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Well, hello and welcome
to this English lesson

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during a tiny snowstorm.

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It's not too bad out here.

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It's actually not too cold,

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but it's supposed to snow quite a bit.

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Anyways, I wanted to talk to you today

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about things you can do

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to make your English
learning more effective,

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not easier, not things that
will make it super easy to do,

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but things that will
make it more effective,

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things that will make it worth your while.

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I think I have about six of them

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that I'll talk about in this video.

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I think they'll help you a lot.

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The first thing you should
do is the hardest thing.

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You should start your day or your week

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doing the thing that you find the hardest

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when learning English, let's
say between reading, writing,

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listening, and speaking,

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you find writing the most difficult.

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You should do that first every day.

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Or if you learn English
throughout the week,

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you should do that on Monday or Tuesday.

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You should always get the
hardest thing outta the way.

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This doesn't just work for
learning English, by the way.

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It works for almost everything in life.

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When you do the hardest thing first,

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then you have a lot to look forward to.

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You have the easier,
more enjoyable things.

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And the flip side of it is do
the most enjoyable thing last,

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because at the end of the
day or the end of the week,

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you might be tired, and so
it's kind of like a reward.

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So recommendation number one,
do the hardest thing first,

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do the easiest thing last,
or do the hardest thing first

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or the thing you don't like first,

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and do the thing that you do like

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at the end of the day
or the end of the week.

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This next recommendation is from Jen.

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She suggests that you break
things down into smaller tasks.

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Break your English learning
down into smaller tasks.

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When you plan to study for an hour,

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don't study one thing for an hour.

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Decide on five or six things
that you're going to do,

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and study each of those
for about 10 minutes.

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This just makes the whole hour

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of learning English more enjoyable.

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When you know that you're going to do

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a little bit of reading and
then a little bit of writing,

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you're going to learn a
little bit of vocabulary,

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study some grammar, and
then do some speaking,

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and then some listening.

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It just makes the hour go faster.

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It helps your brain to do different things

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and learn different things,

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and it will overall just make

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the whole learning English
experience more enjoyable.

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So number two, break things
down into smaller pieces,

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and enjoy each small piece as you do it.

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The third thing you should
do is think about the future.

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I always like thinking about

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how will I feel if I don't do this today?

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So think about how will
you feel on Saturday

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if you don't study English
every day of the week.

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How will you feel on Saturday

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if you do study English
every day of the week?

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So if it's Monday and you don't
feel like learning English,

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think about how can
you make yourself happy

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later in the week.

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It's really cool after five
days of learning English

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to sit down on a Saturday and look back,

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and celebrate what you've done.

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It's really cool on a Monday

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to kind of give yourself
on Saturday a little gift,

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a little bit of happiness,
so that when Saturday comes,

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you can just be super
excited that you worked hard

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learning English all week.

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Another thing you can do

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is do a lot of the thing you like doing.

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I think this is a good idea,

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especially when learning a language.

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Usually, the two things
that people like doing

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when learning a language like English,

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they usually like
listening to a lot of stuff

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and they usually like reading.

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But listening is probably
the number one thing

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that people enjoy doing.

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So do it a lot.

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Do as much listening as you possibly can.

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Listen to music, listen to podcasts.

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Listen to YouTube videos after
you've watched them once.

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In fact, my Friday lessons,

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I often release a shorter version of it,

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and you can listen to that while you cook,

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while you ride the subway,

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while you go for a run,
or while you exercise.

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So another thing that you can do,

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do a lot of what you
like, like overindulge.

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Have the radio on in English at work.

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Do as much listening
or as much of the thing

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that you like as you possibly can.

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Another thing you can do
is set a quitting time.

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Decide how many minutes or
how long you'll study English.

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Maybe set a timer so that
you know when you'll be done.

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When you do something hard,

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when you do something that
maybe you don't enjoy that day,

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if you set a time so that you know

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when you're going to be finished,

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this can be really, really exciting.

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It can be exciting to know

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that you only have five minutes
left or 10 minutes left.

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Now I know learning English for you

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is enjoyable and exciting,

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but I always equate it to exercise.

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When I go for a walk,
I really like walking,

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but I also like knowing
that I'm almost done.

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I like knowing when I'll be finished.

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So you can do the same thing with English.

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Set a quitting time.

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Set a time in the future

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when you know you'll be
able to stop studying,

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and then enjoy the studying

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while you watch the clock go down.

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Another thing that I think is important

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is to make sure that if
you forget to study one day

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or if you don't meet a goal,

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if you decide you're going
to study for an hour,

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and then you just don't
have time to do it,

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don't let the fact that
you didn't get it done

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demotivate you or make you
feel bad about your learning.

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What you should do then
is just shake it off.

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I mean, life happens.

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Sometimes, we get really, really busy

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and we aren't able to do the things

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that we wanted to get done.

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So the last thing, if
you don't have a good day

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of English learning, just shake it off.

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Just think, "Oh, well,
that's how life goes.

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I'll hit the books hard again tomorrow.

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I'll do as much studying as I can,

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and I'll get right back on
track learning English."

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Well, thank you so much for
watching this English lesson.

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I hope you enjoyed watching the snow

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accumulate on my head as
I walked around talking.

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It's just a small storm now,

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but it's supposed to get bigger.

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We're supposed to get
lots of snow later today.

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I do actually have to go to work.

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I hope we don't get snowed in at work.

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That wouldn't be fun.

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Anyways, thanks so much for watching.

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a bit more English,

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