Slow English Listening for Beginners (not boring)

0:00 In this slow English video,

0:03 I'm going to show you English using the world around me.

0:09 I'll show you how to speak about your hobbies,

0:14 how to ask someone about their hobbies,

0:18 and finally, I will show you a very powerful

0:23 speaking exercise that only takes 1 minute a day.

0:34 This is a Frisbee.

0:38 I am throwing the Frisbee and I am catching it.

0:48 I just caught the Frisbee.

0:51 Now to talk about your hobbies, you can say,

0:55 "I like playing Frisbee." I enjoy playing frisbee.

1:00 Or the very native way, I'm into frisbee.

1:06 You say, I'm into something when you really enjoy doing it.

1:12 You really like doing it.

1:16 I am into frisbee.

1:22 I love it.

1:26 Now all of this frisbee is making me thirsty.

1:38 This is a coconut.

1:43 There is a straw inside the coconut.

1:51 I am sipping the coconut.

1:58 That's refreshing.

2:01 Coconuts are one of my favorite fruits.

2:07 I'm a big fan of coconuts.

2:11 When you say, "I'm a big fan of something,"

2:16 it means that you really, really like it.

2:22 I am a big fan of coconuts.

2:27 I love them.

2:29 Now, it's time to get changed.

2:34 And I am going to get changed into my

2:44 trunks.

2:43 These are red trunks.

2:47 And I am tying a knot.

2:53 I'm tying the string now.

2:59 I'm going to go swimming.

3:03 I'm going to go swimming.

3:08 All right, let's go.

3:10 I'm running on the sand to the ocean.

3:14 Ready.

3:20 Hello.

3:21 I'm underwater.

3:27 In the distance, you can see the mountains.

3:31 This line is called the horizon.

3:36 And where the ocean meets the sand is called the shore.

3:44 This is the shore.

3:54 Now I am drying my hair with a towel.

4:04 This is a white towel.

4:07 I was just swimming, so my hair is wet.

4:15 I'm drying it with the towel.

4:18 That was a lovely swim.

4:22 I'm a big fan of swimming.

4:26 Do you like swimming?

4:29 How do you ask somebody else about their hobbies in England?

4:36 We don't say what are your hobbies that much.

4:41 We tend to word it slightly differently.

4:46 We would say, "What do you do in your free time?" "What do you do

4:53 for fun?" "What do you do when you're

4:57 not working?" And finally, what are you into?

5:04 And my top tip, when somebody responds,

5:08 when they answer your question, you can ask a followup question.

5:14 You can say, "How did you get into that?" For example, what are you into?

5:22 I'm into videography, making videos.

5:28 How did you get into that?

5:30 Well, Mario, that's a good question.

5:33 I got into videography two years ago when I started making short form videos.

5:43 Speaking of videos, now let's walk around and film some POV English.

5:53 And POV is point of view.

6:01 Woohoo!

6:03 By J.

6:07 This is a bean bag.

6:10 A blue bean bag.

6:12 Let's sit down.

6:18 I am sitting in the bean bag and sunbathing.

6:25 The sun is shining.

6:29 I'm sunbathing in the bean bag.

6:33 Okay, these are tents.

6:38 There are two white tents and these tents are for glamping.

6:45 Glamping is like fancy camping.

6:49 You have a bed and a lamp.

6:54 Glamping.

6:56 Fancy camping.

7:02 These are the showers.

7:05 And the part of the shower where the water comes out,

7:11 this part, it's called the shower head.

7:17 And this is the tap.

7:19 If I turn on the tap, the water is coming out of the shower head.

7:30 And there is Chang filming me with Let's show the camera.

7:37 Our camera if you're interested.

7:40 It's a Sony ZV E1.

7:43 A beautiful thing.

7:50 Now I'm walking down a small path and there are plants either side of me.

7:59 And now I'm coming out into the sun.

8:06 It's the weekend and everyone is chilling by the beach.

8:14 I'm lying on the grass and to my left, this is the mat.

8:24 I'm sunbathing.

8:27 The sun is very bright, so I'm squinting my eyes.

8:35 I'm squinting because the sun is bright.

8:41 Let's continue.

8:44 This is our mat.

8:48 Our white mat where we are sitting.

8:53 You can see my shadow.

8:57 You can see my shadow on the white mat.

9:02 This is a shadow.

9:04 Now I'm going to go into the shade.

9:09 the shade.

9:14 I'm cooling down in the shade.

9:17 The shade is a larger area with no sun.

9:24 I'm chilling in the shade.

9:27 If you love this POV style English,

9:32 then I'm posting a brand new series on sproutlanguage.com.

9:38 I'll post a beginner POV video every Tuesday,

9:44 which will help beginners learn English through me showing you the world around.

9:55 After you watch the video, you can talk with Ji.

10:02 Ji is an AI version of me and he sounds just like me.

10:11 What part of the video did you find most interesting?

10:16 You can talk with Ji about the words that you learned in the video and he

10:23 will ask you questions so you can

10:28 practice your speaking in a relaxed stress-free way.

10:34 If you want to sign up, check the link in the description.

10:40 Now, let's play the jam game.

10:46 This is the jam that we eat.

10:51 But what about the jam game?

10:58 Jam stands for just a minute.

11:04 How do you play?

11:06 Choose a random word or a random topic.

11:12 Set a timer for 1 minute and then talk.

11:19 Here's a useful tip.

11:22 Try not to say om.

11:27 You can fill it with silence.

11:31 Here's an example with the word book.

11:37 Right.

11:38 One minute timer.

11:39 start.

11:42 This is a book and I bought it recently when I

11:49 was traveling in Hanoi with my uncle Lee and my partner Chang.

11:57 I bought this Vietnamese picture dictionary because I love to learn languages.

12:06 I already speak French and Spanish and now I want to learn Vietnamese.

12:16 So I read this book every single day.

12:22 I also read this book to understand the mindset of a language learner.

12:31 So, as a teacher, I can help people in a better way.

12:37 I can help people learn English more effectively.

12:42 Oh, time's up and stop.

12:48 So, notice that I didn't say um uh instead I paused.

12:57 It's okay to pause.

13:00 And if you guys want to make this exercise even more powerful,

13:05 then for the brave ones, you can take your phone,

13:10 record yourself for one minute, and watch it back afterwards.

13:18 Recording yourself gives you direct feedback,

13:21 and it is really going to improve your English speaking.

13:26 If you practice this exercise every day,

13:29 I promise you, you will get fluent in English.

13:34 Now, to summarize how to talk about your hobbies, you can say I like,

13:40 I enjoy, I'm into, or I'm a big fan of.

13:48 How to ask someone else about their hobbies?

13:51 You can say, "What do you do for fun?" "What are you into?

13:56 And after they respond, you can say,

13:59 "How did you get into that?" And finally, the jam game.

14:04 Pick any word or topic.

14:07 Speak for one minute.

14:09 Try not to say om.

14:13 And if you're brave, you can record yourself on your phone.

14:19 Thank you for watching this video.

14:22 I hope that it helped you.

14:25 And if you want to level up your English even more,

14:30 you can practice speaking about hobbies with JI.

14:36 Click the link in the description to find out more.

14:40 Have a beautiful day.