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Can You Understand This Video In English?
Can You Understand This Video In English?
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Let's see if you can understand me if I talk at normal speed.
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I'm sure most of you have already watched uh some of my videos in
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which I speak a little bit slower.
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They're made for people that can't quite understand native English yet,
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and so they need content that's uh slower,
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that's a little bit clearer for them.
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So, I decided to make uh this video in
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which I just talk
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as if I were talking to another person like here in my country in
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the US,
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if I were just talking to a friend or something like that.
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Uh, and so I want to uh make this video
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and you can use it to see uh
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if you can understand me without reading the subtitles
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or maybe you can understand me
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while you're reading the subtitles.
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Doesn't really matter.
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It's just uh a way for you to test your level.
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And people ask me all the time to make uh more advanced content.
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And so I'm going to talk about that in just a second.
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But um here, this video right here is me just talking normally.
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And so you can treat this kind of like a test just to see
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where you're at.
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And if you end up needing to use the subtitles, that's perfectly fine.
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Uh you're just trying to see uh how much you can understand uh
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when I just talk at normal speed.
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Um because it's good to kind of gauge your level from time to time
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and see how much you can understand of a native speaker
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when they just talk normally.
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So uh let me just say that.
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And by the way, uh,
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excuse the sunglasses and the fact that the sun's right in my face,
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but it's freezing right now.
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It's not freezing, but I'm a big baby when it comes to cold weather.
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And the season is definitely uh changing.
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It's autumn now, and
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so uh I kind of want to be in the sun.
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So that's why I'm right here with my glasses on.
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Excuse the kind of ridiculous look, but I'm sure you don't mind.
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So, in general, I'm easier to understand than most other native speakers are.
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And some people would say I'm the easiest person to understand.
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I've had people tell me
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that literally I'm the easiest person on the face of the earth for them
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to understand in English.
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Of course, I'm talking about uh non-native English speakers,
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learners who are trying to learn English.
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They'll tell me that I'm the only one they can understand.
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I'm the easiest person.
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I've always spoken more clearly than other people.
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Even before I was an English teacher.
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So, it's not just
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because I'm a teacher
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or just because I make this content.
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In general, I'm a clear speaker.
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I've always been kind of a storyteller.
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I've always loved telling stories and uh just um you know,
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talking about things in an animated way and recounting things uh from the past.
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Uh my friends would used to tell me that I was a good storyteller.
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Uh I'm a little bit more dramatic in the way
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that I speak than other people perhaps.
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And I don't I don't normally speak that fast.
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Uh it's just not um normal for me to, you know,
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talk super super fast like that.
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Uh and so uh I just I'm a little bit easier for people to
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understand,
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let's say.
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So, if you can understand me right now, me talking at normal speed,
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uh that doesn't mean
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that you're going to be able to understand every other native English speaker
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when they talk at normal speed.
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So, I just wanted to make that note.
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And so, usually because I'm better uh sorry,
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I'm uh easier for people to understand uh
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because of that uh people like to use my content
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as kind of like an introduction to native English.
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So that's why people use like my advanced podcast episodes,
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uh even my US Conversations podcast,
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people use those things because uh when I talk at normal speed,
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they can still understand me better than other native speakers.
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And so it's kind of like an intermediate step uh in between like listening
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to slower content and listening to just random native speakers talking. you know,
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me talking at normal speed is usually kind of like one step in between
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there just because I'm easier for people to understand.
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So that kind of helps bridge the gap between uh like uh content made
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for learners and then authentic content.
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So um that's a reason one of the reasons why people like my fast
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content,
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my advanced episodes, my US conversations podcast.
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And you might uh be watching this video
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and you're at a lower level of listening
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and that's perfectly fine.
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You might still be at a level where uh slower content is necessary
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and that's great.
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You just use that content
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and work your way up until you can eventually use content uh in
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which I'm speaking at normal speed
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or another native speaker is speaking at normal speed.
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It's just like a matter of getting a little bit better,
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a little bit more comfortable um every day
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and using content that's appropriate for your level.
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And so, um let me talk about content appropriate for your level.
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Like in the comment section of every single video,
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I'm sure maybe even in this video uh under this video,
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you'll see comments uh like this as well.
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Uh, let me address the questions about people uh
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that people ask about B1 videos,
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B2 videos or whatever C1 videos.
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So, I've talked about this before and I I'll mention this again.
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So, you have probably seen that I make a lot of A1 videos,
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A2 videos.
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And the way that I make those videos is it's not
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that an A1 video contains content
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that is uh you know perfectly understandable for everyone at an A1 level.
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That's not how I classify an A1 listening practice video
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because uh in my opinion
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when you're at a certain level
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and you want to reach the next level,
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you have to use content
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that is at that next level. you have to challenge yourself with content that's
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a little bit harder for you,
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a little bit uh you don't understand everything, right?
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And so if you're at an A1 level
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and you're listening to a video that's titled A1 listening practice
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and that video just contains language
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that you understand perfectly,
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that's not that good of practice.
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I mean, sure, it it's good to listen to anything,
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but that's not necessarily helping you reach the next level.
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So, when I title a video A1 English listening practice,
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just know that there's uh content in there
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or the whole video itself might be above an A1 level,
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but that's the content
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that you should be using
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if you're at an A1 level
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because you should be listening to content that's a little bit challenging for you.
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So, I know some people have mentioned that in the past like, "Oh,
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this is an A1.
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This is, you know, harder than that."
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I know it is.
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That's the whole point is that if you're at an A1,
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the listening practice videos you should be using are videos
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that are above an A1 level.
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Does that make sense?
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So, same thing with A2, right?
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So, let me address the B1 question cuz people, you know,
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constantly comment this B1, B1, B1.
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If you are truly at a B1 level, if you're at an intermediate level,
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because B1 is what?
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Intermediate.
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If you're at an intermediate level, in my opinion,
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you should be using content that is made for native speakers.
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Or if that's still a little bit too hard for you,
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use content like mine where it's like my advanced content,
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advanced podcast where it's at normal speed,
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but there's like the transcript uh there to help you.
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And you know, obviously I'm a little bit easier to understand,
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but it's basically native content, but with some tools to help you understand it.
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Or like my US Conversations podcast, it's native content. we speak normally,
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but there's the tool of the transcript with the definitions of words
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and phrases that helps you understand
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that native content.
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If you're at a B1 level,
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do not seek uh intermediate level um you know,
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podcasts and YouTube videos if you truly want to reach the next level.
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I'm not saying it's bad to do this,
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but what you should be doing is you should be using native content
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as quickly,
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as soon as you can.
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Not too soon, but I mean as soon as it's suitable for you.
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Okay.
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So, once I reach a B1 level in Greek,
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you better bet that I'm forgetting all the learner content.
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I'm not going to use any more content that's made for learners at B2.
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At B1, no, I'm just going to use native content
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and hopefully have tools
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that can help me understand
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that. or I might use a podcast made by a Greek teacher,
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but uh they're speaking at normal speed
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and they provide the transcript
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or something like that.
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So, you know, I'm not going to make B1
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and B2 videos and title them B1 B2 cuz
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that goes against my philosophy cuz I think
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if you're at a B1 level,
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you should be trying to use native content.
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Like this video right now is a B1 video for you.
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I'm not saying that this content is B1.
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Of course, I'm just speaking like a native speaker,
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but if you're at a B1 level,
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this is the type of content you should be using.
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It has the subtitles, so it helps you understand me as I'm talking.
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So, B1 should basically just be native content
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that has something that helps you understand it,
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like subtitles, uh, a transcript, definitions, things like that.
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Uh, or you can just try it without those things.
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So, I want to address that cuz I get that question all the time.
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So, if you're asking for B1 videos,
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that means you need to start using content like this.
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Use native content.
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Okay.
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Um, let me see what else here that I wanted to talk about.
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So, uh, okay.
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Yeah, if if you're you insist and you say, "No, Connor,
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I really want you to make B1 level content, B2 level content."
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Uh, well, number one, I just explained to you this is B1 content.
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It's just literally me talking at normal speed.
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If that's what you're looking for,
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use my advanced episodes because this is what I do.
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And in my in my advanced episodes,
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I talk like I try to talk even faster
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because I know that I speak uh slowly compared to other speakers.
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And so uh if I'm trying to help you get accustomed to like other
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people speaking,
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you know, I kind of want to speed up my speech a little bit.
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So in some of those advanced episodes,
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I might talk a little bit faster at points than I would normally talk
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just to kind of get you accustomed to fast English.
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Even right now, uh,
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I'm trying to fight the urge to speak slower
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because I'm someone that generally doesn't speak
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that fast.
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So, I'm trying to keep the rhythm up.
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But for me, it's just not not, you know,
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that normal for me to talk fast.
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Uh, so if you want, if you're just insisting on having B1 level content,
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just use my advanced episodes, okay?
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Click on the link in the description, sign up for those.
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It's super cheap.
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You, once you sign up,
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you get all of my advanced episodes from the past. you're getting dozens
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and dozens and dozens
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and dozens of advanced episodes with the transcripts.
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So, it's a great deal.
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It's super uh just convenient.
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It's my voice.
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It's the transcript that you have.
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So, it's exactly what you're looking for.
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And then, you know, aside from that,
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the US Conversations podcast that I talk about a lot is great as well.
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If you're looking for B1 content, B2 content, C1 content,
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that's you should be using native level content.
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And specifically, if you're asking for like B2 content, C1 content,
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you should be listening to a podcast like my US Conversations podcast in
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which I talk to another person.
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So, you're actually listening to two people talk and not just one.
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And then, of course, I provide the transcript.
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I give you the definitions of keywords and phrases we use.
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So, that if you're asking me for that content, I already make it, okay?
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You just have to sign up for it, right?
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It's just not the free content that I give here on YouTube.
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Because let me just be perfectly honest with you on YouTube uh you know
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the content that most people want just like the average person who's learning English
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on YouTube they're usually looking for lower level content
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and so that's what I make.
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Okay.
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So when people reach a higher level
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and they need content that's not just like learner content you know this is
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what I offer you know for my membership
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and my US conversations podcast.
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I reserve that for for those uh memberships, right?
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What I make here for free on YouTube is the content
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that most people are looking for.
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And you might think, "No, no, people are looking for higher content."
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No, trust me, I I I do this I do this for a living.
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And I can tell you
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that there's a big difference in view count uh for like the lower level
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videos and the higher level videos.
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The lower level videos always consistently uh on average have more views.
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Okay?
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It's because people are looking for this content on YouTube.
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Uh because once you reach a higher level,
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you can just start using native level content.
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And that's why I don't release a lot of
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that content here on YouTube
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because I already released
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that uh guided native level content,
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you know, through my membership, US Conversations Podcast, etc.
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So, I really just want to clear that up.
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And I know some of you disagree with me on that.
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That's fine.
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But just know that that's kind of my model here.
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This content on YouTube
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and my normal podcast is a little bit lower level content generally.
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Um, and then the more guided higher level content is um,
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accessible via my membership, my US Conversations podcast.
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But I will probably make videos like this from time to time where I
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just kind of like talk normally.
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Uh, but it's not going to be like an every week type of thing,
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right?
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I might do A1 videos, A2 videos,
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and then this will be like the B1 video.
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So, if you're really looking for that, you know,
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I might release a video like this,
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but it's not going to be very often.
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It's going to be once every couple months or something like that.
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Uh, and so if you really want, you know,
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just a lot of content for that level, uh,
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please click on the links down below.
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And then lastly, let me just talk about the purpose of listening.
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You know, why uh just in general, why you should do listening practice,
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what you're doing it for.
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So, number one, you're learning words when you listen.
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Okay?
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And you can do this with content of any at any level, right?
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So you can learn new words from beginner content
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because sometimes there are words
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that you don't know,
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right?
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So it's still beneficial to listen
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or uh listen to
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or watch any type of content
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if you're um you know focused on learning vocabulary,
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right?
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Um, you also improve your speaking
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when you listen uh to pretty much any level content
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because as long as it's correct English,
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you're kind of internalizing some of the patterns,
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some of the things that you hear in those videos, uh,
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you copy native speakers when they talk.
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Uh, even like in my lower level videos,
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you can copy the sentence structures that I use.
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And, uh, once you hear them over and over again,
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they just become natural for you to use. you kind of get a feel
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for things,
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you know, grammar, uh, you know, different structures.
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And of course, you can use repetition, uh, with those things and just,
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you know, once you listen to that same, uh,
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piece of content again and again,
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you're just going to want to say things that you hear in that content.
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So, it helps you improve your speaking.
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And then number three, so vocabulary, speaking, and then listening.
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So obviously listening helps you listen, but specifically like I mentioned before,
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if your goal is to improve your listening, all right,
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I want to kind of end on this idea.
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What I already mentioned before,
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you you have to listen to content that's harder than just the level where
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you're at.
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If you just listen to content at the level where you're at, yeah,
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you're going to learn words.
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It's going to help your speaking.
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That's all great.
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That's beneficial.
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But if your goal is to understand better,
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then you have to use content that's a little bit challenging for you.
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Okay?
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That's why I do the videos the way I do them.
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That's why I make them this way.
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If it says A1, it's not just A1 content.
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It's harder than A1,
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so that you can actually practice with something that's challenging for you to reach
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that next level,
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right?
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So, if you're at a B1 level again
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and your goal is to practice your listening,
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right?
15:47
you really want to get better at listening,
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you have to listen to something that's a little bit above your level.
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So, if you're at a B1 level,
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use guided native content like I already mentioned.
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So, if you're looking for content
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that uh will help you uh improve your listening
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and you're already more at an intermediate level,
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then make sure to click on the links down below uh for my more
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advanced content and uh those will be great for you to help you uh
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achieve your listening goals.
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Okay.
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All right.
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Thank you all for watching this video
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and I'll talk to you in the next
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