Difference Between Struggling English Speakers & Those Who Don’t Experience Fluency Issues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QlsnGU2cLM
Dealing With Criticism When Making Mistakes in English
Using Native Language in the English Class? Non-sense!
English Grammar is Like the HTML Code
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g21Sao6UT8
Just Because You Have English Textbooks Doesn’t Mean You Possess That Knowledge!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slFgkbzG3vI
Different Types of English Speakers
How Do I Force Myself Into Reading English Fiction?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ7YTb98ewc
How to Sound More Native-like in English: Start Saying “Yeah” and “Nah”!
English Idiomatic Expression: “Run It By Someone”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQQy5tHp4GA
What To Do If You Can’t Speak With Natives in an English Speaking Country
Don’t Use Subtitles in Your Native Language!
Seeing Forgotten English Words the Next Day & the “Gut Feeling”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3A0jRIT7iU
English Idiom: “Wrap Your Head Around Something”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxUZqEuw_9c
You’ll Never Need Legal English Terms and Vocabulary – Way Too Specific!
Why I’m Making Mistakes in My Videos & Why I’m Not Concerned About That!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-eLzcS2QgQ
Beware! I’m a False Fluency Expert & I’ll Con You Out of Money!
Fluency Star Case Study: Sergi and His English Fluency Improvement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lozg4xo2T8s
Update on My Personal Situation: Why I’m Doing a PC Course
Don’t Look for Specific Audio Material for Improving Your English Listening Skills!
English Idiomatic Expression: “Doesn’t Cut It”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr1rETFdsyM
Learning English Phrases Beats Learning Individual Words Hands Down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXFEYFljVW0
English Idiomatic Expression: “Come As a Surprise”
Don’t Try to Impress Others With Your English!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCg4wmfqQFI VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Hi guys, and welcome back to Robby's English Harmony video blog! In today's video, I'm going to touch upon a subject that I've actually spoken about before, and it's the fact that you don't have to try to impress other people with your English. Typically what happens is, when you're having a conversation with someone, deep down inside you're trying to show off your English skills. You're trying to show that person that your English is up to scratch, which is another idiomatic expression for you, which means up to standards, right, basically, good enough. And more often than not, it backfires on you, which means you end up being in a worse situation than in the beginning, in a worse situation than you're starting with. (more…)
English Phrase: Just Because… It Doesn’t Necessarily… It’s Quite the Opposite, Actually!
“WELL…” – the Simplest English Hesitation Word!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWRsCjBdOds VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Hi guys, and welcome back to Robby's English Harmony Video Blog! In this video, I'm going to give you the simplest hesitation filler phrase possible, and here it is: "Well…" It's just a word - "well." And that's how you can begin sentences when you have to buy some time and when you can't really answer immediately. So, basically, a person asks you a question and then you begin your response with saying: "Well…" which buys you a few seconds during which you can actually think about the matter at hand and come up with a reasonable response. Whereas, if you're not saying anything, there's a bigger chance that you'll just get stuck for words. Imagine someone stopping you on the side of the road and asking you for directions to the local police station for example. If you just go like this, "Uh, Uh," it's very easy to get stuck for words. But, if you open your mouth and just say this simple word "well…" it kind of opens up your mouth and forces you to say something extra. And even though those extra bits that you're going to say may come out with a few mistakes, you know, they may come out a big erroneous, it doesn't matter because at the very least you would have said something, right? The word "well" gives you something to say, and it instantly makes you sound like a native English speaker, and do you want to know why? For the simple reason that all native English speakers use the word "well" to hesitate! (more…)
Some People Are So Confident They Don’t Even Want to Improve Their English!
What Exactly I Mean By Saying “Don’t Study English Grammar”
English Idiomatic Expression: MUST HAVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUt4OmQbVWk This time around we’re going to look at the following English idiomatic expression: MUST HAVE Well, to tell you the truth, it’s not really your typical idiomatic expression because it only consists of two words. I’d be more precise if I told you that MUST HAVE forms idiomatic expressions in combination with other words, and here’s a few examples: I’m not feeling very well, I MUST HAVE eaten something bad! So, you’re back from your trip – what was it like? It MUST HAVE been some experience! Was Julie off for a couple of days? She MUST HAVE been sick! Now, I hope you’ve started getting the bigger picture in terms of how MUST HAVE can be used. But you’re always welcome to watch the video above where I’m giving you extra info on how to use this expression in real life! Cheers, Robby ;-)
When My Spoken Fluency is UP, My Written Fluency is DOWN…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMxdo-MVSuE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Well, for some strange reason, I just can't write today. I don't know what's wrong with me. Then again, my oral fluency is up today for some strange reason, right? So, maybe I should record a video about it, and upload it onto my YouTube channel for my audience to see. Yep! I’d better do that! Hi, guys. It's me, Robby, from EnglishHarmony.com! I’d better turn off the music… And welcome back to my video blog! Today's subject is quite a funny thing that I've observed on numerous occasions. Basically, whenever my fluency, my overall fluency is up, my written fluency goes down. Basically, my ability to create written content diminishes for some strange reason. So, basically, my observation is that my ability to write and to read is not the same. Whenever one of them goes up, the other one goes down and vice versa. Why it is, why it's happening, I haven't got a clue, right? It's just that it happens and I've observed this phenomenon occurring time and time again over the years. (more…)
Everything About TOEFL: Interview With Paul & Rachael from LanguageTrainers.com
In Real Life Your English is Judged by Your SPEECH!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMtB0ZpGOWE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW: Hi guys! It's Robby here from EnglishHarmony.com and welcome back to my video blog! In today's video, I'm going to touch upon a subject that I haven't actually spoken about before, namely - the fact that you or me or any other foreign speaker for that matter, We're all judged based on our spoken English performance! When we meet with other people, when we go about our daily business, when we communicate with others, it's the spoken fluency that we are being judged upon. It only makes sense because people don't see - they can't - there is no obvious indicator of how well we understand them. People can't immediately see how good readers or writers we are. But, what they can see, what they can hear, to be more specific, is the way we speak! So, it only makes sense that we are being judged on the basis of our ability to speak with other people. Yet, at the same time, the traditional English teaching setting facilitates all those other aspects of our English, namely, our ability to understand, and write, and listen, but spoken fluency has always taken the back seat. And on top of that, all those exams like TOEFL and IELTS, they all focus predominantly on your ability to understand and provide written answers. (more…)