00:03hi guys what's up it's me judy i'm a first
year medical student in turkey and today
00:08we're gonna be talking about how i learned
english by myself without even studying it
00:14so let's get started okay so i'll mention about my
english background a disclaimer about the method
00:21and pros and cons of the method everything
that i mentioned will be timestamped down in
00:26the description below so that you can skip to
the part that you're interested in so let's get
00:31started so let's start with my english background
i went to regular private school in turkey until
00:38i got to high school i've never attended to an
english international school before high school
00:44i took english lessons as my main foreign language
and when i got into high school i got german as my
00:50main foreign language in elementary and middle
school i learned basic english i was like around
00:56a2 level according to cefr i got a 2 certificate
in english when i was in elementary school i
01:04guess i don't know i don't remember that but
i didn't try to get b1 diplom because i kind
01:09of didn't need it i was able to understand daily
conversations and explain like basic things about
01:14myself and kind of like have a basic conversation
with people but i was having like kind of struggle
01:21when people speak very fast so what can you do
with an a2 level in english is here if you want
01:28to read that stop the video and read it english
was one of my favorite subjects back in the day
01:33until i got high school i went to serve at german
turkish international high school in istanbul and
01:39we had pretty intense german lessons in prep class
we had like 40 lessons per week german and we only
01:48had like two to four lessons of english in a week
at that time only thing that i cared was german so
01:54i wasn't really focusing in english lessons i was
sleeping throughout the lessons all the time sorry
02:00teacher but yeah of course there are a lot of
differences between german and english but i find
02:05them pretty similar to each other and i realized
that whenever i study english or german after that
02:12i kind of mix up the words in these languages
and like in german lessons english words pop up
02:18to my mind in english lessons i say like and so
i decided to focus on only german for a while and
02:25then maybe work on english later on by studying
only german my german got better and better but
02:32the sad thing is my english got weaker and weaker
i knew that i had to do something but i didn't
02:38know what to do and where to start and it's been a
long time since i've studied english and all that
02:44stuff and our school was like german kind of like
school and all students were focused on german
02:50so nobody was caring much about english actually
back in the day i was watching so much youtube
02:55and one day youtube recommended me a video from
james charles and if you know him you know that he
03:02speaks very very very fast it was the first time
i saw guy doing a makeup i was really interested
03:09in him so i really wanted to understand what he
was saying but i couldn't but i was watching him
03:16anyways i decided to improve my english skills
to understand james charles which is kind of like
03:23funny to me and i'll show you guys throughout
the video how i did that okay so quick disclaimer
03:29since this video is about my experience it does
not contain any evidence-based tips from me so if
03:37you want some evidence-based tips then stay tuned
because i will be uploading science-based language
03:43learning tips so you know wait for that video next
week videos are coming so second disclaimer is if
03:50you are below a2 level i would recommend you to
come at that level first because i think it helped
03:56me quite a lot okay so let's talk about the method
the method itself is very basic okay so step
04:03one choose what to watch it can be a netflix show
or youtuber or tv show whatever but it has to be
04:10in english you don't need to watch every single
day exactly the same video or something you can
04:15alternate between netflix youtube tv shows and
all that stuff but don't forget to consume it in
04:22english okay so after deciding it we're moving to
step two step two is watch them at at normal speed
04:29and put the subtitles on try to understand what
they're talking about and focus on that video
04:35don't forget you're doing it for educational
purpose now for your fun all right watch every
04:41single day at least one hour of youtube netflix
whatever you have chosen i was watching about like
04:47three to four hours every single day in english
so yeah do that and also consume media only in
04:55english turn your phone settings into english
read news in english listen english songs sing
05:01them along try to understand what they're talking
about make english a part of your daily life use
05:07english when you start to understand the videos
without subtitles move on to the next step so step
05:143 congratulations so you have to be understanding
the videos without subtitles now watch videos in
05:20english without subtitles at least one hour every
single day choose something that you enjoy it's
05:28a perfect opportunity to watch on educational
things without any guilt i don't know if you
05:34guys feel guilt but whenever i watch something
uneducational for like fun purposes i kind of
05:40feel guilty so yeah after watching one episode or
one video try to explain it to yourself in english
05:47by your own words what you have just watched and
also try to explain it without translating any
05:54words you suck at beginning and it's kinda feels
weird to talk into yourself but trust me it will
06:00help you so much in the long run and you will be
able to speak fluently i was talking to myself
06:07in english whenever i'm showering doing my makeup
do my skincare like all the time i was basically
06:13trying to explain things in english whenever i
think about something i was like trying to explain
06:19it in english to myself it's kind of weird because
you're talking all the time to yourself and you
06:24kind of feel like insane person but it's all right
you know it's gonna help a lot so trust me okay
06:30so when you kind of got better at understanding
videos without subs and talking to yourself move
06:36on to next step so step four is start to read in
english if you don't love reading shame on you you
06:43are losing so freaking much things so um you know
if you try to love reading and if you failed at it
06:50i can make a video about of it if you guys want
but for now if you hate reading books then read
06:57maybe news papers or you know news on online
on apps whatever after reading one chapter
07:04or one news try to summarize it in your own words
try to explain it in english to yourself it can be
07:10very basic you don't need to speak like a native
speaker but try to explain it yourself every
07:16single time it will help you and don't forget to
continue watching english videos as well at least
07:22one hour a day don't forget it after doing those
move on to the next step you should be able to
07:27understand youtube videos without subtitles and
able to understand what you read at this point
07:34speed up the videos to 1.25 to 1.5 read more
make it a habit to use english in your daily life
07:42i usually watch youtube videos at double speed
um in english in germany in japanese in turkish
07:48whatever it doesn't matter but i watch all of
them in double speed and i easily understand
07:53what they're talking about and all that stuff okay
so next step is continue it for a year all of them
08:00like reading every single day it can be one
chapter or so on i mean you can read one news
08:05edit right so read in english listen to english
songs watch youtube at least for an hour and
08:13every single time after watching something after
reading something after hearing something try
08:18to explain it to yourself in your own words in
english and don't use ever translator it's very
08:26important we're kind of trying to make english
brain in our brain so you have to create that
08:33english brain you have to think in english and
you have to express yourself in english in this
08:38process you're not gonna use any other language
than english that's very very important it took
08:44me about a year to become fluent in english at
that time i was like talking very basic stuff
08:50but i got better and better with the time i'm able
to speak right now about more complicated things
08:57and i'm i'm not like native speaker whatsoever
but i'm kind of confident in my english i guess
09:04you can of course visit some language courses and
cut that time out but i was wanting to do at home
09:11and i didn't want to spend some money on so if
you're broke that's for you okay so let's talk
09:17about the pros and cons about this method so let's
start with the pros firstly it's fun i mean you if
09:24you choose something that you enjoy to watch then
it's really fun i was like watching james charles
09:29jeffrey star uh mini amy way and patrick star and
all that stuff and they're talking fast and i was
09:35like kind of enjoying the process because with
the time i kind of started to understand them so
09:41it was very fun to me and the second pro is
it doesn't cost you anything extra if you have
09:47internet connection in youtube on your phone
and if you're watching this video it does mean
09:52that you have both of them so you know if you're
broke like me it's perfect for you pro three is
09:58basically you will be able to speak fluently so i
mean i'm just a proof of you don't need to visit
10:05classes to learn english so i think it's very cool
i think it's a huge flex when you say to people
10:10like i learned english by myself without studying
it you know i don't know maybe that just me being
10:17narcissistic but yeah so let's move on to cons so
if you don't do any extra studying on grammar you
10:24will suck at english grammar like me my grammar
is pretty bad in english because i just didn't
10:31study it but you know if you want to improve your
grammar as well study it i don't regret it i mean
10:36i can always study english grammar but i'm not
studying it i don't know why though i think i'm
10:41satisfied with it but yeah if you don't want
to like me then study english grammar cons too
10:48as i said earlier in this video if you are a
totally beginner then it's not for you because
10:53you need to have a bit of information about basic
knowledge in order to do my techniques so at least
11:01reach to the a2 level also third one it's
not for you if you're learning english for
11:06academic purpose if you study grammar for extra
for academic purpose maybe it will work for you i
11:11don't know but yeah if you're using this technique
for academic purpose i don't recommend because
11:16you're not gonna be good at grammar and fourth one
is this is not a evidence-based technique so this
11:22worked for me but it might not work for you if you
want some evidence-based tips then stay tuned as i
11:28said the videos are coming so stay tuned i'm gonna
make a series a complete series of evidence-based
11:35language learning tips from a polyglot alright
so stay tuned before ending the video let me
11:40talk about my uploading schedule every tuesday
i upload a study with me video and every friday
11:47i upload a video that i'm talking about whatever
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