hello and welcome to how to speak
English fluently a special presentation
that will help you build your confidence
and fluency in the English language I'm
Gabby Wallace your American English
teacher and this is a go natural English
production so let's talk I want to
introduce myself briefly if you don't
know me yet and tell you a little bit
about go natural English I have some
updates to share with you and I want to
tell you why this is not an English
class this is a short presentation but
you don't really need an English class
and I'm going to tell you why also we're
going to discuss what kind of learner
you are and what kind of learner you
should be in order to reach true fluency
in English there are a few things you
might think you need but you don't
really need them to learn English and
I'm going to share that with you along
with the effective go natural English
seven steps to fluency the best method
to learn English the natural way and
remember you have the power you can
speak English so let's get started I'm
Gabby Wallace this is a picture of me
when I was about three years old now
ever since I was a little girl
I've loved learning and I've loved
languages so I have spent a lot of time
studying languages in school but I
realized that I wasn't able to learn how
to speak in school because in class my
language teachers would always focus on
reading or writing so I had to learn
fluency in a 2nd language outside of the
classroom and I've developed my own
method for that which is go natural
go natural English is turning four years
old this year 2015 so go natural English
is now older than I was in this picture
I'm sharing with you now can you believe
it it's hard to believe but time flies
so that is one update for years of
helping people to learn the English
language and I have loved every minute
of it now it is time to put together the
go natural English method the best
strategies a step-by-step guide for
learning English and real conversations
with transcripts and focus on important
phrases in the go natural English book
you can pre-order your copy of the go
gonaturalenglish.com slash book B oh
this month April 2015 is especially
important for that book as we are
funding a promotional campaign on
Kickstarter so if you grab your copy of
the book now during April 2015 you can
get the book faster and cheaper then in
the future when the book is available
for the public so take advantage of this
special update all right this is not an
English class this is a picture of a
meet-up event a live in-person event
that I held with members of the go
natural English community in Ho Chi Minh
City Vietnam we met together to talk
about the go natural English method and
to connect face to face and have some
great English conversation together so
it wasn't a lecture they didn't have to
sit and take notes or remember grammar
we were using the language to become
friends and that is part of how you
learn English with confidence and with
fluency so we have to take English out
of the classroom and make it part of our
daily lives what kind of learner are you
are you a classroom learner or are you
do you wait for your teacher to tell you
what to do or do you take initiative and
take action to learn on your own or
together with your friends what kind of
learner are you I want to encourage you
to become an independent English
language learner I remember when I was
learning Spanish language in university
and I would learn how to read and write
in my classes with my teacher but I
didn't learn how to speak so I wanted to
learn how to speak so I went outside the
classroom and I made friends with
Spanish speakers in my community that's
how I became fluent I learned some
vocabulary words with my friends that my
teacher didn't teach me and the textbook
didn't teach me when I used those words
in class my teacher asked me where did
you learn those words I didn't teach you
those words and maybe she was a little
surprised that I was learning how to
become a fluent Spanish speaker
independently but that is how I learned
to speak with confidence like a native
speaker so I encourage you to use the go
natural English method to become an
independence English language learner
there are some things that you don't
you don't need a classroom you can learn
outside of the classroom in real life or
using resources online you don't even
need a teacher to learn English you need
a guide such as the go natural English
method and you need feedback but there
are ways of getting feedback from your
friends or perhaps from a tutor or from
a teacher but you don't have to have a
teacher in order to reach confidence and
fluency in English what you do need is
motivation and you need a bit of
independence and initiative which means
to take action for your own learning you
also don't need a textbook this might
surprise you because a lot of English
learners want to know what is the best
textbook to use to become fluent in
English well I will tell you that you
don't need a textbook at all you just
need to know how to learn how to use
resources and materials that are
available many times for free all around
us in daily life and online so it might
be a surprise but you don't need a
classroom and you don't need a textbook
to really learn English what you do need
is the go natural English seven simple
steps to fluency number one is plan
number two listen number three check
number four repeat number five Connect
number six use number seven review I'd
like to explain each step briefly so
that you can use this method plan means
to think about what kind of conversation
you want to have in English what is the
situation when you will need to use
English so think about what you want to
and to whom you want to say it number
two listen you need to listen to a lot
of English and read a lot of English but
especially listen if you want to be
fluent in conversational English you
need to listen to other people speaking
English so you can do this in a lot of
fun ways by finding something you are
interested in and listening to it number
three check so when you hear new words
that you're not familiar with wait until
you're finished listening and then check
the words using a dictionary or
searching for the word online or asking
a friend so check the meaning in more
number four is repeats as soon as you
hear a new word or a phrase that you
want to be able to remember and use
repeat it say it out loud to yourself
and repeat it many times it takes
several times to really remember a word
so don't be shy to repeat new words over
connects our motivation to learn
language mostly comes from wanting to
connect with people so make sure that
you have a way to connect with other
English speakers they can be other
English learners too but connecting and
making valuable friendships will keep
you motivated and it will help your
fluency in English so let's connect
together you can connect with go natural
English on social media facebook.com
slash go natural English and twitter.com
slash go natural egg that's gon a tea
you are al e n G number six is use you
need to use English and keep it fresh in
order to stay fluent so learn a little
phrases and then use them as much as
possible it's so important that you use
English every chance you get don't be
shy just use anything you can and it's
okay if you make mistakes because that's
number seven is review always review
what you've learned a week later a month
later review review review it's so
important to review and repeat to keep
your memories strong and to keep your
English fresh I want you to believe like
I believe in you that you have the power
to speak fluent confident English as a
human being we all have the ability to
learn language and to use it that is
what is so awesome and incredible about
learning languages we have the power to
use language to connect with other
people to make friendships to have
success in our personal lives and our
careers so use English as a tool for
connection as a tool to improve your
life and other people's lives too
you have the power now go and speak
thank you so much for listening to this
presentation if you found it helpful
please let me know come connect with go
natural English with me Gabi and the
community on facebook at go natural
English and on Twitter at go natural egg