What a realistic journey to C1 in English is ACTUALLY like

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

I'd love to hear about your English journey! How long have you been studying English?

[@Bagya-wq9ql]

I have been trying to learn English for over three years. I don't know what level I'm at now. I'm learning on my own. It has been quite difficult but I don't care cause I love the language so much. You are an inspiration. ❤

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

With the love for learning English, you'll get far! Thank you for your comment. That's great that you have the courage to use English in your daily life, like here in the comments. Here's an online test that can help you understand your level of English (approximately): www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english/general-english/.

[@Therese-t2n]

I started learning English at age 10 in school. It was pre-internet, but tv-shows on Tv wasn't dubbed and my local library had a few books in English, and they also had National Geographic and Newsweek. The music that was popular was written and performed mostly in English. I fell in love with English instantly, studied for 4 hours a day. After three years I was the best in my class and could read crime-fiction,sci-fi,fantasy(at age 13) fiction for adults. It was not age appropriate?? But I used the resources available to me at the time. I had a dictionary with 140000 words that I tried to learn by heart. With many descriptions of phrasal verbs and other comments. But sadly no grammar book, I didn't even know they existed, and that grammar played such a big part. I learned almost nothing at school, and continued to read and write every day until high-shool In high-school I was put in the advanced class. Everybody spoke fluent and no one knew any grammar. We practiced grammar, writing and speaking, it was so nervous to stand in front of the whole class and give them small " lectures on our topics of choice, or a classical book. After one year, advanced English was over. I missed the challenge, lost motivation, had no idea how to progress in my studies. I went back to just listening and reading for many, many years. Now I'm back! This time I'm going to reach c2 level in writing, reading and listening and c1 level in speaking.

[@Therese-t2n]

Your channel is the best!! It has given me a lot of new thoughts, on how to study and progress. Thank you!!!

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

@@Therese-t2n Good luck in your studying journey! Thank you for sharing your story. I'm glad that you found this channel useful!

[@NewLife2028]

I´m an odd person to be on your channel however, not really when I explain. The foundation of my introduction is, I NEVER studied a foreign language, neither in school nor independently. I was your typical unaware, oblivious American until COVID. On May 1st 2021, I created my at home University, for which I chose Spanish. Before anyone talks about how easy Spanish is, they need to understand that Spanish has more native words than any other language (1.000.000) of which only 100.000 are included in the RAE, of which 30,000 are verbs! Spanish has all the complexity of Latin and the depth of Ancient Greek and Arabic. So, not easy! I was able to dedicate 8 hours per day for 2 years and I consider myself fluent now. I did it by understand 2-phase solution. Reading and Listening are Input skills. Writing and Speaking are Output skills. Read, learn new vocabulary. Write to make sure you have the grammar. Listen to comprehend and mimic to communicate.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Excellent tips and impressive dedication to achieving your goals! It's a misconception that Spanish (or any other language, for that matter) is easy. Yes, some languages can a bit easier than others (relatively speaking), but they still require a ton of effort (and time!) from the learner.

[@NewLife2028]

@@LadyGiraffeEnglish You are absolutely the kindest, most sincere person I have ever known in the language learning field. You are beloved.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

@@NewLife2028 That's very sweet of you to say!

[@youtubertraveller]

It's nice to hear from you.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Happy to hear that! Thank you so much for watching!

[@youtubertraveller]

Today, i checked my level of English. It is B1 intermediate English language. I want to improve it upto C1 or C2.

[@youtubertraveller]

You are welcome.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

@@youtubertraveller That's a worthy goal to aspire to! At B1, you can start reading and listening to super fun stuff in English. That's a really wonderful part of the journey.

[@debjyotichoudhury4989]

Sister as you know I am regular viewer of you awesome video content. Hence I earnestly request to please make a detailed video of ESLpod subscription, course: which one is for whom, how to buy their courses and all. Please please please. You are just an awesome teacher!!

[@debjyotichoudhury4989]

Not only that please tell me an authentic source where I can learn academic writing format very very accurately like paragraph, essay, precis, notice, reports. You know there are a lot of resources to learn that but they all show different format and I get confused which one to follow. That's why I think you are the only person who can help me learning the authentic writing formats for academics.

[@debjyotichoudhury4989]

Please tell some english learning communities or groups where I can join

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Here's the resource with helpful advice on academic writing I like owl.purdue.edu/owl/index.html.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

You can try out this speaking club about-english.com/speaking-club-sign-up/.

[@debjyotichoudhury4989]

@@LadyGiraffeEnglish I really don't know how to show my gratitude! Thank you sooooo much for helping me.

[@poonamtandon4733]

OMG 400 BOOKS till now great girl you have really achieved a lot.... awesome 🎉 and congratulations to you to grab the level of C1... You know I have taken that English level test and I scored B2 and want to earn C2 and searching the way like you to be better. By the way video is very inspiring and informative Thanks a lot for your efforts.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad to hear that you found the video inspiring and useful. That was my goal. You've achieved great results in your English journey. Keep it up!

[@tmmtmm7089]

I guess I am going through the 'passive learning' phase now. I thought reading books & listening contents would automatically improve my speaking & writing. I was very very wrong.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Reading and listening to content in English does have a positive effect on speaking and writing! But yes, active skills require some deliberate practice.

[@abdihalimyusufmohamed8903]

400 books are a lot. That shows how much you worked hard.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

I just really love books. 😊️️️

[@adamFluency]

Really interesting to listen to student journeys (as you said at the start), listening to your great structure and near perfect language I am curious if you are talking naturally (I know you said at the end that it is scripted) but your prosody and enunciation is a "little forced" - in other words I feel you are trying as hard as possible to be clear (which we might do in some circumstances for short communication) but it wasn't very relaxed, I wondered if this was for your target audience rather than your natural style. Anyways prosody is a big interest area for me - I apologise for the unrequested feedback, it's a great video!!!

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Thank you very much for the feedback! That's fantastic! This video is scripted (I'm not following the script 100%, though), and I do try to be as clear as possible. The a "little forced" part is probably the direct result of that. I'm more relaxed in conversations (with the people I like), and I'll try to work on bringing my more relaxed self to my videos. Learning and analyzing prosody is so much fun! I'm learning Greek right now, and its intonation and rhythms is so much different from English.

[@adamFluency]

@@LadyGiraffeEnglish You have such a good base in your English prosody that you'll have no problem!! Keep up the great work!

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

@@adamFluency Thank you! 😊

[@candidobertetti27]

That was quite a long journey. I'm afraid I'm too old to reach that level of proficiency so that it would be useful for my career.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

That's absolutely not true! You'll never be too old to learn a language. And the skills you learn along the way can be really useful for your career, if not the language fluency itself.

[@candidobertetti27]

@@LadyGiraffeEnglish Thank you for encouraging me 💖

[@abdihalimyusufmohamed8903]

Did you read the books as PDFs or paperback?

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Mostly paperbacks and ebooks. I talk about it more (and give some reading tips) in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqW7nXxuoLlqrKs.

[@alexanderkiryushin1891]

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[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

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[@ИринаНакорякова-ь8л]

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[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

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[@mahdirahimi1128]

I sped up your video to 1.7 times the normal rate but still felt bored.

[@LadyGiraffeEnglish]

Thank you for watching!

[@moshebenamram6020]

Rude,... very!!! and don't watch if you don't like it!