2066 - 3 Ways to Speak More English – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.hey there Aubrey how's everything going today I'm great how are you Lindsay I'm feeling fantastic today yeah what are we getting into oh man we got a really interesting question that I know a lot of our listeners have about how do you practice speaking English when you don't actually know anyone who's learning English or who speaks English right yeah this it's interesting we've got some really good tips for you guys I'm in that boat I don't know anyone who speaks Spanish or French who lives close to me so I have to get a little bit creative oh for sure for sure we all do we have to go one level deeper if we want to achieve that fluency that we're looking for um Aubrey you studied a language in high school yeah were you studying French back then or what were you studying yeah yeah I was learning French and this was a real problem practicing speaking we really didn't do it much in class our teacher had us writing like filling out worksheets and we were learning grammar a lot of French grammar and hardly ever practicing speaking what about you Lindsay did you that's just speaking a lot in high school nightmare yeah when I think about learning French in high school I think I had to get up to French two or something or was that college well both high school and college all I think of is just conjugations on the board yes I did a lot of that yeah it was terrible it was terrible like students would go up conjugate this verb but it didn't mean anything to me right yeah and we didn't have the internet we didn't have the resources that are available now to find speaking Partners to maybe practice speaking with someone over Zoom or the apps that are available now it's there's such a wealth of information that's now there are so many resources that are now available to help facilitate this oh my gosh I'm jealous I wish I had had these things when I was young when I was in high school in college to have this kind and also just we've become a more globalized culture like globalization has spread more since the 90s in the early 2000s right absolutely we're just more connected with social media so this is inspired today out of a question from a listener Aubrey do you want to read our listeners question sure this listener's name is fair and they said how can I practice my English if no one speaks it I feel like I can feel the frustration that this listener is feeling right it's like I would love to be able to go and chat with someone in English but I don't know anyone there's nobody right they don't leave it live in an English-speaking country it makes it a little more difficult yeah and it can be frustrating honestly just on an emotional level if we live in a place where people are maybe not as curious about the outside world right as we are we might feel a little isolated at times and so there are so many resources and that's what we're going to talk about today Aubry on this episode for our listeners to practice but also connect exactly right we are going to share three ways to practice speaking in a second language when you don't know anyone that speaks it right your friends your neighbors the people you're interacting on a day-to-day basis are not speaking partners for you in English that doesn't mean that there's not things you can do there's so many resources at your disposal yes we do a lot of episodes here in allers English do we have something that we released last week that our listeners should make sure they check out yes you guys last week if you missed episode 2064 you missed some amazing strategies this was our guest was Matt Abrams and he had this episode was called how structure and strategies help you speak spontaneously with Matt Abrams this is the kind of strategies you guys need so that you're ready for the speaking practice that we're talking about today yes this is a very inspiring episode Matt Abrahams is a wonderful guy uh connected with him he's straight out of Stanford School Graduate School of Business so his information and insight comes from working with graduates at Stanford Graduate students at Stanford and just really being involved in that academic world so excited so guys roll up for that episode if you missed it and be sure to hit follow we have four new episodes every week and you don't want to miss any of them yeah I love it okay Aubry let's get into the meat of the episode today so what is our first suggestion for our listener for fair and for anyone else who's feeling this sense of isolation when it comes to not being able to practice Yeah so number one is to keep in mind that your practice does not have to be in person you can find speaking Partners online there are so many platforms like Zoom or Skype where you can speak with someone through the internet right so imagine how the world opens up to you with all of the people who either speak English or are learning English that you can practice speaking with online oh my God it's so exciting and I love in our community at all there's English we've just recently added exciting opportunities like fluency parties for all of our students we get together once a month and we party yes it's so fun and it gives you guys that we're taking away the difficult part of finding speaking Partners at allers English where it can be a little tricky to join a group and and make a post that says like I'm looking for for speaking partners and then maybe no one comments like that can be tough right so at Euler's English we're creating the fluency party you can come chat meet other speaking partners and then stay and talk practice speaking English as long as you can it's awesome and our students love the fluency party they're hosted by you and me these days you and I are getting on there we are hosting this we are setting the tone for you guys you get to talk with us but it's really about you guys all of you our listeners are students connecting with each other and having a really interesting conversation and then we also have open conversation clubs which are for any students in our community our community of listeners exactly right you guys anyone listening to this podcast can participate in those we're creating a zoom room making one of you the hosts so you can just have that opportunity to speak in English with other speaking Partners without because I know we've recommended in the past you know meetups and Facebook groups but I often in these English language groups I'll see that where someone will say hey I'm looking for speaking partners and then no one responds that's the difficult part to get past so here at dollars English that's our goal is to remove that part of it for you make it easier where you can just join the room we'll take care of that for you and you can meet speaking Partners in there I love that we start the room for you and you take it away take it to connection so good but Aubrey the fact is not everyone has the time right because when we we have these live experiences there's a time right it's a specific schedule we choose to set up so what if you don't necessarily have the time to be in sync with other students or speakers exactly right if you're not able to meet up online with speaking Partners there are other options luckily so our second tip here is to use apps that have voice recognition software yeah I love this there are tons of apps that use this but we here at all those English we've both been using Rosetta Stone for this and it is amazing guys so Aubry what do you think of the feedback on the speaking practice that's available in Rosetta Stone yes I've been really impressed actually I feel like if my pronunciation is off at all I'm prompted to try again so the way I'm pronouncing the phrase has to be pretty spot on before I get that green arrow right and that satisfying ding that lets me know that I got it right fine we love that Ding we need that positive reinforcement it can go a long way to keep us motivated to keep learning it's so funny how we're just motivated by that sound but it really works for sure I know it works for me I we highly recommend this app for speaking practice it's one of the best ways to practice especially like fair if you don't have an available speaking partner if you don't have the time to come to these groups or or schedule like we know you're busy professionals these apps are available for just a few minutes while you're waiting for an appointment yeah and sometimes it's not either or it's both right so during the times when we're waiting for fluency parties or open conversation club or other Live Events we are practicing our pronunciation with Rosetta Stone and we are understanding what is the correct pronunciation so that when we get to that fluency party people understand us yes absolutely right it's the preparation you can put in ahead of time I love that yeah exactly so guys luckily for a limited time all these English listeners that's you guys you can get Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership for 40 off Aubry we love a good lifetime membership here don't worry I know right I'm planning on my lifetime lasting quite a while still so I'm very attracted to any kind of lifetime membership we love lifetime memberships so guys that's 179 for unlimited access to 25 language courses for the rest of your life so you can redeem your 40 off at rosettastone.com a e e today and you can use coupon code a e e yes that's r-o-s-e-t-t-a-s-t-o-n-e.com slash a-e-e and we want to thank Rosetta Stone for sponsoring ollers English as excellent so Aubry let's get into our third suggestion there's a third way a third thing we can do and again maybe to add to our repertoire what is it exactly right this is a way you can meet speaking partners and also just join a room and immediately start practicing speaking in English and this is through social apps like for example Clubhouse or telegram voice chat or Discord spaces there are a lot of apps that have started opening up these spaces where you can join a room and immediately be able to chat with the other people in the room interesting yeah we had a clubhouse room going on for a while we may still have one I'm oh yeah we still have our group on there you'll see all there's English on there right we don't we're starting to do these fluency parties in lieu of those Clubhouse rooms but I still go on clubhouse quite a bit for French and Spanish there are lots of rooms that open up where you can either listen in the audience or go up on stage and practice speaking participate in there'll be games lots of activities it's a really fun way to practice speaking the language you're learning that really was cool when we were doing that in in clubhouse to hear our our listeners voices and hear those questions it felt so just real and authentic right I know absolutely I miss seeing you guys who listeners out there I miss being able to chat with you on clubhouse hopefully you'll be able to join our fluency parties so we can recreate that really fun experience and so did we name these apps where they should go do we want to say them one more time Aubry what are these socials so we found an article called five best apps like Clubhouse for Android and iOS so I recommend that or you can just search apps like Clubhouse there are lists of like 10 best 15 best it's interesting Twitter used to have one called I think Twitter spaces but when Elon Musk took over he took that down so on a lot of these lists you'll see Twitter spaces listed but instead of that because it's not available right now you can always use Clubhouse telegram voice chat Discord and there are a few others that you'll find on these lists I love it the point is get involved choose one of these things right it doesn't have to be everything but choose one however it is that you like to practice there are ways to practice guys it's just a matter of going out into the world and finding that thing Aubrey in my experience people who are successful they take it into their own hands to find that success they don't sit back and wait for it to come to them absolutely and you do have to push yourself right it's a lot easier when you have a little bit of free time to just throw on a Netflix show or read a book in your first language right it you have to really push yourself have set goals and be motivated in order to choose something like today's tips I love that fair is I can tell you're motivated right you're planning on practicing speaking you just need to have the resources so now you know what to do you can push yourself to take that free time and use it to improve your English yeah guys don't let it hold you back you could be living in the tiniest Town anywhere in the world and you have the ability ability now in 2023 to become as fluent as someone who lives in the center of Paris or the center of New York City it doesn't matter where you live because everyone has the same technology for the most part yeah yes absolutely right if you have access to the internet even if not in your home I remember when when I was in Belgium as a nanny they didn't have internet at home but I would go to those internet cafes and I'm like you're dating yourself here I know it's true but that's how it was back then right and there still may be places where if you're not able to get internet at home see if there's an internet cafe close by and take advantage of these resources oh for sure for sure any final message to our listener before listeners plural before we finish up today Aubry yeah we just want to make sure like you were saying don't let a lack of English speakers living near you hold you back from practicing speaking right so there are many ways to practice we shared three today finding and speaking online with speaking Partners language apps like Rosetta Stone and so social apps like Clubhouse telegram Discord take advantage of all of these resources yeah and we want to remind our listeners about the special deal available to you all today go and grab it right you can get Rosetta Stone's lifetime membership for 40 off again 179 dollars for unlimited access to the 25 language coursers courses the way to get that is to go right now to rosettastone.com AE and use the coupon code a-e-e yes Dove Aubry thanks for hanging out today yes we'll see you next time yes all right sure talk soon take care bye foreign [Music]