How to improve your fluency.
1. Who is Drew?
2. What's this video about?
3. From the emails that Drew receives, what do students say they do when faced with difficult social situations?
4. What is Drew's first tip?
a) You have to practice.
b) You have to learn great words.
c) You have to watch his videos.
5. What is Drew's objective in this video?
6. What's the first thing to consider?
7. Native speakers sometimes speak slowly to non-natives. What does he suggest you do if they don't?
8. Which topics should you prepare?
9. Drew suggests we try to follow:
a) the exact meaning of every word.
b) the broader topic of the conversation.
c) our own thoughts and ignore the others.
10. Why would you ask 'I'm not very familiar with that topic. Could you tell me more?'
11. Why does Drew suggest you take control of the conversation?
12. Why does this work well?
13. What happens if you show you're interested in what someone is saying?
14. What advantage is there when others are speaking?
15. What does Drew mean by 'use analogies'?
16. Why does Drew suggest learning phrasal verbs?
17. Why should we look forward to every conversation?
Is it because it's a chance to:
a) Practice.
b) Improve.
c) Learn something new.
Extra:
A) Which of these tips would you recommend to other learners?
B) Can you add any of your own tips?
C) Are there other YouTube videos you could suggest to help with improving fluency?
Send your comments to [email protected]
1. Who is Drew?
2. What's this video about?
3. From the emails that Drew receives, what do students say they do when faced with difficult social situations?
4. What is Drew's first tip?
a) You have to practice.
b) You have to learn great words.
c) You have to watch his videos.
5. What is Drew's objective in this video?
6. What's the first thing to consider?
7. Native speakers sometimes speak slowly to non-natives. What does he suggest you do if they don't?
8. Which topics should you prepare?
9. Drew suggests we try to follow:
a) the exact meaning of every word.
b) the broader topic of the conversation.
c) our own thoughts and ignore the others.
10. Why would you ask 'I'm not very familiar with that topic. Could you tell me more?'
11. Why does Drew suggest you take control of the conversation?
12. Why does this work well?
13. What happens if you show you're interested in what someone is saying?
14. What advantage is there when others are speaking?
15. What does Drew mean by 'use analogies'?
16. Why does Drew suggest learning phrasal verbs?
17. Why should we look forward to every conversation?
Is it because it's a chance to:
a) Practice.
b) Improve.
c) Learn something new.
Extra:
A) Which of these tips would you recommend to other learners?
B) Can you add any of your own tips?
C) Are there other YouTube videos you could suggest to help with improving fluency?
Send your comments to [email protected]