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

In this video, I share my experience of learning three different languages and explain why accent should never be considered a problem.
I had to learn two completely different sets of mouth movements before I had to learn a third set for the English language, causing me to have a very thick accent.
I explain how articulation, not accent, is the issue, and how enhancing my articulation helped me communicate more clearly. I encourage you to embrace your accent - it's what makes you unique!
If you have ever wondered if your accent is a problem, this video will give you some valuable insights!
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[@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]

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[@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?

[@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.

[@tahianacoachdanglais]

Great tips!

[@zulhilmizukri]

Any Eminem's song you could suggest?

[@realiti773]

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

[@lethihongvan9541]

i have exagly the same experience

[@MongIAMTauYah]

❤

[@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 🙏

[@AtxMindsetCoach]

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

[@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!

[@everythingever9037]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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 🙂

[@BaoNguyen-bm1gp]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 .

[@FlowLikeWater429]

You have so much passion for communication it’s astounding

[@try-b2k]

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

[@lyquockhanh9388]

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

[@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!

[@anshukumari8336]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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😅

[@abdurrauf_alt]

did u see any changes?

[@chadbailey7038]

Great advice. I’m glad I stumbled across your KZbin Shorts!

[@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

[@ryannguyen2368]

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

[@nessagomezfit]

Hey Vin thank you so much for sharing this! I'm Colombian, English is my second language and I will be using this exercise to improve my communication skills.

[@anamariamonteroborges4655]

Excelent video, thanks Vinh, it is very helpful, you really have a gift of communication!!

[@ralphstarling6707]

You are in the zone! great job!!!

[@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.

[@chayadajiratipasdamrong9597]

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

[@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, 👍

[@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!

[@messyb3494]

your content is gold as usual Vinh ❤

[@JerryRegistre]

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

[@arschmellow4622]

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

[@kefayatullahhemmat6381]

You poit out at so good point I definitely apply that, thank you

[@MaxJung]

great insights vinh. thanks for sharing this tip. def have to try it out

[@valentinadm915]

Thank you for your time and effort to make this videos, it really easy to understand and follow!

[@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!

[@azaramirli2601]

thank you for such simple and useful tips. You are a gem.✊

[@bryanmavis8771]

Learnt so much from your videos, Vinh. Never heard of Teochew before until this video.

[@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.

[@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. ❤

[@GhaithTamer]

Your content is pure gold 💛

[@deep_pandey]

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

[@dsd-logodesignspecialistsi4827]

Ka ki nang! Thanks for the Inspiration and the content Vinh.

[@rz2pp]

You just Did Man you did inspire, I needed a video like this, thank you

[@supanadi7004]

Thanks Vinh..I believe this would be a big help for my struggle in english

[@Marvellous328]

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

[@dailylife7740]

You're so right, thank you for the tips.

[@noman101]

You are our hero. We are thankful for these contents

[@wilisjaafar1592]

Thanks Vinh, you're the best!

[@vika76]

thanks Vinh, you are great helper to all of us!

[@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.

[@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.

[@abdurrauf_alt]

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.

[@josephselvyn4629]

This advice is GOLD…

[@anhlethien]

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

[@zacnielsencoaching]

Well. You inspired me mate! So thank you 🙏 Mission accomplished 💪

[@phuongduong3622]

Thank u, you have inspired me to try harder on improving my articulation

[@TheLittleBliss]

Thank you. Yes, this video has truly inspired me.

[@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.

[@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.

[@linz5483]

Thank you, Vinh for your tips. I am glad that I found your videos and I am practising now. I am not confident with my English sound because I am Vietnamese, too and working in teaching area in Australia.

[@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.??

[@astarrfitness5565]

Thanks Vinh, needed to listen to this to help me with my speech pathology 😆

[@COLEngineering]

Love this guy with a great respect.

[@haywirekwek]

You're Teochew too!! Love it!!!

[@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?

[@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

[@user-rc2le2mq4u]

Thanks a lot for this great inspiring and informative video!

[@Ray_TambaBudol_Marcos]

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.

[@LuckyBambi777]

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

[@endritmargjeka8460]

this video is pure gold

[@itumserrat333]

You are awesome dude, great content ❤

[@Adrian_Nel]

Dude, this is gold.

[@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

[@nisansalagunathilaka2434]

Thank you so much for the topics you choose .Lot to learn from you .Thanks from Sri Lanka .🙏🙏🙏

[@choonshih]

Hello, teochew nang. Love this video about articulation, I find it very helpful. I'm going to try the 5 minutes reading exercise to help me speak better English.

[@Nerdytimhieu]

Thank you, this is amazing video, that would help me a lot for me to become a person who I want to become in the future. Thank you Vinh Giang. Thank you so much.

[@dvhau9723]

Thanks, i will try it again!

[@shykillahgienist]

Thank you so much for sharing this content. I wanna see what my future me sounds like ☺️

[@Kollingl]

Thank you for your videos! Surely inspiring

[@alistairfontaine]

Thanks for the legendary sauce big bro. 🎉

[@WaqarAhmad1.]

I love the way you sound!

[@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

[@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!

[@Theminnieminx8]

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

[@shinelover9179]

I'm glad to hear that ,and I hope to be able to talk like you someday you make me feel better, now i hope you are having a good time

[@ttngoccuchi5018]

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

[@bhagyshreetambe5060]

Thank you so much. Your channel is really what I wanted to make myself a better me that I want to be. Thank you so much.

[@kallmeleo3467]

dude!!! loving your videos & the Australian accent! I feel like the tips you share are very practical and I'm excited to convey them to my mentees. It's awesome how you're trilingual - your Viet is on point, man! Can you do a video talking about hand gestures while we're not moving our hands, like a "resting position?" I'm hearing different things about it so wanted to get your take on it. Thanks a bunch, Vinh.

[@thefilipinojoe]

Very true. Even as a native English speaker, articulation is what sets me apart from other English speakers. I’m an ESL teacher and audio recorder. I have to record perfect English for ESL students. The major problems with ESL speakers is speaking at the wrong speed (too fast) and improper vowel sounds and missing parts of words due to not articulating words correctly. You’re spot on about how to improve.

[@wopner9815]

Thanks bro you changed my life

[@JosephFutsum]

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

[@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!