Hello awesome people! I made this video because understanding what you struggle with is the FIRST step to improving your skills. That said, if you AREN'T 100% fluent in English, make sure to download the guide I mentioned at the end of the video so you can practice your English with other people and work on your speaking skills :D Here's the link: englishfulltime.com/free-guide
Hiiiiiiii English Coach it's me Chandan kumar from India ,few minutes ago I have subscribed to your channel and I know you teach us very well how to improve our fluent in English ? Because English is an international language ,lot s of people use this language now I am perfect in English language 80 to 90 percent out of 100 % and I will be a perfect English speaker very soon
Hi Stefanie. There's something wrong with the form to download the "Guide to Practice English" on this link englishfulltime.com/free-guide. I typed my email, clicked at download button and then it was asked me to verify the captcha. Then i did again the whole process and the page returned to the start again. Please, i would like so much to read your e-book guide, can you check the form?
I'm glad I can understand everything you are saying and can relate to it all. My problem is that I live in a hispanic country and I litteraly don't talk to anyone in english so I make mental conversations with myself and know how to answer but I'm scared that the time that a conversation arise with someone I'll run out of ideas :(...
You're fluent when you dream in the language you're learning. I have found that many people have experienced dreaming in a language they are not fluent at; and this only means that the process of developing fluency in communication is in progress; that means that if you can dream in the target language the information necessary to speak it is already stored in your brain but it is our turn to find the switch to activate that skill and for that it is necessary the total immersion ( change your life using the target language at least in a 80 % of your autonomous activities) so that vocabulary and structure can overpass the wall we create when we are awoken.
An exercise sometimes I do is writing and then reading a paragraph written in 5 different languages; I mean every three words I switch the language to continue. That helps me to keep my brain active and aware
I realized I was fluent in English when I came to the point where I could just speak naturally, without translating words in my head before saying them. plus, you know you're fluent in a language when you can translate a text out loud while you're reading it and you still manage to create coherent sentences in the other language
I’d say translating while reading or listening is a different skill. My native language is Turkish, I can speak and understand english quite well but translating from one to another is extremely hard unless I give it some thought because those 2 languages are so different. I also speak German and English-German translation is much more easier than Turkish-German/English. It really depends on how similar the languages are to translate between them.
I don't agree with the second thing. I, for example, even think in English even tho it's not my native language. I never translate stuff from English to Serbian (my native) or vice versa because I don't need to use them both, so often I struggle to translate things because I forget the word for something in the other language. Like I use English words mixed with Serbian all the time as I often forget the Serbian word for something lol
@@milic5068 I guess this person meant reading while understanding what it means automatically, like you'd do in your first language when reading a piece of media for ex. Whenever I have to translate stuff in English to my mother language, I suck at it too, specially when I have to change the order of subject and verbs in a phrase so it makes sense
Not necessarily, i am brasilian and i live in Italy since 2002. Few weeks ago i try to translate a text from Italian to portuguese just reading it at the moment i was recording. It was a desaster 😅😅
You know you are fluent in english when you can watch, listen and talk the entire day without feeling exhausted... I think that should be in the list too
good point mate !! I got it when I started studying English, and I remember how tired I used to get, but, now, it's not happening anymore. Even knowing I have been not speaking English for the last 18 years at all.
Oh my goodness this comment is so accurate. I still don't consider myself as fluent and it came to my mind last time when I was having a very long night chatting with my English speaking friend and I started feeling genuinely exhausted, and switching to my mother tongue was such a relief I felt instantly less tired. I can feel the energy that is needed in order to speak a foreign language.
Struggle is real hahaha. I tend to speak really fast in my native language and people don't understand me. It's a habit that I can't control sometimes lol.
Yeah. I understand english but i cant translate them to my native language. At lesson im realy slow but correctly at reading because of shyness. You dont know some words in your own language to. That doesnt means you are not fluency. You ask the words writing shape to. But if you cant create sentelces you are not a fluent. You are such a burned baby. I dont thing im fluency. But these are my words. Maybe i have some grammar mistakes.
To me being fluent also includes: Watching a movie and understand almost everything. Listening to my favorite songs and understand almost everything Talking to people about a variety of conversational topics easily Reading a book and have no problem understanding most of the vocabulary
It depends on the movie and on the song, everybody gangsta till the English student understands Rap God, I mean not even native speakers can understand the lyrics
Nope. That just means that u have been exposed to it a lot and u like it. It does not necessarily mean that you're fluent. This happens to me and some other people that I know and some of us aren't fluent at all.
I do that too, but I can't translate English to Spanish or Spanish to English that well I just know spanish because its my native language, just enough to communicate with others...
@@14thsomebodyelse Yeah haha I know it may sound sort of weird if you never heard it before. Also just as a side note, many other languages have this same expression. For example in spanish you would call it "lengua materna".
Same for me, however, i thought that being fluent in english, it's meant just speak with without knowing before if the people understood what i said, but since 2 years ago, i start to be aware how listening lessons were the most important exercise that we needs to improving english and to reach that level of fluency as well ..
This video just popped up on my feed and it's really interesting to go through those points. I really can see my improvement throughout the years. I would even say I'm close to speaking completely fluently because most of the points are true for me. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Vinicius Reinert as Facundo Cabral once said, " El que hace lo que Ama, está benditamente condenado al Éxito, y se refiere a exito personal"translation.. if You love what You do, You are condemned blessed to success"haha something like that creo que Stef puede traducirlo mejor.
I understand you, Adriane. When I watch videos like this, with people that teach English, it's so much easier to understand than when I watch, for example, a serie, a movie, or any other video made from a "not teacher" english native speaker. I understood every single word she said in this video, and I'm far to be fluent in English
I understood everything in this video! When i'm talking in english i don't need to think or form a phrase because this comes naturally. I had talking with some natives and they told me that i sound like a native and i was so happy about it. Thank you for video!
You know you are fluent when you get tired of thinking in your native language so you just switch to English (or whatever is your favorite) and you can easily continue with your previous thoughts
Kateřina Řezníčková i'm actually like that! I almost never think on my Native Language(Brazilian Portuguese) and I've been thinking in english for almost the whole year! It's very refreshing really
Omar Villasante I agree! But I think this state of mind is also one of the keys to start internalizing a language more efficiently. That is, relaxing and not worrying about your imperfect language skills in a social situation. Of course it is not a problem for everyone, just for perfectionist language nerds like me :P I think Stephanie also mentioned this frustration:)
Well, it's not just about your personality and your fluency, it's also about the culture. Speaking English in your native country of Kazakhstan and speaking English in The UK or USA can be 2 completely different things because of the cultural shock. I've been to Singapore twice and one thing I notice is that the nature of their English, no matter how fluent they are (I'm not talking about the Singlish-speakers here), it just doesn't feel the same with the English speakers in The UK or The US or Australia or Canada. So yeah, culture and norms play a very big role in this. A person can feel totally fluent speaking English to native and non-native speakers in his/her home country, but may not necessarily feel the same way when doing that in another country far away from his.
I'm a swedish 14 year old girl. And i started learning english when i was only 2 years old! So i've been speaking both swedish and english for 12 years of my life now. And it has helped me a lot in school actually :) In middle school i was the best student at english and my teachers always used to say "You're very good at english!" or that" You could become an english teacher in the future!". I'm in high school now and i think that my english is pretty good, though i still might need some more practice! 😅.. Tack för att ni läste allt detta ;)
I really respect everyone who learns English until fluency or partial fluency because as a native speaker, I would never be able to learn English as a second language. I still make errors, and I still get repetitive with phrases that I say all the time. You all are amazing.
English is not "super easy", it's just that the standards are very low because so many foreigners speak it, and English native speakers are used to hearing broken English with a terrible accent. Try speaking French like that, and you're going to get frowned upon all the time.
No chance in hell that I would voluntarily learn German if it weren't my mother tongue. Oh and English is super easy. After living and working in England for a mere 6 months my workmates asked me to proof read their letters for grammatical and spelling errors before sending them. My German is getting less fluent though...
I’ve been learning English by myself for almost one year, every single day I take 3 or 4 hours to watch so many videos without an specific topic, I just see what I want to see, and so, step by step I’ve become more fluent and confident in this language, nevertheless I’m still committing mistakes but, It’s so cool when you analyze your mistakes and you look for some other ways to direct what you say or whatever you wanna speak
Dude i'm the same, I've been learning by myself for almost 4 or 5 months, i understand the majority of some videos or movies, I've been reading too and seeking some vocabulary, I really enjoy my progress :)
instead of "see" I would use "watch" as in "I just watch what I want to watch". To me it just sounds a bit more natural, I'm also not a native english speaker tho... Keep it up, it sounds like ur dedicated enough to be completely fluent in english
I'm Brazilian, and most of my friends don't speak English. A couple of years ago, they started complaining that I was sharing with them texts and videos in English, even though I knew they couldn't understand it. The thing is, I was reading and listening without even realizing it was in English. I was surprised. But the day I realized I was fluent was when I was speaking with a North American I met at a hostel. After talking for a while, the guy asked me how long I've been in Brazil. He was shocked when he learned that I am Brazilian and that I had never been to any English speaking country. I would say that you're fluent in a language when it comes effortlessly to you, be it listening, speaking or thinking. But I disagree with you about the day-to-day vocabulary. Every new subject I study now is in English, so I can talk about many different things. But if I were to host you in my house and had to explain how to use the washing machine, I would definitively have some trouble. Even native speakers have trouble with words and actions they are not familiar with, and daily life is one of the less common subjects for foreigners. How easily you'll acquire the new vocabulary and how effortlessly you'll adapt is more important than the quantity or quality of your speech.
I really liked your feedback on this subject! And it’s true what you said about lacking specific terminology for certain tasks. However, someone who is fluent will be able to explain their ideas regardless of their lack of vocabulary. This happens when I talk about marketing in Spanish. I don’t know all the words that I know in English, but because I’m fluent, I can still express my ideas adequately. You might not know the same words in English that you know in Portuguese when it comes to doing laundry, but I’m pretty sure you’d be able to get creative and express you ideas regardless by using other vocabulary you have at your disposal. That’s what I was trying to communicate in the video. Maybe I wasn’t clear. :)
Hello Henrique, I'm Brazilian too (ok, not 'so' native than you ;´-) ) and I loved your comments. I also rent apartments to foreigners thru an Int'l platform, I achieved the "Superhost" level and very often I must explain the Washing Machine Principles & Secrets in about 5 working languages. But my shame engulfed me in pepper red when I was asked to explain "Ponto Facultativo"...
Exactly 😂 I’m also Brazilian and I’m able to explain the political situation of my country but I’m not able to say names of kitchen stuffs So, I don’t know if I’m fluent or not because I have problems with simple vocabulary but I can keep easily a long conversation 😅
You know you're fluent in English when you just understand everything that is happening in the background - e.g., you don't specifically listen to the tv or radio program or a podcast etc. but you just hear it happening in the background and your brain tunes in and you realize that you understand everything. This is so amazing!
You realise you’re fluent in English when you have to write an essay for work and you look up the information in English instead of your native language.
I do that a lot, and I did it a lot for my degree, BUT, it was because there is a lot more information about computing system in English, than there is in Spanish.
Yeah. The american/english Wikipedia is the best. My teachers never believed me when I told them that I made the search in the Wikia's interface. Poor guys.
I'm currently doing this with German. And it's so much easier than learning it "in Hungarian". 😆 Because Hungarian grammar is so different from English and German.
i just realized i understand english properly because i have finished this video without searching google or with out any help with google which makes me proud for a reason-
1. Understand at least one dialect 2. No more translating 3. A wide range of vocabulary and expression without repeating 4. Talk about both conversational and technical subjects 5. Natural grammar tenses 6. Realize something which cannot be expressed in the native language 7. English grammar and sentence structure start affecting native language 8. People get impressed 9. Understand humour and the culture behind 10. Not getting stuck when speaking 11. Speak coherently for a long period of time 12. Not afraid of speaking with native speakers 13. Comfortably maintain a conversation 14. Feel like being yourself 15. Understand the subtle differences between very similar sentences 16. Avoid direct translation 17. Pronunciation and accent not intervening your conversation
Yeah! Sometimes I read a book or watch a video in Emglish and later I watch a video in portuguese (my native language) or read so.ething in portuguese and after all that I can't say what book was in english or what video was in portuguese, etc.
I think I became fluent thanks to reading comics in English. They don't help you with the pronunciation but it's a great way to internalize the grammar, idioms and expressions. Due to the situations are drawn it's easy to understand what's happening with the story and relate it with what the characters are saying or thinking. To summarize webton made me fluent lol
Omg same X) I started reading free mangas on the internet when I was a teenager because they were only available in English! And then of course I discovered webtoon. But now I notice bad translations 😅
A good sign is when you realize you start thinking in English without translating. Now, probably the best test to certify you are fluent is if you are able to hold a long conversation over the phone with confidence. I still feel intimidated by it.
Hello everyone. I am a native english speaker trying to learn japanese myself but if anyone wants to practice their english with me i don't mind. I won't judge you and I'm very patient. I spend a lot of time around non-native english speakers so if you just want to practice having lots of conversations with me, I'll do my best to help.
it's quite frustrating that i'm able to understand 100% of what you're saying, all the words, verbs and expressions but on the other hand my speaking is still bad and i have to think before i say something... but that's okay, i'm improving my english slowly and i'm sure one day i'll become fluent!! thanks for sharing all the tips :))
I'm from Brazil and I rarely speak English here because, even though we have lots of English courses, not everyone speaks it. I realized I'm fluent when I went to the UK for the first time in 2017 to visit my mother-in-law who lives there. One of her friends, who is an English man, started talking to me and we spent a long time in a good conversation and in the end of the day he said : "Your English is perfect, sometimes you even sound like you're British"... that was the best compliment I ever heard in my entire life..ahaha
I guess I'm fluent in UNDERSTANDING english but I talk so little that I definitely have to work on that because I'm often lacking for vocabulary and my pronunciation is not the best
Charlotte Moon That’s ok! You’re already doing so well because your writing is fluent-level.It is natural to understand English better than you speak.Do not speak until you are ready or you might develop an accent.Good luck 💖
ohh gosh that is absolutely my stuff. i can understand when i listen to smb/smth and read without translating the words in my head. but sometimes, when i am trying to say or translate smth, my native language just messes up with english, because of the different grammar constructions. also my problem is the articles, cuz we just don't have it in russian 😭
Because the first thing that you need in order to be fluent it's to understand english native-english speakers and then you can improve your conversation. It's just a matter of time.
I’m doing this thing: when I’m alone and I need to express my feeling out loud, I don’t use my native language ‘cause it seems my thoughts in my native language are too fast, so I just switch language and I start to overthink about my problems in English and also I start to talk to myself in English. 🤷🏻♀️ Now, it might sound a little crazy but it actually helps me a lot with both maintaining a good English level and resolve my inner problems 🤣👌🏻
you know you are fluent speaker when you have just finished watching this video and have understood everything, without having realized that, till it gets to the end. thank you !
Well, let me say that I'm not seeing that on the same way. She speaks really, really well and her pronunciation it's just out of this world. Specially for how fast she talks. I'm certainly if you go out and pretend to manage your entire journey being confident on English, won't be that simple. See'ya around, on the field. "RUNNING THE STREETS".
My classmates often ask me "how do you know that is the right word/sentence/tense" Because it's sounds right.. but they don't know how that feels. And I never "studied" English (I had lessons but never took it seriously) I just wanted to understand celebrities, youtubers, even music lyrics. Now I'm here with a successful language exam. Kids, watch youtube videos to improve your language skills! It's possible! (You can see a HUGE difference in like a year.)
I think this could be summarized in the following way: you know you're fluent when you're able to have a conversation in English without too much hesitation. :)
Nayara Soares Eu entendo porque você usou AT. Porquê você usou "the whole" e geralmente as pessoas usam ex: at the whole time , mas aí é: at time, faz sentido e video seria: in the vídeo, então in the whole vídeo.
Although i didn’t speak english until i turned 17 i think somehow i became fluent it’s just so easy to understand and use that it affects my native language
I know that I am not fluent but I understood 100% what she said. My listening skills are much better than my writing and my speaking. But I'll keep working on it.
She is a teacher and talks really clearly so that you can understand all the words if you know the word. Have you tried listen to people with some different accents or people who just speak faster and less clearly? As she said, you don't need to understand all the native accents but you need to understand at least a few accents because most of the native speakers don't really talk like her. If you need advice to learn some more difficult accents. You should first listen to people talking about something you are really familiar with. That way you have better chance to understand them at least partially and then you improve by listening over and over again. For example if you are into football/soccer and you want to understand Liverpool accent, you can listen to Jamie Carragher, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard talking about football.
i'm so proud of myself because last year i couldn't even understand when someone was speaking to me! now i can understand almost 100% of what is she saying, i improved a lot thanks to speaking with non and native english speakers with different english levels through discord, i only struggle when i have to write "in" or "on" it confuses me sometimes, great video, kisses from argentina 🇦🇷
I've been reading and watching everything in English all my life that I can't even read my native language in a normal dialect now. And I never understand the jokes made in my native language. I'm such a disgrace lol.
For real, I can actually be speaking in Spanish, and suddenly forget the Spanish word, but I recall the english word for the concept I was referring to. It's so frustrating
One thing that I noticed through learning English is that I actually developed another persona. It’s almost like I have two characters inside of me that switch between languages, and it’s not that I’m not myself in either English or Italian, but I just feel like that to express my personality I adapted to the culture as well, and the result is that it sounds like two different people speaking. At first I really struggled too, but with time I came to accept and love this other side of me, and for that I’m really grateful. It’s been a journey and I can’t wait to see what the future unfolds, and discover myself even more. I always loved the English language and even after many many years it still feels exciting to learn new vocabulary, new expressions and even new dialects. At the and of the day as long as that kind of excitement exists, keeping to learn will absolutely never feel like a burden whatsoever.
To be honest, I don't know why I clicked on this video considering I'm a native English speaker, but this is really interesting and is a nice test to apply to the other languages I'm learning. Good video!
Hahaha. American english it's a piece of cake. I'm living in Australia now for about 10 months and sometimes I don't understand they "how's it going" hahaha Nice video! MATE is from Brazil though 😉
I'm Italian speaker, and I can understand what you say. I has been ever so lazy at learn other languages, but three years ago i compel myself to read in english, but not ever with constancy. I'm not accustomed to talk but with myself; and what can i say is that i'm ever agree with my interlocutor
When you mentioned that you don't feel like a different person... I was thinking that some people say that each language has sort of like their "own personality", I don't know for other people but I feel more extrovert and talkative when I speak in English (my mother tongue is spanish) or maybe it's just me XD
I get that. I'm a lot more expressive and relaxed in my own language, but English makes me sound more highbrow :P I'm more formal and my pronunciation is always on point. xD
I'm happy to know that I could understand everything you said. You speak very well, in a clean and simple way, probaly because you are a teacher used to foreigners, but when I talk to "normal" people everything gets hard, because of the accent, words that I never heard, speed, etc.
I'm not fluent in English, I knew it. But this video was perfect to understand how is the process and to realize that, actually, I'm going very well in some points. I loved the video, it's very clear.
I consider myself fluent, but sometimes I enjoy watching series with subtitles just because there is always something new to learn, perhaps a new word or expression :)
My English teacher told me that u dont have to be perfect when speaking English. She is a native English speaker. To be fluent, u can put aside all the grammars when u dont know any. The only important things is people understand what u're trying to say or tell and they got the message. And u can converse with anyone without being worried abt all those grammars and mistakes. Bcs that what makes u feel like u cannot speak English fluently. Im still learning too. I know my English is quite bad, i had alot of mistakes here and there probably in grammars and spelling, but as my American friends always said they were impressed with my English and we communicate well and fine.
I watch everyday, every video, movie, tv shows only in English so i became fluent rn I've some pen pals from USA and they help me out I'm so grateful thanks a lot for your videos they help me a lot and I start 2 years ago thanks teacher ♥
I am not a native speaker but I could make a presentation like the level of TED talk in English. My personal secret to acquiring English as a third language, Spanish the fourth, and the Japanese the fifth, is to improve your language and build up your vocabulary through reading. This is the key point that is often overlooked. A good article has an abundance of well-structured sentences and expresses how the words, phrases and slangs are utilized and put into a sentence. As a consequence, for the intermediate or even advanced English learners who have a hard time improving their English further, I personally would suggest them read some good articles and observe how those great writers express their thoughts in a coherent and logical way.
I have been studying english for 2 years, and since almost all my hobbies (like reading manga, playing games, etc) are in english, it helps me a lot to improve my understanding
I feel like my german (native) has become worse since I started spending more time using and thinking in english. Some topics I always think in english in my head and I sometimes feel like I have 2 personalities, my german and english personality 🤔
There is definitely evidence that people have different personalities while speaking different languages. This is also related to how other languages work, so how you will have to use certain words to form a sentence that expresses what you want to say. And also for people who grew up bilangual, they feel like if they use one language more than the other, they tend to forget it. But no worries - once you were able to speak a language it will always come back if you need it again :)
Spanish is my first language but even if I live in Mexico and I use Spanish every day I sometimes forget words. Sometimes I have to quickly check Google translator to say something to my family because I spend so much time consuming content in English that I just forget.
@@marcelacastillojuarez8837 use the mirror and talk about any subject you like or choose a conversation and start talking to yourself, believe me marcela it's sooooo good and effective , you will never regret ❤!
When it feels easier to say a particular thing in english than finding the right words in your native tongue. And by that I don't mean the "there is no good word for it" scenario.
Wow your video just made me realize that I'm actually fluent in English and now I'm soooo happy! 😄 like, everything I do on my phone is in English, I read news, poems, books in English, and I can understand pretty much everything, and sometimes I feel like my mother language is the one that sounds weird to me because I often forget how to translate something to my language, specially when my mom ask me to translate some phrase to her and I'm like 'I know what this means in English but I can't remember this word in my language' haha basically my life is in English but I still struggle to express myself while talking because I need to focus on my speaking, and your channel as well as other English teachers on UA-cam has helped me a lot, thank you
Wow! O seu inglês é muito claro, muito nítido. Assisti todo o vídeo, sem interrupções. Deu para entender tudo. Me identifiquei muito com os requisitos que podem identificar se a pessoa está fluente ou não. Vídeo espetacular. Ainda mais para mim que não sou nativo. Ganhou mais um seguidor.
Wow, this is literally the truth. Often times, I can't express myself in my native language because English keeps popping up in my mind and it inhibits me from getting my ideas across. Some people just won't get it and they think I'm just making this all up when I'm actually not. Thanks for sharing your fabulous ideas!!!!
I'm happy because after 10 years of living in Australia I fell confident to study a career. I can shift Spanish to English and vice versa without noticed the change. Also, I can give presentations in English. The experience of living in an English language country gave me the possibility to learn slowly. Listening to the radio help me a lot with this process.
Hello teacher!! I have been studying English for three years now and my journey studying that incredible language includes classes and more classes about verb tenses and everything. Not only have I studying English in class but also with a wild range of UA-cam videos and stuff. I also like to watch Ted talks to improve my listening skill and enlarge my vocabulary. There's also a thing that helped me a lot which is I'm an English teacher as well, I teach for kids therefore I'm always keep learning new things and improving the way I teach. Love that !
"You are fluent in english when you feel like yourself": it's so true!! I'm a different person when I speak english. I am serious, I feel unconfortable and I may even look unpleasant. On the contrary, when I speak french - even though it's not my mother tongue - I can tell jokes, I laugh, I am extra kind and spontaneous.
My native language is Portuguese and I've came to realize that I like myself more when speaking in English! hahaha It makes me feel way more confident and a totally different person.
I could easily understand every word you said. I just struggle a little bit while speaking. That means I'm in the way of fluency? Congratulations for your video! You rock explaining things.
It's so good and satisfatory when you watch a video like that and realize than YOU CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYINT, so, thank you for talking how you are talking (this could make any sense and I probability have many of wrongs worlds, but I am glad to be confortable em write so far. Brazilian Here)
Laila can you help me out by talking to me sometimes. Through voice chat ? My English is rough... And it comes with a lot of full stops and commas when I speak.
Hello awesome people! I made this video because understanding what you struggle with is the FIRST step to improving your skills. That said, if you AREN'T 100% fluent in English, make sure to download the guide I mentioned at the end of the video so you can practice your English with other people and work on your speaking skills :D Here's the link: englishfulltime.com/free-guide
Hiiiiiiii English Coach it's me Chandan kumar from India ,few minutes ago I have subscribed to your channel and I know you teach us very well how to improve our fluent in English ? Because English is an international language ,lot s of people use this language now I am perfect in English language 80 to 90 percent out of 100 % and I will be a perfect English speaker very soon
You speak English so well, so clearly. I’m impressed that I’ve understood everything.
You spent like 2 minutes explain what your title said that's way too long.
The English Coach I wanna speak like you my English is B1 n my spoken is really bad !
Hi Stefanie. There's something wrong with the form to download the "Guide to Practice English" on this link englishfulltime.com/free-guide. I typed my email, clicked at download button and then it was asked me to verify the captcha. Then i did again the whole process and the page returned to the start again. Please, i would like so much to read your e-book guide, can you check the form?
I'm glad I can understand everything you are saying and can relate to it all. My problem is that I live in a hispanic country and I litteraly don't talk to anyone in english so I make mental conversations with myself and know how to answer but I'm scared that the time that a conversation arise with someone I'll run out of ideas :(...
Hi can you help me about English speaking..?
@@SAkbar-fb4jv literally same
@@SAkbar-fb4jv me too, I only speak English with my family from the US come to visit.
@@danielagarciac.603 Thanks a lot for replying. But can you help me about English speaking practice...?
Same here :/
You're fluent when you dream in the language you're learning. I have found that many people have experienced dreaming in a language they are not fluent at; and this only means that the process of developing fluency in communication is in progress; that means that if you can dream in the target language the information necessary to speak it is already stored in your brain but it is our turn to find the switch to activate that skill and for that it is necessary the total immersion ( change your life using the target language at least in a 80 % of your autonomous activities) so that vocabulary and structure can overpass the wall we create when we are awoken.
WHOA I DID THIS ALREADY
Berto Melly a whole different level
I always dream that I'm on vacation in this country so I speak the language.
Yes!!
An exercise sometimes I do is writing and then reading a paragraph written in 5 different languages; I mean every three words I switch the language to continue. That helps me to keep my brain active and aware
you know you're fluent when you can multitask and still be able to listen to and comprehend someone like you who is a fluent english speaker
LOL, so true...I always put some videos when I'm doing the dishes just to listen to it XD
I personally think fluency is more about speaking , i feel like listening is a lot easier
A native speaker or a fluent person in English know more than 10,000 word. I made a test and realized I know 9,400 😒
@@vezzzzz for me listening is not easier than speaking.😐
me replying to this comment listening to the video and to music at the same time lmao
I realized I was fluent in English when I came to the point where I could just speak naturally, without translating words in my head before saying them.
plus, you know you're fluent in a language when you can translate a text out loud while you're reading it and you still manage to create coherent sentences in the other language
I’d say translating while reading or listening is a different skill. My native language is Turkish, I can speak and understand english quite well but translating from one to another is extremely hard unless I give it some thought because those 2 languages are so different. I also speak German and English-German translation is much more easier than Turkish-German/English. It really depends on how similar the languages are to translate between them.
I don't agree with the second thing. I, for example, even think in English even tho it's not my native language. I never translate stuff from English to Serbian (my native) or vice versa because I don't need to use them both, so often I struggle to translate things because I forget the word for something in the other language. Like I use English words mixed with Serbian all the time as I often forget the Serbian word for something lol
@@milic5068 I guess this person meant reading while understanding what it means automatically, like you'd do in your first language when reading a piece of media for ex. Whenever I have to translate stuff in English to my mother language, I suck at it too, specially when I have to change the order of subject and verbs in a phrase so it makes sense
@@Alg0rM0rtis same
Not necessarily, i am brasilian and i live in Italy since 2002. Few weeks ago i try to translate a text from Italian to portuguese just reading it at the moment i was recording. It was a desaster 😅😅
You know you are fluent in english when you can watch, listen and talk the entire day without feeling exhausted... I think that should be in the list too
Agreed!! :)
good point mate !! I got it when I started studying English, and I remember how tired I used to get, but, now, it's not happening anymore. Even knowing I have been not speaking English for the last 18 years at all.
Jota595 I’m in
Oh my goodness this comment is so accurate. I still don't consider myself as fluent and it came to my mind last time when I was having a very long night chatting with my English speaking friend and I started feeling genuinely exhausted, and switching to my mother tongue was such a relief I felt instantly less tired. I can feel the energy that is needed in order to speak a foreign language.
nah I feel exhausted right away no matter what I do but this is a totally different topic or could be that im just introverted or just lazy.
The fact that I understand the whole video makes me feel proud of myself 😭
Congrats
Me too 😭😭😭
Seriously???
@Nicholas Marques true, but still easy to understand
Me too
Lol
I’m not even fluent in my native language. Lol
Struggle is real hahaha. I tend to speak really fast in my native language and people don't understand me. It's a habit that I can't control sometimes lol.
Kkkkkkkkk
Hahahaha
Yeah. I understand english but i cant translate them to my native language. At lesson im realy slow but correctly at reading because of shyness. You dont know some words in your own language to. That doesnt means you are not fluency. You ask the words writing shape to. But if you cant create sentelces you are not a fluent. You are such a burned baby. I dont thing im fluency. But these are my words. Maybe i have some grammar mistakes.
🤣😂🤣
“Languages are different codes of expressing ideas”
So true, Loved that
To me being fluent also includes:
Watching a movie and understand almost everything.
Listening to my favorite songs and understand almost everything
Talking to people about a variety of conversational topics easily
Reading a book and have no problem understanding most of the vocabulary
3 out of 4! i have a hard time speaking to someone in this pandemic, it sucks!
It depends on the movie and on the song, everybody gangsta till the English student understands Rap God, I mean not even native speakers can understand the lyrics
I can understand anything except songs, i have trouble understanding shit even in my language.
@@DwAboutItManFr that's okay
Then you go and read J.R.R. Tolkien and understand you're not quite there yet.
You know when you're fluent, when you randomly start thinking in english even though it's not your mother tongue
True TRUE
Oh so I speak fluently 😂
Shit for real?
Nope. That just means that u have been exposed to it a lot and u like it. It does not necessarily mean that you're fluent. This happens to me and some other people that I know and some of us aren't fluent at all.
Sometimes i even forget words in my mother tongue language cuz i think in English all the time
You know you're fluent when you start thinking in that language subconsciously
I started to do this a few years ago, sometimes is a combination of english and spanish: I think I forgot hacer mi homework, damn soy tan stupid 😂
And when you start dreaming in that language
Ayame Tsukika Or using that language instead of your native language, cuz you forgot the correct word. 😂
I do that too, but I can't translate English to Spanish or Spanish to English that well
I just know spanish because its my native language, just enough to communicate with others...
MEEEE
You know you're fluent in english when you can understand a song by Busta Rhymes.
Only if the bass boosted audios are lessened :)
Listening to her and reading comments with understanding at the same time.
can't even do it in my native language xd
It's crazy 😂
With 2x speed playback
I'm not a woman, so I can't do it even in my own language
Yeep only legends can 😁😁😁😁
You are fluent when out of the blue you forget some basic words from your mother tongue but know the word in English instead.😂
Hahaha true. Sometimes happen to me 2
Same! It has gotten to the point were my mom has become tired of it instead of being proud🤣
@@14thsomebodyelse Mother tongue is a valid term.
@@14thsomebodyelse Yeah haha I know it may sound sort of weird if you never heard it before. Also just as a side note, many other languages have this same expression. For example in spanish you would call it "lengua materna".
@@14thsomebodyelse Mother tongue is the same as native language. You can look that up in Google.
I'm so proud of me that last year when I watched this video I didn't get even 60% of what she said, and now I got like 100% without any difficulty 😁
Congratulations!
Great, that amazing progress!😁👍👍👍
So do I. As you, I've improved a lot since then, it's an amazing feeling.
Congrats
Same for me, however, i thought that being fluent in english, it's meant just speak with without knowing before if the people understood what i said, but since 2 years ago, i start to be aware how listening lessons were the most important exercise that we needs to improving english and to reach that level of fluency as well ..
This video just popped up on my feed and it's really interesting to go through those points. I really can see my improvement throughout the years. I would even say I'm close to speaking completely fluently because most of the points are true for me. Thank you for sharing this with us!
This girl has the gift of teaching
❤️❤️❤️
Edd Mtz She's the world's prettiest English teacher
she is the best ever
Totally!
Vinicius Reinert as Facundo Cabral once said, " El que hace lo que Ama, está benditamente condenado al Éxito, y se refiere a exito personal"translation.. if You love what You do, You are condemned blessed to success"haha something like that creo que Stef puede traducirlo mejor.
I wish everybody could speak English so clearly like you...it was easy to understand each word you speak...great!
Adriane Grosch si que siiiii 😂😂😂
I agree with you, but to talk clearly we need practice a lot.
Edmilson Felix when we hear a very good tv host news we can understand more easily...it depends of others good speaking skills too
Belu a big part of natives don' t speak clearly
I understand you, Adriane. When I watch videos like this, with people that teach English, it's so much easier to understand than when I watch, for example, a serie, a movie, or any other video made from a "not teacher" english native speaker. I understood every single word she said in this video, and I'm far to be fluent in English
You realize you're fluent when you remember a story/article/etc you read but can't recall which language it was in
Rezz sometimes it happens to me...
WAIT AM I FLUENT??? :D (hope so :3)
Omg! Yes, I thought I was the only one who struggled with that lol
Rezz
Ikr!
It happens to me all the time... :-D
Rezz i once recommended a video to someone. i forgot it was in a language they didnt understand
I understood everything in this video! When i'm talking in english i don't need to think or form a phrase because this comes naturally. I had talking with some natives and they told me that i sound like a native and i was so happy about it. Thank you for video!
You know you are fluent when you get tired of thinking in your native language so you just switch to English (or whatever is your favorite) and you can easily continue with your previous thoughts
Kateřina Řezníčková i'm actually like that! I almost never think on my Native Language(Brazilian Portuguese) and I've been thinking in english for almost the whole year! It's very refreshing really
OMG YES YES YES !!!
Haha same
Kateřina Řezníčková happens to me also.
Kateřina Řezníčková I grew tired of my portuguese inner voice. Most of the time, I'll stick to english
1. Degree dont make u fluent
2. University dont make u fluent
3. Years of practice dont make u fluent
Games make you fluent within a month.
Doesn’t*
@@minhasunil9698 r/ woooooooooooosh
really?
Are u right
@@amestidso5678 wtf did you say at the end hahah not the main comment but your answer on your own comment.
The most important of all of them: “You know you’re fluent in other language when you feel like yourself” that’s for me the key
Omar Villasante I agree! But I think this state of mind is also one of the keys to start internalizing a language more efficiently. That is, relaxing and not worrying about your imperfect language skills in a social situation. Of course it is not a problem for everyone, just for perfectionist language nerds like me :P I think Stephanie also mentioned this frustration:)
same here
Well, it's not just about your personality and your fluency, it's also about the culture. Speaking English in your native country of Kazakhstan and speaking English in The UK or USA can be 2 completely different things because of the cultural shock.
I've been to Singapore twice and one thing I notice is that the nature of their English, no matter how fluent they are (I'm not talking about the Singlish-speakers here), it just doesn't feel the same with the English speakers in The UK or The US or Australia or Canada. So yeah, culture and norms play a very big role in this.
A person can feel totally fluent speaking English to native and non-native speakers in his/her home country, but may not necessarily feel the same way when doing that in another country far away from his.
I'm a swedish 14 year old girl. And i started learning english when i was only 2 years old! So i've been speaking both swedish and english for 12 years of my life now. And it has helped me a lot in school actually :) In middle school i was the best student at english and my teachers always used to say "You're very good at english!" or that" You could become an english teacher in the future!". I'm in high school now and i think that my english is pretty good, though i still might need some more practice! 😅.. Tack för att ni läste allt detta ;)
I really respect everyone who learns English until fluency or partial fluency because as a native speaker, I would never be able to learn English as a second language. I still make errors, and I still get repetitive with phrases that I say all the time. You all are amazing.
J Phone, you know: I'd never learn Ukrainian if it wouldn't my mother language. )))
English is super easy though
hey buddy thanks for the comment I´m not native but I´m doing my best I really need to learn english
English is not "super easy", it's just that the standards are very low because so many foreigners speak it, and English native speakers are used to hearing broken English with a terrible accent. Try speaking French like that, and you're going to get frowned upon all the time.
No chance in hell that I would voluntarily learn German if it weren't my mother tongue.
Oh and English is super easy. After living and working in England for a mere 6 months my workmates asked me to proof read their letters for grammatical and spelling errors before sending them.
My German is getting less fluent though...
I’ve been learning English by myself for almost one year, every single day I take 3 or 4 hours to watch so many videos without an specific topic, I just see what I want to see, and so, step by step I’ve become more fluent and confident in this language, nevertheless I’m still committing mistakes but, It’s so cool when you analyze your mistakes and you look for some other ways to direct what you say or whatever you wanna speak
Same
Dude i'm the same, I've been learning by myself for almost 4 or 5 months, i understand the majority of some videos or movies, I've been reading too and seeking some vocabulary, I really enjoy my progress :)
instead of "see" I would use "watch" as in "I just watch what I want to watch". To me it just sounds a bit more natural, I'm also not a native english speaker tho... Keep it up, it sounds like ur dedicated enough to be completely fluent in english
Congratulation
your english is VERY good for someone only learning it for a year!
I'm Brazilian, and most of my friends don't speak English. A couple of years ago, they started complaining that I was sharing with them texts and videos in English, even though I knew they couldn't understand it. The thing is, I was reading and listening without even realizing it was in English. I was surprised.
But the day I realized I was fluent was when I was speaking with a North American I met at a hostel. After talking for a while, the guy asked me how long I've been in Brazil. He was shocked when he learned that I am Brazilian and that I had never been to any English speaking country.
I would say that you're fluent in a language when it comes effortlessly to you, be it listening, speaking or thinking. But I disagree with you about the day-to-day vocabulary. Every new subject I study now is in English, so I can talk about many different things. But if I were to host you in my house and had to explain how to use the washing machine, I would definitively have some trouble. Even native speakers have trouble with words and actions they are not familiar with, and daily life is one of the less common subjects for foreigners. How easily you'll acquire the new vocabulary and how effortlessly you'll adapt is more important than the quantity or quality of your speech.
I really liked your feedback on this subject! And it’s true what you said about lacking specific terminology for certain tasks. However, someone who is fluent will be able to explain their ideas regardless of their lack of vocabulary. This happens when I talk about marketing in Spanish. I don’t know all the words that I know in English, but because I’m fluent, I can still express my ideas adequately. You might not know the same words in English that you know in Portuguese when it comes to doing laundry, but I’m pretty sure you’d be able to get creative and express you ideas regardless by using other vocabulary you have at your disposal. That’s what I was trying to communicate in the video. Maybe I wasn’t clear. :)
Hello Henrique, I'm Brazilian too (ok, not 'so' native than you ;´-) ) and I loved your comments. I also rent apartments to foreigners thru an Int'l platform, I achieved the "Superhost" level and very often I must explain the Washing Machine Principles & Secrets in about 5 working languages. But my shame engulfed me in pepper red when I was asked to explain "Ponto Facultativo"...
Exactly 😂 I’m also Brazilian and I’m able to explain the political situation of my country but I’m not able to say names of kitchen stuffs
So, I don’t know if I’m fluent or not because I have problems with simple vocabulary but I can keep easily a long conversation 😅
Henrique Costa You can start writing a book now.
This is the most arrogant text that you will can read on this video.
You know you're fluent in English when you just understand everything that is happening in the background - e.g., you don't specifically listen to the tv or radio program or a podcast etc. but you just hear it happening in the background and your brain tunes in and you realize that you understand everything. This is so amazing!
Spoiler: there's no test.
Hehehehe, thanks man!
Bruh can't you see that's the test. What she's saying ..
The test was the friends we made along the way
Good point!
Nooo you spoiled me ;v
You realise you’re fluent in English when you have to write an essay for work and you look up the information in English instead of your native language.
I do that a lot, and I did it a lot for my degree, BUT, it was because there is a lot more information about computing system in English, than there is in Spanish.
Yeah. The american/english Wikipedia is the best. My teachers never believed me when I told them that I made the search in the Wikia's interface.
Poor guys.
I did that my role dregree LOL and it was great cause my professor never found out
me
I do that a lot
When you use English to learn a third language, because it seems more convenient than your first one :)
That's what I'm doing currently :)
Kiveli Papadopoulou thats the way it is☺
I'm currently doing this with German. And it's so much easier than learning it "in Hungarian". 😆 Because Hungarian grammar is so different from English and German.
That actually makes a lot of sense to do because you're learning a third language while effectively maintaining the second one at the same time
are you greek? your last name makes me think you are.
i just realized i understand english properly because i have finished this video without searching google or with out any help with google which makes me proud for a reason-
1. Understand at least one dialect
2. No more translating
3. A wide range of vocabulary and expression without repeating
4. Talk about both conversational and technical subjects
5. Natural grammar tenses
6. Realize something which cannot be expressed in the native language
7. English grammar and sentence structure start affecting native language
8. People get impressed
9. Understand humour and the culture behind
10. Not getting stuck when speaking
11. Speak coherently for a long period of time
12. Not afraid of speaking with native speakers
13. Comfortably maintain a conversation
14. Feel like being yourself
15. Understand the subtle differences between very similar sentences
16. Avoid direct translation
17. Pronunciation and accent not intervening your conversation
😊😊😊
Thanks !
17- Pronunciation and accent do not interfere wih your comunication.
thanks
@@robsonleonelbranco6450 *communication* is the right spelling for that word. ;)
You know you speak fluently when you don't notice when somebody is switching languages.
Haha omg so true! This happens to me all the time. So glad you mentioned this 😜
Pablo Gamino or even when you yourself are switching and you don't notice. I may have sounded weird to a few people in the past :)
Yeah! Sometimes I read a book or watch a video in Emglish and later I watch a video in portuguese (my native language) or read so.ething in portuguese and after all that I can't say what book was in english or what video was in portuguese, etc.
Iara de Novaes dang it I thought i was the only one
ur doing alright
When you are reading the comments and also understands what she’s saying
Piky SV yeah I know what u mean!
OMG ! yess , she is Gorgeous 😍
I do that :-)
Lmao
I cannot do that even in my native language :P
I think I became fluent thanks to reading comics in English. They don't help you with the pronunciation but it's a great way to internalize the grammar, idioms and expressions. Due to the situations are drawn it's easy to understand what's happening with the story and relate it with what the characters are saying or thinking.
To summarize webton made me fluent lol
Me too, learned a lot of new vocabulary on apps such as "choices" "whisper" and so on.
Omg same X) I started reading free mangas on the internet when I was a teenager because they were only available in English! And then of course I discovered webtoon. But now I notice bad translations 😅
A good sign is when you realize you start thinking in English without translating. Now, probably the best test to certify you are fluent is if you are able to hold a long conversation over the phone with confidence. I still feel intimidated by it.
The thing about thinking in English and it making perfect sense in your head but not if you translate it to your native language is so true
You realize you are fluent when you don't pay attention on the video but even like that you can understand everything she said.
tóis
Mee
If u did it u are a super fluent.
A whole video I watched and I had no problem to understand, sometimes I feel totally fluent. Unfortunately when I move my mouth a disaster happens.
No actually I wouldn't consider myself fluent at all and I understood 100 percent of what she said may be because she speaks slowly
Hello everyone. I am a native english speaker trying to learn japanese myself but if anyone wants to practice their english with me i don't mind. I won't judge you and I'm very patient. I spend a lot of time around non-native english speakers so if you just want to practice having lots of conversations with me, I'll do my best to help.
it's quite frustrating that i'm able to understand 100% of what you're saying, all the words, verbs and expressions but on the other hand my speaking is still bad and i have to think before i say something... but that's okay, i'm improving my english slowly and i'm sure one day i'll become fluent!! thanks for sharing all the tips :))
Ligia Dos Santos Lima want a partner to improve mine too...
From Another Planet hahaha where are you from?
Ligia Dos Santos Lima India, how bout you
From Another Planet i'm from brazil
Ligia Dos Santos Lima oh great....
WhatsApp me on +919919323183
I'm from Brazil and I rarely speak English here because, even though we have lots of English courses, not everyone speaks it. I realized I'm fluent when I went to the UK for the first time in 2017 to visit my mother-in-law who lives there. One of her friends, who is an English man, started talking to me and we spent a long time in a good conversation and in the end of the day he said : "Your English is perfect, sometimes you even sound like you're British"... that was the best compliment I ever heard in my entire life..ahaha
Amazing.
An we practise to gather
Too much floro
😄😄😄😄
Parabéns BR
Hello can I practice with you
I guess I'm fluent in UNDERSTANDING english but I talk so little that I definitely have to work on that because I'm often lacking for vocabulary and my pronunciation is not the best
Charlotte Moon That’s ok! You’re already doing so well because your writing is fluent-level.It is natural to understand English better than you speak.Do not speak until you are ready or you might develop an accent.Good luck 💖
Same
ohh gosh that is absolutely my stuff. i can understand when i listen to smb/smth and read without translating the words in my head. but sometimes, when i am trying to say or translate smth, my native language just messes up with english, because of the different grammar constructions. also my problem is the articles, cuz we just don't have it in russian 😭
Charlotte Moon same
Because the first thing that you need in order to be fluent it's to understand english native-english speakers and then you can improve your conversation. It's just a matter of time.
I’m doing this thing: when I’m alone and I need to express my feeling out loud, I don’t use my native language ‘cause it seems my thoughts in my native language are too fast, so I just switch language and I start to overthink about my problems in English and also I start to talk to myself in English. 🤷🏻♀️
Now, it might sound a little crazy but it actually helps me a lot with both maintaining a good English level and resolve my inner problems 🤣👌🏻
I am fluent in English when I am not talking to a native speaker. ONLY 😁
Same for me, it's a lack of confidence I suppose.
Victor Fernandes relatable😂
True 😂
"Fluency" is a myth.
Sounds like we have a brazilian here
you know you are fluent speaker when you have just finished watching this video and have understood everything, without having realized that, till it gets to the end. thank you !
And it's feels so great 👍
Well, let me say that I'm not seeing that on the same way. She speaks really, really well and her pronunciation it's just out of this world. Specially for how fast she talks. I'm certainly if you go out and pretend to manage your entire journey being confident on English, won't be that simple. See'ya around, on the field. "RUNNING THE STREETS".
Nope that's not enough :)
Fluency has nothing to do with understanding. Fluency in is speaking form.
SMANIA IN LONDON i got it 😀
My classmates often ask me "how do you know that is the right word/sentence/tense" Because it's sounds right.. but they don't know how that feels. And I never "studied" English (I had lessons but never took it seriously) I just wanted to understand celebrities, youtubers, even music lyrics. Now I'm here with a successful language exam.
Kids, watch youtube videos to improve your language skills! It's possible! (You can see a HUGE difference in like a year.)
Love this! ❤️❤️❤️
This was how I learned it too :)
Yeah, after a year of watching youtube in english I improved a lot. UA-cam is the best english teacher
Kooqye Aws exactly
Yep, without UA-cam I wouldn't have the same level of English as I have today!
I'm so proud of myself, my first and only language is english and I understood it all.
I think this could be summarized in the following way: you know you're fluent when you're able to have a conversation in English without too much hesitation. :)
If you can get drunk and can communicate in your target language you are deffo fluent
yep I feel like im more confident with talking in english than my native languages
@@reyphobic why is this so true-
I know I've got fluent now that I realized I can understand everything she is saying
But speaking and understanding the Language are not the same thing
@@julianoplok2675 yeah, i got some accent, but I could speak without any problem. Ive been practicing since I started studying English
@L de Léia It's camel and chick... but you seem Brazilian as well, I'm afraid this is a kind of joke LOL, se for eu não entendi babe
I'm Brazilian and I understood every single word she said at the whole video! Just studying on my own
I do so. but it's difficult for me to find partner to speak english with which is better to improve my english
+Felisitus Jehabur Eu acho que o que vc quis dizer foi "And so do I".
Nayara Soares Eu tô nessa também😊
Oi, legal vê o pessoal aprendendo aquí mas uma dica acho que é In the whole video. At é quando você está em algum lugar.
Nayara Soares Eu entendo porque você usou AT. Porquê você usou "the whole" e geralmente as pessoas usam ex: at the whole time , mas aí é: at time, faz sentido e video seria: in the vídeo, então in the whole vídeo.
Although i didn’t speak english until i turned 17 i think somehow i became fluent it’s just so easy to understand and use that it affects my native language
You know your fluent when you can't remember in which language you heard or read an idea.
I'm working to be fluent.
Yes! And when you can tell jokes in the language... :)
this happened to me!! it was so crazy lol
That happens to me all the time!I often think I wrote something in my native language but it's actually English 😂😂
Yeah and when you know the correct form is you're and not your.
You know you're fluent when your first language becomes your second lol
So funny
dat will never happen unless you got exposed to ur second permanently starting before ur 16 years old
Friedrich Nietzsche i got exposed to english by the age of 7 and Japanese at 12 . But my mother tounge is Vietnamese . So , i guess i'm a trilingual
Exactly!
Kari you have a beautiful name
I know that I am not fluent but I understood 100% what she said. My listening skills are much better than my writing and my speaking. But I'll keep working on it.
Same here
Same!
Me too
Same here
She is a teacher and talks really clearly so that you can understand all the words if you know the word. Have you tried listen to people with some different accents or people who just speak faster and less clearly? As she said, you don't need to understand all the native accents but you need to understand at least a few accents because most of the native speakers don't really talk like her.
If you need advice to learn some more difficult accents. You should first listen to people talking about something you are really familiar with. That way you have better chance to understand them at least partially and then you improve by listening over and over again. For example if you are into football/soccer and you want to understand Liverpool accent, you can listen to Jamie Carragher, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard talking about football.
i'm so proud of myself because last year i couldn't even understand when someone was speaking to me! now i can understand almost 100% of what is she saying, i improved a lot thanks to speaking with non and native english speakers with different english levels through discord, i only struggle when i have to write "in" or "on" it confuses me sometimes, great video, kisses from argentina 🇦🇷
When you get the jokes someone tells, when you read a book and enjoy it as much as if it's written in your own language
Or, heck, when you *prefer* it written in English.
I find myself enjoying English books far more than German ones.
When your can’t remember if you read it in english or your own language. « I can lend you this terrifik book! Oh wait no, you can’t read it. Shame »
I've been reading and watching everything in English all my life that I can't even read my native language in a normal dialect now. And I never understand the jokes made in my native language. I'm such a disgrace lol.
@@Yotanidosame but my native language is Spanish
You know you are fluent in english when you often forget your own language :"
Salsabila Andira lol
Forget*
Joel Elias IN okieee
Not true
For real, I can actually be speaking in Spanish, and suddenly forget the Spanish word, but I recall the english word for the concept I was referring to. It's so frustrating
You are very clear with the sounds in pronunciation . I can understand better .Thanks
One thing that I noticed through learning English is that I actually developed another persona. It’s almost like I have two characters inside of me that switch between languages, and it’s not that I’m not myself in either English or Italian, but I just feel like that to express my personality I adapted to the culture as well, and the result is that it sounds like two different people speaking.
At first I really struggled too, but with time I came to accept and love this other side of me, and for that I’m really grateful. It’s been a journey and I can’t wait to see what the future unfolds, and discover myself even more. I always loved the English language and even after many many years it still feels exciting to learn new vocabulary, new expressions and even new dialects.
At the and of the day as long as that kind of excitement exists, keeping to learn will absolutely never feel like a burden whatsoever.
To be honest, I don't know why I clicked on this video considering I'm a native English speaker, but this is really interesting and is a nice test to apply to the other languages I'm learning. Good video!
Bunny Senpai same. I'm not even a native speaker but I wasn't gonna click on this kind of videos but I did, for some reason.
Also notice me senpai.
Alex Takahashi you have been noticed ~(￣▽￣)~*
Omg! U speak so clearly... I could understand every single word you said... Hello from Brazil!
i love brasil from italy
Hahaha. American english it's a piece of cake. I'm living in Australia now for about 10 months and sometimes I don't understand they "how's it going" hahaha
Nice video! MATE is from Brazil though 😉
I'm Italian speaker, and I can understand what you say. I has been ever so lazy at learn other languages, but three years ago i compel myself to read in english, but not ever with constancy. I'm not accustomed to talk but with myself; and what can i say is that i'm ever agree with my interlocutor
When you mentioned that you don't feel like a different person... I was thinking that some people say that each language has sort of like their "own personality", I don't know for other people but I feel more extrovert and talkative when I speak in English (my mother tongue is spanish) or maybe it's just me XD
I get that. I'm a lot more expressive and relaxed in my own language, but English makes me sound more highbrow :P I'm more formal and my pronunciation is always on point. xD
I'm with you on that
When i talk in english I'm much more talkative than my native language
LITERALLY me but I think it’s because I watch a lot of videos in English and somehow I copy that confidence or something idk?
@@livbxr Absolutely! I get my sarcastic humor from tv shows in English XD
I cursed a lot more in english
I'm happy to know that I could understand everything you said. You speak very well, in a clean and simple way, probaly because you are a teacher used to foreigners, but when I talk to "normal" people everything gets hard, because of the accent, words that I never heard, speed, etc.
I'm not fluent in English, I knew it. But this video was perfect to understand how is the process and to realize that, actually, I'm going very well in some points. I loved the video, it's very clear.
I have same feelings. I'm doing good but I'm not fluent yet :)
The same
i'm glad that i understood the whole video and one point that i must improve is my speech
You're fluent when you prefer to watch series, movies and online content without subtitles
Ooh! That is some serious fluency.
that is the top
Most important... I guess😂😂
Listening to the original voices sounds so much better and naturally.
I consider myself fluent, but sometimes I enjoy watching series with subtitles just because there is always something new to learn, perhaps a new word or expression :)
My English teacher told me that u dont have to be perfect when speaking English. She is a native English speaker. To be fluent, u can put aside all the grammars when u dont know any. The only important things is people understand what u're trying to say or tell and they got the message. And u can converse with anyone without being worried abt all those grammars and mistakes. Bcs that what makes u feel like u cannot speak English fluently. Im still learning too. I know my English is quite bad, i had alot of mistakes here and there probably in grammars and spelling, but as my American friends always said they were impressed with my English and we communicate well and fine.
you know you're fluent in English when YOU UNDERSTAND EVERY SINGLE WORD JOJO SIWA SAYS 👍
Lmaooo
English ceases to exist inmediatly
this made my day lol
Who is JoJo siwa?
Or James Charles🤣🤣🤣🤣
I watch everyday, every video, movie, tv shows only in English so i became fluent rn I've some pen pals from USA and they help me out I'm so grateful thanks a lot for your videos they help me a lot and I start 2 years ago thanks teacher ♥
I am not a native speaker but I could make a presentation like the level of TED talk in English.
My personal secret to acquiring English as a third language, Spanish the fourth, and the Japanese the fifth, is
to improve your language and build up your vocabulary through reading. This is the key point that is often
overlooked. A good article has an abundance of well-structured sentences and expresses how the words, phrases
and slangs are utilized and put into a sentence. As a consequence, for the intermediate or even advanced English
learners who have a hard time improving their English further, I personally would suggest them read some good
articles and observe how those great writers express their thoughts in a coherent and logical way.
Agree. I've been reading since last year, and it helped a lot, I can understand easier and communicate ideas without being repetitive.
To me, tenses "just sound right" and I just don't think about them. But I don't know when to use every single one haha
Josipa Tokić most who are native English speaker like me haveno idea what the grammar rules are, or that they even existed
English is my first language, why did I decide to watch this?
If you're looking for a foreign friend, we can make voice chat :)
@@mertoozkaya how old are you? 😁
+reina I'm 19 :D
@@mertoozkaya Do you need help learning English? Or do you want to just talk? : p
+reina I just need someone to improve my speaking :)
I have been studying english for 2 years, and since almost all my hobbies (like reading manga, playing games, etc) are in english, it helps me a lot to improve my understanding
I feel like my german (native) has become worse since I started spending more time using and thinking in english. Some topics I always think in english in my head and I sometimes feel like I have 2 personalities, my german and english personality 🤔
Haha yeah my English definitely got worse after spending so many years speaking Spanish 🙈
There is definitely evidence that people have different personalities while speaking different languages. This is also related to how other languages work, so how you will have to use certain words to form a sentence that expresses what you want to say.
And also for people who grew up bilangual, they feel like if they use one language more than the other, they tend to forget it. But no worries - once you were able to speak a language it will always come back if you need it again :)
Spanish is my first language but even if I live in Mexico and I use Spanish every day I sometimes forget words.
Sometimes I have to quickly check Google translator to say something to my family because I spend so much time consuming content in English that I just forget.
Zwei Persönlichkeiten haben nichts mit der Fähigkeit zu tun, zwei Sprachen zu sprechen.
Same lol, the percentage of me speaking mandarin (my mother tongue) is really low, it's like 40%
And I feel like my mandarin is not as good as before
"having a degree from formal higher education does not make you fluent" so true lolll I can totally relate
I learned to speak English by myself.
How you did it? Can you share your experience please?
@@marcelacastillojuarez8837 I can help you 💕
@@Itshawwa I'd appreciate that, thanks
@@marcelacastillojuarez8837 use the mirror and talk about any subject you like or choose a conversation and start talking to yourself, believe me marcela it's sooooo good and effective , you will never regret ❤!
@@marcelacastillojuarez8837 reply me if you want to speak in English
The most thing that got my attention is how clearly the words come out your mouth . I hope I can get close to that.
I think I'm completely fluent by listening and understanding but I still need to practice pronunciation, train of thought and writing.
Rt
When it feels easier to say a particular thing in english than finding the right words in your native tongue. And by that I don't mean the "there is no good word for it" scenario.
Wow your video just made me realize that I'm actually fluent in English and now I'm soooo happy! 😄 like, everything I do on my phone is in English, I read news, poems, books in English, and I can understand pretty much everything, and sometimes I feel like my mother language is the one that sounds weird to me because I often forget how to translate something to my language, specially when my mom ask me to translate some phrase to her and I'm like 'I know what this means in English but I can't remember this word in my language' haha basically my life is in English but I still struggle to express myself while talking because I need to focus on my speaking, and your channel as well as other English teachers on UA-cam has helped me a lot, thank you
Wow! O seu inglês é muito claro, muito nítido. Assisti todo o vídeo, sem interrupções. Deu para entender tudo. Me identifiquei muito com os requisitos que podem identificar se a pessoa está fluente ou não. Vídeo espetacular. Ainda mais para mim que não sou nativo. Ganhou mais um seguidor.
Wow, this is literally the truth. Often times, I can't express myself in my native language because English keeps popping up in my mind and it inhibits me from getting my ideas across. Some people just won't get it and they think I'm just making this all up when I'm actually not. Thanks for sharing your fabulous ideas!!!!
I'm happy because after 10 years of living in Australia I fell confident to study a career. I can shift Spanish to English and vice versa without noticed the change. Also, I can give presentations in English. The experience of living in an English language country gave me the possibility to learn slowly. Listening to the radio help me a lot with this process.
Superb💯💯💯
Hello teacher!! I have been studying English for three years now and my journey studying that incredible language includes classes and more classes about verb tenses and everything. Not only have I studying English in class but also with a wild range of UA-cam videos and stuff. I also like to watch Ted talks to improve my listening skill and enlarge my vocabulary. There's also a thing that helped me a lot which is I'm an English teacher as well, I teach for kids therefore I'm always keep learning new things and improving the way I teach. Love that !
if everyone speak like you, it wouldn't have problems to understand, you're incredible. I could understand almost everything you said, I'm so glad
So proud of myself, actually I understood about 95% of the video content,
Thank you Stephany for all your support 👍🏻👋
Who else clicked on this video knowing they were fluent
"You are fluent in english when you feel like yourself": it's so true!! I'm a different person when I speak english. I am serious, I feel unconfortable and I may even look unpleasant. On the contrary, when I speak french - even though it's not my mother tongue - I can tell jokes, I laugh, I am extra kind and spontaneous.
My native language is Portuguese and I've came to realize that I like myself more when speaking in English! hahaha It makes me feel way more confident and a totally different person.
@@hsblw_6 verdade. Eu sou muito mais paquerador em inglês. 😂😂
understanding humor and not being able to translate directly has me impressed because it started when i watched more and more series
I love her!! I can understand her pronunciation
Before watching I thought there gonna be a test or quiz.
Were
Lmao i was waiting for it till the rest of the video
thank God i read ur comment in the first place. thks a lot
All of us.
me too and was exhausted to the end :)
I could easily understand every word you said. I just struggle a little bit while speaking. That means I'm in the way of fluency? Congratulations for your video! You rock explaining things.
It's so good and satisfatory when you watch a video like that and realize than YOU CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYINT, so, thank you for talking how you are talking (this could make any sense and I probability have many of wrongs worlds, but I am glad to be confortable em write so far. Brazilian Here)
I'm Brazilian and I'm learning English with videos on UA-cam, it's amazing understand almost everything! good video :3
҉M҉ø҉r҉k҉ ҉W҉h҉i҉t҉h҉ Hey eu também tô aprendendo pelo UA-cam,quanto tempo tu faz isso?
Alice Paiva Faço faz pelo menos uns dois meses.
҉M҉ø҉r҉k҉ ҉W҉h҉i҉t҉h҉ eita......daqui a dois já quero estar fluente...ou quase.
Alice Paiva Não se preocupe com isso, só preocupe-se em estudar.
como assim em dois meses tu já ficou fluente? uaaau
I've been studying English for 1 year and I managed to understand 70% of everything she said in this video
@L de Léia sim :D
stayed to watch this even though I'm from england because of how well you did this video, excellent teacher
Aww thank you ❤️
Laila can you help me out by talking to me sometimes. Through voice chat ? My English is rough... And it comes with a lot of full stops and commas when I speak.
i aways studied english by myself and now i just watched this video completely. i could do it myself without caption. thanks for your videos