How I Learned to Speak English: Tips and Tricks for Clear Communication

[@jayford1482]

Mannn "don't be so attached to who you are right now that you don't give the future version of you a chance" you're golden man

[@sayedhussain4616]

Such a profound gem of wisdom!

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

Change is good

[@ismailadiaby8524]

So true

[@lyhoang5152]

⁰

[@nakulsharma9107]

Such a clever compliment

[@crooga]

When I was a kid, my father would always tell me that I should read out loud, but I couldn't understand why. Now, it's making sense to me.

[@askvinh]

That's awesome brother!

[@royerthedestroyer7]

Same here, that's why I'm so fluent in Spanish compared to other teens who struggle to speak it correctly, otherwise known as "no sabo" kids

[@cesaraugusto8261]

​@royerthedestroyer7, really,that's awesome to hear, man. what did you do to learn Spanish?

[@chayadajiratipasdamrong9597]

I watched your channel for the first time and was very impressed by this video 😊

[@10393lenny]

I used the same method as you when I practiced presentations in English during my early days: watching Disney channel (mostly), combined with imitating all the dialogues, sometimes acting in front of the mirror, or imagined being interviewed by someone on a certain subject. Imitation is the first step in learning anything, really. Another aspect that I think worth mentioning is that by leaving the TV/ radio on and not actively listening to it (while doing chores, for example), your subconscious still picks up a fair amount of how natives deliver their spoken language. This is inactive learning - just like how a child must be able to hear in order to learn how to speak in the first place. One other thing that I did was learning rap songs. Yes, rap. Mostly Eminem, because I found his articulation the clearest. Once I've had enough habit of mouth movement from rapping, my accent came out more naturally. Rapping as cardio for your mouth muscles works wonder.

[@anglaispourreussir]

Great tips!

[@notmijojo]

Any Eminem's song you could suggest?

[@以仁慈Ooi]

​@@notmijojo i said im sorry mama... i never meant to hurt you

[@lethihongvan9541]

i have exagly the same experience

[@MongIAMTauYah]

❤

[@KakRama]

Vinh, I watched this multiple times already. I'm on Day 3 now, reading tech article outloud and record it. It took me aroun 7-15 minutes to read the whole article slowly and with exageration. Pray for me to be consistent to do this for 3 months onwards. Thankyou Vinh :D

[@DawnPeacock]

Hi Rama! It's been two weeks...how is it coming with your reading practice? Have you been able to remain consistent? Are you feeling changes in your speech?

[@komo5278]

Update us. How much did you improve?

[@roharro2]

He quit I think

[@143514355]

​@@roharro2😅

[@Ytuser1133]

did u see any changes?

[@everythingever9037]

Man you are of the few people that give helpful content and not just spitting out words. Thank you!

[@silverwolfie9593]

This is what my Father keeps telling me, but I never understood what he meant by moving your mouth more. This is the perfect time to learn about this because recently I had joined a specific youth leadership team and I always feared that people could not fully understand what I was saying because I am to quiet or smudging my words together. Great stuff man! Very thankful to have found your channel 🙏

[@hollycupcake8106]

I speak English and it’s my native language and yet I’m watching this at 1:00am

[@Z.istorija]

Your lucky bro. Atleast you have to learn only one language. We have to learn provincial language for home National language and English for University and offices. Even though i can speak and understand English but i have a little bit problem of articulation.

[@kkjnaim5880]

Haha, you like to see people suffer. 😂

[@jean.nglinhdan]

Yeah! It's true. I am an English pronunciation teacher. When I coached my students in pronunciation, I coached them first to exaggerate our set of mouth movements. Then they can do well after 1.5 - 2 months.

[@DawnPeacock]

Are your students Vietnamese?

[@JojiJr02]

Just want to say thank you for being you & sharing your enthusiasm for communication!

[@askvinh]

I appreciate that!

[@beartb4253]

Em cảm ơn anh Vinh Giang vì video truyền cảm hứng này ạ. Em vừa qua đến Mỹ du học và cũng nhận thấy bản thân rất yếu về giao tiếp. Trong video này anh nói tiếng Việt và hướng dẫn cách để cải thiện khả năng nói tiếng anh, em cảm ơn anh rất nhiều về video này.

[@teamanyt]

Hi , Mr Vinh Giang I have been I putting all your English video to practice and I love everyone one of your content and Now I have gotten an admission in Europe because the videos form you help me succeed in my entrance exam and my interviews you really help me and just want to say Thanks .

[@kazisafayathuq8870]

English is my second language. Speaking English has been really difficult for me, especially when it comes to conveying my ideas to others in a clear and pronounced manner. Your advice has proven to be incredibly helpful and practical. I'll attempt to imitate a native speaker. Likewise, I'll read passages from the novels I like the most. Thanks for your sharing your methods. Keep up the good work!

[@laimaravillon895]

This English is more beautiful and clear and pronounced than most of the Native-English-Speaker’s English. You are doing an amazing thing! And : French is my third language. I often sounded better, more articulated and sophisticated, in vocabulary and style, than my French (university) classmates

[@donnaleeurlacher3832]

Hi Vinh. At work, I have a coworker who approached me concerned about her accent. I've sent her to this video and made a deal with her to meet every day to read for articulation. She is excited to try! I'll keep you updated!

[@Sem0711]

How did it go?

[@adrianconsta1139]

Any updates please?

[@Transcendent_Jil]

They passed away fck all these updates​@@adrianconsta1139

[@ThuyPham-vw7vz]

Any updates?

[@Self-taughtJay]

You're the only top life coach, I love to watch his videos. Edit: Feedback I did this exercise, my tongue feels light and kinda smaller. Also my mouth is lighter, this can be a great tool for my singing too. I recommend to keep a water with you.

[@ltducyd]

"Don't be so attached to who you currently are, give your future version a chance" really moved me (I just watched your reel on Facebook yesterday by chance), so motivational that I believe someday I can speak English freely and smoothly as you do. By the way, your Vietnamese accent sounds quite lovely, I can tell as a Vietnamese person. You have one more follower!

[@catisgoodfatcatisbetter6829]

gaw damn vấp phải ông anh vài tháng trước ngưỡng mộ vl theo dõi thêm 1 tg thì học đc cả tá thứ hay, toàn những lời giải cho vấn đề bản thân cảm ơn bro rất nhiều 🥺

[@mike7010]

You did inspire a lot of people who are trying to learn the second language and really want to gain a huge confidence to stand in front of the crowd having a presentation. Really appreciate my man too much.

[@arifbykr4552]

I was born in Germany and spent the first 20 years of my life there. However, since my parents are turkish, I grew up speaking Turkish and learned German in kindergarten and school. Currently, I reside in Turkey, and I find myself struggling with effective communication in all three languages. While I learned english through interactions with strangers in video games and consuming english content in general, I consider myself lacking proficiency in all of these languages. Now I'm faced with the dilemma of determining which language to prioritize. Although the decision ultimately depends on my personal goals, I must confess that I currently lack a clear direction or objective. And yes, I used Chat GPT's help to write this text, which just proves my point once again. :')

[@moonshiry]

sounds like you should focus on the language that you use the most. Which is turkish

[@rangv733]

You lived in Germany and can't speak German fluently?

[@arifbykr4552]

@@rangv733 well I can speak fluently, but not at the level I should be speaking. I have a general problem with communicating regardless of the language I'm speaking. It's not just german.

[@Zashmir]

To know 3 languages is a gift. I suggest start working on the language least easy for you. Your mental muscles will be in a constant workout and then the other languages will be a breeze. Also, whenever you do have kids ( my apologies if I'm assuming you don't!), make sure they learn all 3 languages before age 7. This is the golden age of linguistics and children pick up upto 6 languages in this age group. And the more languages learnt, the higher the IQ, no matter the age. So yes, please don't disregard any language you know as unimportant!

[@Deso958]

We are so much creatures of learned habits, after a while we believe that our way of communication is who we are, even if we don't like it, but like all habits it can be changed, if we really take an interest and learn the necessary skills until it becomes a new habit. Thanks for pointing us the in right direction Vinh 🙂

[@mehmetakifkaya9604]

Vinh, after i found you on youtube i have learned a lot of things from you initialy i was watching your videos to improve my english skills but now i am watching you to improve my communication skills more than english practice

[@Chrissanthumum]

I love this. I am an immigrant in the US and English is my first language,but people get frustrated understanding me and I have gotten a little annoyed that I was speaking English and they acted like I was speaking another language.I kept my irritated feelings hidden.I also speak Spanish (not something I mostly learnt naturally) and it is a bit embarrassing that sometimes I feel like I am speaking good Spanish,but native speakers don't get what I am saying I will use that strategy for both English and Spanish.

[@janetteraven5463]

Mannn "don't be so attached to who you are right now that you don't give the future version of you a chance" you're golden man I totally agree. The language learning adventure is an opportunity to discover a completely new self. You nailed it Vinh Giang.

[@quanle1539]

I'm Vietnamese, so when I watched your video it inspired me to learn English more than before, thank you for making this video. Your efforts everyone can see. Keep the form to get more success.

[@rethink.your.travel]

What an important video for me. I am teaching German online. Last year I had 4000 round-about students AND so many are afraid to talk because of their accents and how their words sounded. I know this exercise will help them to feel better when they articulate. The accents are beautiful. Everyone should keep them

[@AtxMindsetCoach]

I really appreciate your generosity with your energy and communication tips, Vinh!

[@FunnyAnimatorJimTV]

As an American I also think I could use some improvement to my articulation. This seems like a fun exercise. Thanks for another great video as usual!

[@HARI-nm2iz]

Articulation Mouth movement of english words while reading is great to know. This concept is i was missing to practice even though i heard somewhere elss this one. Only it takes 5 minutes to read with conscious effort needed as much as well. Thanks for sharing vinh

[@Lu_HelloAll]

I love your videos! I grew up in China and came to the States at 20s. Inevitably I speak English with an accent. But that never stopped me from graduating with a master degree and became a Special Edu teacher. One day, my student told me that “ You are my favorite teacher with accent!” I laughed and just told him “ Thank you!”😂 Never be discouraged by your accent 😊

[@judoabuser1079]

Great story

[@hellojia]

Wow, I was surprised when you said you are Teochew nang and also keeping your native language until now and Vietnamese as well. As you know Chinese people who are living in Vietnam, especially in Saigon, have not kept their own native language, they have changed to the Vietnamese language as their first language in recent years. I'm Hokkien nang, and English is my fourth language after Cantonese and Vietnamese. Love to watch your channel and the content you made, that's inspiring me!

[@edwardwong654]

Hokkien is a super Chinese group.

[@hellojia]

​@@edwardwong654 yeah, i do think so, in Vietnam, especially Saigon, Hokkien and Teochew people live in a separate district and they are able to speak fluently Cantonese as their second Chinese language, and Vietnamese language is the third, but the opposite for Cantonese people in Saigon, they don't want to communicate in Hokkein or Teochew language.

[@adibadjugelieva8307]

Hey Vinh thank you so much for a great video.English is also for me a 3 language and I use the same technique. Reading aloud book and working on my mouth movements.

[@rzvi.abt.n6034]

1. Enhance your articulation! Imitate people you hear from tv.. record and imitate them, practice how they are speaking. 2. Mentors, people who show you how to improve. 3. Read and exegurate the moment, also extrem lesen und dazu sprechen mit Mund extrem offen und reden und so.. nur 5min! Wie musik wo man sich aufwärmt mit laute und Mund geste... 4. Don't be mad at yourself rn, give yourself a chance to develope and make your future self proud.

[@Z.istorija]

Thank you but i could not understand what are you trying to say in 3rd point

[@Jossy.mp4]

the editor takes this video from 9/10 to 10/10. very nice.

[@ronibasumata5643]

I’m a teacher. Your videos help me: to have effective communication with my students❤.

[@DawnPeacock]

Great communication with students is wonderful. What do you teach, and who are your students?

[@kimkoya5673]

english is also my third language. so this method of articulation sounds amazing! up until now i just used to listen to songs in english and work on my mouth movements to sound right and it has helped a lot. currently my accent sounds close to either the aussie or british accent though i am still working on understanding and speaking it.

[@Ytuser1133]

did u try it out? how did it went? did you improved in speaking english?

[@Unending_Horizon1902]

English is also my third language and i started learing english from age of 6 too. And i can say i am fluent in speaking english. I used minecratt youtuber videos, hollywood movies and other english shows to learn the english accent.

[@angchin2135]

wow, don't know that you're a Teo Chew!! Your Viet is so fluent too with Southerner accent!! well done Sir. Love your videos!! Thank you for your tips!!

[@amenafidela7666]

I'm Indonesian, and love to learn English , i watched so much video of yours and i will watch all of them, i'm so happy youtube recommended your channel to me. Thank you so much

[@kondaakash9937]

Action Point from your video is: > Read 5 mins everyday, whatever book it may be, but, with more exaggerated mouth movements. Which will help you in enhancing my articulation. Thank you vinh for your wonderful communication tips. And Teaching a very important life lesson, i.e, "NOT TO BE TOO ATTACHED TO YOUR CURRENT VERSION, WHICH WILL NOT GIVE A CHANCE TO BECOME YOUR FUTURE VERSION"

[@MinhNguyen-mk7cc]

OMGGGG! This is something I have been struggling with. Even though, I have been working as an English teacher for like more than 3 years now and I am pretty confident about my speaking skills, but sometimes when I listen to the records of me speaking in English, I feel like I don't pronounce words clearly. And then I just get really frustrated and upset. And of course I always try my best to practice and improve my pronunciation every day obviously. But still I can't speak as clearly as I wanted or expected to. And I asked myself if it's because of my VIETNAMESE ACCENT or something. And you know I've even had ambition to have American accent coz I love American accent. But NOOO! It's not about the ACCENT you have. It's about your ARTICULATION. "Your accent is never a problem. My goodness! Your accent is what makes you unique. It's what makes you flavor. It's what gives you character. Accent is never a problem. The problem doesn't lie with your accent. The problem lies with your ARTICULATION." Omg! I stumbled upon your video while I was really struggling with my pronunciation. Thank you so so much for sharing and giving me and others the INSIGHT into speaking English!!! This is probably one of the most enlightening things I've learnt since I started learning to speak English.

[@quynhannecy5074]

Anh Vinh cảm ơn anh nhiều vì video vs tips đơn giản, dễ thực hiện và hơn nữa tự hào một người con đất Việt thành công như vậy ❤ You're great, I hope you all the best now and in the future

[@HungNGUYEN-go6go]

Your Vietnamese is impressive, like Vietnam-living Vietnamese level of fluency. Great to see Chinese Viet Aussies keeping their heritage that well

[@mitu9881]

It's been three days since I started the 5 minutes practice of the American accent right after watching one of your short videos!

[@melaniewoods]

Exaggerating mouth movements is how I got better at singing - I've heard singers where I couldn't understand the words and didn't want to be like that, I wanted to be clear, for people to be able to hear the lyrics, the story...this technique really works. I have started applying it to learning French and Spanish too - getting better, bit by bit. Gradually gaining confidence in communicating generally, thanks for your help Vinh, loads of super tips in your vids 🙏😀

[@FlowLikeWater429]

You have so much passion for communication it’s astounding

[@MurangShaBu_MahalNaBiGas]

Bro your dropping BOMBS!, I start reading with exaggerating mouth movements and I can really tell the difference between English and my Filipino mouth Movements, they are like miles away difference. I will keep doing this Until I can Articulate more in English.

[@RockChampEnglish]

U sound natural and great... I'm into languages myself. thanks for your sharing. I just love listening to people talking in different languages.

[@AlanNg.]

Rất vui khi Vinh vẫn nhận mình là người Việt. Nếu có điều kiện hãy về Việt Nam chơi thường xuyên nhé !

[@evonneteh]

Vin! You really inspired me on how to learn my fourth language in English! Thank you for your sharing and it is very helpful!

[@jjsmith4203]

Love this, Vinh. I'm my own worst enemy when it come to the accent. I'm off to read out loud and annoying my husband. Thank you so much. ❤

[@AayanWaqas10]

I just found this guy and I am absolutely awe struck. Damn

[@hoanhi7044]

Cảm ơn anh Vinh rất nhiều về những kiến thức về kỹ năng giao tiếp! Tiếng Việt của anh tốt lắm í ạ ❤ Ngữ điệu, phát âm rất rõ ràng luôn. Thanks a bunch for sharing this useful tip!

[@trungkh285]

aahh love how you're sharing this. the mouth movement stuff with the accent - thing that not many people realize.

[@ryannguyen2368]

Yo tbh I love your voice and your advice on how to improve communication skills. Thank you so much for your content.

[@chn9986]

I totally agree with that. The movements of your mouth are very essential to an accurate articulation. You can also improve your mouth’s movements by doing some exercises such as opening your jaws really wide for a few times or blowing raspberries. I always do that if my mouth feels stiff.

[@GordonFong]

Have been bingeing so many Vinh videos this past week. Got a video to record tomorrow and it’s all helping with my confidence as have been practicing already.

[@AndrewNguyenChe]

Absolutely love your work sir. Thank you for sharing your journey to master the communication skill. It's really touching me. I'll do that tip from now on. 5min over-articulating every night, 👍

[@lyquockhanh9388]

Tuyệt vời quá anh Vinh! Thanks for sharing these tips, and your Vietnamese is still really great.

[@BlueCloud2510]

You are such an inspiration. I love your whole life story from 25 years to present. 🙌🏻

[@doanphu1167]

A nói tiếng Việt hay lắm !! Thank you so much for this great video.

[@andreasbudiman6891]

Hey Vinh this is absolutely invaluable. I am also learning Chinese and implementing what you said for 5 mins a day. Chinese is a bit more complex for the pronounciation so might take me longer. Thanks for sharing this!

[@yeuxxx]

Thank you for your inspired words. This advice I've never heard before. Now I know that my Articulation is the barrier to my better life. I'm Vietnamese and living in Japan right now. I was thinking all the time that I don't have enough self skills of speaking Japanese. I barely speak Japanese. And if I speaking, I speak Japanese with my Vietnamese accent. Now I know where to improve my articulation. Thank you so much.

[@JonApple01]

As an Expat Aussie, ESL teacher in Vietnam and after seeing this video, I use you as an inspiration and pass on your valuable information about retraining your mouth to speak a different language. Cảm ơn rất nhiều, Thanks heaps, your words are like gold. One question where in Oz did you grow up.??

[@anhlethien]

This is gold! I will take your method to practice my trying-hard-but-still-go-no-where Chinese too. Appreciate 🙏🙏🙏

[@deep_pandey]

Very powerful tips to boost English communication confidently. Love from India 🇮🇳

[@dglchannel05]

Wow, em nghĩ là tại sao lại có ít người Việt biết đến anh như vậy, mặc dù anh rất giỏi và tên anh cũng nói lên phần nào đó liên quan đến gốc Việt. Cảm ơn anh đã chia sẻ những kinh nghiệm thật hữu ích!

[@Eyecarecentral]

Your videos are packed with valuable insights, and I've learned so much from even the shortest ones. Thank you for creating such amazing content-keep up the great work!

[@dominicbrant1968]

That was rather good, and how I had to modify my regional accent when I went to a leading University - where I had imposter syndrome. Standing next to the choir every week and listening to how they 'exagerrated' their pro-nun-see-ay-shun really influenced me as often they sang veeerrrrryyyy slowly.

[@Theminnieminx8]

Vinh is such a talented and culturally rich person. Keeping the language of his mother, father and country of birth. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@MinhVNZ]

As a Vietnamese, we all love you, Vinh.

[@callmeqi]

Hey Vinh, I’m not teow chew but I knew what u said! Haha! Thanks for tips and this is very helpful. In my humble opinion though, English is still your first language 😊First two were your mother tongue and dialect. English was your first language you actually learnt. I am from Malaysia and English is my 3rd language. My mother tongue is Cantonese, first language (started at age 6) is Chinese/mandarin (went to Chinese school). Then the Malay language as national language and then English (started at age 8). It was all Chinese speaking at school and Cantonese at home and with friends. To be honest, as you grown up in Australia, English is basically your day to day language since primary school although you don’t speak at home. For me, I didn’t even need to speak English until I started to work and it was only minimal. I only started speaking English when I started to work in the UK.

[@krowhenkvothe6010]

I'm very grateful to you for deciding to share all your knowledge for free through this plataform. This great value content my friend

[@Marvellous328]

Your accent is smooth and sound comfortable, I like it 👍🏻

[@rottyonamac]

English is my 4th language, and the book reading method is a game changer to the way I speak now.

[@GreenVoyagerr]

“Accent is never a problem. The problem doesn’t lie with your accent, the problem lies with your articulation.” This should be my mantra as I’m wayyyy too conscious of my Vietnamese accent when speaking English😅

[@sleepisntanoption732]

this video really helps. i will practice reading out loud and come back here, 3 months later.See yaa

[@hoangqui1]

I'm Vietnamese, and I was curious about that do you speak Vietnamese, and now it's clear. Respect !

[@anonleeleichner3915]

This is so true about using your mother tongue mouth movements to try an speak another language.....the people who mostly suffer from this are not really "listening " and "assimilating" the new language. They are barely cognizant of how they sound....

[@ajaybaral8562]

Vin, this is the most important video I have watched from you. I wanted the exact answer for very long from you. Articulation, it is. I understood.

[@try-b2k]

You are awesome , I experienced so many bootcamps but I never saw anybody communication like you❤❤

[@ttngoccuchi5018]

Really appreciate, i'm Vietnamese and first time hear you speak Vietnamese, cool. Hope you can make more videos like this 👍

[@SmartLearnInform-tf1pg]

I enjoy this delivery and i am immediately practicing this trick posited by you Vinh

[@TanNguyen-iv5yh]

Damn bro speaks with such pure Southern Vietnamese accent, good job bro!!!

[@BaoNguyen-bm1gp]

Love your contents anh Vinh ! I've learned a bunch about communication through watching your shorts on KZbin

[@AnhTran-rt6ip]

0:57, em nổi hết da gà khi a nói tiếng Việt a Vinh ơi, thật sự sau hơn 1 tiếng coi liên tục video của anh qua các shorts được youtube đề xuất. Em thấy nội dung của anh làm rất ý nghĩa và hướng dẫn những cách nói để trước nói đám đông. Ban đầu thấy tên Vinh Giang, em nghĩ a này là người Việt Nam mà sao nói tiếng Anh giỏi thế. Nhưng tìm trên wikipedia hay thông tin trên google thì không biết a ở đâu, chỉ biết được a có di cư từ Việt Nam thôi. Sau khi coi rất nhiều clip thì vô tình coi đến clip này, thật vui khi a nói tiếng Việt. Em xin phép được dùng tiếng Việt để nhắn những dòng này với a, a tuyệt vời lắm a Vinh ạ :D From Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam...

[@noman101]

You are our hero. We are thankful for these contents

[@RayMak]

English is my third language too

[@dinhvanthao154]

I love the way you sound in Vietnamese, very South Vietnam. It's really nice.

[@anshumehtaa8336]

You are the best, real, practical teacher and all the points you told i am gonna follow and improve.

[@laimaravillon895]

Your face is so expressive 🤍🤍🤍🤍 and your vocal expression is so beautiful

[@GhaithTamer]

Your content is pure gold 💛

[@navalravikant7339]

'Mouth movements' sound much better than 'mouth muscles characteristics'. Gonna steal your term for my students, thanks! :)

[@cowfee5758]

Okay I got this video randomly suggested in my homepage aaaaaaand this is actually very accurate. Alot of people struggle with the mouth movement especially me because english is my 3rd language. I tried 5 minutes mouth movement training everyday, whether some random facebook or reddit post or could be trying to mimic someone from youtube. It is really hard to sounds like native especially for someone like me because I am not a fast learner. Bery cool video!

[@ruohaochen]

Vinh, you are the pride of Teowchou people!

[@LittleBambi777]

I have to leave a comment, you speak Vietnamese beautifully, love it and thanks for your helpful videos Vinh.

[@Elena-pl1de]

EnglishwithHadar is a great channel for learning pronunciation.

[@trungkeeper4312]

just want to say keep going and continue to make some great content about communication, you have cemented my will to become a better speaker rất cám ơn và cố lên vinh nhé

[@ekowahyudiefendi7107]

You are very inspiring Vinh. English also my 3rd language. I wish I can learn to articulate and speak better English. Hopefully in the near future, I can join your masterclass.

[@DoodleTime-ed999]

Thanks for your video. Your story is the same as mine. That's why, my English sounds so different. I love that accent.

[@JerryRegistre]

Loved hearing about all the languages you spoke growing up! 🤩

[@nguyentruc9750]

Anh Vinh sinh ở Úc mà tiếng Việt nói chuẩn không bị lớ tí nào. Thanks for making this video, it’s really helpful.