Become Confident & Fluent in English (12 month plan)

0:00 I'm excited to share this video with you.

0:02 I've got some seven reasons why you

0:06 will speak English fluently this time next year.

0:10 And if you don't believe me, let's talk about how you will become

0:15 a confident and fluent English speaker in twelve months.

0:19 And if you're saying Emma, a whole year, that is such a long time.

0:25 Twelve months is what it takes to become a confident, fluent English speaker.

0:30 And of course, it may be different depending

0:33 on what level you are now or importantly,

0:36 how much practice and experience you've already had speaking in English.

0:42 But if you do not feel fluent today and you definitely want to become fluent,

0:48 twelve months is a realistic time frame.

0:51 You need enough time to take action and gain experience.

0:56 Okay here are the seven reasons why you will be fluent in twelve months.

1:03 Ready?

1:04 Because you believe you can be.

1:07 You believe that you can and you will become a confident English speaker.

1:13 This time in twelve months, you will speak fluently.

1:17 You will not hesitate to speak up.

1:20 You will not be nervous about meeting

1:22 new people or intimidated by native speakers.

1:25 You'll work on your mindset,

1:28 you'll focus on ensuring you are fuelling your progress with the right

1:33 thoughts and the self-belief that you can and you will make this happen.

1:38 No matter how nervous or worried that you

1:42 feel about speaking in English today, it won't last.

1:46 And let me tell you how I know this.

1:49 What you have learned,

1:51 the English skills that you already have inside you right now,

1:55 today they are already enough to take action, to speak.

2:00 And simply doing that improves your ability

2:03 to speak so that next time you speak, you have more experience to draw on.

2:10 This experience reinforces that belief you have in yourself and in turn,

2:17 this builds confidence and confidence is what motivates

2:21 you to continue learning and to continue doing.

2:25 And this cycle is how you will continue

2:28 to build confidence and that fluency as an English speaker.

2:34 And my dear, because you believe that you have what it takes

2:39 this is the first reason why you will be fluent in twelve months.

2:45 The second is because you'll set clear

2:48 goals and create the roadmap to become fluent.

2:52 It's not as complicated as you might think.

2:55 What will you do to allocate time,

2:58 attention, energy and money towards your fluency goals?

3:03 I'm assuming that you're an adult, you have a job,

3:06 you have other people who rely on you for certain things.

3:10 You don't have the luxury of just dropping

3:14 everything to work solely on your fluency goal, right?

3:18 That's why allocating these essential resources is so important.

3:23 If you want to learn more about setting English goals,

3:26 I've got a great video about how to do that up here.

3:30 The third reason that you will be fluent in twelve months

3:34 is because you'll establish a practice routine that you follow consistently.

3:40 This means carving out time for speaking practice in addition

3:45 to the time that you put aside to study, to develop new skills,

3:50 to test them out and to reflect on your success

3:53 so that you can make changes where necessary.

3:57 Your routine should always be manageable.

4:00 Meaning that you can manage to do it amongst the other things that you

4:04 need to do every day and that you can maintain it throughout the entire year,

4:10 including when you're on holiday or when you

4:13 have a really busy period at work, okay?

4:16 At least four speaking opportunities each week and they

4:20 need to be at least fifteen minutes of conversation practice.

4:25 So look for these opportunities where you can make that happen regularly.

4:29 Invite your neighbour over for a coffee or go

4:32 with a colleague out for your lunch break.

4:34 Plan to meet a tutor or if you're

4:37 part of a speaking community, just like Hey Lady!

4:40 stick to a regular schedule of conversations.

4:43 Whatever your options are in your life,

4:45 find a way to make them a regular part of your routine.

4:49 You will speak English fluently and confidently in twelve months because you'll

4:55 listen to naturally spoken English daily and you'll work on your pronunciation.

5:01 Finding some regular English podcasts or listening

5:04 to an audiobook in English will help you to become fluent because this is

5:10 where you'll hear English as it's spoken naturally.

5:13 Now if this is difficult for you to do at first,

5:16 just make sure you have the transcript or the book with you

5:20 so that you can read and recognise the words as they're spoken.

5:24 But over time, especially as you get used to the host or the narrator's voice,

5:30 you'll become less reliant on the transcript and start

5:34 to recognise the words as they're spoken naturally.

5:37 And even better, you'll start to pronounce English

5:40 words in the same natural way when you speak.

5:44 I've left some suggested podcasts and books down in the comments but just

5:49 make sure that you listen to different English speakers and when you're ready,

5:54 shift to a podcast with multiple hosts where you'll get to hear the natural

6:00 dynamic of a conversation as it moves from one person to the next.

6:04 You will speak English fluently in twelve months because you'll surround

6:09 yourself with opportunities to speak English every day and you'll take them.

6:15 You'll intentionally put yourself into moments and situations

6:19 that allow you to speak English every day.

6:22 If you work in an English-speaking company or you

6:26 live in an English-speaking country okay, that's good!

6:30 But you still have to make these speaking opportunities happen.

6:34 Don't just wait around and let those English situations happen to you,

6:39 insert yourself into those situations and into those conversations

6:44 that you need to increase your speaking skills in.

6:47 You will be fluent in twelve months because you'll surround yourself

6:52 with other English learners who are working towards the same goal.

6:57 Do not underestimate the power of the people that you surround yourself

7:02 with who can relate to your experience and support you on your journey.

7:07 These people will inspire you,

7:10 they'll create English opportunities for you and they'll help

7:14 to lift your mood when you experience a setback.

7:18 And even more importantly,

7:20 if you are around people in your life who put you down,

7:25 who tell you that you can't, who reinforce those negative self-beliefs,

7:31 you need to intentionally move away from them.

7:34 You need to create some distance between you and them.

7:38 You may not be able to create physical distance between these people,

7:42 they might be a family member or a colleague

7:45 that you see regularly so in this case,

7:48 you need to create some mental distance between you.

7:52 Do not engage with their negativity.

7:55 These people will not help you to become that confident, fluent English speaker.

8:02 You will be fluent this time next year because you will seek

8:07 feedback to help you improve but you will not just get that feedback,

8:12 you will implement it.

8:14 This could mean working with a tutor to target

8:17 specific aspects of your fluency that you want to improve.

8:20 It could mean attending an English class or a speaking program where

8:25 you're able to get real time

8:27 feedback on your participation during English conversations.

8:31 It can mean asking direct questions to the English speakers

8:35 around you just to find out how you can improve.

8:39 You could ask a colleague at work who's seen

8:42 you being introduced to new people in the office.

8:45 In your opinion, what is one thing I can do to improve

8:50 my ability to connect with new people I meet at work?

8:53 This question is clear,

8:55 it signals to them that you're looking for and you're open to suggestions.

9:00 But you'll also receive indirect feedback

9:03 at every English interaction that you have.

9:07 Feedback happens around you all the time.

9:10 If someone misunderstands your meaning,

9:13 you know because they give you an answer that you weren't expecting.

9:17 So you've received some feedback.

9:19 Reflect on what happened.

9:21 Could you have been clearer?

9:23 Could you have said it differently?

9:25 Looking for and creating opportunities to receive direct and indirect feedback

9:31 on your spoken English is essential and reflecting on what worked and how

9:37 you can improve in a learning journal will help to amplify your results

9:42 and help you to record and to see your progress over time.

9:48 You've got this!

9:49 Fluent, confident English is so, so possible for you.

9:54 It's just a matter of doing the things that may

9:58 seem hard or they may seem impossible right now.

10:02 It's just about getting started and that's why I'm here,

10:06 to help you to do some of those impossible things.

10:10 Make sure you join me for my free live masterclass.

10:14 The link to register is just down in the description below.

10:18 I can't wait to see you there!