Master the
basics to improve your English and sound like native speakers!
Here's
another tip from EnglishAnyone.com about how to get fluent in English faster!
To get
fluent faster, master the basics!
Hello and
welcome to another edition of How to Get Fluent in English Faster! I’m Drew,
co-founder of EnglishAnyone.com and today we’re going to talk about mastering
the basics of English to help you build confidence and get fluent in English
faster.
Today,
we’re going to talk about the basics of English grammar and the basics of
English pronunciation.
First,
basic English grammar…
Most
students, when they begin studying English, they memorize lists of lots of
difficult words, and they don’t really pronounce them very well. And what’s
worse is that they probably won’t use many of these difficult words in
sentences anyway. These difficult words are good for passing tests, but if you
really want to have interesting conversations, and you really want to speak
confidently, then don’t worry about learning all of these big words, like
antidisestablishmentarianism, that you probably won’t use in a regular English
conversation anyway.
To begin
getting fluent in English faster, you have to master the basics of English
grammar. And this is the verb “to be” and singular and plural nouns. So, how do
you know what’s singular and what’s plural? Is hair, “are” hair, “is” hair? Or
“glasses…” “Is” glasses, “are” glasses? Or your pants… My pants “is” big, or my
pants “are” big? These are all things that you have to practice. So, this IS my
hair. This IS my hair. These ARE my glasses. These ARE my pants. And, also
understanding the verb “to be.” I am happy! You AM happy! Eh! You Am happy?
These are
little things that other native speakers will hear when they are listening to
you and think, eh, “He knows, or she knows, many difficult words, but why
doesn’t he or she know basic English grammar?” And it’s these little mistakes
that people worry about the most, because other people are listening to your
little mistakes and they will wonder why you are not learning the basics of
grammar. And, because you make these little mistakes, your confidence goes down
and you don’t want to speak as much, and you start getting in fluent much more
slowly.
Basic
things, if you can master them, they really give you a sense of accomplishment
and you can feel fantastic about understanding all of the basics. And this is
what gives you the real confidence for learning to get fluent in English
faster. It’s NOT learning a whole bunch of difficult words; it’s learning how
to speak normal English, conversational English, with correct pronunciation,
and correct grammar.
So, right
now we’ll also worry about… or also think about how to speak in correct
pronunciation. A really good example of this is, “Yes, it is.” So, we’re going
to practice that right now. This is one simple example to change from speaking
in robot English, as I call it, or textbook English, and starting to speak in
REAL English. This is a very common example we give with our students, so we’ll
review it again now because it’s really very helpful if you practice it!
So, let’s
look at the sentence right here, “Yes, it is.” Now, a native English speaker
would read it differently. A native English speaker says, “Yes, it is.” Listen
carefully! “Yes, it is.” “Yes, it is.” A non-native speaker says, “Yes, it is.”
There are three different words here. “Yes, it is.” But if you want to get
fluent in English faster, you have to learn to connect the sounds of the
letters that overlap. So, they are this word, and this word here, but they come
together and they make different words.
So, here it
is, “Yes, it is.” And for native speakers, I’m going to change the way it looks
now. Here… the same words, “Yes, it is.” Watch carefully!
“Ye si
dis.” “Ye si dis.”
The secret
to pronouncing English properly for basic English is NOT worrying about
individual sounds. It’s about how the sound of the whole sentence connects.
But,
remember this idea: Don’t worry about the individual sounds of words. You want
to figure out how sounds of words connect together. And you do this by
listening to English speakers and developing the same sense, over time, that
regular English speakers also have.
So,
remember, if you want to get fluent in English faster, don’t worry about the
difficult things up here. Get fluent with the basics down here, the basics of
grammar and the basics of smooth pronunciation. And your English will begin to
improve much more rapidly. And you will build confidence and you will want to
speak more… And THIS is how you get fluent in English faster!
Well, I
hope it’s been an excellent tip for you! We’ll see you next time with another
tip. If you have any questions, or if there’s anything specifically you’d like
to know, we love to answer comments. So, feel free… comment down below, let us
know what you think and we’ll be back next time with another tip about how to
get fluent in English faster! Bye bye!
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