Because you're able to connect with me.
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When I tell you stories about my life, about my family or my friends, you feel like there's a connection.
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This is part of being fluent in English.
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Now don't worry.
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Story time is coming at the end of this video,
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so don't go anywhere, but you want to master the ability and the skill of telling stories in English.
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This is an important part of your journey to being fluent in English.
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Another thing I want to bring to your attention.
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There are six parts to every good story in English, the basic story, the background, the characters and people involved,
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the climax conclusion and lessons learned or your thoughts after.
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Now, all of these are included each and every one of them in my stories, which is why you stay,
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you watch like, Ooh, Tiffany's going to tell a story.
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If the stories didn't have these six elements or six parts, you'd be bored.
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So you must include these six parts in your story.
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So let me describe them a little bit more.
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Let me explain each of the parts of a good story.
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So first the basic story, think about a simple story that is related to the topic or the question,
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then the background, the story details, details that help the listener understand the story better.
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This includes things like the setting snippets of a character's backstory, historical information on the character,
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a place or something else like a clue.
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Now I do want to remind you this information.
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Don't worry.
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I have all the information organized for you on my website.
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You can see for this episode, but if you want to get it via email, just join my newsletter.
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Again, the link is in the description
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and you can get this into you via email so you can review and practice this information.
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All right.
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So what about a character or people involved?
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Again, think about the individuals in the story.
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Now for the climax, think about the most important or interesting part of the story for the conclusion.
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Think about the end of the story or the solution to the problem.
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And finally, for a lesson learned, think about what you learned from the story or what thoughts popped up after the story.
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This is how you tell a good story by including six parts, these six parts right here.
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So again, let's go back to our question.
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Why do you think people like to travel to different places in their free time?
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Well, what you see right here is a picture of me when I was in South Korea on top of a mountain.
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So what's the basic story?
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These are my notes, a hiking trip.
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I took in South Korea.
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What's the background?
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It was a vacation trip with five of my friends who were the characters.
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Five of my friends.
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Climax hiked one of the highest mountains in South Korea.
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Conclusion, beautiful mountains in South Korea and the amazing view and lesson learned South Korea is a beautiful country.
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Now, what would this look like in a full story?
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So again, first part of the formula are giving my three reasons, giving your three reasons.
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Second part of the formula, the letter S story R plus S.
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So after I gave my three reasons, I go right into a story about my trip in South Korea.
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So here we go.
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Personally, I also enjoy traveling to different places in my free time.
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I remember my first major hiking trip in South Korea.
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Boom gave the basic story.
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Five of my friends and I decided to go on a vacation trip together.
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Boom.
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You see the background and also the characters.
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We wanted to go camping and hiking.
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So we rented a van and went to one of South Korea's highest mountains.
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The mountain was beautiful.
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We spent one entire day hiking the mountain and it took us a total of seven hours.
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So again, what did I do?
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I gave you the climax.
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I'm giving you a brief story.
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Hey, we hiked the highest mountains, one of the highest mountains, and it took us seven hours.
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Like, whoa, right?
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The climax.
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Next, I continue.
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At the highest point, there were about 700 stairs to climb because it was too steep to climb without them.
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Now we're going to get the conclusion.
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The views at the top of the mountain were amazing.
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That's my conclusion.
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Now my lesson learned.
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After this trip, my friends and I all agreed that South Korea is truly a beautiful country.
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So now think about it.
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The question again is why do you think people like to travel to different places in their free time?
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At the very beginning of my response, I give you my opinion, my three reasons, which is what you should do.
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And then immediately I connect it with a personal story.
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This is how you speak English fluently.
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Just remember this simple equation, R plus S once again,
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part one being the reasons and part two being your story.
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When you do this, you will sound like a native English speaker.
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I hope you enjoyed today's lesson.
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Remember if you want to continue studying with me, join my academy.
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The link is right in the description, or you can go to www.letsjumpridein.com.
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Let's jump right in.com.
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Excuse me one more time.
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www.let'sjumprightin.com.
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All right, guys, I'll see you next week.
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Remember to speak English.
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You still there?
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You know what time it is.
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Come on and sing it with me.
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It's story time.
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Hey, I said it's story time.
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All right, guys.
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So for today's story, I want to tell you about something that happened to me when I was in Korea.
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I had went on another trip with some friends of mine, different group of friends, and we had a wonderful time.
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Now, on the way back, we had to ride a train, but we were an odd number.
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So there were about seven of us.
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So we had two, two, two, and then I was one.
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so we had multiple couples with us
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so I had to sit with people I didn't know
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which is fine that didn't really bother me I just planned to either read
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or listen to some music or watch a movie but the seat
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that I got assigned was with three other Korean ajumas now
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an ajuma is a middle-aged woman you know she's gotten married had kids
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and she's probably in her late 40s 50s early 50s And when I sat down, they had their chairs spun around.
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So instead of it being two, two, two, like facing the same way they had spun and I was facing the other two Korean women.
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So basically it was three ajummas and they were fun.
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They were fun.
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They were together.
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They were friends.
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Again, I just wanted to rest.
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I had a great vacation, but I wanted to relax.
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Now they didn't know I could speak Korean, but they see, you know, an African-American woman and they wanted to practice English.
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So they were like, hello.
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You know, they started trying to use certain words.
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And then I responded in Korean like, 안녕하세요. And woo!
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They said, oh my goodness.
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Everything after that was in Korean, full Korean.
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Why do you speak Korean?
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Where are you from?
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How long have you been here?
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How did you learn?
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So I proceeded to, you know, give them all the information I'm usually asked.
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Then, you know, I thought, okay, now the introductions are over.
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I can probably take a nap.
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Then one of the ajummas said, hey, you want something to eat?
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Now again at that time I was in my early 30s I think
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and they were still older they must have been in their 50s because they looked at me like their daughter.
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They said you want something to eat baby?
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I was okay but I know Korean culture and I said I'm okay.
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They said come on girl.
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And they proceeded to take things out of their bags.
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They had kimbap again like Korea's version of sushi which I love.
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uh, Kimbop.
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I love.
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Then they took, um, some other things out and it was a whole smorgasbord, a lot of food.
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And they were like, come on girl, eat with us.
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So I'm sitting there.
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I wanted to fall asleep, but these women have taken out food and we're all eating together and talking.
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And as I was sitting there, I thought to myself, man, Korean culture is amazing.
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People that don't know you treat you as if you were a part of their family.
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They want to take care of you.
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So I never I never forgot that situation.
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I never forgot that train ride because it was a long one of talking
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and eating with three Korean ajumas I met on the train.
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And now let me know something about your culture.
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Would this happen in your culture?
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Would three strangers start talking to another individual just because they're curious and would they give that individual food?
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I'm curious to know more about your culture.
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All right, guys.
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Thank you so much.
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I hope you enjoyed today's story.
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Remember, if you want to continue studying with me, all you have to do is go to to my academy.
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You can join my daily English lessons membership and get English lessons every single day by going to www.letsjumprightin.com.
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One more time, go to www.letsjumprightin.com.
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I'll see you all next week, but remember to speak English.

Why practice speaking with this video?

If you've been struggling to express yourself fluently in English, this video provides a practical solution through its clear and structured approach. The lesson emphasizes two essential components: providing reasons and sharing a story. By practicing these elements, you can enhance your speaking skills and gain the confidence to converse like a native speaker. As you learn English with YouTube, you will notice that focusing on these two aspects allows for more complex and engaging conversations. Moreover, breaking down your thoughts into well-organized reasons improves your ability to articulate opinions and ideas, an invaluable skill in any language.

Grammar & Expressions in Context

In the video, several grammatical structures and expressions contribute to effective communication. Here are some key structures to focus on:

  • Emphasizing Reasons: The speaker introduces ideas by stating, "First, I would say..." This pattern helps clearly present opinions.
  • Detail Expansion: Adding supporting details after each reason—such as “to experience and learn about new cultures”—allows the speaker to clarify their points, making their speech richer and more fluent.
  • Organizing Responses: Using transitional phrases like “next” or “finally” not only structures the flow of ideas but also helps in maintaining listener engagement.
  • Descriptive Language: Phrases like “change of scenery” add color and depth to answers, thus resembling a native-like fluency.

By incorporating these structures into your own responses, you can practice shadow speech effectively. This method, where you repeat and mimic the speaker's language patterns, fosters better retention and understanding.

Common Pronunciation Traps

While practicing, pay attention to specific pronunciation challenges. Certain words and phrases might pose difficulties for non-native speakers. Here are a few to be cautious of:

  • “Experience”: This word is often mispronounced due to its syllable structure. Focus on breaking it into parts: ex-pe-ri-ence.
  • “Cultural”: The blend of sounds in this word can be tricky. Practice saying it slowly to master pronunciation: cul-tu-ral.
  • “Fluently”: Ensure that you pronounce all syllables clearly, especially the second syllable - flu-ently.

By identifying and practicing these common pronunciation traps, you can significantly improve your speaking clarity as you shadow along with the video. Enhance your listening skills; try to mimic the rhythm and intonation of the speaker, turning your practice into practical language use.

Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?

Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.