How fluent are you in English?

You’ve been studying English, maybe for a long time. But how do you know how you’re progressing? In this special video, I’ll help show you where you currently are on your learning path, and then I’ll show you what you can do to improve from your current position. First we’ll check your current fluency in English, and then I’ll tell you what to do next. www.engvid.com...
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[@engvidJames]

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[@bonitabonita7701]

Dear James. Thank you for your help and unconditional support ☺️

[@nikimfar3119]

Thanks 👍💐

[@informationallight]

Yes! It was helpful, but there's something that I noticed, and that is you highlighted the intermediates red in the advice section.

[@souhailael9937]

Thanks

[@Lilyofthevalley117]

Thank you, James! You video helps me to refresh my knowledge in English. I teach Russian, as it is my native language. Why not to help each other in Russian&English lessons, it can be mutualy beneficial and fun!

[@sintiaec9661]

I can understand you perfectly. I guess it's a good sign. I need to improve my speaking and writing skills though. Still a long way to go.

[@zaptutos288]

Same he re

[@cerebralparalysis2981]

Because he talking clearly and Canadian accent is most understanding

[@GR47CH]

Same here

[@djmer3255]

Same issues

[@emretrpan5990]

@@cerebralparalysis2981 and he is exquisite English teacher

[@marleymomo9582]

I am at intermediate level. You are not just teaching but entertaining us. No wonder, you got 3 million subscribers. I just feel like to learn more when someone like you is teaching.

[@spedicey2615]

Yo! What do you think about improving our speaking skill together? if you agree, I'll wait for your message on Instagram. My inst ( @spedlcey )

[@DragonJadeGalactiko]

I wish i had this kind of teacher in my early years learning english

[@hannahtydrych7740]

Improvement tip: read paper/e-book by listening audiobook in the same time. Seeing the text and listening native speaker helps to hear accents, pauses during reading and pronunciation.

[@stefanvijatov5349]

I agree this may prove to be helpful to a lot of begginer and Intermidiate people ^^

[@charliemontholon]

That’s a good advice I use it when I’m learning French, It helps to see how the words connect thus the pronunciation of those connected words, but you need to repeat that exercise several times.

[@matiascastillo7126]

I do the same with the series that I watch, english audio and english sub

[@gabrielgomes7111]

i like your style man, real fresh

[@fatimazahraemarcil4638]

a do the same good luck in your journey

[@Atmanyatri]

Intermediate level is frustrating because it lacks the icing on the cake but it’s exciting because at least you have a cake lol

[@ahmedhomiedi8873]

i watched and watched till i get fluent

[@samuelgoncalves1479]

Better than nothing mate, trust me you don’t wanna be a freaking beginner, but I’d say the difference between beginner and intermediate is easier than the difference between intermediate and advanced so many rules and everything else but above all it pays off so don’t you dare giving up, accept where you are and go straight to the next level, deeply, lovely and patiently.

[@ВечернийБергер]

because it is not intermediate what you speak about

[@qaharnews3913]

@@samuelgoncalves1479 Man are u British Britain

[@stefanvijatov5349]

@mastor95 lol I see where are you going with that

[@mrsimo7144]

I'm recent, 46 and still learning how to speak correctly. Learnt lots. Fantastic work. Thank you ❤️

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

Surround yourself with English as much as possible. Sounds simple, right? I tried this, and, oh my God, it was so difficult and discouraging in the beginning: I understood almost nothing of what was said. Then, after months of practice and lots of mistakes, I slowly began to understand more and more. It takes time. Don't think that you're stupid or that you're bad with languages if you can't do something right away. Again, It takes time. Try different things and approaches and find what works best for you. Just learn English a bit everyday, try to have fun with it, and you'll surely reach your goals.

[@IntelsCreed]

Understanding and reading are easy. But to be able to speak at a stretch on the spot as he said "carrying a conversation" is altogether a different skill. That's extremely difficult and only few people have such skills.

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

@@IntelsCreed Understanding and reading and all other skills are only easy if one spend some time practicing it. Speaking about carrying conversation, I fully agree that that's extremely difficult, especially, for such introverts as myself. Oh, god, it will be a funny journey to get decent at speaking...

[@adnrdgz2595]

That's pretty much what I'd suggest. You need to immerse yourself in your target language, nowadays it's easier since technology and learning/teaching methods have changed for the better. And this guy's right; it takes time, you'll be exposed to frustration, but you need to understand that it's not something you can achieve in one month, everyone is smart enough to attain such a goal if only they're persistent enough and believe in their own potential, so keep working on your goal not hard but smart and you'll make it!!!

[@RedaBuiQuang24]

To learn english I switched every thing that I could to english. It was hard for me at the begging but after a month I had ease to understand. But my native language is french and that made it easier for sure regarding how the two languages are close. I think it would be way mor difficult and tedious for someone learning from korean or japanese to do it without classes.

[@khaledkhalkany248]

thank you for your motivation ❤

[@seymur.halley]

I just love the way he firstly ignores the camera, then says "Hi"

[@stefanvijatov5349]

Lmao yes! It gives me the vibes of a teacher walking into the classroom and instead of students he just sees full recording set

[@Maleificsoul]

I was born in Ontario and naturally am an English speaker. I enjoy these videos because they help me recognize my own bad habits I've developed when speaking to others. I find that people that speak English as a 2nd, 3rd or 4th language are a joy to speak too because they speak SO Properly and its honestly refreshing!

[@gustavocosta9574]

Summarizing the video: YOU MUST CONTINUE TO LEARN ENGLISH, AND WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE READING MY COMMENTARY?

[@caiohenriquemonteirocruz5735]

Because you used a bunch of CAPITAL LETTERS.

[@BMuniz-tp8ii]

@@caiohenriquemonteirocruz5735 hahahahahah

[@davekoundjo5863]

my advice is to watch everything on English. Be it movies, simple youtube videos, Tik toks or similar. If u don’t get it right away that’s not bad, just turn on the subtitles in English, which will help. I started the same way until I could just watch movies and series without them and perfectly understand. Also try to talk with native speaker and it also just can be on the phone. I had an English friend with a strong accent, so even though I am advanced in English student, I had difficulties. But with time and more speaking I understood everything perfectly, to the point where she said that she had forgotten, that I am not a native speaker, because in her opinion, I spoke fluently.

[@nimashakavindi9815]

I think I'm an intermediate level student...I really wanna improve my English knowledge as a native speaker....so I'm trying to improve my English knowledge day by day & I think now I'm good at English more than my beginning....Thank you so much for all of your gr8 lessons sir....💜

[@anajuliadacostaduarte8891]

I'm a intermediate in English, I have ease in understanding what people say(if they don't speak too fast, omg) and translate, but it's difficult to me when it comes to speak and grammar as well, sometimes. But, I hope to improve my english skills and your channel is helping me sm, thank you!

[@sayantan.mukherjee]

I accidentally found this channel's content in my recommended section and I'm eternally thankful to the ML algorithm of KZbin !

[@BachiroH24]

The same happened to me today 👍

[@robban668]

Same here! Such a random recommend, but I'll take it!

[@dracolito]

At the beginning of the year I knew nothing about english, I thought I had a few skills, but actually I'm not. I decided to enter an english class, there was I noticed that I don't know nothing about. Now I'm trying to do everything in English, I quitted my job and found a new one where I'm "obligated" to speak in english, I view the movies and the videos in english without subtitles and looking for videos like this, hear music in englis and follow the lyrics, even when nobody is seeing me I try to sing the songs... that's what I do to learn this new language.

[@alisherwani5381]

One year ago i was a beginner but after i started listening to English stories with subtitles i changed a lot and i think now I'm a intermediate

[@ecoplushaboy457]

Each time I speak to people in my native language, English language usually creeps in. In fact, am beginning to sound like a native speaker because of continuous and conscious efforts to never stop learning from James and other English language teacher at engvid. Thank you teacher James. You're such an angel... You've really helped me to improve a lot in my English speaking, writing and listening skills.

[@giovanniosorio4759]

I’ve done all what you said to get to intermediate-advance level I just started a new job in London, I feel very proud of myself because 2 years ago I couldn’t hold a conversation more than 2 minutes

[@eduardomonteiro6863]

Nice

[@Talk123tome]

Man, idk how you do it, but you are so open and natural in front of the camera, thumbs up for you. Keep doing this goddamn terrific work.

[@dannyblue8382]

I'm an INTERMEDIATE understand English like an ADVANCED but can express myself only like a BEGINNER Welcome to my big issue ^^

[@fynx7504]

Study hard and you'll be able to express yourself as a student with a advanced level....

[@SilentPolyglot]

The same here! I understand but I still can't express myself as fluently as I want (without writing down what I want to say first)...

[@ediktepe]

Welcome to the club :D

[@feridm6636]

Me too 🙋‍♂️😀

[@spedicey2615]

Hi, we can improve our English together! What do u think about it?

[@beginfdxk]

The thing that helped me out was traveling to Canada and expose myself to English with no way out other than speaking English. Have an immersive experience improves your progress beyond your expectation, but since that is something that is not possible to everyone, my tip is to expose yourself in another way, like have a conversation with a native through social media, or Cambly or any method available on internet. There is a lot of content in English on KZbin, podcasts, Facebook that you can use to dive right in, but the most important thing is to be consistent. It's crucial to do it EVERYDAY.

[@RogerCold009]

I'd love living in Canada, maybe one day it will happen

[@Psycorde]

I barely speak with people in my native language, despite living among them. I talk mostly online, using English which I picked up playing videogames, listening to music and consuming other media. It got so bad, I'm starting to forget my own language. When I want to express my thoughts, words often come in English first, so I have to basically translate them backwards. It's rather annoying.

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

Wow, man. I understand you. This happens to me too sometimes

[@beaolayon7344]

Same

[@johnm4br]

Oh damn, same here Wtf is wrong with us? lol

[@leonardoribeiro3019]

Where do you guys live? Lol I think that's not even possible in my country (I live in Brazil, by the way)

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

@@leonardoribeiro3019 Ukraine

[@dontfvckprime771]

„Ein Stückchen Schokoladenkuchen“, hat mir ein Lächeln ins Gesicht gezaubert. Keep the work up, James!

[@taliehramazani4564]

When i was 12, my teacher spoke totally english in our english class, i had no idea what she's talking about! I was used to ask my friends to translate that for me! But now that i'm 21 and i quite understand english when i watch movies & series or listen to podcasts and songs or read books without any trouble, i wonder how did i get here within these years!? I'm the same person but this change made my language learning go further to the place that i'm learning 2 other languages using english! And this feels pretty awesome :)

[@marcoantoniochangkeeanselm2494]

Stumbled into this video and this actually applies to every language anyone is learning. I think that unless you are in the advanced level, it always feels like you are still far from where you want to be. Anyways, let's keep it up, and go to that next tier.

[@porcgag7182]

my advise is to change your phone language to English, im learning Spanish from english on an app, and its really exciting, totaly agree!!

[@chyngyzmuhambetov5861]

I started to speak for 5-15 minutes a day, I record my speech and then check it out, I think it's really helpful to improve your speaking skill

[@liliamendez4618]

Hello there. I understood everything you said. I feel that I'm stuck between intermediate and advanced English, however I'm trying to improve it by talking a lot with my clients and of course watching your videos.....thank you!

[@syamcheerath7073]

I think i found myself on the advance catagory. Honestly, TV Shows and Books fueled my growth and now I'm completing them one after the other. James, i wish i had you as my teacher because you are so funny and the best. I'm so greatful that i found you on KZbin. Thank You

[@kaysunoli4944]

You are greatest English teacher l've ever seen in my life, thank you so much sir

[@voodoo194]

Dude is still kicking it. Followed this channel about 10 years ago, when I was preparing for an exam. After all this time he is still going strong, amazing!

[@lorikpevzner]

My favorite teacher forever! So talented, so artistic, with great sense of humor. Thank you!

[@Dante3014]

Learning language by using another language is super useful. Studied spanish like that and got my english on another level. Thank’s for the video Mate!

[@HongNguyen-ns7sh]

I am intermediate. Your videos not only gave me knowlege but also motived me a lot James. ^^

[@spedicey2615]

Hi, we can improve our English together! What do u think about it?

[@diegoplanes7183]

Mate, I’m french and you’re just amazing. Many thanks. Your Chanel helped me to improve so much. Not fluent but confident. Thanks to you.

[@speakenglishwithjohn8244]

The first here sir James… Thanks a million for your lessons are super AWESOME. Much love in return…❤

[@yoano-martinohortaleza1351]

Best teacher on KZbin right now! Hi from Belgium 🇧🇪

[@thaylonhugo1992]

I can understand every word in a conversation but still have difficulty to fully express myself , I mean, I have to think about what I want to say before doing it if it is a complex argument :(

[@englishchannel3786]

That's relatable

[@wojciechpospieszynski7072]

Yeah but don't forget that it is perfectly normal to have pauses and thinking on how to articulate something even in your native language (I know this is obvious but I reckon we - language learners often forget about that). I used to put a pressure on me that I should respond immediately like a robot to come off as a fluent speaker. Once I realized that thinking and taking pauses is normal, my communication skills have elevated. Not saying it's not important to master the language but it's beneficial to also have a good attitude not to wait to be confident in speaking until you hit the native level;)

[@philippeb4126]

Bruh it’s cause u just started after it will aight

[@alexandregehin8665]

That might simply be about how much you master the subject of the conversation aswell!

[@anthonysavio3875]

Ffe batukuba emigo minji okugezaako okuyiga olulimi luno. Bano abazungu oba bakikola batya ? Nze nawe....

[@gregoriogarciacastro2442]

When a was working in USA i went to a local library that offer a english courses, the manager talked to me and told me the programm was not for me, because my english level was above the program, so she suguest to join a local group to practice my vocabulary, and i did was a great experience learn englihs know people and help the community. My undestanding is much better than my writting skill. James you are a great Teacher. best regards

[@philipmatthewtipay7595]

Sweet, my English is Advanced, I'm Filipino and can speak fluently in Filipino and English separately. I even won 5th place in a Literature contest against 40 other schools, thank the Lord for my talents...

[@raizarevilla7286]

Sanaaaa all bhieeeeee

[@philipmatthewtipay7595]

@@raizarevilla7286 heheheheh okay lang yan, kase nung bata ako nanonood ako ng mga english english, nasanay kase ako

[@natalielopresto4380]

I thought that it's just not possible to fully express yourself speaking another language. Thanks for changing my mind!

[@paulinalakota8926]

My story with learning English is a bit complicated. However, thanks to that now I can share my advice to you: practise your english regularly, learn new words and try to use them in the context, watch videos, read, speak - good practise is to comment everything you do or talk to yourself whatever you are doing at the moment. Then try to speak with a foreigner or if you don't have such an opportunity, speak with your friends. It is the best way to level up your English :) I had advanced English in high school, I had fantastic grades, but after high school I barely have studied my english so now I am afraid I lowered down from advanced/intermediate to intermediate/begginer and that's a shame for me. But thanks to watching films in english I am able to communicate with erasmus people at least ^^ I think I just need to improve my vocabulary, cause that stops me from expressing my true self.

[@lkledu2]

you reminds me of a english teacher that i had back in school. He said that when someone say "moon" we shouldn't translate it to "lua" in our minds, but associate it with the big glowing ball in the sky at night, it helps me to improve my vocabulary, he also said to us not to be afraid to write/speak wrong in english cause it's part of the journey.

[@dmitry8702]

My tip for language learners is to KEEP THE DIARY on a regualar basis, that's what I do almost every day to improve my English. By the way, currently I use my English to learn chinese, moreover I don't really feel myself uncomfortable😉 Thanks, James, for your lessons!! You gave us a lot of advice during all this time!

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

Oh, keeping a diary is a really good idea. It helps me to activate my passive vocabulary, and I feel a little bit refreshed after each note.

[@kemmmm2637]

I don't plan on becoming a teacher but if I ever did, I want to be your kind of teacher.

[@karido4974]

Fluent enough to understand every single word you've said.

[@saifdinezaidi539]

I don't think I'm fluent enough but i do understand what he's saying

[@CarlosEduardo-zr6hc]

I understood like 80% of everything he said

[@karido4974]

@@CarlosEduardo-zr6hc That's not bad, you can get better if you watch more English videos, or talk to a native English speaker.

[@lozurden4442]

@@karido4974 100%

[@GGDev7]

100%

[@cantcomeupwithaname9813]

Tips for beginners: Listen to music (that you LIKE) and look up the lyrics. Then look for translations in your native language or translate the words that you don't know by yourself. It really helps with learning new words because you can sing along and you will automatically remember all the words. Tips for intermediate: Watch interviews of your favourite actors. That way you can listen to different accents. It helps to watch several videos of the same person. Read fanfiction

[@paubar78]

I've found your videos recently , I wish I had found you earlier! Thank you for all your lessons James, you are an inspiring teacher! PS: Red looks amazing on you ! Sorry, ( not sorry) I had to say it ! 😊

[@BachiroH24]

Um new here in your channel Teacher James, I've scrolled up and down untill I've made up my mind to watch this video to check out my english fluency level as a first steps I've to know...So, I've figured it out is intermediate. Wow!

[@gonzachambi3937]

That "frustrating-exciting" thing makes me think when I started to work out last year and suddenly a thought came to my mind: today I couldn't run the distance I wish so yes, it's pretty frustrating...but wait! this is also exciting because even though I couldn't make it today doesn't mean I can improve progressively and then do it tomorrow or the next week. No pain no gain but also, everything comes to those who wait.

[@kellycavalcante8526]

I'm afraid I don't have any tips for sharing. But I'm excited because I realized how I still can learn more and more and with your videos got exceptional tips for this English fluency journey.

[@educacionfisicaydeporte4405]

Your work here is amazing ... We really appreciate it. Thank you very much Mr. James for giving us a lot of confidence.

[@alirezamohammadi280]

Hi James Im Alireza and lve been studying English for 6 years Thanks to you and this video lm proud of myself because its telling me all of those hard works paid off and l can speak like a native speaker 🙏🙏🙏❤😘

[@moonraccoonkatyafedotova2277]

That was so unexpectedly to hear Russian "Da" from James. I'm Russian, so that made me smile 😁

[@hokk3ist228]

Тогда по-русски "да" написала бы :))

[@moonraccoonkatyafedotova2277]

@@hokk3ist228 да, так было бы лучше) Не догадалась так сделать))

[@hokk3ist228]

@@moonraccoonkatyafedotova2277 извиняюсь, что не увидел имя твоё :))

[@moonraccoonkatyafedotova2277]

@@hokk3ist228 да ничего страшного :))

[@chelovek1991]

I've just subscribed to your channel. Your videos is so cozy and your thoughts is close to me. Спасибо за повод написать пару слов на английском😃

[@conoceconwil]

I live in puerto vallarta mex for many years. I came from the USA when I was 11 years. I learned the native pronunciation in school but not the full grammar. still got a lot to learn. right now I'm an advanced speaker. but still learning more. when I drive my uber car I love when I pick up tourist from the USA and always said to me that my English is good that sounds native. but I know that I need to learn more. that's why I'm here watching your videos. thanks, James, definitely I will be your Spanish teacher.

[@mrks.-]

Love this guy and his positive vibes!!!

[@manifesting8030]

I'm Lilian from Brazil and, firstly, I have to confess I'm your big fan. I've been watching your videos for almost 1 year or more and they're really helping me to improve my English. You got the power, James. You're didactic and this is what English students need. I don't know if you're gonna see this comment but I have to THANK YOU for being part of my progress and made the difference on my learning path.

[@mohammedengabdikarinmohamm5943]

I'm just greeting from SOMALILAND . Already I watched all your videos Thank you teacherr

[@Patrick-zs1si]

I had an interview yesterday and I screwed up because I blocked myself. Trying to say words in English when I know them and trying to speak them. Is not necessary to me to translate, I can understand when people speak their English natively. But when somebody proofs my conversational English I’m done. Thank you for this video man. Greetings from México.

[@ccw19904]

For the beginners I highly recomeded to watch cartoons , the language is pretty simple to start .

[@djmer3255]

Any suggestions plz? I can understand native speakers even when they speak very fast but i cant speak english smothly

[@kralbequitt]

@@djmer3255 you have to speak always

[@jenna3028]

@@djmer3255 I think that you don't learned intensive enough, if someone speaks fast you don't understand everything you understand the theme and a little bit more but not the real words, learn the words and their different meanings and how you speak correctly

[@djmer3255]

Tysm respect for u 😙😙

[@adamgibson473]

​@@djmer3255 During a very long commute, you could listen to a podcast where to people are having a conversation. It simulates a conversation in your head when you follow along.

[@joaoluizdiasesteves8500]

When I was a beginner in English, I used to write new words and synonyms. I used to write down some phrases as well and stick them to my bedroom wall. And during a few days, I kept using them in my conversation until they have become more natural.

[@edu.monstrik]

Well James, you've helped me many times and this one wasn't the exception. Right now I'm studying for IELTS so I'm gonna share my tips with you: 1) Right now I began to learn how to play chess so I'm reading and listening all of my lessons in English (KZbin and PDF mostly). 2) For IELTS I pick a subject that is interesting for me (could be anything), I look for an article or digital newspaper and read it two times. On the first try, I just read for understanding the article and what it is about, and the second one I read the article looking for at least 3 or 5 new words that I have no idea what they mean. So I pick those unknown words and look for their meaning, synonyms and write one or two sentences with the new word. After that, I write a full page on what it's about the article that I've read. 3) The last part is a little more complicated because I don't have any native English speakers around, what I do is using an app on my phone that converts my audio notes into writing notes ("Speechnotes"). So doing this exercise I can have a certain if my pronunciation is good enough. I use some complicated words for this so I can maximize the use of this app. I hope you keep making some advanced classes because we really enjoy your teaching style. See you bro!

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

I play chess too. Maybe let's have a few blitz games and practice English at the same time?

[@edu.monstrik]

@@ethanblackthorn3533 Yeah why not? stay in touch

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

@@edu.monstrik That's nice to hear. Do you play chess online on chess com or some other place?

[@normancruz6522]

I might not know English fluently yet but I will keep pushing no matter if people make fun of me for don’t know English no matter what one day I would make and thx ms. James cause you give me the confidence that I need

[@kelmoalmeida]

I'm a beginner. Thank you for this lesson, James! My grammar is poor, and you help me to realise that. I have a lot of work to do because I want to be fluent, and now I know how much I need to improve it. Those are my three sentences for today.

[@aminetiydrini5189]

Are you good now 😂?

[@kelmoalmeida]

@@aminetiydrini5189 I'm not fluent yet, but I'm getting better! See ya!

[@karlharvey601]

Man, I wish I had an English teacher like you when I was a kid.

[@SilentPolyglot]

Thank you for your lessons, James! You are a great teacher. Greetings from Russia! ❤️

[@marioh9926]

It helps a lot so keep doing this kind of videos please. Here goes my tip: it is to try to read at least 10 pages a day of a book you have at home, obviously in English. Try to maintain this habit every day, you will get many new words to include in your speeches. Also avoid using your native tongue in order to master a new skill, as James said, it is a quite good piece of advice.

[@adebayoclement1234]

This teacher is superb

[@mustafaozer4987]

As an advence guy (S) i'd say your videos are more than enough to understand up to intermediate. But reading a good academic book is where you shine

[@yelizavetakachai9332]

I think I am almost advanced. The main point is that I can't find a friend to speak more in English. I actually learn phrases by writing them and using them in real conversation with myself!

[@nagmbahary7531]

I can help you, do you have facebook?

[@yelizavetakachai9332]

@@nagmbahary7531 yes, I do)

[@nagmbahary7531]

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[@KevinSanchez-io9mj]

Same happens to me ☹️

[@haticekaramanli1876]

@@nagmbahary7531 can you help me English please if you want I can teach you Turkish

[@rodolforobles3304]

In my case, English has been a long journey. Like many other people, I started learning Englisg in school, without motivation to learn it haha, I was a child that only wanted the class to be over. When I enter college, I had to present an English exam to know if I needed to take the subject each term, and I have to admit it...I copied to avoid even 1 lesson of the language during my degree. Those 4 years without being in touch with English I thought I was intermediate, and I wrote that on my resume. What a surprise when I was interviewed for a job and I just couldn't answer properly "What is your favorite movie and why?". THAT DAY I decided to start over, I reviewed all the tenses, basic grammar and all from the beginning. Of course I started watching a lot of videos, and a very important tip that they all left me is "LEARN WHILE YOU CONSUME CONTENT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ". It's amazing how that brought me the motivation I needed to keep going. I didn't stop learning because boredom wasn't part of the journey. When I felt a little bit more confident, I downloaded apps for practicing with other people, and I'm not gonna lie by telling you I wasn't a mess at first hahahah but it's just a matter of practice. That's all. Now I think I'm advanced in listening, writing and reading; and I'm working on my speaking, which I consider intermediate-advanced. If you are reading this line, I hope my story helps you with this beautiful journey that is learning English. You'll see that sooner than you think, you'll improve your level and enjoy all the advantages that English brings with it. DON'T GIVE UP! p.s. Two months ago I got a job where I use English everyday because I could handle a part of the interview in English :D

[@rekhamadiwal4100]

James sir.. thanks for you video's because now I'm able to speak good English.. your teaching style it was fabulous 🙌.. please make like this video on vocabulary it helps me a lot in my exams too.. thanks again sir..love from India 🇮🇳👍

[@Loug522]

I realized I was a beginner when I decided to join an english speaking guild on World of Warcraft almost a decade ago and they had voice chat as a requirement, a few months after that I started watching tv shows with english subtitles, the real struggle came when I decided to get rid of the subtitles while watching a british tv show called Humans, I barely could understand the most basic expressions, but in the end it felt extremely rewarding and since then I never used subtitles again.

[@informationallight]

You're a great teacher. Your lessons are always informative and helpful.

[@АйгульИсмаилова-ь2л]

wow i wouldn't realize that this video is 44 mins long if l i didnt check it, thank u a lot for your lessons! time flies immediately when i click your video, its indeed entertaining and full of knowledge. my level is a bit of intermediate and a bit of advance so its mixed and there are undeniably a lot of work to do thank u!

[@Norvax_]

I am an advanced student, if I where to give someone a tip it would be LISTENING, LISTENING, AND LISTENING again.

[@filipfret8848]

if I were* not so advanced :/

[@muhsenmuhammed3679]

You're one of the most amazing teachers I've ever seen.

[@socorrorocha2687]

I speak portuguese (main language) and english, funny thing is that sometimes i forget some words in portuguese and need to translate from english lol And theres also that i preffer to speak english, even though i dont have english speaking friends or family members

[@Dudssx]

Same with me :)

[@mariebrzobohata3950]

Well, I am surprisingly advanced. I thing the most impressive mention in this video is that learning another language using English is an olympic level. I can't imagine how would my life look if I was an english (or another extended language) native speaker, but I often don't have any other choice. Duolingo is not translated into Czech (just English courses), there are not so many language courses in Czech (if you learn something else than French, German or Spanish) and my foreign friends don't know Czech, so I commonly use English. And my tip is to speak with yourself in the language you learn. Let's be honest, many people do that.

[@viniciusribeiro7438]

Student: "slow down, slow down" James: " Set video in 0.5 speed on KZbin"

[@stellangoleka3205]

I agree with you on that,he goes to fast when he is teaching.

[@celyssegiona5944]

I think having a conversation with native speakers, or just english speakers in general would help the most. Not only they might use vocabularies that you have never heard before, you can also practice your speaking and listening skills, also grammar patterns and a lot more. It's like getting a bunch of things in one.

[@hananaldory9387]

I really like your video 😍 thanks for your hard work 💜

[@spedicey2615]

Hi, we can improve our English together! What do u think about it?

[@asliddinkenjayev2787]

I am intermediate advanced student. And i understood what you are talking about, l mean all of your sentences without repeating the video. I think it is pretty good, do not I ? Thank you, James. Untill now, I improved my english by watching all of your videos. I am really happy, and I hope that one day I will go America, I am going to speak with you 🤗🤗🤗 THANKS A LOT (from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿🇺🇿)

[@ABthingss]

Thank you You are awesome Good englsh commad

[@GabrielaSanchez-xx1gw]

I’m intermediate advance, I think I could be advance, but personally I think I still have to learn the culture and their jokes, specially slangs. I want to learn another language in English. I’m studying to be a nurse and I want to master English beautifully. One day...

[@ZYCHMX]

So..Where to start....When I was going to school I did not care much about English that time, but when I was 25, I realized that this ability as second language is, it can make my life more exciting and maybe also develop my career. So I stated to learn English when I was adult and now I feel king of freedom, because I can go wherever I want to. I speak without hesitation (what doesn't mean that I don't make mistakes) and it it really cool to have that tool (what in my opinion English) in my pocket. Btw. For watch your videos for many years I need to admit that...man- you are the best! Thank you!

[@ozkanelmas434]

I'm totally an Intermediate-Advanced student, I want to improve it so badly.

[@fabianodias10044]

thats so cuo

[@still.snt.k]

So you are an upper-intermediate or nearly..

[@ozkanelmas434]

@@still.snt.k yeah I guess I'm conversationally fluent I guess but Im having some problems when Im trying to talk about special topics such as military, government, space etc.

[@l.tulichandraix.b.1962]

I'm an intermediate I used to read novels to improve my vocabulary ,also you can chat with freinds in English ,it really helps coz it makes you think in English. You'll eventually get used to it by more practice , speaking and listening .

[@adina9751]

The problem with me is grammar and i rarely speak english with other people, so when people talk to me in english i might feel tension that makes me forget a lot of simple vocabularies. Forgetting vocabularies is the worst thing for me😂

[@XnxxD]

Isn't it just 'vocabulary'?

[@RedaBuiQuang24]

@@XnxxD I think it happens with a lot of learning speakers. When you can understand everything but you have a huge lack of practice, you are not use to structure your sentences. And even if you have vocabulary, if you don’t have the structure you can’t use the words. Happened to me until I entered in an english spoken college, and now that I improved my english, I can notice how my friends who never really had everyday social interaction in english are struggling in the structure. I have even a friend who has a better vocabulary and prononciation than me who isn’t as fluent as me cause he structure his sentences like in our native language.

[@Liwinpooluk]

I belong to Beginner to intermediate level. My mother language is Cantonese. 9 months ago, I made up my mind to study English well. I read english book every day for over 30 minutes, listen to English podcast, watch english KZbin in different channels, such as cooking, BBC news, yoga/gym lesson as well as engVid. Besides, I write diary in English few days a week and pay Zoom lessons for speaking with native speaker. I try my best to levelling my English. Despite the fact that I'm still not good at English, but I can see a bit progress over the 9 months. I gotta keep it up to improve my English.

[@zenmusic2866]

Pretty cool......but American accent is easy to understand but sometimes British or Australian accent really takes time for me to understand like what the heck that guy is talking about

[@edu.monstrik]

It's true. I think Australian' accent can be a nightmare, sometimes.

[@leonardoribeiro3019]

After five years of studying I think my highest difficult is to understand when I can't hear a word in a sentence. I mean, I'm watching a movie, good comprehension, but then the voice of the actor suddenly decrease and then I lose everything lol I think it's kinda the same as understand a type of an accent

[@Galatasarayli40]

@@leonardoribeiro3019 One of my biggest problem is when i start watching movies everything is fine at the beginning but suddenly as we go along the movie or series whatever my concentration tends to decrease i don’t know why that happens to me maybe i put so much strain from the beginning. If guys something like that also happen to you please let me know 😃

[@leonardoribeiro3019]

@@Galatasarayli40 is that informal language? Cause it seems weird, I mean, you should use some ponctuation, right!?

[@Galatasarayli40]

@@leonardoribeiro3019 Yes i have to but here on KZbin i don’t use punctuation so much

[@pandapirate25yearsago33]

From my own experience I can say that reading is a great tool to achieve good language skills. I used to be ok in English, but when I started reading I began to pay more attention to vocabulary (no repetetive words, idioms and even stylistic devices). So if you want to improve your writing or English in general, reading is your way to go.

[@amalsaigal5372]

you have a British accent and an American accent, that is cool.

[@Needsmoreflash]

No he doesn't have a British accent. It's an American accent, but (if I would guess) it sounds like he might speak a second language like French, because he draws his "a"s. The accent is there but so miniscule it's basically native. Perhaps that's his first language.

[@magicturtles1679]

@@Needsmoreflash Hes Canadian

[@Needsmoreflash]

@@magicturtles1679 so I was right. I'm good. 😆

[@cookieprof]

@@Needsmoreflash He sounds Canadian to me.

[@Needsmoreflash]

@@cookieprof yup I believe it, he's got the North American accent and Canadians speak French.

[@dillardagbon2262]

My fluency in English is intermediate. I can speak good grammar and I can understand what your saying, I always watched movies and other english stuff to improve my english fluency. Thanks for your time to teach us!

[@mikhail1809]

This is crazy, because i have 1, 5, 8. So i am a beginner, an intermediate and an advanced speaker. Also sometimes i write in english like a train. Maybe i'm only uncertain, unsecure about speaking and writing english. Much times i panic and i need to think about what i want to say. Less times i can speak and write an intermediate-advanced level

[@stefanvijatov5349]

In that case you are more of an Intermidiate speaker, i can't say that you are begginer cuz I see you understand English pretty good tho there are still stuff you have to work on good example can be found in your comment (much times is incorrect instead of much try uši G many

[@mengaomalvadao5374]

I'm an english learner but i feel I got stagnated these days and I promised myself I'd keep up the work until I get fluent Thanks for the vid 🙂

[@englishstation4314]

I'm an intermediate that's transforming into an advanced student and my advice to ya'll is to listen to English language songs ✌💙

[@metima2576]

It's good advice for advanced+ students cause they can tell if there's a grammar mistake in the song's lyrics. Nice way to improve your vocabulary.

[@Zgg2]

My tip: Watch channels on KZbin according to the topics which you like. For example, you like style - channel TMF. You will improve language skills as well as learn some new information about the topic you interested in.

[@iam4speed]

✨Support Everyone, Who Learn American English✨

[@freaky6984]

You are the best english teacher I’ve ever seen like i can understand you perfectly and understand everything you say even though you are a rapid english speaker that doesn’t really bother me to be honest because am a self confidential english speaker too