Fluent in 3 months? The truth.

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
We've all heard people claim that you can get fluent in just 3 months, but is it really possible? To answer this question, we first have to look at what fluency actually is.
Contrary to what many believe, fluency is NOT the same as being conversational in a language. Being conversational means you understand a language fairly well and have basic to intermediate communication skills.
When you are fluent, you have a much deeper understanding of a language and are able to use it intuitively. This ability often takes YEARS to develop.
However, under certain circumstances, you CAN get fluent in 3 months. To learn when and how this is possible, watch the complete video and pay attention to the specific examples I give. You might be a lot closer to fluency than you realize!
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[@TheEnglishCoach]

You know what excites me most about this topic?? Many of you are right on the edge fluency. You've been absorbing English for years, and you just need a little push to FINALLY become fluent. Is the Lingoda marathon the thing that will unleash your speaking power? Maybe it is! If anything, definitely check it out and seriously consider what it can do for you. Here's the link: bit.ly/EnglishCoachmarathon (Use code SPEAK35 for a full discount on the entry fee.) And, don't forget to download your free speaking guide! You'll learn how to meet native English speakers online, make friends, and use English to have meaningful conversations. Here's the link: bit.ly/FREE-GUIDE-SPEAKING-8 Three months from now... you could be speaking in ways you only dreamed possible. It all depends on what you do with the time and resources you have. You got this!! I'll be here cheering you on :D

[@ammarif618]

I don't believe in myths.

[@ammarif618]

@wilson alonso giraldo quitian I have to spend 3 months to just spell your name correctly!!!!!!

[@ubaidofficial4021]

Hi mam how are you

[@ubaidofficial4021]

Mam please accept islam please follow

[@javierfernandoagudelogomez1794]

If right now I´m a band 5 in IELTS, Is it possible to get band 8 in three months practicing everyday???

[@LQSnake]

how to be fluent in 3 months? find an english speaking person. fall in love with him/her.

[@ruslanandvandamme3872]

😂

[@OliverosVictor1]

Works for me. I have been talking with this girl who I'm interested a lot and yeah thts works is the best way for learn a new language more fucking fast

[@atimarodrigues2442]

hahahaha.... I'm talking with him, but he live in Usa, so his pronunciation is perfect and faster... and I'm begginer, so it's hard to me understand, I get frustrated when I don't understand... grr

[@kiraniteley2524]

It totally work for me. I fall in love with streamer , and I was watching his video All time long. My English steel not so good , but way better then it was before. I’m hurt , cause I never meet him(

[@titehena8278]

That's the super best method to learn English than lingoda and any other online methods hahaha.

[@electronsauce]

"You can learn a language in 3 months if you already know a lot of it."

[@the_billionaire.motivatio6958]

But if u didn't three months is enough to learn just the basic things about it

[@tamitami479]

3:07 when she acctually started

[@eliasdias5285]

kkk

[@AlmutannA1]

Maan, you saved my life

[@pauloteixeira8300]

Thanks

[@klaytonsilva3142]

thanks

[@rafaelalmeida24]

Tks!

[@denisebranquinho2377]

I am not fluent in my own language...Imagine in English!!!!😳

[@walaaimam6672]

Loved Your comment 😁

[@violin9759]

me too 😢

[@violin9759]

where are you from

[@denisebranquinho2377]

@@violin9759 Brazil.

[@DanielSantos-yz1jp]

@@denisebranquinho2377 I know

[@rafaelmalate7938]

How to be fluent in 3 months: Have a solid foundation in English. + Talk with native english speakers That's the whole video is all about.

[@ammarif618]

Liar

[@rafaelmalate7938]

@@ammarif618 Also, you cant be fluent from nothing. >also, some sponsor thing. >all of those courses that claims that you'll be fluent in short period of time from nothing are all bullcrap. >also examples from her husband and shit OF WHICH ARE ALL IRRELEVANT TO THE QUESTION FROM THE TITLE

[@lmak392]

she speaks a lot because some people use her videos to practice their listening skills

[@guilhermedearaujo6515]

Thanks

[@renatoviana2493]

helps me practice fluent English, I speak very little

[@giovannimachado5868]

Well explained! I'm an English teacher in Brazil and students who come for the sample class usually ask me how long it will take for them to become fluent. I tell them it depends on how motivated they are to really learn English. There's no magic! If you don't expose yourself to native English, even on KZbin, movies, if you don't speak English outside class, you'll never be fluent. Thanks for sharing that! We had enough of liars!

[@TheEnglishCoach]

Yeah... it's like someone who is just learning basketball asking an NBA superstar how fast they'll learn and be a pro... it just doesn't work like that. :/

[@valdelinobike]

não da para ficar fluente com uma aula semanal de duas horas..

[@MrAndyCarlos]

@@valdelinobike verdade, mas aí que tá, você não precisa esperar por essa ''uma aula'', seja seu próprio motivador, vá atrás de informações, estude só, ajude você mesmo a aprender mais e mais. Se exponha a língua sempre que puder.

[@AndreSilva-os7yn]

I do agree! As she said, in real life is different cause people usually use dialects or even an incorrect english! And also you should practice your english. They need to know how to communicate in everyday life, and for that you need experiences in real life... like do shopping, handle the documents etc...

[@benlee4012]

Agree with you

[@IgnacioLunar]

so if u speak the language you can be fluent in 3 months

[@jefgir]

if you have relatively good contact with the language.

[@mateuszanatta9152]

Yeah, that's pretty much it, lol

[@itsmejhe840]

I wish, I have a native speaker friend.

[@bella3636]

That's true. If you already have all the basic vocabulary, grammar and have been studying it for a while it's possible if you start practicing intensely on a daily basis. But I don't think it's possible if you start from scratch

[@thegod1075]

I got fluent in English in 3 months level c1 I threw myself on it I stopped to watch anything in my native language

[@alexandrkuguyenko8788]

Your pronunciations is amazing, I was really surprised that I can understand literally every single word that came out from your mouth, thanks for videos, I hope I’ll reach the same pronunciation skill as a native speaker on one day. Subscribed

[@lingzou6309]

same to me. Yesterday in a meeting I can't understand people from America. I thought must because of my poor English. but I can totally understand her... so What's the problem...

[@nurzhanualiev2841]

Yeahh, i totally agree with you

[@sarahheuker2093]

Weird Question but Hi, I actually am a native speaker of english and I've been try to look for a native speaker of spanish xD

[@jafethceciliano1926]

@@sarahheuker2093 hi, I’m a native spanish-speaker, and i’d love to practice my English pronunciation with someone, specially if it’s with a native speaker, would you like for us to connect and help each other?

[@sarahheuker2093]

@@jafethceciliano1926 sure

[@jeffersonfernandes7573]

Omg! I love to understand 100% of what you say. Fast and natural English. Always good to have your audios as podcasts on my phone. Best channel! Cheers from Brazil!

[@nickmarzork]

It isnt to natural as you think, she speaks a pretty right with a super diction, stuffs that you miss on a real conversation. However, if you could understand the video it means you have a really solid english and will can improve easily.

[@mitreka88]

Stefi speaks super fast but super clear. That's different to movie english or street native english speaker.

[@erinndang170]

Does her podcasts on Spotify? I can't find them.

[@CarzForge]

Yeah, that is totally magic XD. The fact I understand 99.9% of what this Lady says, that is building my confidence in the language.

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

@@nickmarzork Improve your English and learn English football vocabulary on my channel... new topics every week.

[@michelesilva2427]

I have a dream: speak English as fast as you lol! I could understand 99% that you said without looking at the subtitle (the word -intuitively- was the exception), but obviously I cannot speak like that :/ I'm Brazilian, I've been studying English by myself for the last 15 years just because I love this language and thank God I had the opportunity to live in the U.S. for 2 months and I just came back. I can feel how much my English skills have improved, it's amazing, fantastic! I'm very excited to come back to the U.S. and finally get fluent, what is such a dream for me, because I'm more than sure that English schools in Brazil are not enough for me. I wish everyone who loves English like me had the chance to travel and live an international experience like that. Thank you for your sincerity, Coach! Regards!

[@nekusahasumi]

michele silva I hope my dream will be come true like your dream 😭

[@omniaalhaj2278]

Me to ان شاء الله😍

[@extremelysilly527]

im english lol idk why im watching this

[@Laxmikant1984]

@@nekusahasumi 09880293228

[@ordergo1835]

brasileiro sqn

[@guilhermessoares94]

I get so happy for understanding what you say almost completely. In my dreams, I use to say that I'm an intermediate level, but I'm working on it to improve and get as close as I can to fluency. Thank you for your video, it definitely helped me a lot.

[@federicoarzuagaperdomo9113]

How honest you've been. Best video I've ever seen... Subscribed! Keep up the good work!! Greetings from Uruguay :)

[@RodgerKoller]

*Wow* ! That's exactly what I was telling one of my students 5 minutes ago. *What a coincidence!*

[@janetesantana8349]

Koller! I love your channel, especially your series THE THORKS!

[@janetesantana8349]

It's very good to see you here.

[@Rhoakk66]

I think geniuses think alike.

[@sandraoliveira7267]

Nossa, Rodger, legal !

[@jorgeferreira6493]

quem mais é brazuka da like no meu comment. XD

[@nataliasoto7145]

Yeah, I got it Stephanie. I'm studying English for almost three years from LITERALLY scratch... I can understand your videos 70 or 80% but speaking is complicated to me still. But, I'm on it! Thanks for sharing your experience with us! Have a good one :)

[@sahilqureshi7688]

I just love the way she speaks I am able to understand every single word coming out of her mouth that makes me confident

[@carloseduardodavilaseijas4782]

Totally agree with you. I’ve been learning English for many year but I’m not fluent yet, it’s frustrating for me, but I gonna take in count your advices, thank u so much!!

[@mohwaiss3798]

It is like 10 years that i have been learning english and still not fluent . I always asked myself and to some native speakers what was wrong with me but i did not get the answers . what you say is totally realistic and it sounds to good to be true it usually is . Thank you for clearing up my doubts .

[@jumahonjumahon7787]

moh wais yes

[@sophiaschier-hanson4163]

Your English sounds pretty good to me! If you hadn’t told me you were not a native speaker I wouldn’t have suspected.

[@bonnyguillen1424]

Thank you for your honesty Stephanie, I’ll keep trying and won’t give up. I’m from Dominican Republic.

[@casualenglishwithamy6951]

Never give up 😀

[@eduardopc725]

THANK YOU. I've been studying english for years and I'm really still not fluent and I'm really tired, but now you motivated myself.

[@muhammad4225]

Really thank you, you exactly focus on a real problems we face, especially you was learning a foreign language.. go on coach 👍

[@Greghouse]

The video thumbnail: "What nobody is telling you?" Me: "I love you" ...

[@streetlight6693]

Don't worry ..i will say it for you ..I love you..

[@beyondbirthday5760]

I love you

[@Thomas-ei9mh]

Sad and funny.

[@hodokafilms6662]

520

[@itsmejhe840]

Ow, how sad.

[@felipemarques5868]

Hi Stefani! I totally agree with you. When you have a solid foundation, the fluency will be much more easier to achieve. I started to watch your videos recently and I am trying to get fluency and the coolest thing is that I could understand everything you said without subtitle. Your accent is amazing, I could stay listening to you for hours. Thank you for sharing.

[@casualenglishwithamy6951]

😊

[@pogodaband]

Tnx for that video and all other videos you posted, You are the English Coach we all need !!!! All the best for You!!!

[@MarioFerreira933]

Your point of view is very precisely and I agree totally with.

[@EmanoelLucas8552]

BR BR 👍

[@jcbxci651]

Wow, I love this video. It's very transparent, very genuine. You're really a great coach. I can see that you really love what you're doing.

[@msk4795]

Bravo! So proud of you for stating a very valuable truth.

[@merevidal6946]

I love your videos, you’re so realistic about learning a language, it takes time, but not impossible 👍🏼

[@casualenglishwithamy6951]

🙂😀

[@camila.victorino]

Olá ! Sou do Brasil e fiquei muito feliz em saber que você estuda nossa língua ! Consigo te entender super bem, muito perto de 100%, porém muitas vezes não consigo entender outros nativos que não possuem uma dicção tão boa. Continuo estudando! Obrigada por compartilhar seus conhecimentos conosco por aqui! Venha ao Brasil quando puder que será muito bem vinda!

[@vanessadias9453]

Que linda. Não sabia que você falava português. Parabéns!

[@antoniomelo2454]

Linda é você Vanessa Dias com este lindo e doce sorriso!

[@moisesxd8]

@@antoniomelo2454 gado

[@jemappelle4269]

Queria ver um vídeo dela falando.

[@JohnHMercer]

@@moisesxd8 D+++++

[@rhqqn446fjnnbbc]

Sopa de macaco uma delicia

[@williemadrid9137]

I can't stress enough how i'm in love with your voice! My English level is not bad, i scored 6.5 in Ielts exam and i always listen to different English YT channels, but you're my favorite. Good luck to you with your life Stephanie ❤

[@casualenglishwithamy6951]

Great job on your exam 🥳🥳🥳

[@berenisecarrera2629]

I’ve been watching yours videos and I loved it, I love the way you teach I’m not fluent speaking but i’ll going to get it, step by step ,

[@islamicmediaenglish3405]

I love the way you speak. and your accent is very beautiful. thanks for this video.

[@user-we9yk1rl7w]

Where is he from!?

[@abeurakadabeura]

I became fluent in English in one year. I was spending all my days chatting with people online (only by typing). At first, I had to use Google Translator for every single message but slowly I started picking up words and grammar and didn't have to use the translator anymore.

[@Caliboso7]

OMG I am so glad I found your channel. Thank you for speaking truth about a product and sharing your professional opinion. Thank you so very much. Keep it 💯💯💯💯💯

[@crisscespedespardo681]

Just a word for you : sincerity, l love it, thank you !!

[@mahmoudtharwat3551]

Great content as usual Stephanie, the best realistic mentor I've ever seen...thanks a lot... Your video motivates me ( and definitely many students ) to keep up, I was about to give up 😑, but now I realized the fact that no one in normal circumstances get fluent in less than five - eight years as you've mentioned

[@wildecorrea6477]

Hi, Stefanie! I listen to your videos every day while I drive to work. When will you come to Brazil? Take care. Bye!

[@TheEnglishCoach]

Hopefully soon! I really want to go there...

[@renee3117]

super useful. love how this woman's brain work. great personality. really honest video!

[@savkinaanna3748]

Thanks a lot. As a non-native teacher of English I agree with every word of yours. Health, love, peace and good progress in studying English to everyone!

[@md.shamimreza1470]

Hi..can I practice speaking with you?

[@abayaful]

Thank you, coach, for giving me confidence in myself, because I did try studying English for a long long time, but as you see I'm at the same level after 14 years. Despite I've never been in course classes, since my first year of studying this language in 2005 and neither been in a country that English the first language. But by practicing with you on KZbin and from the moment this year that I started to imitate your words, I get confident, vocabularies and I develop my skills in writing my plans and what I suppose to do in English. Video N-26 I have already practice on.

[@peiyitan2268]

I'm listening your video as a podcast, it's a great opportunity to train my hearing in English

[@casualenglishwithamy6951]

🙂😀

[@miguelmejias224]

I appreciate you are being sincere with english learners. thanks

[@saulmaldonado6515]

It is not only the solid foundation, also you are a great teacher, your accent, the way you speak and the words you use make us learn english easily

[@marcelomachado6886]

Thank you for your explanation in this video !!! Everything you said made sense for me and I will try to pratice my english every single day to improve it and to speak as a fluent person !!!!

[@ayoubbenalla5930]

Thank you so much for your great efforts my favourite teacher ❤️❤️

[@liezylchannel]

Thank you for sharing, I'm still working on my english speaking skills, i dont except adds my simply support and thanks for your channel

[@giovaneprestes6124]

I could not agreed more! I fully endorse your thoughts at all!

[@crackedcrazy]

Wowwww, I love how you explain everything so clearly and without lying. Someday I would like to meet you in person. I've been studying English for many years, probably 6 or more and I couldn't to get the fluency that I need and is why I sometimes feel bad and frustrated. I know is a long process.

[@Ryan-yt5zv]

Me too

[@Ryan-yt5zv]

Lets chat, and talk in english every single day

[@memome8565]

I'm actually studying French recently and sometimes i feel down not being able to understand everything but i have to keep reminding myself it's so new to me and it took me more than 12 years to be fluent in English. It's kind of depressing somehow but it's a reason for me to try even more with french.. watching this vedio made me feel way better about my French and give me a hope that i know now I'm not stupid to not be able to be fluent in French because of those who say they can

[@vmedia1295]

thank you for sharing this kind of amazing knowledge

[@cristianorocha6603]

I'm impressed with your pronunciation! I can understand everything!

[@HingYok]

I think it depends on fluency means to you, your strategy, and your effort. If fluency means being able to express yourself and being unafraid of mistakes (which is the definition of fluency in TESOL in terms of training students' speaking ability: "fluency before accuracy" - teachers encourage students to speak up before beginning to correct them), then becoming fluent in three months is possible. The Irish polyglot, Benny Lewis, author of Fluent in Three Months, recommends speaking the language from Day 1. I think it forces you to look up for the things you'd like to say and to take note of native speakers' feedbacks to your mistakes. It forces you to use the language during the chatting session and study it afterwards, just like immigrant children's first day of school. So yes it is possible to become fluent in three months, but in those three months, you'll have to constantly absord and practice new words, expressions, and phrases in the language. Lots of effort will have to be spent on it. There's another Taiwanese polyglot, Terry Hsieh, who took only one year to go from an absolute beginner of French to passing DALF C1. He said in the process, he had to spend most if not all of his time in French out of his university classes. In short, three months is really not the point. What matters is how you learn it and how much time you spend on it every day.

[@marlonsandoval1225]

I agree with you cause I've been studying English for several years, I don't feel that I'm fluent but I try to improve everyday

[@littlehuman9424]

Same here

[@shahar26]

I got fluent in a few months! maybe you're studying in the wrong way

[@shahar26]

I've seen so many cases like yours! but it's not impossible to improve your English in a few months, yet you have to make a lot of practice

[@marlonsandoval1225]

@@shahar26 hey I've been practicing a lot now I feel more comfortable even though I have some grammar mistakes as everyone makes even in our mother tongue as well I'm working in that.

[@shahar26]

@@marlonsandoval1225 i'm glad to hear that! keep it up!

[@carlosm.devasconcelllos3939]

Stefanie, you are great. Thanks for being honest.

[@TheSinisterScript666]

Thanks for giving the truth about this. Many people don't understand something like learning a language has to be taken slowly.

[@haydebre]

This video is one of the epic lectures that I 've watched in my life. I have been studying English passively for about 15 years. My English still is not beyond conversational level, because I am not exposed to daily spoken English. You explained it very well.

[@TheEnglishCoach]

So many students are in your situation. That’s why I created the Fluency Breakthrough Challenge. We are starting on the 15th if you’d like to join us 💪🏼 here’s the link: englishfulltime.com/fluency-breakthrough

[@NoahNobody]

Everyone is different, but I believe there may be a pattern. I've been living in Finland for 17 years and I'm terrible at Finnish. I only spoken English up until I moved here. Even in school, where we have to learn a language (which was French BTW), I basically rebelled, and didn't study at all out of lesson time. I know people here with no foundation in Finnish (refugees for example) that have near fluency in just 10 months. I met a Spanish guy who was very good after 3 months of study in Finland, but not quite fluent yet. I believe it's down to being fluent in more than one language before studying, which these guys were. It somehow becomes trivial for the brain to add new languages after the second or third language. The guys I met who could speak great Finnish in such a short time, spoke fluent English (and sometimes other languages) as well as their native tongue. I've heard Benny from fluent in 3 months, and I recall him saying something similar; that it's easy to learn languages after acquisition of other languages. For this reason, he recommends learning the more basic languages. For English speakers, this would be Esperanto or Dutch, for example. Then progress to more difficult ones. I think this would be great for kids too.

[@mohsinshaikh4358]

Very honest and very straight forward....and also very open talk..without any hesitation. Your such a great women too..... Apart from english coach

[@shaheershujaat2223]

Amazing video Stefanie well done ️️😊😊❤️❤️👍👍

[@simonefarias1161]

🇧🇷 We love you! Thanks for all your help! #ComeToBrazilSomeday 😊

[@learner0227]

Do you want to do conversation so rply . Because i want to do it i am from india so you ill have diffrent acent or i ill have diffrent so it will make us good or undestabel ...

[@jobsteven1179]

I learn something every time I come here. I love this channel

[@TheEnglishCoach]

Thank you! That's definitely my goal... quality over quantity. I'd love to produce several videos a month, but that just doesn't work with my schedule. So, when I do make a video, I do my best to make sure it will be helpful. I really value you guys and don't want to waste your time :D

[@wellajanesinal2704]

yes that,s true.

[@duce535]

You really need a big WHY to learn fast, because it will motivate you. I met a wonderful brazilian lady who later became my wife and I learned Portuguese in 3 months, not fluent but conversational level, I was able to talk to her parents and to native people when I went over there and I never studied Portuguese before. However I already spoke 3 languages so maybe this helped. The point is, if you really want to you can learn a language in a short period of time.

[@brunosimonssoussimoes60]

Totally true. This channel is awesome!!!

[@jaimemendoza8027]

wow! this is amazing, i´m learning English and sometimes i feel frustrated, because i would say that i have a solid foundation. Now that i´ve watched your video, you make me feel motivated. I need 2 talk with native speakers. Thank you sooooo much!

[@sarahheuker2093]

Hi, I actually speak English. I am trying to learn Spanish I am so confused

[@jaimemendoza8027]

Sarah Heuker hey Sara! I’ll be glad to help you with your Spanish! We can practice together, I’m still trying to improve my English!

[@sarahheuker2093]

@@jaimemendoza8027 Okay, what do you think we can both use so that we can practice together? Also, I am sorry my comment keeps getting deleted.

[@jaybhesania9247]

@@sarahheuker2093 @Jaime Mendoza Hey Sarah Hey Jamie, I would like to have a conversation with you both for language learning. I am non native speaker(Asian currently in US) and trying to learn English and Spanish fluently. Okayish with English but very bad with Spanish. Can we connect?

[@sarahheuker2093]

@@jaybhesania9247 sure

[@user-uc5bl3ki5w]

Agree. I think studying English can be like a multiplication. If you start with zero knowledge or around there, you cannot be fluent in such a short period even with the best teacher and the class. But you start with some, you might.

[@Kyawking.]

you have changed my life.thank you so much and love you

[@CallMeVanou]

I really appreciate your honesty.

[@brunanoronha518]

Very thanks..... this a first time i undersrand one video in english. I so happy. I love how you speak, your vocabulary is very simple and true. You give me confiance in my study of english. Thanks for all

[@evaldosantos4643]

the best teacher

[@suryan5934]

So the key to learning any language is A. Get a basic foundation of the language B. Find a relationship with someone in your target country C. Talk their heads off in that language. It's so simple. :*)

[@sarahheuker2093]

lol

[@fat9457]

That's a great idea

[@margaritaleyva4827]

You're so beautiful!!! And I'm wondered because, despites you speak so quickly, I can understand almost everything you say 😊

[@jooheepaik811]

You're AWESOME!! Perfectly honest and realistic. All your tips are great! I read your document about 'How to Speak with Native Speakers' and thought it was very helpful. Thanks!! I studied in college for 4 years in Chicago and came back to South Korea in 1998. Of course, I've forgotten a lot of English words, expressions, and even some grammar... :-( I hope I still have a solid foundation of English and i can hopefully keep it up. I love your accent and your extremely clear pronunciation. Thank you again.♡

[@sarahmillani2]

I didn’t know you were learning Portuguese! It’s a beautiful language haha come to Brazil

[@TheEnglishCoach]

I definitely plan on going to Brazil! If not this year, definitely in 2020!! :D

[@mateusrafael7547]

Br, here...

[@pauloradeck1396]

if you ever want to come visit Brazil you are welcome

[@Diegosverige]

OHhh 😲😍😍

[@renatoviana2493]

Hi

[@FG9578]

I agree with you 100%. I'm an English teacher. I try to have my students more and more motivated. And the contact with natives is really important to absorbe the language even further. Thanks for the video!

[@adrianzamora1426]

You make english learning very easy. Thaks for your hard work!

[@petershaw3456]

This lecture is so right! I tuned in to see what the general idea was about fluency in 3 months. I‘m learning German and am at a conversational level only . This is a really good explanation of the difference between conversational and true fluency. Thank you!,

[@KristinGrady]

I’m actually a Lingoda teacher and love to hear the improvement of students after a few months. They work hard in the marathons and it shows. It’s amazing!

[@zengseng1234]

Hi, I’m doing the Lingoda super sprint for French. Do you know how strict they are with the attendance to get the refund? I have attended every day, (all green checkmarks so far) but my connection did cut out once ten minutes before class was over, and I have signed on two minutes after the start time maybe twice. Do you know if that would disqualify me? Thanks in advance.

[@KristinGrady]

@@zengseng1234 By my understanding, as long as you are in the class by 10 minutes past the hour you should be just fine. If ever you have problems losing your connection, make sure to email Lingoda and tell them. I hope you do well!

[@zengseng1234]

@@KristinGrady I appreciate your thorough response. Thanks again!

[@AmandaM354]

Fiquei tão feliz em saber que você está estudando Português. Adoro seu canal e aprendo muito com você, ficaria muito feliz em te ajudar com o Português se você precisar. Love from Brazil!

[@learner0227]

Do you want to do conversation so rply . Because i want to do it i am from india so you ill have diffrent acent or i ill have diffrent so it will make us good or undestabel ...

[@alejandromoral937]

Thanks for your videos!!! I listen to you every day at my work for a week and I can understand 50% of what you say.I have been studying English since I was 18, today I am 39 and I don't have good English. Greetings from Argentina

[@faleinglescomrafael]

I totally agree with you Stefanie! When I visualized this video I thought "C'mon other liar?" But you said importants things here, get the fluency in three months is impossible if you not have got a good foundation of the language that you are learning, so well done Stefanie!

[@Jamesanttos]

Acabei de conhecer o canal! Adorei E já que VC fala português, faz um vídeo falando português pra gente ! :)

[@carlosmontes3708]

I think that fluency depends on the difficulty to express your ideas in that language

[@jenn4766]

I think you meant to say "on your ability at expressing*"

[@carlosmontes3708]

@@jenn4766 you're right, need to practice my grammar and vocabulary, thanks

[@disisisiinglish2696]

Hi! I'm cuban and I work in Mx as an english teacher. I have to say: Girl! You're totally right! I've always wanted to hear someone telling this because, I've been telling the same thing to my students for almost 5 years but, I'm pretty sure you know the results. Thanks for this video!

[@flavienmatifas261]

Thank you so much for not hiding the truth like most of the others "online teacher", your video and your guide are really interesting even if i already know most of the informations. Thanks again !

[@yasmimtontini2379]

What about a podcast? Could be perfect❤🎧 ( you're the best teacher ^_^)

[@thedavidguy01]

For the people who are not just marketing, exaggerating, or being dishonest, it comes down to the definition of fluency. There is no universally accepted definition of fluency. I agree with your strict definition, but a lot of people define fluency as being able to have a conversation (conversational as you said) with a native speaker. Even with your definition of fluency, it depends on context. I can have a conversation in English with a software engineer that you probably won't understand. Does that mean you're not fluent in English? You make the most important point very clear: don't have unrealistic expectations.

[@TheEnglishCoach]

You might be surprised! My mentor is a world-class programmer and we have technical conversations all the time :P Haha, ok, but all joking aside, I get what you're saying. Hopefully, though, language learners and instructors can all get on the same page where fluency is concerned. The dictionary definition is "the ability to express oneself easily & articulately." I think that's a good start, but personally, I like my definition better, haha.

[@VirtuallyNative]

There is a universal definition of fluent provided by these things called DICtIONARIES: Collins - If your speech, reading, or writing is fluent, you speak, read, or write easily, smoothly, and clearly with no mistakes. Cambridge - When a person is fluent, they can speak a language easily, well, quickly, and without many pauses.

[@thedavidguy01]

@@VirtuallyNative It is not universal when language teachers and linguists and people studying languages do not agree. Do you understand how a dictionary is written?Dictionaries reflect the meaning of words as they are commonly used at any point of time. Dictionaries are DESCRIPTIVE not prescriptive. Look at a dictionary from 300 years ago and see how many words have changed meaning entirely. Also, by the Collins definition, nobody is fluent because native speakers make mistakes. Finally, there are 18 major English dictionaries. Which one provides the universal definition?

[@melhorcanaldomundo526]

"ripripple"; "poppysysmic and plopslop"; "pelurious", "smilesmirk and smellsip"; "mumchanciness"; "weggebobble"; "skeeze"; "peloothered"; "attarrattat"; "impotentizing"; "pornosophical"; "yogibogeybox". If you don't know these words coined by Joyce you're not fluent. Also, if you're a portuguese speaker/learner or whatever and you haven't read "Gran Serton: Veredas / The Devil to Pay in the Backlands" by Guimarães Rosa and you haven't learned by heart all the words the author has made up so you're not fluent. Also, if you've been studying Portuguese for years and you haven't heard of Guimarães Rosa so you are beginner, you suck at Portuguese. Also, I prefer the original title "Grande Sertão: Veredas".

[@Beny123]

@David Guy minus the jargons and contractions of SWE she would understand everything . SWE is one of them . Also, determining fluency should be done in a rigorous manner via proctored exams . In my experience someone who can ace the Cambridge CPE exam is fluent however you slice it. What we can agree on is that there are varying degrees of fluency . I have known university professors who can write books on their areas of expertise but can’t hold a conversation in a bar. These people are surely fluent but not always . I have also observed that someone with a rich life experience and general knowledge might appear fluent or become fluent quicker because of the stock of knowledge accumulated over the years which makes the process of learning easier .

[@rodthegreat5083]

Wow, thank you soo much. I love this video soo much!

[@marcosmacedo9972]

Kiss from Brazil, thanks for your vídeos . You are help me a Lot in my english. And I love that!!! 😎🙌

[@roderikopera]

Nossa, que legal que você sabe português também! Realmente, como você já tem uma boa base na língua e fala espanhol, vai ser bem mais fácil atingir a fluência.

[@TheEnglishCoach]

Yeah, see... I understand comments like this 100%... but I struggle with speaking cause I never practice. 3 months in Brazil hanging out with all you amazing subscribers and I know I'll be FLUENT haha

[@TheMesoPeaks]

I believe reading aloud interview conversations in English, listening to native speakers and watching interviews will make you become fluent in English in 3 months only if you immerse yourself with it and just like you said you have to have solid foundation to begin with. English is my second language and I'm still not fluent with it despite years of absorbing tons of words because immersing myself with it is the only thing I haven't done.

[@widespots]

Thanks for your guide and tips.

[@aristonecosta5671]

I understand each word you speak, thankyou!

[@Celeste-ou4mf]

You're the best :)

[@corynicolas3175]

Love your channel. I agree. You can't become fluent in 3 months. We invest thousands and thousands of hours into learning our native language and we experience it in tons of different and real contexts. It's the same thing with a foreign language. Your husband already had years of English language learning even though he hadn't become fluent, so the 3 months were just intensive training on top of what he already had. With regard to similar languages, they say that Portuguese and Spanish have 89% lexical similarity. If you're interested in learning Portuguese, just reach out. As a fluent Spanish-speaker, teacher and interpreter, I have gone through the process of learning Brazilian Portuguese (I also lived with Brazilians for two years here in Seattle, WA) and I realized that in order for a Spanish-speaker to learn to speak Portuguese without speaking portuñol (which is where we all begin), you gotta learn the differences and the similarities and focus on the unique aspects of Portuguese. Also there are specific phonemes that are foreign to Spanish, however, many of them exist in English, so a bilingual English-Spanish speaker can learn Portuguese more easily than a monolingual Spanish-speaker. Spanish-speakers have difficultly in English and Portuguese with D, Z, V and a few other sounds which are easy for English-speakers because they are a part of our language. I actually have the exact same complaint as you regarding those who deceive people and make them think you can become fluent in just three months. In fact, they rarely are fluent themselves. That's why I created my channel which gives people insight, resources and tools to begin the life-long journey of language learning. It's a life-style. If you really want to learn Portuguese (Brazilian Portuguese), then let me know and I'd love to share my resources and materials that help a Spanish-speaker learn Portuguese very effectively. (I don't promise three months, lol). Check out my video about foreign language acquisition. I talk about a lot of the same things you talk about, although I just found your video today. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ6lq2Wlj7WbmKc Here's my website: www.corynicolas.com I'm just starting out, but I've been speaking foreign languages for over thirty years, speak six languages, have taught languages for over 20 years and am a Court Certified Interpreter (I teach interpreting training courses also) so I have a ridiculous amount of material and content I plan to share. It's a process like everything in life. Check out my videos and website and share them with your students. Keep up the awesome work! -Cory

[@julianoplok2675]

Hey Cory, I read all of it and if you have some of these materials to learn English, Italian or German I'd love to read materials about them

[@thaissadarocha]

Amazing video, thank you so much :)

[@stanleymatholas8563]

I know that you have a lot of work in your life, but you HAVE to post videos HERE! I love you!

[@TheJoesWorld]

You're my favorite english teacher on youtube, and I watch to many different people who teach english... you're the best!! =) and, by the way, you are so beautiful! ))

[@arthurmorgan6818]

@JULIO ALEXANDRE DUARTE DA SILVA kk

[@neomatrix3313]

What about Lucy ???

[@TheJoesWorld]

@@neomatrix3313 Who's that? 😏

[@neomatrix3313]

@@TheJoesWorld Also English teacher : English with Lucy !!!!

[@TheJoesWorld]

@@neomatrix3313 ok, will check it out))

[@ganesh1]

Entendi perfeitamente os primeiros 15 segundos do que você disse! Estou estudando sozinho.

[@cabboyhottest1981]

Great video. 100% of motivation.

[@jancyjoseph9664]

Hi Stephanie,thanks for talking to me everyday.i really like you as a sister or a best friend Take care and love you♥️