stop buying English grammar books.

Are you ready?

Well then I'm teacher Tiffani, let's jump right in.

Reason number one, grammar books keep you focused on the rules.

I.

Of the message.

I'll say that one more time.

Grammar books keep you focused on the rules instead of the message.

Let me make this clear.

English grammar is important, however, when you become an intermediate English

learner or an advanced English, You must change the way you study English

because now your goal is to put your thoughts together and express

yourself to deliver a specific message.

I've watched it happen over and over again with my intermediate

and advanced English learners.

I know that they had the ideas in their minds, but they were so focused

on using the grammar rules properly.

Their message was never delivered.

It's happened when I was in Korea.

It happened many times there.

It happened many times when I was teaching a student via a Zoom lesson,

and it continues to happen even with you because you're focused on the grammar.

You're focused on making sure your syntax is correct.

Now, these things are important, but if the message is never delivered,

if the person listening to you never gets your message or your

idea, your grammar won't matter.

This is why you have to stop buying only grammar books.

They keep you focused on the rules instead of helping you shape your

ideas, formulate your ideas, and your opinions like a native English speaker.

So again, grammar is important.

But you have to stop only buying grammar books because instead of

focusing on the rules, now you need to focus on the message.

Like, I'm delivering a message to you.

You're not focused on each and every word that I'm saying as far

as, Hey, what does that word mean?

Or, Hey, what does that expression me?

Many times during my lessons, I use words that you might have never

heard before, but the message is, Which is why I'm your teacher.

You have to do the same thing.

Stop focusing only on the rules and remember to focus on the message.

Reason number one.

Reason number two, you actually know more grammar rules than you realize.

I love this one.

You actually know more grammar rules than you realize.

You see, your brain is amazing.

Your brain is able to take in information, process that information,

and store it for a later use.

Here's the thing.

As an English learner, when you feel like you're not able to bring something to

your mind or to use something immediately, you think that you actually don't know

that thing and that's not the case.

Instead, you just need to give your brain the opportunity to put into

use, to put into practice in real life what you've already learned.

For example, You are listening to me right now.

I am using tons and tons of English grammar rules.

I'm applying them as I'm speaking, right?

I speak English fluently.

I'm a native English speaker.

So the very fact that you are understanding what I'm saying, it

means that your brain is taking the information in, processing it, and it

wants to help you use it at a later time.

So when you speak later on, you can again, Your brain will say, Hey, you

need to sound like teacher Tiffani.

This rule that she used, even though you never learned it from a book, you

naturally understood what she was saying.

So now it's time for you to use the same pattern that teacher Tiffani used, You

know, more English grammar rules than you realize when you focus on delivering the

message, like we said, in reason number.

Instead of the rules, your brain gets the opportunity to produce what was put in it.

So again, reason number two, you know more than you realize.

Reason number two, why you have to stop buying grammar books.

Only buying grammar boats.

Reason number three, you will have less time to apply what you have learned.

Listen, I've experienced this first hand.

I told you in our previous lesson that I studied Korean.

I can speak Korean, and there was a period of time during my my Korean

studies where I was only studying grammar.

Grammar rules are important, but I was spending so much time

studying the grammar rules.

I never gave myself an opportunity to use them in the real world.

I was so focused on making sure I understood them properly and not

making any mistakes that when I would go to speak, instead of focusing on

my message, I was only focused on the rule, and that caused me to St.

Or, or, or to have a blank in my mind or get frustrated or, or get

uncomfortable because I couldn't say what I wanted to all because I was so

focused on the rules, I didn't have enough time to put them into practice.

So, again, reason number three, you will have less time to

apply what you have learned.

Grammar is important, but learn a rule and then use it over

and over and over and over.

Instead of learning, learning, learning, learning, memorizing use,

there has to be a balance, Learn a rule, and then use it multiple times.

Use it, Practice using it.

Don't worry about making mistakes.

You'll get better, you'll improve.

There has to be a balance.

Instead of only studying the grammar rules, study a rule, and

then use that rule over and over.

Baby come.

You can do it.

So again, reason number three, if you only study grammar books, you'll have

less time to apply what you have learned.

Reason number four, you need to study native English speakers more.

You see this happened to me as well.

Again, I'm speaking from experience.

I completely understand what you are going through.

I've been there.

When I was studying Korean, I was going through the same thing.

I was a very studious individual.

I loved learning.

I still love learning.

So I was studying, I was studying the grammar books.

I was studying the grammar rules, but I was not studying Native Korean speakers.

So I sounded like a book.

I wasn't able to sound natural.

Like my Korean friends, you, I don't want you to go.

You have to study native English speakers.

Remember earlier I told you that your brain is amazing

as you're listening to me.

You're realizing your brain is realizing that, uh, Tiffani is

using certain grammar rules.

Her patterns are very interesting.

She is speaking English fluently, so if you want to speak English fluently,

these are the patterns you need to use.

You're learning that because you're listening to a native English speaker.

Let me say this.

You might have children, you may have nephews, nieces, you may know a

another individual that has children.

Children learn their native tongue in this way.

Children are not given grammar books when they're two years old.

Again, grammar is important.

What I am saying is when you get to the intermediate and advanced level, you

have to start studying in a different.

You can't just have the book open.

No.

Instead, you must think about how children learn because now you're trying

to learn how to speak English fluently.

Children observe children, listen to native speakers, their mothers, their

father listening over and over again, putting these patterns together,

and you have to start doing the same thing instead of getting your book.

Or maybe you have your books on your iPad and just reading and and

studying English grammar rules.

No.

Pay attention more.

When native English speakers are speaking with each other, Listen

to the patterns they're using.

Try to apply them when you speak.

This will help you achieve your English fluency goals so much faster.

Again, when you get to the intermediate and advanced English level, you

have to change the way that you.

Grammar is important, but you have to understand it's

not all about grammar books.

You have to learn in a different way.

And reason number four, study native English speakers.

Now, reason number five is another one that I need you to understand.

Studying real English conversations will help your grammar improve faster.

I wanna tell you this real quick story.

It's not story time, not just yet, that's at the end.

But I wanna tell you about one of my students.

I'll say her name.

Her name is Jocelyn.

Hey Jocelyn.

And Jocelyn is in my academy in my program.

And if you wanna join us, the link is in the description, English fluency Plan.

Do.

Now, Jocelyn is an amazing individual.

Jocelyn has been my student for a while, and Jocelyn was learning

and she was improving slowly, but something happened to Jocelyn.

You see, Jocelyn started applying this.

She started studying English conversations more.

I don't have any grammar books in my academy, but I still

teach it because I help students understand how to follow a pattern.

So, Jocelyn started paying attention a little bit more

to the conversation videos.

I have videos in my academy where I speak with other native English speakers,

and we have a natural conversation.

We're not focused on teaching English.

We're just focused on speaking with each other about a certain

topic, and so students like Jocelyn are able to observe the convers.

Now I watched this transformation happen to Jocelyn.

She started watching more conversations.

She started summarizing what she was seeing and what she was hearing.

And I kid you not, Within a two month period, I saw Jocelyn's

English go from here to here.

Why?

Because she was watching English conversations and allowing

her brain to not only take it.

But to process it and then use what she was learning.

I remember listening to her videos in our private, we have a private chat

group, and I would watch some of her videos as I noticed how much she was

learning, she started applying what she was hearing, the pattern she was hearing

that native English speakers were using during natural English conversations.

She started.

English grammar.

I didn't have a book.

There was no book that she was reading, telling her, Hey, this

is the grammar rule to follow.

No.

Joscelyn started paying attention to and studying real English conversations,

and her English started to improve.

This is what I'm trying to help you understand.

Jocelyn, you know how proud I am of you.

I know you're watching this video.

I'm very proud.

This is what I'm trying to help you all understand you specifically, right?

The person watching this.

English grammar is important, but if you want to sound like a native

English speaker and you're at the intermediate or advanced English level,

again, if you're a basic level, please continue getting English grammar books.

It's important to get a strong foundation, but when you get to that intermediate

and advanced English level, you have to start studying the individuals that

are doing what you are trying to do.

It seems simple, right?

I wanna sound like a native English speaker.

Oh, I guess I should listen to native English speakers, my friend.

It literally is that simple.

Again, when you have a teacher or a guide to help you along the way.

You watch the conversations, you understand the patterns

they're using, again in the program that Jocelyn's a part of.

Again, lemme put the link on the screen, hold on one second to help

you out so that you can join us.

If you'd like to join us in our family, go to english fluency plan.com.

But.

Again, I'm helping Joce and other students, they watch the conversations,

I break down the conversations, teaching them the patterns that are

being used so they can think and speak like a native English speaker.

So again, you can join us if you'd like, or the link is in the