I'm gonna talk english to myself for now on. I already do it but i'm gonna do it in english instead lol. Imagining an imaginary friend its a good idea :)
Would you like to learn Persian, Ruri? It would be my honor to teach you without any fee. I can improve my English this way, and that's more than enough for me.
I’m always talking to myself in English and trying to explain stuff like I’m getting interview or something 😂 It’s definitely helping me express myself in English. And for some reason, expressing thoughts and feelings in English is much easier than expressing in Japanese.
Yoooo Reimeinn so you learn the English language from here? You're that genshin ytber right?! (Mantul Bang wkwkwkwwk Bang Reinmein org indo kan?) Indonesian language
Hi!I am a Japanese! This is the first time I comment on TH-cam by Engjlsh. I want to speak English fluently and work in the global society! I have decided to do that things you said on this video.
Speaking practice is really important. My family members, all Koreans, recently began speaking in English only in our home just to improve my English. I once told my parents that I envy those who went abroad in their childhood and are so fluent in English. After that, they started input learning by watching English videos on TH-cam, and made this rule that everyone must speak in English at home. Well, I believe that all of us are now somehow more comfortable with English than before. I truly appreciate my parents' endeavor to help me do output learning
" The more you become a perfectionist, the more it takes you to actually take action and do something. " Damn.. I never realize this simple mindset until you've said it directly to me.
I taught English for 18 years and I totally agree with your learning strategies. As a teacher, the biggest challenge for me was to persuade all my students to use the language learning methods that you explained in the video.
Summarize: - More focus on speaking and writing, you only can speak fluently when you open your mouth - Try to summarize the content about the video, podcast...you watched. I also recommend that you can speaking about your day, like using diary. But if you want the most effectively way to better in english, you need a feedback. Ruri recommend busu for us - Be confident, don't try to be perfect. Language is tool to communicate, the goal is understand what people say to you, and what you talk, everyone can understand. You made mistake? It's okay, fine Thank you for those experience Ruri, It's help me alot. May you be blessed with good health and well-being 🥳
Your confidence and the way you're able to speak in English, regardless of any minor mistake is so impressive and so inspiring! As a learner of Japanese, I constantly pause, forget words, fumble my way through a grammar point, it makes output difficult, sometimes even embarrassing, but seeing you get to this point really motivates me to keep going. Thanks for making this video!
It's so true, the output&feedback thing. I can watch foreign shows and learn so little. But conversations with natives really speed up learning. The output is important. This is why I suck at learning languages on my own!
I spent a year in Japan, living in the city of Iwakuni, and I noticed this about the Japanese locals. Many could understand English well enough when I spoke to them, but they had a very difficult time speaking English themselves. But they could write in English just fine, for the most part. I often had "conversations" with Japanese locals through writing. We would pass a piece of paper and a pen back and forth, writing what we wanted to say to each other. It was very cool. I actually miss Japan tremendously even to this day. I lived there from 2002-2003, when I was 20 years old. I'm 40 now. I've had many life experiences in the last 20 years, but that year in Japan is the most memorable and special year of my life. Ever since then, I've had a very special place in my heart for Japan and Japanese people. Greetings from New York btw
That's such a great experince, I'm still dreaming of living in Japan even for a brief period of time ( I'm in Italy so I can understand the massive cultural differences, linguistic barrier and even work related issues) Can I ask you how you ended up living in Japan for a couple of years? Did you knew any Japanese? I was in Japan (Mainly Tokyo but I also did a short road trip in a rented Toyota) in 2020 and it was the best experience in my entire life
This is a really interesting perspective that many don't have on it. I come from a Greek household and it's interesting how when I pronounce certain words others can't because they had never heard those sounds growing up!
Your tips and advices are amazing! I'm brazillian and for all my life I had english classes, but we almost never practiced speaking or writing. It was always the same thing: do a lot of exames testing our reading and listening. By 5 years ago I decided to learn english by myself, after I finished the high school, and after then, I really start to learn english, and I used exactly what you say in this video. I'm still in the process, but now I can see how much I enhanced my skills. Congrats for the content. One more subscriber!
Of course! For a beginner, I thought that the best way to improve your skills (I used this too) it's to use: flashcards, duolingo, a speaking app (like real life english or something like that), listen music and podcasts with subtiles (to improve your listening e pronunciation) and watch movies with subtiles (after a while, try to watch without subtiles). I'd suggest to don't focus only on grammar, but in communication, speaking. Keep reading a lot, listening a lot, and put in practice all that you've learn. If you prefer, make a plan to your studies and work hard every day. In some months, you'll see you growth, for sure. Good luck and stay strong my friend!@@Alexma344
if you wanna talk English well do these: - watch movies/series etc with English subtitles - watch QnAs and answer the questions being asked about your self with these 2 your English speaking skills will increase tremendously very fast
@@Marie-lv6hc doesnt matter younget used to listening to conversations. So you can relate to movie lines for your answers when you need to talk. You remember what others said in similar conversations
I do that every single day and i can understand the most of vocabularies but still I can't speak english fluently.... maybe this really takes a lot of time 🥲💔
I TOTALLY agree with her opinions. I'm S.Korean, and our educational system is designed on the input-based education. That is one of the obstacles we speak English. And our mother tongue is not English. Thus we need to be proud of ourselves. Because we can speak multiple languages, even though it is not perfect. I got huge impression from this video for my English journey. Thanks :)
02:57 - The perfect ratio for learning English, if you want to improve your speaking and writing 05:41 - The app that can helps you connect with native speaker Thanks so much for your methods!! I love your video >
As far as pronouncing “pronunciation”, and if it makes you feel any better, I’m a fairly well-educated person whose first language is English who mispronounced (and misspelled!) the word “pronunciation” for quite a long time. So definitely don’t feel badly, you’re doing great! 😁
I'm a Spanish native speaker and I do understand the feeling, I'm mostly thinking and writing notes in English the whole time! Most foreigners ask me and doubt my nationality when I speak with them because I have improved it over the years by being a self-thought! Keep improving and never stop!
Interesting how your accent is largely North American, but your conjunctions are British. I teach at a uni in Kobe, I'll share with my students! Thank you for explaining.
Very well said. My students in Korea have primarily had only input for the majority of their education as they memorize vocabulary and learn grammar for standardized tests. In my university classes, I create fun and engaging opportunities for output because they've already had plenty of input. The first step is to lower their anxiety (affective filter) and help them feel comfortable. My goal is for them to speak at least 80% of the time, and by the end, it gets closer to 90%. I love watching them go from quiet and shy to speaking non-stop while laughing and having a great time. 🎉 Another important factor is to shift their mindset. There is value in making mistakes, especially when we can get feedback. I also teach common mistakes for the exact reason you mention - the fossilization of mistakes. So true about courage too! Mistakes are completely natural, as with anything new we do. We can't let what others think stop our growth. We have to practice, practice, practice if we want to improve. Wonderful video! 👏
Give no excuse for language learner.Start practicing with native where you can find one on your own because if you have the passion for language,you always find a way.
@@花仔-d1h of course. I'm just stating a fact here. We took times to learn another language. Anyway, hope those who want to learn English can master it one day. I'd say the same thing to myself.
Wow, your English is actually excellent for a non-native English speaker! I'm from Singapore. We learn English even before kindergarten, and continue all the way till college. So it's like some 18 years. But your English standard is easily better than most Singaporeans. :)
@@ruriohama Kwang C isn't lying. I am in the USA and can understand your english with no problems I can hear where pronunciations are off, but not by alot. Most non native english speakers have thick accents that's very noticeable and distinctive. Chinese non native english speakers sounds like they're from China. India non native English speakers sounds like they're from India. Russian non native English speakers sounds like they're from Russia. But your accent in speaking English sounds nice and understandable, not a thick as you might think, almost American like and I cannot tell where you're from based off of the sound of your voice only.
I'm learning both Italian and Spanish. The problem is that I can think and practice speaking. But when I talk to someone I tend to mess up. Watching your videos has helped me to learn how to study better. I also have two neighbors that are helping me with pronouncing Spanish. Keep up the great work.
Your words were so inspiring. I was just thinking about having a TH-cam channel and making videos only in English. It was first looking too hard for me but now I'm much more confident about it. Thank you ruri ^-^
The distinction between input based and output based learning itself is a huge game changer in how I would perceive learning from now on. I am so glad this was recommended to me. Thanks Ruri for making this video!
Fluency is the last stage when learning a language process. 1 - to read, 2- to write, 3 -to listen, 4 to speak. Fluency comes with time. Accent will always present if english is your second language.
is it a natural way of learning of a language tho? because when we first learned a language when we were kid, first thing that we did was speaking right? later then we learn how to read and write
@@khadimusyaffa3127 first language acquisition is not the same as second language. From my experience the best way to learn a second language is: 1: learn the basic threw rough studying. While you study watch random stuff with the language. Don't start reading now. It's gonna be boring and incomprehensible (unless you read really basic graded reader) 2. When you noticed that you understand about 60% of the content that you like to watch, review your old stuff like usual but don't learn new things from decks. Your goal will now be to immerse so basically watching even more stuff and reading! No speaking yet. Why? because the more you will hear the language the better you will be at copying it later on and having less of an accent. Bad habits are hard to break! The process is gonna be awesome and fun to do because you will only be doing fun stuff! no more intensive studies. 3. Keep doing 2 but when you feel comfortable benching series in the target language and understand most or when your at the point that you don't need to focus to understand find people to start speaking to. Friends that you could talk to everyday to copy their language!. Why do I know? Well first English isn't my first language, I got good at it right before finishing high school. 2. I am learning my third language and it's doing great so far.
As a German native speaker with only one second language, I just wanted to tell you that it's pretty amazing that you learned German. German grammar is really difficult compared to English and a lot of other languages. If I didn't already speak it, I don't think I would dare to learn it :D
I leanred English as my 4th language :) now I'm trying to learn German :) as a non-native English speaker I'm finding German managable to learn, its the accent that I have to work on :)
As a Dutch native, I find it really interesting that German and Flemish Dutch really have quite some overlap. Dutch Dutch is just like American English to Traditional English.
I think it's interesting how people reach fluency in a second language in many ways. The one thing in common is that all these people practice consistently. My girlfriend, for example, acquired English *primarily* by watching shows in English but then later she also started using English at work every day. I must say, I believe that having a quality tutor who knows how to provide tons of comprehensible input in a way that engages you (the learner) to speak during the lessons, is the most effective method. Because you're right, recall IS important. But of course, not everyone has access to tutors or teachers. The point is, do something you enjoy and do it all the time. That's how I learned (and continue to learn) Spanish. It's also how I encourage my English students to spend their free time!
Hi! I totally agree with you. Also, I'm a Spanish native speaker who is looking for English native people to practice. Maybe we can help each other? :)
Hi, friend. My name is Kairat. I have an idea, I am studying English and I want to practice with you through an online video call WhatsApp, skype, is it possible? (only 10 min practice)? if yes, then write me your email address in response to my comment, and we can arrange a time by mail to exchange experience in spoken English
Your English is nearly perfect. I never make fun of someone who mispronounces something, because I know they likely learned it the hard way: by reading from a book. That shows true strenght, and provides an example of what we should all strive towards. A word from the wise towards everyone, about everything: Perfection is the enemy of Success.
I found your video while thinking about why I can't speak English as fluently as I would like to. I never knew the 7:3 (output-input) ratio and it's quite an eye-opener. I admire your courage and ability to speak your fourth language - English fluently. I do not normally comment but for this one, I felt like commenting on it so here it is. By the way, I can only speak 3 languages and I am hoping to learn Chinese as my fourth one. I will definitely remember the 7 to 3 output-input ratio.
Also: English is full of very subtle differences in pronunciations that are similar (pronounce), and to that I say: don't stress on precision at first. This happens because there may be sounds in English that are simply absent in your native language (the infamous schaw sound) and may take a little more practice. However, most listeners don't care about precision, so comprehension and contact matter more. Remember this (something I always tell my students): if someone makes fun of your English, that says more about them than about you.
Your right about everything speaking English with the right grammar isn't everything as long as they understand what you're trying to communicate even some English like southern people, some wouldn't even consider it English here in some instances we say y'all or all y'all and some other variations of southern American language if you're not from the south then some wording could be confusing lol but as I said in the end it's about communication and understanding what is being said.
Hi, Ruri. Thank you for your video. Everybody who wants to learn speaking English should watch your video and follow you instructions. Your English and your English pronunciation are just excellent. You speak one of the most wonderful English I have ever heard in my life. If I didn't know you are not a native speaker, I would never say that you are not a native speaker. I am an English language teacher and a linguist by education, but I didn't notice mistakes in your speech. I am also not a native speaker, and if to compare your pronunciation with mine, mine is just awful. As for native speakers' pronunciation, many native English speakers speak bad or very bad English. I knew a native English teacher who spoke a terrible cockney accent and couldn't read English correctly. Perhaps you don't know, but there are many English accents and dialects that are very different from each other. Very often, people who live in South London don't understand people who live in North London. I worked with an Indian teacher who was born and lived in England, and I asked him if it is true that English people who speak different accents don't understand each other. He said that when he entered the university, it took about a month until all the students and teachers started to understand each other. If you don't believe me, read one of my blogs about English language: study.beautiful-english.org/learn-about-famous-english-accents/ Good luck and all the beat. Teacher Vlad.
Applying output based learning by summarizing your video :D 1. Do more output than input with ratio 3:7 - best practice with native speaker to receive feedback for improvement; start in correct way. 2. Lack of courage - be confident, those making fun of other generally can speak 1 language anyway (think this way could help in convincing ourselves not to be discouraged) 3. Fun factors - always make sure you enjoy while learning something. do not try to be a perfectionist.
Thank you. I was trying to improve my english and then I find your video. As you said, "Lack of courage" is what I got. As a native spanish speaker it has been dificult to me switching my brain from spanish to english, but everyday watching this video and others gave me the courage to start new ways of learning and improvement. Thank you.
When I was in high school we had student exchanges with other countries. I live in Poland and we went to Norway and Netherlands. On my first exchange (to Norway) I was really stressed because norwegians sounded really fluent in english and I was afraid I would make grammar mistakes or smth like that and I barely talked to anybody. On my second exchange (to the Netherlands) I was way more relaxed and I talked much more because I decided that I just want to have fun and meet new people. It really helped to open up and be more comfortable with talking in english.
The main challenge, as expected, is the mental switch between English to Japanese and Japanese to English for Japanese speakers. If one can directly output in English without the need for internal translation, it would significantly enhance fluency. Additionally, pronunciation is another aspect to consider.
When you see people laugh at you, it's when you know you are doing perfect. You don't know how much your videos has re-engergized me to resume my homework. Thanks you enormously for this video. I will focus mostly on output based from now.
Both listening and speaking really comes down to practice, and they are two different set of skills. My mother tongue is Cantonese growing up in Hong Kong. We learned English from kindergarten but fluency varies greatly for those in public and international schools (which had foreign students). I learned some Mandarin as a kid but couldn't speak it until I used it with friends and colleagues from China and Taiwan. I've also learned Japanese as a teenager and in college, I've been able to understand jpn for decades and could get by traveling in Japan speaking only jpn, but I'm far from fluent because I rarely get to actually practice speaking Japanese at all. The more you speak it, the more your mind is comfortable and becomes second nature. There's really no short cut and better way to practice it than with a native. There was no TH-cam when I was young so Internet has definitely made learning a lot easier nowadays
I like what you said about input/output based learning, it’s true that in you keep absorbing without actually putting it into practice, whatever you’re trying to learn doesn’t stick unless it is being put to use. So you learn things by applying it at the same time.
I always find it interesting from what sources people learn English from. When I was stationed in Korea, I had quite a few Korean friends who learned from different sources. I can always tell by their accent where their teacher came from. Some had an American accent, another sounded British, another spoke English like an Aussie. I even met a Korean who spoke English with a Filipino accent. That was kind of wild.....
I’ve definitely seen something similar, but it isn’t always that way. All my English teachers have had very southern American and Australian accents, but somehow my English sounds British even though I’ve not really watched any large amount of British content, wether that be on TH-cam, twitch or in movies.
@@Aikano9 ik this doesn't quite describe your situation, but it reminds me of the fact that Australian children inevitably sound british for a year or two when they discover Peppa Pig... it's got that strong a hold on them LOL
@@kurootsuki3326 just the way I intonate and pronounce words sound distinctly British, however the overall way I speak makes it clear that I’m not. It’s like British with a sprinkle of a weird unidentifiable accent mixed in. Uncanny valley british I suppose you could call it. It’s almost british but not quite.
4:25 : I think this is not creepy at all and is actually pretty genius. The ability to use your imagination to create the resources you needed to learn something is exactly what geniuses do. I find this is useful to do for self awareness practices and understanding our own thought process and emotions. Subscribed.
I really love this video and she’s just summarized my problem with talking in English , and she said a lot of important things that any language learner should know it , so grateful to see this video by coincidence !!! 💘💘💘
I've taught English in Japan and Korea and what you said in the beginning is 100% true. Most of my students focus solely on English for their exams and not for actual application which causes a lot of my students to come to my school not being able to speak even though they can read books. I will say that it is harder to correct the older you are but it's not that difficult to fix. Working with a friend will help but if you are learning by yourself, you can do things like watch a youtube or online course and record yourself practicing. Then you can hear what sound or pronunciation your need to practice.
I started learning japanese recently and i feel like this video can also apply for native English speakers trying to learn other languages. The output based learning method is very interesting because as you said there aren’t many lessons or teachers that prioritize it. Keep up the great work! My favourite future doctor/TH-camr.
This makes perfect sense as I spent YEARS learning Spanish in High School which mostly entailed learning grammar and vocabulary for the purpose of passing tests but when it came down to it I couldn't speak Spanish and even now I feel like I've forgotten the vast majority of what I learned. Even before you put words to the differences in teaching styles I already knew that I'd never be able to actually speak Spanish unless I was put in an environment that made me speak Spanish daily in normal conversational speech. I always felt like I spent so much of my mental energy memorizing vocabulary and grammar for tests but not for actual daily concerns that my mind just subconsciously decided that the information wasn't important and let it fall out of my brain over time.
As a spanish speaker , i totally recommend you to practice in Discord groups in order to improve your grammar and vocabulary skills . In an informal atmosphere , you'll learn and understand slangs from native speakers around America . Nowdays , Im trying to improve my English using some methods and watching these types of videos like Ruri Ohama
Just yesterday, I was still wondering why I can understand English, but cannot speak fluently. This video really helps me a lot. Thank you. I will follow your methods to do a lot of output based learning, open a TH-cam channel just to practice my English. I really appreciate your content, it not only teachs me how to improve my spoken English, but also encourages me to be more brave. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Interesting! I believe that (at the beginning, say 3-6 months into learning the language) input is much more important since going for too much output with that ratio (3:7) will produce mistakes, and you'll end up sounding a bit off (happened to my english at some point!). I know what you mean to say is to do this AFTER you can understand the language quite well (as you mention you did) just thought I would clarify this for anyone who might have understood that they must have this ratio (3 input, 7 output from the BEGINNING). Great video as usual and I think your english is top notch. You are being too hard on yourself imo. Edit: Oh I should also mention that the reason I believe a lot of people can understand english but not speak it as well is because when you're understanding the language you're either listening or reading, whereas when you have to produce the language you're basically using all other 3 skills at the same time (listening, reading and writing) while speaking. So basically: It's normal and just takes time (:
Its all about actually speaking on regular basis. All about practice. It's usually somewhat stressful in the beginning you forget words you get frustrated and stutter, but all this gradually gets better in just a few months and then all of a sudden you get this switch in your brain that automatically gets you going in your foreign language. Also big help is to practice thinking in a foreign language.
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This is fantastic video Ruri. I am an English as a second language speaker and I am going to refer your video and channel to my students. I like your points about inout vs output, don't be a perfectionist, and fun factor. All very important. Monolingual people making fun are ignorant and have never had to experience the difficulty of learning an entire language as an adult. A pain in the ass! XD
This video is really helpful and it change my perspective permanently because i realize that i am focusing too much on inputing and it doesn't work. Thank you for a very great video!
Thank you, Ruri! During my English study I didn't concentrate on writing skills. I'm not ready to start my own channel now, but I decided to write comments on videos which I liked. Perhaps it can help me improve my English 😊
As far as pronouncing “pronunciation”, and if it makes you feel any better, I’m a fairly well-educated person whose first language is English who mispronounced (and misspelled!) the word “pronunciation” for quite a long time. So definitely don’t feel badly, you’re doing great! 😁
@@pinkcloud8182 Considering this is a TH-cam video about grammar mistakes, I find it quite ironic that someone made a grammar mistake in their comment.
I think you're saying you don't know why you're used to saying "pronunciation", and that you think it's because the same word in your native language is "pronúncia"?
@@jimmy-j6465 They are plenty of well-educated first language speakers who say “badly” when talking about an emotional/mental reaction to an external experience or event, and “bad” when talking about a general physical/mental state. I am one of them. If I were to be ill, I might say that I feel bad. But if I were to hurt someone’s feelings, I might say I feel badly about it. The “about it” part is key, in my mind. To me, the verb “feel” as a general physical or mental state is an entirely different usage of the verb than the verb “feel” as an emotional *response* to an external event/experience. One is a state of being, and the other is a reaction to a specified event/experience. Perhaps it’s not the most common way of speaking, but it isn’t necessarily wrong. Flesch and Merriam-Webster confirm this usage. As with so many “rules” in English, the “rule” of always forgoing the “ly” ending with the verb “feel” isn’t as hard and fast as one might think; there are exceptions. For example, when talking about an opinion someone has, I’m sure you would say “she feels strongly about it” and not “she feels strong about it”. Right? Ultimately, I don’t believe that I made a grammatical error, but even if I did err, it simply means that it proves the point of my original post, which is that even first language English speakers make mistakes of ignorance in their Native language and so second language learners shouldn’t be discouraged when they make the same kinds of mistakes.
hi Ruri and everyone who reads that comment you inspired me start to talking and writing in english.i think i"ll read something and then i planing to write a summary.After all i want to record my thougts about book.I hope that helps me improve my speaking skillls.Also i am little bit embarrassen when my boyfriend is at home.He speaks english pretty well but he doesnt want to speak with me because its bored for him and i understand that.As he is not teacher so he cant to correct me and point out on my mistakes.I think your pronuncision is really good you speak slowly and clearly.Thank you for your effots its important for me 💞
This video is what I need. I just got my Ielts result last week with 7 in Listening and 8.5 in reading as I watched tons of movies in English and read a lot of novels. However, my bands in Writing and Speaking are just 6. Thanks to video, I think i’ll try my best to change the way I learn English.
Your English is very good, and you give very helpful tips as well. I have been learning French for three years and I can speak at an elementary school level, but when it comes to understanding the spoken language, it’s very hard for me. I feel motivated by your video because I realized that for most people, speaking the language is the hardest part, but for me, it’s understanding native speakers because they cut out so many words sounds in French, and the lack of consonants makes it harder for my English-only brain to find where a word starts or ends. I’m going to try summarizing the French media after I watch a video or TV show. I also already translate my conversations with friends into French in my head while talking to them. It’s a very slow pain in the butt process because there are basically 0 French speakers where I am, so online resources are my best learning tool.
i find that a lot of the fun and the beauty of languages is that everyone generally has a unique way of speaking. it’d be boring if everyone spoke “perfectly”; it’s the mannerisms and slight or not so slight imperfections that are great lol i love hearing different accents and quirks that everyone has, and it adds to someone’s personality and character. btw, i really love your accent, ruri 🙆🏻♀️
As a native english speaker this video brings up many points that are useful for my own journey towards Japanese fluency. I'm sure you're well aware but your english is incredibly close to being perfect. I'd say it averages to 1 small mistake every few sentences. (thank god I have spellcheck, because I spelled sentence wrong for the 1,000,000th time)
@Mobile Tweaks Many native speakers don't use the th sound, so I guess it's not 'required' that you learn it, but if you are going to be using English for academic or buisness stuff then I'd reccommend you do.
Smartphones kinda makes me dumber lol. I use autocorrect/suggestion for everything. I often find myself questioning about how a certain word is written, look at the suggestion, and find nothing. PANIK.
I feel so happy, because i'm just 17 years old, and I can understand the 80% more or less from any conversation in English. Yes, my pronunsiation is a little bad, but every day i'm practicing to get better in the language, see peaple that have the same feeling like me, they motivate me to practice every day until i become as a good English speaker as you. Thank you so much for this video
I want to thank you for your valuable contributions. I find them very structured and realistic for language attainment. I am acquiring the English language in a self-taught way, and these examples like yours inspire me to keep going and not stumble in the attempt.
I'm italian and I was searching for a method to improve my English and I found your video. I really like your accent and your voice, they both sound very friendly and sweet, I'm definitely a new subscriber from now ❤
1. После того, как посмотрел видео, объясни, о чем было видео своему импровизированному другу. 2. Busu - ты говоришь, тебя слушают и корректируют носители языка. 3. Заведи себе инсту и публикуй там фото. К каждому фото делай описание на английском
I am English and was an English as a foreign language teacher. Firstly you have good teaching skills - separating each word and speaking slowly and clearly. The first thing to understand is that ALL languages are simply a communication device. Mistakes are not important if what you are trying to say gets communicated
I'm really happy seeing someone talking about this. I love learning new languages and everthing about cultures, countries, etc. Thank you for this video! (Subscribed)
I just found this channel and it's amazing to know how you learn English well in your own way. Thank you for your inspiration, especially your experience on how to adjust the balance of input and output in traditional learning styles. It's really true and helpful. It also made me rethink how I used it initially and look forward to improving my speaking skills over the next few months.
Ma'am, whatever points/issues you mentioned are perfectly matched my ones. Your video gives me the next level of confidence. Now I'm very confident and I won't hesitate or be shy to talk in public or to any person.
A lot of input is still great though, even in our native language, we are always better at listening and reading than speaking or writing. Building up a basis of language that you can output correctly and confidently later is important. So getting a 7:3 input to output then switching to a 3:7 later will allow you to easily build up a basis so you don't feel lost and be better prepared to not develope bad habits from trying to output too early.
Hello, Ruri! My name is Isabela and I’m from Brazil. I just found your video by chance. Your words inspired me, and I decided that I wanna post more videos on Instagram talking in English to practice and learn more, and maybe inspire people just like you do. After some time I’ll come and I’ll let you know how it was. Keep doing what your doing. Sending you good vibes. XO 😊
Good luck for you 👍 🌷 , I also do the same . I have an idea , we can practice English together chat or a video call to improve our speaking skills right? And we wouldn't be shy if did a mistake
Whenever I watch International videos at TH-cam I always use English subtitles so I feel like my English is quite good but every time I need to do presentation in English I stuttered at every words and I need to repeat every sentence again. So this video really helped me understand my case.
probably there is a difference in how early people learn a second language. For example I'm an ethnic minority in Romania, I was born here, and I'm Hungarian. Most of us learned our second language, which was Romanian in that case, at a very young age, so we were understanding it before we went to school, and eventually speaking it fluently. I think the first foreign language is the hard part to learn, but the brain creates a technique to learn a different language. Eventually we even think in the language we are currently speaking, not just some translation in the brain. So those who started with 2 languages, as I see, have easier time to learn additional languages. Now related languages are very easy to learn because we already learned a similar one. I spoke 4 languages at around 20. And I have the understanding how to make a new language learning easier. Of course you need practice, to be able to speak it, not just understanding it. Now about the accent... I'm not sure there is much to do about it, or if anyone should do anything about it. If our accent is betraying us, is not a problem :)) It's part of the charm of speaking foreign languages. We are different people. And that's great. The point is to speak correctly, and adequately.
@@Rolando_Cueva Yeah, it's true, but I never saw it as being the primary concern to waste much time with it. accents are cool anyway. The point is to speak adequately
I've been learning English for such a long time, but didn't completely realize how important writing and speaking skills are. I truly agree that it's a major problem that we don't have enough practice in school. I sincerely hope I'll be able to fix it as soon as possible
Yeah making a summary can actually help you build a logical structure of speaking or writing pattern of your own, which I think is a good way to improve fluency in English or any other language cuz that means you really understand what you are talking about but not just those grammer or vocabulary things. It's like a conversation with yourself, and the main point is to converse.
The great thing about English is, you don't have to be good at it to be understood. It's a very forgiving language. However, other languages don't have that luxury. As a native English speaker, I think her English is great the way it is!
I'm from Finland and the input learning style here in Finland really shows in most known Finnish people. The rally English so to call. Once i started playing online games which required more output learning with English helped me a lot to understand English better, the problem with English is mostly due to the silent letters which cause lot of problems to be able to speak English fluently. Don't go wasting your time with a language you don't use, because output learning is really important and if you hardly ever do output learning you are bound to forget the basic things in that language. I was taught Swedish in school and i was pretty good at it, but 10 years later with never any need to use Swedish i hardly remember anything at all. You need to study the language until it could work as your native language, meaning that you will understand that language as well you understand your own language.
It depends. The way we do it in school is not so bad for starters. Vocabulary, grammar, building simple sentences is something, everybody can start with. When i tried to learn italian later in my life, after french and english in school, i paid for a seminar at the "Volkshochschule" in Munich, Bavaria - around 1990, way before internet. "Volkshochschule" is a place, where freelancers can offer everything, as long as they are confident enough to think, they can teach it - and get enough students to pay for the room. So - every native italian student in Munich in need of money may offer an italian course, because italian is in high demand there. So i paid and went and instead of starting with basics, as they do in school, the teacher pretended to be extra modern and she forced us to speak italian from start - only italian. So, tiny input from a bubbly native italian, big output from us, the paying scholars, right away. Maybe that works for some people, surely doesn't fit me. I had paid the fee, but i was so reluctant with just jumping into and babbling in unknown language without even knowing anything, that i didn't come back after the first course. I expected it more oldschool, definitely.
Thank you for you content. This is what I wanted to find :) I struggled to speak or write English fluently even though I can understand well listening and I know a lot of vocabularies... many thanks again 😊 🙏
Yes that's true👍 I have an idea , we can practice English together chat or a video call to improve our speaking skills right? And we wouldn't be shy if did a mistake
I appreciate this video. My previous English learning in China is to much for input-based and few for output-based. Just now I am still struggle in English improving. And thanks for the advice in the video!
I like your explanations about Input vs Output based learning and their ratio (3:7). It's my first time hearing them. Will definitely shift my way of learning towards that. Thank you Ruri! Love your video!
Hi Ruri! Thanks for uploading such a nice and encouraging video for people who want to learn how to speak English. You said rightly that without caring for others's criticism,we need to keep up our effort.
Exactly! This is what I tell to almost everyone who say "How do I learn a new language?" I tell them That You can't really learn to speak English (Or said language) From books alone, You have to get out there and find some native people to talk with if you want to learn it faster. This is what I did, I went to a School that had everything in English and When I was done with school, I couldn't speak English at all. But when I started playing games online with People from the US/EU I learned more in a year than I did in 12 Years of school.
Buen vídeo, yo también practico mi inglés viendo puro contenido en TH-cam y Netflix, también leyendo algunos libros, he mejorado pero sí me cuesta un poco ser fluido a la hora de comunicarme en ese idioma, aparte que mis conocidos no hablan inglés. Voy a poner en practica hablar conmigo mismo para mejorar mí fluencia en el idioma, muchas gracias por los consejos Ruri, son muy prácticos como siempre!.
Yeah many Indians including me can read and write English and even can speak english but not as fluently as native English speakers do. Thanks for making a video on it. Love from India as always🇮🇳
@@zamacoisyzabala3510 Actually Punjab is a state in India and the regional language of Punjab is called punjabi. India has the second highest number of English speakers in the world ,so the actors tend to speak some sentences or words in English and then come back to regional language like hindi /punjabi. Just for curiosity where are you from and what bollywood movies have you watched?
Got it, thank you brother. I heard there are hundreds of dialects spoken in India, don't know if it's truth. I'm from Brazil and I have watched many indian mainstream classics such as Dil Chahta Hai, three idiots, PK, Zindagi na milegi dobara etc.
@@zamacoisyzabala3510 Yeah India is a vast country with great diversity and cultures. Also 3 idiots is one of my favorite Bollywood movie. Thanks for the info brother.
As someone who was born and raised in Australia and is a fluent English speaker, I don't know why I was recommended this video nor why I am watching it, but is is so fascinating. I think I really underestimate the struggles associated with learning English 😅
Ohh 😅 how do you feel now😂💕 like All of us are suffering so hard while learning how to speak in English but you simply can speak it since you were a child this is not fair 🥲💔
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I'm gonna talk english to myself for now on. I already do it but i'm gonna do it in english instead lol. Imagining an imaginary friend its a good idea :)
I love your accent, it's cute and reflects the other languages you know. You wouldn't the Ruri we all currently know without it
Would you like to learn Persian, Ruri?
It would be my honor to teach you without any fee.
I can improve my English this way, and that's more than enough for me.
هل يمكن أن تترجمي الفيديو للعربية🥺
Hi, I would like to know your opinion about Elsa Speak, thanks for your videos.
I’m always talking to myself in English and trying to explain stuff like I’m getting interview or something 😂 It’s definitely helping me express myself in English. And for some reason, expressing thoughts and feelings in English is much easier than expressing in Japanese.
Wow so you really are from Japan :-D... Greetings from Brazil...
@@jonlima9897 hi from Japan 🇯🇵
@@anrijupiter are you into telegram?
@@jonlima9897 umm no I’m sorry. It sounds good tho.
@@anrijupiter ok no prob
Confidence is the key to learning any language.
💯
That's the key to everything pretty much
I believe confidence is the key to do anything.
Its the key to create key
Believe it! 👊
I think I did too much input, you made me realize something important, thank Ruri!
Glad it was helpful!
I see.. you're here
Just by reading ur comment I understood before the video started
@@ruriohama when you need learn Spanish just tell me. Your videos are the bests, thanks for them.
Yoooo Reimeinn so you learn the English language from here?
You're that genshin ytber right?!
(Mantul Bang wkwkwkwwk
Bang Reinmein org indo kan?)
Indonesian language
Hi!I am a Japanese!
This is the first time I comment on TH-cam by Engjlsh.
I want to speak English fluently and work in the global society!
I have decided to do that things you said on this video.
good try all effort to achieve it
Speaking practice is really important. My family members, all Koreans, recently began speaking in English only in our home just to improve my English. I once told my parents that I envy those who went abroad in their childhood and are so fluent in English. After that, they started input learning by watching English videos on TH-cam, and made this rule that everyone must speak in English at home. Well, I believe that all of us are now somehow more comfortable with English than before. I truly appreciate my parents' endeavor to help me do output learning
That is really amazing! I think you'll all be fluent soon like that if you aren't already :D
OMG my mother said to me that i should speak in English with my brother but I haven't. You are really lucky when you have your family who support you
wow. it is so cool! i like your parents. unfortunately, my family members don't know english to help me((
전 가족들이 다 영어를 못해요ㅜ 독학이나 열심히 해야징..
三个韩国人在自己家说英语不觉得怪怪的吗
" The more you become a perfectionist, the more it takes you to actually take action and do something. "
Damn.. I never realize this simple mindset until you've said it directly to me.
I taught English for 18 years and I totally agree with your learning strategies. As a teacher, the biggest challenge for me was to persuade all my students to use the language learning methods that you explained in the video.
Your nickname is lol-cringe and you are a teacher... ok, got it.
@@Vadim_Ozheredov yeah, like..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’s just what I thought of
@@Vadim_Ozheredov niqqa he has 10M subs wth
@@SenpaiAdy yes, this is very strange
Summarize:
- More focus on speaking and writing, you only can speak fluently when you open your mouth
- Try to summarize the content about the video, podcast...you watched. I also recommend that you can speaking about your day, like using diary. But if you want the most effectively way to better in english, you need a feedback. Ruri recommend busu for us
- Be confident, don't try to be perfect. Language is tool to communicate, the goal is understand what people say to you, and what you talk, everyone can understand. You made mistake? It's okay, fine
Thank you for those experience Ruri, It's help me alot. May you be blessed with good health and well-being
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Thanks so much.! Wish you the same! she..or Hi? I'm not fully aware that but ( almighty )
Your confidence and the way you're able to speak in English, regardless of any minor mistake is so impressive and so inspiring! As a learner of Japanese, I constantly pause, forget words, fumble my way through a grammar point, it makes output difficult, sometimes even embarrassing, but seeing you get to this point really motivates me to keep going. Thanks for making this video!
Habla
I totally agree with you. She always inspire myself
Just speak, it's something anyone does around the world. What's the problem?
@blizz112 there's no way... Yes, she does speak quite well for a non-native but she still makes a good number of mistakes.
It's so true, the output&feedback thing. I can watch foreign shows and learn so little. But conversations with natives really speed up learning. The output is important. This is why I suck at learning languages on my own!
I spent a year in Japan, living in the city of Iwakuni, and I noticed this about the Japanese locals. Many could understand English well enough when I spoke to them, but they had a very difficult time speaking English themselves. But they could write in English just fine, for the most part. I often had "conversations" with Japanese locals through writing. We would pass a piece of paper and a pen back and forth, writing what we wanted to say to each other. It was very cool. I actually miss Japan tremendously even to this day. I lived there from 2002-2003, when I was 20 years old. I'm 40 now. I've had many life experiences in the last 20 years, but that year in Japan is the most memorable and special year of my life. Ever since then, I've had a very special place in my heart for Japan and Japanese people.
Greetings from New York btw
i think your Japanese sucks
That sounds great, i wish i would´ve been in Japan in the 90s-early 2000s. Unfortunately i wasnt even alive back then :(
@@SSHEINI82736 You ever been to Japan?
Interesting comment. : )
That's such a great experince, I'm still dreaming of living in Japan even for a brief period of time ( I'm in Italy so I can understand the massive cultural differences, linguistic barrier and even work related issues)
Can I ask you how you ended up living in Japan for a couple of years? Did you knew any Japanese?
I was in Japan (Mainly Tokyo but I also did a short road trip in a rented Toyota) in 2020 and it was the best experience in my entire life
This is a really interesting perspective that many don't have on it. I come from a Greek household and it's interesting how when I pronounce certain words others can't because they had never heard those sounds growing up!
Phonetics!
Greek accent is my favourite
I'm Greek
I can speak Greek
Ballo
Your tips and advices are amazing! I'm brazillian and for all my life I had english classes, but we almost never practiced speaking or writing. It was always the same thing: do a lot of exames testing our reading and listening. By 5 years ago I decided to learn english by myself, after I finished the high school, and after then, I really start to learn english, and I used exactly what you say in this video. I'm still in the process, but now I can see how much I enhanced my skills. Congrats for the content. One more subscriber!
can you help me i'm from Ethiopia and i'm a beginner
Of course! For a beginner, I thought that the best way to improve your skills (I used this too) it's to use: flashcards, duolingo, a speaking app (like real life english or something like that), listen music and podcasts with subtiles (to improve your listening e pronunciation) and watch movies with subtiles (after a while, try to watch without subtiles). I'd suggest to don't focus only on grammar, but in communication, speaking. Keep reading a lot, listening a lot, and put in practice all that you've learn. If you prefer, make a plan to your studies and work hard every day. In some months, you'll see you growth, for sure. Good luck and stay strong my friend!@@Alexma344
if you wanna talk English well do these:
- watch movies/series etc with English subtitles
- watch QnAs and answer the questions being asked about your self
with these 2 your English speaking skills will increase tremendously very fast
YOOOOO 😂✌🏽 it really does make sense tho. I see why
How does watching movies/series improve my english talking tho?- like its just listening and not speaking-
@@Marie-lv6hc doesnt matter younget used to listening to conversations. So you can relate to movie lines for your answers when you need to talk. You remember what others said in similar conversations
I do that every single day and i can understand the most of vocabularies but still I can't speak english fluently.... maybe this really takes a lot of time 🥲💔
what is QnAs??
I TOTALLY agree with her opinions. I'm S.Korean, and our educational system is designed on the input-based education. That is one of the obstacles we speak English. And our mother tongue is not English. Thus we need to be proud of ourselves. Because we can speak multiple languages, even though it is not perfect. I got huge impression from this video for my English journey. Thanks :)
02:57 - The perfect ratio for learning English, if you want to improve your speaking and writing
05:41 - The app that can helps you connect with native speaker
Thanks so much for your methods!! I love your video >
You are the BEST commenter here out of meaningnless comments
@@yvrfhnh in my country. it is very popular
học tiếng anh chung với tui hong huyền
As far as pronouncing “pronunciation”, and if it makes you feel any better, I’m a fairly well-educated person whose first language is English who mispronounced (and misspelled!) the word “pronunciation” for quite a long time. So definitely don’t feel badly, you’re doing great! 😁
Pronounce and pronunciation aren’t said the same
@@Worldaffairsloverno one said it was
@@yikes6969 LOL-cringe said that
I’ve had a few problems expressing myself in English, but your videos always inspire me to talk in English. Thank you Ruri 💕 Greetings from Peru🇵🇪
I'm a Spanish native speaker and I do understand the feeling, I'm mostly thinking and writing notes in English the whole time! Most foreigners ask me and doubt my nationality when I speak with them because I have improved it over the years by being a self-thought! Keep improving and never stop!
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What kind of notes do you write?
Brother may I know your one of social media Id because I would like to share your experience..
@@himalkosala8136 can you help me for English speaking practice please
You feel restrained Trying to express what you want a say but you can't it's really painful emotionally 😢
Interesting how your accent is largely North American, but your conjunctions are British. I teach at a uni in Kobe, I'll share with my students! Thank you for explaining.
Very well said. My students in Korea have primarily had only input for the majority of their education as they memorize vocabulary and learn grammar for standardized tests. In my university classes, I create fun and engaging opportunities for output because they've already had plenty of input. The first step is to lower their anxiety (affective filter) and help them feel comfortable. My goal is for them to speak at least 80% of the time, and by the end, it gets closer to 90%. I love watching them go from quiet and shy to speaking non-stop while laughing and having a great time. 🎉
Another important factor is to shift their mindset. There is value in making mistakes, especially when we can get feedback. I also teach common mistakes for the exact reason you mention - the fossilization of mistakes.
So true about courage too! Mistakes are completely natural, as with anything new we do. We can't let what others think stop our growth. We have to practice, practice, practice if we want to improve.
Wonderful video! 👏
"Why you understand ENGLISH but can't speak fluently?"
"Because it is not my mother language"
same it's my 3rd language
Give no excuse for language learner.Start practicing with native where you can find one on your own because if you have the passion for language,you always find a way.
@@eliza-137 nice 👍 you speak 3 languages
@@花仔-d1h of course. I'm just stating a fact here. We took times to learn another language. Anyway, hope those who want to learn English can master it one day. I'd say the same thing to myself.
Cause it's my 5th language
I was waiting for this video) I like your english! You are right about not taking any notice of people who mock you!
Wow, your English is actually excellent for a non-native English speaker! I'm from Singapore. We learn English even before kindergarten, and continue all the way till college. So it's like some 18 years. But your English standard is easily better than most Singaporeans. :)
Wow, thank you!
@@ruriohama Kwang C isn't lying. I am in the USA and can understand your english with no problems I can hear where pronunciations are off, but not by alot. Most non native english speakers have thick accents that's very noticeable and distinctive. Chinese non native english speakers sounds like they're from China. India non native English speakers sounds like they're from India. Russian non native English speakers sounds like they're from Russia. But your accent in speaking English sounds nice and understandable, not a thick as you might think, almost American like and I cannot tell where you're from based off of the sound of your voice only.
I'm learning both Italian and Spanish. The problem is that I can think and practice speaking. But when I talk to someone I tend to mess up. Watching your videos has helped me to learn how to study better. I also have two neighbors that are helping me with pronouncing Spanish. Keep up the great work.
Que te vaya bien aprendiendo italiano no le entiendo a esa cosa
Your words were so inspiring. I was just thinking about having a TH-cam channel and making videos only in English. It was first looking too hard for me but now I'm much more confident about it. Thank you ruri ^-^
The distinction between input based and output based learning itself is a huge game changer in how I would perceive learning from now on. I am so glad this was recommended to me. Thanks Ruri for making this video!
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Fluency is the last stage when learning a language process. 1 - to read, 2- to write, 3 -to listen, 4 to speak. Fluency comes with time. Accent will always present if english is your second language.
I can read and understand , but not able to write or talk
is it a natural way of learning of a language tho? because when we first learned a language when we were kid, first thing that we did was speaking right? later then we learn how to read and write
@@khadimusyaffa3127 first language acquisition is not the same as second language. From my experience the best way to learn a second language is: 1: learn the basic threw rough studying. While you study watch random stuff with the language. Don't start reading now. It's gonna be boring and incomprehensible (unless you read really basic graded reader) 2. When you noticed that you understand about 60% of the content that you like to watch, review your old stuff like usual but don't learn new things from decks. Your goal will now be to immerse so basically watching even more stuff and reading! No speaking yet. Why? because the more you will hear the language the better you will be at copying it later on and having less of an accent. Bad habits are hard to break! The process is gonna be awesome and fun to do because you will only be doing fun stuff! no more intensive studies. 3. Keep doing 2 but when you feel comfortable benching series in the target language and understand most or when your at the point that you don't need to focus to understand find people to start speaking to. Friends that you could talk to everyday to copy their language!. Why do I know? Well first English isn't my first language, I got good at it right before finishing high school. 2. I am learning my third language and it's doing great so far.
Estoy aprendiendo inglés ❤ y tu video me motiva mas a seguir aprendiendo 🎉
As a German native speaker with only one second language, I just wanted to tell you that it's pretty amazing that you learned German.
German grammar is really difficult compared to English and a lot of other languages. If I didn't already speak it, I don't think I would dare to learn it :D
German accent is hard too man
I leanred English as my 4th language :) now I'm trying to learn German :) as a non-native English speaker I'm finding German managable to learn, its the accent that I have to work on :)
@@titosteinsgaming9340 As a Neighbor country, we joke that you can easily do a German accent by clenching your jaw a little.
As a Dutch native, I find it really interesting that German and Flemish Dutch really have quite some overlap.
Dutch Dutch is just like American English to Traditional English.
@@AnalogX64 if you are able to learn the grammar aswell ur prop better then 75% of the german people xd
I think it's interesting how people reach fluency in a second language in many ways. The one thing in common is that all these people practice consistently. My girlfriend, for example, acquired English *primarily* by watching shows in English but then later she also started using English at work every day. I must say, I believe that having a quality tutor who knows how to provide tons of comprehensible input in a way that engages you (the learner) to speak during the lessons, is the most effective method. Because you're right, recall IS important. But of course, not everyone has access to tutors or teachers. The point is, do something you enjoy and do it all the time. That's how I learned (and continue to learn) Spanish. It's also how I encourage my English students to spend their free time!
Hi! I totally agree with you. Also, I'm a Spanish native speaker who is looking for English native people to practice. Maybe we can help each other? :)
Hi, friend. My name is Kairat. I have an idea, I am studying English and I want to practice with you through an online video call WhatsApp, skype, is it possible? (only 10 min practice)? if yes, then write me your email address in response to my comment, and we can arrange a time by mail to exchange experience in spoken English
@@КадралиеваСауле Hi Kairat, nice to meet you! Yeah, sure. Give me your mail and I'll contact you 👍
you are definitely right！
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Your English is nearly perfect. I never make fun of someone who mispronounces something, because I know they likely learned it the hard way: by reading from a book.
That shows true strenght, and provides an example of what we should all strive towards.
A word from the wise towards everyone, about everything: Perfection is the enemy of Success.
I found your video while thinking about why I can't speak English as fluently as I would like to. I never knew the 7:3 (output-input) ratio and it's quite an eye-opener. I admire your courage and ability to speak your fourth language - English fluently. I do not normally comment but for this one, I felt like commenting on it so here it is. By the way, I can only speak 3 languages and I am hoping to learn Chinese as my fourth one. I will definitely remember the 7 to 3 output-input ratio.
Also: English is full of very subtle differences in pronunciations that are similar (pronounce), and to that I say: don't stress on precision at first. This happens because there may be sounds in English that are simply absent in your native language (the infamous schaw sound) and may take a little more practice. However, most listeners don't care about precision, so comprehension and contact matter more. Remember this (something I always tell my students): if someone makes fun of your English, that says more about them than about you.
What is “schaw”????? I’m a native English speaker but i don’t know what your talking about? Is it like for the word straw like that or something…
@@LL-dz6oz oh wow.
@@LL-dz6oz ty!
Your right about everything speaking English with the right grammar isn't everything as long as they understand what you're trying to communicate even some English like southern people, some wouldn't even consider it English here in some instances we say y'all or all y'all and some other variations of southern American language if you're not from the south then some wording could be confusing lol but as I said in the end it's about communication and understanding what is being said.
@@hurtfulspaghetti1712 I'm sure that's what he's talking about here in the south we say y'all or all y'all or you all and other southern accents,
Hi, Ruri. Thank you for your video. Everybody who wants to learn speaking English should watch your video and follow you instructions. Your English and your English pronunciation are just excellent. You speak one of the most wonderful English I have ever heard in my life. If I didn't know you are not a native speaker, I would never say that you are not a native speaker. I am an English language teacher and a linguist by education, but I didn't notice mistakes in your speech. I am also not a native speaker, and if to compare your pronunciation with mine, mine is just awful. As for native speakers' pronunciation, many native English speakers speak bad or very bad English. I knew a native English teacher who spoke a terrible cockney accent and couldn't read English correctly. Perhaps you don't know, but there are many English accents and dialects that are very different from each other. Very often, people who live in South London don't understand people who live in North London. I worked with an Indian teacher who was born and lived in England, and I asked him if it is true that English people who speak different accents don't understand each other. He said that when he entered the university, it took about a month until all the students and teachers started to understand each other. If you don't believe me, read one of my blogs about English language: study.beautiful-english.org/learn-about-famous-english-accents/ Good luck and all the beat. Teacher Vlad.
Applying output based learning by summarizing your video :D
1. Do more output than input with ratio 3:7 - best practice with native speaker to receive feedback for improvement; start in correct way.
2. Lack of courage - be confident, those making fun of other generally can speak 1 language anyway (think this way could help in convincing ourselves not to be discouraged)
3. Fun factors - always make sure you enjoy while learning something. do not try to be a perfectionist.
good summary
Your accent is charming and your grammar is solid, so listening to you is very easy. Thank you for your videos, they are very helpful.
Thank you. I was trying to improve my english and then I find your video. As you said, "Lack of courage" is what I got. As a native spanish speaker it has been dificult to me switching my brain from spanish to english, but everyday watching this video and others gave me the courage to start new ways of learning and improvement. Thank you.
I am so proud of you!!
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When I was in high school we had student exchanges with other countries. I live in Poland and we went to Norway and Netherlands. On my first exchange (to Norway) I was really stressed because norwegians sounded really fluent in english and I was afraid I would make grammar mistakes or smth like that and I barely talked to anybody. On my second exchange (to the Netherlands) I was way more relaxed and I talked much more because I decided that I just want to have fun and meet new people. It really helped to open up and be more comfortable with talking in english.
I thought I could speak English until I've got a job in a call center lol. But talking English for 8 hours straight is helping me improve.
The main challenge, as expected, is the mental switch between English to Japanese and Japanese to English for Japanese speakers. If one can directly output in English without the need for internal translation, it would significantly enhance fluency. Additionally, pronunciation is another aspect to consider.
When you see people laugh at you, it's when you know you are doing perfect.
You don't know how much your videos has re-engergized me to resume my homework.
Thanks you enormously for this video. I will focus mostly on output based from now.
Don’t worry about laughter… laughter too - just keep moving forward 🥳
Ruri, your accent is so pleasant and natural! It's easy to understand you, you're really fluent. As a non-native speaker, I
like your language!
Both listening and speaking really comes down to practice, and they are two different set of skills. My mother tongue is Cantonese growing up in Hong Kong. We learned English from kindergarten but fluency varies greatly for those in public and international schools (which had foreign students). I learned some Mandarin as a kid but couldn't speak it until I used it with friends and colleagues from China and Taiwan. I've also learned Japanese as a teenager and in college, I've been able to understand jpn for decades and could get by traveling in Japan speaking only jpn, but I'm far from fluent because I rarely get to actually practice speaking Japanese at all. The more you speak it, the more your mind is comfortable and becomes second nature. There's really no short cut and better way to practice it than with a native. There was no TH-cam when I was young so Internet has definitely made learning a lot easier nowadays
thx
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痒いところに手が届く内容！！
こんなにスラスラ話せるの尊敬します。シンプルな単語と簡潔な説明で非常に理解しやすいです
留学来て苦しかったのですが少しモチベが出ました、ありがとうございます！
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I like what you said about input/output based learning, it’s true that in you keep absorbing without actually putting it into practice, whatever you’re trying to learn doesn’t stick unless it is being put to use. So you learn things by applying it at the same time.
I always find it interesting from what sources people learn English from. When I was stationed in Korea, I had quite a few Korean friends who learned from different sources. I can always tell by their accent where their teacher came from. Some had an American accent, another sounded British, another spoke English like an Aussie. I even met a Korean who spoke English with a Filipino accent. That was kind of wild.....
Yeah that's because some ppl fly to the philippines to get affordable english teacher there.
I’ve definitely seen something similar, but it isn’t always that way. All my English teachers have had very southern American and Australian accents, but somehow my English sounds British even though I’ve not really watched any large amount of British content, wether that be on TH-cam, twitch or in movies.
@@Aikano9 ik this doesn't quite describe your situation, but it reminds me of the fact that Australian children inevitably sound british for a year or two when they discover Peppa Pig... it's got that strong a hold on them LOL
@@kurootsuki3326 just the way I intonate and pronounce words sound distinctly British, however the overall way I speak makes it clear that I’m not. It’s like British with a sprinkle of a weird unidentifiable accent mixed in. Uncanny valley british I suppose you could call it. It’s almost british but not quite.
@@mino4965 oh
4:25 : I think this is not creepy at all and is actually pretty genius. The ability to use your imagination to create the resources you needed to learn something is exactly what geniuses do. I find this is useful to do for self awareness practices and understanding our own thought process and emotions. Subscribed.
Tom Hanks' character talked to a soccer ball in the movie Cast Away to prevent himself from going insane due to loneliness in the deserted island.
Those who think it's creepy, are real creeps in my opinion
I really love this video and she’s just summarized my problem with talking in English , and she said a lot of important things that any language learner should know it , so grateful to see this video by coincidence !!! 💘💘💘
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I've taught English in Japan and Korea and what you said in the beginning is 100% true. Most of my students focus solely on English for their exams and not for actual application which causes a lot of my students to come to my school not being able to speak even though they can read books. I will say that it is harder to correct the older you are but it's not that difficult to fix. Working with a friend will help but if you are learning by yourself, you can do things like watch a youtube or online course and record yourself practicing. Then you can hear what sound or pronunciation your need to practice.
I started learning japanese recently and i feel like this video can also apply for native English speakers trying to learn other languages. The output based learning method is very interesting because as you said there aren’t many lessons or teachers that prioritize it. Keep up the great work! My favourite future doctor/TH-camr.
how is learning japanese going for you ?
Oh genial, necesitaba un video así ya que quiero aprender inglés y dominarlo. Me viene bien este video
Thanks for the sharing. You let me know Improving English fluency involves regular conversation practice, ideally with native speakers. ❤
This makes perfect sense as I spent YEARS learning Spanish in High School which mostly entailed learning grammar and vocabulary for the purpose of passing tests but when it came down to it I couldn't speak Spanish and even now I feel like I've forgotten the vast majority of what I learned. Even before you put words to the differences in teaching styles I already knew that I'd never be able to actually speak Spanish unless I was put in an environment that made me speak Spanish daily in normal conversational speech. I always felt like I spent so much of my mental energy memorizing vocabulary and grammar for tests but not for actual daily concerns that my mind just subconsciously decided that the information wasn't important and let it fall out of my brain over time.
Same here, just with French instead of Spanish.
God same but with both French and Spanish
As a spanish speaker , i totally recommend you to practice in Discord groups in order to improve your grammar and vocabulary skills . In an informal atmosphere , you'll learn and understand slangs from native speakers around America . Nowdays , Im trying to improve my English using some methods and watching these types of videos like Ruri Ohama
Just yesterday, I was still wondering why I can understand English, but cannot speak fluently. This video really helps me a lot. Thank you. I will follow your methods to do a lot of output based learning, open a TH-cam channel just to practice my English.
I really appreciate your content, it not only teachs me how to improve my spoken English, but also encourages me to be more brave. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Interesting! I believe that (at the beginning, say 3-6 months into learning the language) input is much more important since going for too much output with that ratio (3:7) will produce mistakes, and you'll end up sounding a bit off (happened to my english at some point!). I know what you mean to say is to do this AFTER you can understand the language quite well (as you mention you did) just thought I would clarify this for anyone who might have understood that they must have this ratio (3 input, 7 output from the BEGINNING).
Great video as usual and I think your english is top notch. You are being too hard on yourself imo.
Edit: Oh I should also mention that the reason I believe a lot of people can understand english but not speak it as well is because when you're understanding the language you're either listening or reading, whereas when you have to produce the language you're basically using all other 3 skills at the same time (listening, reading and writing) while speaking. So basically: It's normal and just takes time (:
wtf mr. salas here? the god of comprehensible input gggg
@Mr. Salas carambas este muchacho me llena de orgullo! PD: input comprensible
Mr. Salas, God of comprehensive input
Yeah I think the point is to understand the language first and then go for output,
Salas God aqui que grandeee los amos a los 2
It's so kind of you share your experiences thanks a lot ❤.
Its all about actually speaking on regular basis. All about practice. It's usually somewhat stressful in the beginning you forget words you get frustrated and stutter, but all this gradually gets better in just a few months and then all of a sudden you get this switch in your brain that automatically gets you going in your foreign language. Also big help is to practice thinking in a foreign language.
is all about the thinking in that language. then the talking mostly comes naturally to some degree
Ruri: "I was explaining it to an imaginary friend, _I know it sounds creepy_"
Me: *who ONLY has imaginary friends* 😅😢😢😭😭😭
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Ok. So let's be friends. :-]
Why this is so relatable 😢
So relatable 😭wanna be friends?
In IT, we don't have real friends, and explain code to our rubber duck instead.
Rubber ducky will always be there, always listening patiently, won't judge if we missed a use-after-free...
This is fantastic video Ruri. I am an English as a second language speaker and I am going to refer your video and channel to my students. I like your points about inout vs output, don't be a perfectionist, and fun factor. All very important. Monolingual people making fun are ignorant and have never had to experience the difficulty of learning an entire language as an adult. A pain in the ass! XD
This video is really helpful and it change my perspective permanently because i realize that i am focusing too much on inputing and it doesn't work. Thank you for a very great video!
Thank you, Ruri! During my English study I didn't concentrate on writing skills. I'm not ready to start my own channel now, but I decided to write comments on videos which I liked. Perhaps it can help me improve my English 😊
Ruri: Explaining how to be fluent in English.
Me: STARES at Ruri the whole time.
As far as pronouncing “pronunciation”, and if it makes you feel any better, I’m a fairly well-educated person whose first language is English who mispronounced (and misspelled!) the word “pronunciation” for quite a long time. So definitely don’t feel badly, you’re doing great! 😁
You mean "So definitely don't feel bad", not badly, right?
@@jimmy-j6465 people type more colloquially sometimes, it's not that big a deal
@@pinkcloud8182 Considering this is a TH-cam video about grammar mistakes, I find it quite ironic that someone made a grammar mistake in their comment.
I think you're saying you don't know why you're used to saying "pronunciation", and that you think it's because the same word in your native language is "pronúncia"?
@@jimmy-j6465 They are plenty of well-educated first language speakers who say “badly” when talking about an emotional/mental reaction to an external experience or event, and “bad” when talking about a general physical/mental state. I am one of them. If I were to be ill, I might say that I feel bad. But if I were to hurt someone’s feelings, I might say I feel badly about it. The “about it” part is key, in my mind. To me, the verb “feel” as a general physical or mental state is an entirely different usage of the verb than the verb “feel” as an emotional *response* to an external event/experience. One is a state of being, and the other is a reaction to a specified event/experience.
Perhaps it’s not the most common way of speaking, but it isn’t necessarily wrong. Flesch and Merriam-Webster confirm this usage. As with so many “rules” in English, the “rule” of always forgoing the “ly” ending with the verb “feel” isn’t as hard and fast as one might think; there are exceptions. For example, when talking about an opinion someone has, I’m sure you would say “she feels strongly about it” and not “she feels strong about it”. Right?
Ultimately, I don’t believe that I made a grammatical error, but even if I did err, it simply means that it proves the point of my original post, which is that even first language English speakers make mistakes of ignorance in their Native language and so second language learners shouldn’t be discouraged when they make the same kinds of mistakes.
hi Ruri and everyone who reads that comment
you inspired me start to talking and writing in english.i think i"ll read something and then i planing to write a summary.After all i want to record my thougts about book.I hope that helps me improve my speaking skillls.Also i am little bit embarrassen when my boyfriend is at home.He speaks english pretty well but he doesnt want to speak with me because its bored for him and i understand that.As he is not teacher so he cant to correct me and point out on my mistakes.I think your pronuncision is really good you speak slowly and clearly.Thank you for your effots its important for me
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This video is what I need. I just got my Ielts result last week with 7 in Listening and 8.5 in reading as I watched tons of movies in English and read a lot of novels. However, my bands in Writing and Speaking are just 6. Thanks to video, I think i’ll try my best to change the way I learn English.
Your English is very good, and you give very helpful tips as well. I have been learning French for three years and I can speak at an elementary school level, but when it comes to understanding the spoken language, it’s very hard for me.
I feel motivated by your video because I realized that for most people, speaking the language is the hardest part, but for me, it’s understanding native speakers because they cut out so many words sounds in French, and the lack of consonants makes it harder for my English-only brain to find where a word starts or ends.
I’m going to try summarizing the French media after I watch a video or TV show. I also already translate my conversations with friends into French in my head while talking to them. It’s a very slow pain in the butt process because there are basically 0 French speakers where I am, so online resources are my best learning tool.
i find that a lot of the fun and the beauty of languages is that everyone generally has a unique way of speaking. it’d be boring if everyone spoke “perfectly”; it’s the mannerisms and slight or not so slight imperfections that are great lol i love hearing different accents and quirks that everyone has, and it adds to someone’s personality and character.
btw, i really love your accent, ruri 🙆🏻♀️
You are so brave! Thank you for your advice. Keep going! 🙂
As a native english speaker this video brings up many points that are useful for my own journey towards Japanese fluency.
I'm sure you're well aware but your english is incredibly close to being perfect. I'd say it averages to 1 small mistake every few sentences.
(thank god I have spellcheck, because I spelled sentence wrong for the 1,000,000th time)
That’s one thing interesting about fluent English speakers, they’re fluent with their English yet they tend to misspell their words.
@@defiantjv2920 I think most of that is due to bad habits that we develop as kids that never quite get corrected as we grow up.
A great watch on how humanity is defined th-cam.com/video/S5f5zKsN1DE/w-d-xo.html..
@Mobile Tweaks Many native speakers don't use the th sound, so I guess it's not 'required' that you learn it, but if you are going to be using English for academic or buisness stuff then I'd reccommend you do.
Smartphones kinda makes me dumber lol. I use autocorrect/suggestion for everything.
I often find myself questioning about how a certain word is written, look at the suggestion, and find nothing. PANIK.
I feel so happy, because i'm just 17 years old, and I can understand the 80% more or less from any conversation in English. Yes, my pronunsiation is a little bad, but every day i'm practicing to get better in the language, see peaple that have the same feeling like me, they motivate me to practice every day until i become as a good English speaker as you. Thank you so much for this video
I want to thank you for your valuable contributions. I find them very structured and realistic for language attainment. I am acquiring the English language in a self-taught way, and these examples like yours inspire me to keep going and not stumble in the attempt.
I'm italian and I was searching for a method to improve my English and I found your video. I really like your accent and your voice, they both sound very friendly and sweet, I'm definitely a new subscriber from now ❤
1. После того, как посмотрел видео, объясни, о чем было видео своему импровизированному другу.
2. Busu - ты говоришь, тебя слушают и корректируют носители языка.
3. Заведи себе инсту и публикуй там фото. К каждому фото делай описание на английском
I am English and was an English as a foreign language teacher. Firstly you have good teaching skills - separating each word and speaking slowly and clearly.
The first thing to understand is that ALL languages are simply a communication device.
Mistakes are not important if what you are trying to say gets communicated
If you are english tutor then , i will pray for your students...
@@SlimeImpact. I am not a teacher now.... " I WAS " a teacher.
@@martinjackman2943someone who studied a language as a university major know very well that languages are way more than "communication devices"
Thank you for this boost as I pass the 6-month mark of learning Japanese.
I'm really happy seeing someone talking about this. I love learning new languages and everthing about cultures, countries, etc. Thank you for this video! (Subscribed)
I just found this channel and it's amazing to know how you learn English well in your own way. Thank you for your inspiration, especially your experience on how to adjust the balance of input and output in traditional learning styles. It's really true and helpful. It also made me rethink how I used it initially and look forward to improving my speaking skills over the next few months.
Ma'am, whatever points/issues you mentioned are perfectly matched my ones. Your video gives me the next level of confidence. Now I'm very confident and I won't hesitate or be shy to talk in public or to any person.
A lot of input is still great though, even in our native language, we are always better at listening and reading than speaking or writing. Building up a basis of language that you can output correctly and confidently later is important. So getting a 7:3 input to output then switching to a 3:7 later will allow you to easily build up a basis so you don't feel lost and be better prepared to not develope bad habits from trying to output too early.
Hello, Ruri! My name is Isabela and I’m from Brazil. I just found your video by chance. Your words inspired me, and I decided that I wanna post more videos on Instagram talking in English to practice and learn more, and maybe inspire people just like you do. After some time I’ll come and I’ll let you know how it was. Keep doing what your doing. Sending you good vibes. XO 😊
Good luck for you 👍 🌷 , I also do the same .
I have an idea , we can practice English together chat or a video call to improve our speaking skills right?
And we wouldn't be shy if did a mistake
Hi! I'm learning English too! If you don't mind, can I ask your Instagram account? I would like to see your progress in English!
@@imwortyoflove369 okayy
That's mine :
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Whenever I watch International videos at TH-cam I always use English subtitles so I feel like my English is quite good but every time I need to do presentation in English I stuttered at every words and I need to repeat every sentence again. So this video really helped me understand my case.
probably there is a difference in how early people learn a second language. For example I'm an ethnic minority in Romania, I was born here, and I'm Hungarian. Most of us learned our second language, which was Romanian in that case, at a very young age, so we were understanding it before we went to school, and eventually speaking it fluently. I think the first foreign language is the hard part to learn, but the brain creates a technique to learn a different language. Eventually we even think in the language we are currently speaking, not just some translation in the brain. So those who started with 2 languages, as I see, have easier time to learn additional languages. Now related languages are very easy to learn because we already learned a similar one. I spoke 4 languages at around 20. And I have the understanding how to make a new language learning easier. Of course you need practice, to be able to speak it, not just understanding it. Now about the accent... I'm not sure there is much to do about it, or if anyone should do anything about it. If our accent is betraying us, is not a problem :)) It's part of the charm of speaking foreign languages. We are different people. And that's great. The point is to speak correctly, and adequately.
You can actually improve your accent with lots of input.
@@Rolando_Cueva Yeah, it's true, but I never saw it as being the primary concern to waste much time with it. accents are cool anyway. The point is to speak adequately
@@Rolando_Cueva normal people don't care if you have accent, if what you speak is understandable it's already fine
I've been learning English for such a long time, but didn't completely realize how important writing and speaking skills are. I truly agree that it's a major problem that we don't have enough practice in school. I sincerely hope I'll be able to fix it as soon as possible
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Shared your account to a Japanese student learning English. Hopefully your videos will help her. Thanks
Yeah making a summary can actually help you build a logical structure of speaking or writing pattern of your own, which I think is a good way to improve fluency in English or any other language cuz that means you really understand what you are talking about but not just those grammer or vocabulary things. It's like a conversation with yourself, and the main point is to converse.
The great thing about English is, you don't have to be good at it to be understood. It's a very forgiving language. However, other languages don't have that luxury. As a native English speaker, I think her English is great the way it is!
I'm from Finland and the input learning style here in Finland really shows in most known Finnish people. The rally English so to call. Once i started playing online games which required more output learning with English helped me a lot to understand English better, the problem with English is mostly due to the silent letters which cause lot of problems to be able to speak English fluently. Don't go wasting your time with a language you don't use, because output learning is really important and if you hardly ever do output learning you are bound to forget the basic things in that language. I was taught Swedish in school and i was pretty good at it, but 10 years later with never any need to use Swedish i hardly remember anything at all. You need to study the language until it could work as your native language, meaning that you will understand that language as well you understand your own language.
you are a nice person. Thank you for all your advices!
It depends. The way we do it in school is not so bad for starters. Vocabulary, grammar, building simple sentences is something, everybody can start with.
When i tried to learn italian later in my life, after french and english in school, i paid for a seminar at the "Volkshochschule" in Munich, Bavaria - around 1990, way before internet.
"Volkshochschule" is a place, where freelancers can offer everything, as long as they are confident enough to think, they can teach it - and get enough students to pay for the room. So - every native italian student in Munich in need of money may offer an italian course, because italian is in high demand there. So i paid and went and instead of starting with basics, as they do in school, the teacher pretended to be extra modern and she forced us to speak italian from start - only italian.
So, tiny input from a bubbly native italian, big output from us, the paying scholars, right away. Maybe that works for some people, surely doesn't fit me.
I had paid the fee, but i was so reluctant with just jumping into and babbling in unknown language without even knowing anything, that i didn't come back after the first course.
I expected it more oldschool, definitely.
Thank you for you content. This is what I wanted to find :) I struggled to speak or write English fluently even though I can understand well listening and I know a lot of vocabularies... many thanks again 😊 🙏
When you said you were crying every single day while you were learning German in 0:47 is the most relatable German learning journey fact ever
Yes that's true👍
I have an idea , we can practice English together chat or a video call to improve our speaking skills right?
And we wouldn't be shy if did a mistake
I appreciate this video. My previous English learning in China is to much for input-based and few for output-based. Just now I am still struggle in English improving. And thanks for the advice in the video!
I like your explanations about Input vs Output based learning and their ratio (3:7). It's my first time hearing them. Will definitely shift my way of learning towards that. Thank you Ruri! Love your video!
Hi Ruri! Thanks for uploading such a nice and encouraging video for people who want to learn how to speak English. You said rightly that without caring for others's criticism,we need to keep up our effort.
Exactly! This is what I tell to almost everyone who say "How do I learn a new language?" I tell them That You can't really learn to speak English (Or said language) From books alone, You have to get out there and find some native people to talk with if you want to learn it faster. This is what I did, I went to a School that had everything in English and When I was done with school, I couldn't speak English at all. But when I started playing games online with People from the US/EU I learned more in a year than I did in 12 Years of school.
What did you achieved lady is something to be proud of all the time.much love from Morocco 😘😘😘
Buen vídeo, yo también practico mi inglés viendo puro contenido en TH-cam y Netflix, también leyendo algunos libros, he mejorado pero sí me cuesta un poco ser fluido a la hora de comunicarme en ese idioma, aparte que mis conocidos no hablan inglés.
Voy a poner en practica hablar conmigo mismo para mejorar mí fluencia en el idioma, muchas gracias por los consejos Ruri, son muy prácticos como siempre!.
Puedes probar con un club de conversación, para que puedas practicar!
Hablo portugués. Hi, manito. Keep with that good work.
@@HardBit pero para eso ya debes saber un poco más del idioma supongo?
I want to learn this language, spanish!! Hope I can speak as well and understand without translation 💗
Yeah many Indians including me can read and write English and even can speak english but not as fluently as native English speakers do.
Thanks for making a video on it.
Love from India as always🇮🇳
I notice in Bollywood movies indians talking punjab and suddenly starts to speak english and back to punjab, is this usual in India?
@@zamacoisyzabala3510 same!!
@@zamacoisyzabala3510 Actually Punjab is a state in India and the regional language of Punjab is called punjabi.
India has the second highest number of English speakers in the world ,so the actors tend to speak some sentences or words in English and then come back to regional language like hindi /punjabi.
Just for curiosity where are you from and what bollywood movies have you watched?
Got it, thank you brother. I heard there are hundreds of dialects spoken in India, don't know if it's truth. I'm from Brazil and I have watched many indian mainstream classics such as Dil Chahta Hai, three idiots, PK, Zindagi na milegi dobara etc.
@@zamacoisyzabala3510 Yeah India is a vast country with great diversity and cultures.
Also 3 idiots is one of my favorite Bollywood movie.
Thanks for the info brother.
As someone who was born and raised in Australia and is a fluent English speaker, I don't know why I was recommended this video nor why I am watching it, but is is so fascinating. I think I really underestimate the struggles associated with learning English 😅
Ohh 😅
how do you feel now😂💕 like All of us are suffering so hard while learning how to speak in English but you simply can speak it since you were a child this is not fair 🥲💔