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hey guys welcome to lingua marina today
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we're gonna talk about a
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30-day plan to learn english and uh what
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i want you to do right now
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is uh first of all to take out your
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exercise book or maybe a note in your
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phone
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in order to write things down because
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we're gonna go through the plan
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day by day i'm gonna tell you what
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you're gonna do and i guarantee you that
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if you follow this plan
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by the end of day 30 you would be amazed
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how english has become your habit
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and how diverse the world of english is
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that means that
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every day you can find something new and
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something exciting to do in english
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and this is the whole goal of this video
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so please make sure that you listen
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carefully please make sure you watch it
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up to the very end and that you
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write things down day zero
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here you start with taking a test i
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found a perfect
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free test for you from lancaster
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university it tests your
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ability to listen to write and to read
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in english
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please take this test assess where you
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are and
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write a very specific goal like what is
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your goal with learning english i want
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to take toefl test and score 100.
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i want to get accepted to this
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university or i want to reach upper
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intermediate by
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date so you need to come up with a very
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specific goal
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and for the next 30 days you're going to
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work on achieving this goal
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and you're going to work on improving
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your english now ideally i would love
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you to download something that we've
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prepared for you
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down in comments below there is a small
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calendar that you can download that
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would follow my schedule
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and also some sheets that you can print
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out and just track your progress
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throughout the day just write something
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down so on day zero i want you to write
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down your test result
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and i want you to write your goal it is
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very important to note your test result
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because you're going to compare
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your results at the end of this 30 day
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marathon day number one
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listening here i want you to go to
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ed.ted.com they have a lot of videos
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most of them are like
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two three minute long i want you to
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select a topic
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that you're interested in and i want you
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to not just watch the video and by the
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way you can watch it with subtitles or
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without subtitles i would recommend to
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start watching without
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subtitles and see whether it makes sense
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for you but it's also very important
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that you choose the video that
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corresponds with your interest
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like if you're interested in psychology
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take that video if you're interested in
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geography take a geography video
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then if you don't understand what's
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going on switch on subtitles and the
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next thing i want you to do is to click
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on the think tab
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because some of the videos on that
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website have a comprehension test that
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means you're going to test how much you
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understood and some of the videos also
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have additional information
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under the dig deeper tab please explore
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that one and share
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your opinion about what you saw in the
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discuss tab and when you share your
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opinion
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please let others know that you came
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here from linguamarina channel
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because this way you would be able to
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see people who actually came from this
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video
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and are doing the same thing with you
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and of course if you encounter
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new words write them down in day one
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section of the pdf file or
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exercise book that you're using day
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number two speaking
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on day number two you need to watch my
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video about 8 ways to practice english
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the link will be below and ideally sign
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up for the course that is called speak
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like a pro
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2-0 this is a three-week marathon that
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can boost your speaking
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this course was created by my friend
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vina who is a professional english
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teacher
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and each marathoner will have a partner
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to work with when choosing a partner for
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you
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will make sure they have similar
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interests time zone and english
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comprehension levels
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many of our previous students keep in
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touch with each other and i think it's a
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great
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opportunity to not only practice your
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english but to also build your worldwide
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network
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there are 14 lessons and three live
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streams where you can ask
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all your questions this marathon is best
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for those who have an intermediate level
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of english or higher
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the next batch starts on april 5th so
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hurry up
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day number three reading on this day i
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want you to explore a free website with
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news for english language learners so
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they basically take
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news from all over the world but they
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are adapted for
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english language learners the website is
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called breakingnewsenglish.com
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the news there is divided into seven
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levels from zero to
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six so you can choose the one that suits
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you each news has several reading
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comprehension tasks and audio
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therefore if you want you can go
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practice listening on that website as
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well
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day number four writing on this day
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i want you to write an essay again using
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the pdf that we gave you or an exercise
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book
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i want you to write an essay about your
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ideal
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day in five years oh my god guys this
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task
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will not only help your english but
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would also help you work on your goals
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because if your ideal day looks like oh
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i wake up and i
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have breakfast with three of my kids and
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you're not even married then you know
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what you're gonna do the next five years
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or your ideal day looks like waking up
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in a different country then
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you know what you're gonna do so please
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write a small essay about your ideal day
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i would say two to three hundred words
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that's enough to practice your writing
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day number five
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grammar on this day i want you to select
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one particular topic
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grammar topic that you're struggling
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with is it present perfect or present
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simple or
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conditionals and then you go to i give
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you two options two different websites
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the first website is learn
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english.britishcouncil.org or if you're
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a teenager there is second option
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you can use
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learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org
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and you type into the search bar the
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topic that you struggle with the most
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and you read the materials on that topic
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day number six
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have you been writing down the words
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that i told you to write down
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during your listening exercises on ted
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doing other stuff that you were doing
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now this is the day
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where you select 10 words that you think
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are the most useful maybe you heard them
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several times
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during your practice maybe you just
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realize they are super useful for your
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future and today i want you to
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highlight those words write them down
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once again and also create a sentence
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with each
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word and then spend around 10 minutes
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just looking through those
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maybe googling them and looking at
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images that are associated with those
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words
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and try to memorize them day number
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seven
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is day off but this is a day of in
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english so do whatever you want to do
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but in english watch my videos on
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silicon valley girl
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or watch a tv show on netflix or listen
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to music in english but take five
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minutes to go back to the words
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that you highlighted yesterday or on day
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six
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and read them once again because this
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would really help you memorize them
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day number eight listening today you're
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gonna listen to a song that you really
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like
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and you need to try and write down the
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words that you hear
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and then of course once you've written
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them down you try to sing together with
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a singer
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and only then after you've done this
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you go and google the actual lyrics and
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see how close you were
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if you don't like music you can listen
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to the podcast from bbc
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6 minute learning before listening read
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this week's question and vocabulary
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after listening
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go back to the question and answer it
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the bbc also has a wonderful podcast the
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english will speak
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there you can find two three minutes
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podcasts where the meaning of the word
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is explained
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and examples of its use in speech are
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given do not forget to highlight
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words that you've encountered for the
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first time and spend at least
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five minutes memorizing them day number
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nine
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speaking again one of the most important
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parts of learning the english language
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you can continue practicing with your
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speaking buddy i hope you enrolled in
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the course speak like a pro to zero
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but i also have the whole series of
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videos where i teach you how to speak
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like a native speaker
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mostly american english so please watch
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one of the videos
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and start practicing your new accent
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day number 10 reading again and i'm
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gonna give you a couple new ideas where
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you can practice your reading
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you can go to a website rongchan.com
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reading this set is for those of you who
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are just starting
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learning english it contains text about
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various topics each text has an audio
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and some of them have tests for checking
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your understanding and another website
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is called
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dreamreader.net it is a website where
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you can not only train your reading
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skills
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but also learn interesting and sometimes
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unusual facts about the world
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each article has audio and a test that
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you can take
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if you want to this website is for
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pre-intermediate
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intermediate levels day 11 writing
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this is another mental slash english
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language task
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what would you do today if your english
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level was advanced like if
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your goal is accomplished today what is
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your action plan because sometimes
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again our goals are not too specific
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sometimes you're like oh i want to be
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advanced in english
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and then you're advanced and what's next
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so it's really important to think about
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those next steps and make them more
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specific like okay
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if i'm advanced today i am applying for
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harvard university and go to harvard
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university's website
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explore the programs write down the
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criteria that they're looking for maybe
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you also need toefl maybe also well you
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need toefl maybe you need gmat maybe you
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need something else like explore
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that section this is super important
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because this way you know oh once
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i'm advanced i'm applying to harvard and
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i already know the website i'm going to
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like be
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very specific in this task and again
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write it down
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in either exercise book or the pdf that
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we've provided you with
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day number 12 grammar and here i would
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suggest downloading a workbook that i've
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created together with my team
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language grammar is all you need it
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covers the most important aspects of
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grammar and it has an exercise book so
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you can practice
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so today your task is to just download
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it and start working on
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one of the first topics that you select
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there and again start with something
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that looks the most difficult for you
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always when you have a choice start with
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something that's more difficult because
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you're more enthusiastic at the
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beginning of the process rather than
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at the end of it day 13 13 is my
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favorite number
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words now today it's time to cross out
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words that you highlighted before
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that you already know by now so you just
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cross them out and you say goodbye to
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them because they're in your brain
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but it's time for you to come up with
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new words so you highlight 10 more words
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and repeat the same practice
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you write the sentences with them and
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you also spend at least five minutes
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just reading them
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and thinking how you would be able to
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use them
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day 14 is again our day off you do
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whatever you want i recommend watching a
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netflix show called the one this is a
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great show
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i like their plot and i also like that
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it's british english for a change
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because i'm trying to speak american
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and they're in the one they speak
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british english
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they have a lot of london in that tv
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show so watch that one
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write down new words and spend at least
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five minutes repeating words from
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yesterday
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now you see that we're kind of repeating
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the topics already
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it's just because it's all about
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consistency it's all about
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being consistent with one particular
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topic every single week
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so week three and week four you just
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repeat whatever we've done
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before day 29 is when you tell yourself
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i'm a hero
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and you go back in your notes and you
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like scroll through your exercise book
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or pdf whatever you were doing
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and ask yourself what was the most
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difficult part
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what was the most difficult thing and
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you do it once again because if it was
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difficult there is a big big chance
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you haven't understood it completely or
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maybe you still need time to
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look at it once again so this is the day
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where you look again
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at the most difficult topic and day 30
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is when you take your test
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again you note your results and most
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importantly you share them down
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in comments here and you tell me about
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your progress you tell me whether it
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worked or not come back to this video at
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the end of day 30
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and please please please share what
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you've done
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please share how it went this is super
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super super exciting
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and if you're taking this 30 day
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marathon i'm just asking you to come
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back to this video not only at the end
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of it
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i'm also asking you to come back every
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week to just tell others that
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guys i'm on day 13 where you are because
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i want to create a community around this
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around this 30 day challenge and i think
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it will be really really useful for all
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of you guys to come back to this video
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to connect with others
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and to show off your progress and to see
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like-minded people who are doing
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the same thing with you thank you so so
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much for watching this video up to the
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very end
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the link to the core speak like pro will
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be below the link to grammar book will
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be below and the link to a pdf file that
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you can download and follow this
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schedule will also be below thank you so
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so much i will see you very soon
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in my next videos bye bye have fun in
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your 30 day challenge i'm excited for
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you
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share it with your friends please see
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you soon bye
