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Hello, this is Jack from 
tofluency.com and welcome to 

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episode 3 of the To Fluency 
podcast. 

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It is fantastic to have you 
here, and I'm excited about 

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today's podcast because I think 
this is going to help you when 

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it comes to actually doing what 
you need to do so that you can 

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make progress with your English.
Because if you have a plan of 

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action or if you have ideas 
about what you need to do to 

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improve, but you don't actually 
do them, then you're not going 

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to make progress. 
You're not going to reach the 

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level you want to reach. 
So I'm going to teach you a 

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simple trick today, a strategy 
to help you get the work done. 

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Now, this isn't just for 
learning English. 

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You can apply this to other 
areas of your life too. 

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Now, before I go into depth with
this method, there are a couple 

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of things I want to talk about 
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Number one, in episode 2, I 
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to do the hard things. 
Why it's important to get 

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excited about doing the methods 
that are a little bit difficult,

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that things that are going to 
really push you, things that get

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you out of your comfort zone 
because that's where you're 

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going to see the improvements. 
And secondly, this episode isn't

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going to go into much depth in 
terms of the ways that you can 

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learn English, but I will be 
talking about that because it's 

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important. 
So let's actually start there 

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because in order to improve your
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this is what I recommend you do.
Now you can use your own methods

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but these are the methods that I
have used in my life and also I 

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have been using these methods 
with my students over the last 

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1213 years. 
So firstly get lots of input. 

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Secondly, improve your accuracy,
use the sentence method and also

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get natural practice. 
So 4 things, get lots of input, 

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improve your accuracy, which is 
like pronunciation practice, use

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the sentence method and then get
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Those are the four main things. 
Now getting input is the easy 

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part, which I also talked about 
in episode 2, because this 

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allows you to absorb English, to
listen to English, read English,

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and watch movies or TV in 
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And input is important. 
But again, it's usually quite 

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easy for most people because 
listening to this podcast 

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episode, I'm sure you're doing 
other things. 

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Maybe you're on your way to 
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clean the house, at the gym, or 
maybe you're just listening to 

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me, which is great. 
But let's look at another method

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here, which is how to improve 
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pronunciation practice. 
Now this is what I recommend you

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do for this to listen to audio 
clips in English, record 

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yourself saying them, listen to 
yourself saying them, and then 

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compare to the original. 
Now this is much more difficult 

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to do than just watching a 
YouTube video because you have 

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to really focus this output. 
You're listening to the mistakes

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you make and trying to correct 
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It takes effort and it takes 
energy, and that's why in 

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episode 2 I talked about why 
it's important to do the harder 

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things. 
Now, this episode is going to 

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talk about how to do this 
consistently in a little trick 

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that you can use because I find 
that a lot of people, they'll go

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through this kind of practice, 
they'll go through tutorials on 

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how to improve the way they 
speak, and they'll use this 

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method, the LRRC method. 
Listen, repeat, record and 

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compare. 
And this might last for a couple

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of weeks or a month, maybe two 
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But if it's not sustainable, if 
people feel overwhelmed by this,

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if they feel it's too difficult,
most people quit. 

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So they feel that they can do an
hour a day. 

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In the beginning, they have a 
lot of energy for this, but then

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after a while it's more 
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And this is where our trick 
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This is where this strategy is 
going to help you. 

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And I call this the 10 plus 
method. 

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Now, you can also call this the 
five plus method or the one plus

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method. 
But for the remainder of this 

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podcast, we'll call it the 10 
plus method. 

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And the 10 relates to minutes, 
OK? 

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So we're talking about 10 
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Again, you can use 5 minutes or 
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And it works like this. 
You commit to 10 minutes per 

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day. 
Doing something difficult. 

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OK, 10 minutes per day. 
Maybe you do this five times a 

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week. 
Maybe you do this seven times a 

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week. 
But let's just again for the 

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remainder of the podcast say 
it's five times per week. 

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So what you do is you spend 10 
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on something that is difficult 
every day that you have 

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committed to. 
So you stay consistent. 

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You say, OK, I'm going to do 10 
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 
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The key here is staying 
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You don't make any excuses. 
You don't say I'm feeling 

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feeling a little bit tired today
or I'm too busy because 99% of 

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people listening to this can 
dedicate 10 minutes per day. 99%

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of people listening to this can 
find the time to dedicate 10 

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minutes per day. 
Just 10 minutes. 

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That is your commitment. 
Now you might be thinking at 

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this stage, what if I want to do
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What if I need to do more? 
Well, the good news is you can 

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and that's why it's called the 
10 plus method. 10 plus method. 

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So let's say it's day one, day 
one of this new plan. 

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You commit to the 10 minutes of 
working on the way you speak, 

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working on your accuracy, and 
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You want to do more. 
So you say this is 10 plus the 

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10 plus method. 
So you spend 30 minutes on that 

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method on day one. 
On day 2, you spend 60 minutes 

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on the method because you feel 
great, you have the time and you

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have that momentum with the 
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On day three, you do 30 minutes 
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feeling good and 30 minutes is 
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But on day four, you're super 
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You have a lot of stuff going 
on, you have a lot of 

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commitments. 
So you do your 10 minutes and 

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then you stop, which is great. 
You have completed the task for 

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the day, you've done your 10 
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You don't feel bad about it. 
You don't feel guilty about 

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stopping. 
You feel happy because you have 

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done what you committed to 
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You've done what you committed 
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So the key to all this is 
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If you can do more, fantastic. 
If not, just do the 10 minutes 

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or the 5 minutes or the two 
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Consistency is so important. 
Now, like I said before, you can

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apply this to other areas of 
your life too, Things like 

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fitness, because there is a 
saying here that fitness is 

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maintained, not stored. 
Fitness is maintained, not 

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stored, meaning that you have to
be consistent with your movement

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and exercise in order to have 
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In order to be fit, you have to 
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And it's the same for learning 
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In order to improve, you have to
do it consistently, but not just

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anything, something that gets 
you out of your comfort zone 

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using methods that work. 
So some methods to use here are 

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the ones that I've talked about 
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Things like the LRRC method, 
repeating after English 

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speakers, using the sentence 
method, getting repetition 

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through Anki, speaking with 
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way, things that actually make 
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writing. 
So let's say that you've learned

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something in class. 
You can write about this using 

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your computer or simply a pen 
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These are the types of things 
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you on. 
Again, input is important as 

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well, but it's much easier to 
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life where you're watching 
videos on YouTube, you're 

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listening to things, you're 
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So what I recommend you do is 
write down the methods that you 

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think are going to help you. 
And if you want to learn more 

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about the methods, then go to 
tofluency.com and download my 

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book, The Five Step Plan for 
English Fluency. 

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And then think about, OK, when 
can I commit this 5 or 10 

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minutes to using these methods? 
5 * a week or 7 * a week? 

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When in my day can I make this 
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And obviously leave yourself a 
little bit more room so that you

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can do more. 
Often times, starting is the 

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hardest part. 
Think about going for a run. 

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The hardest part is getting on 
your running clothes, putting on

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your shoes and starting. 
Once you get going, it feels 

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great. 
And I think you'll find the same

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when it comes to learning 
English and using these methods.

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Once you start really listening 
to the way you speak, recording 

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your voice, really noticing the 
mistakes you make, once you get 

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that momentum going, you'll 
probably want to do more, which 

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is great. 
Do more if you want to do it. 

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But again, if you don't, just 
say, OK, I'll just do my 10 

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minutes today. 
I'll just do my 5 minutes today 

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and maybe I'll do more tomorrow.
OK. 

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So thank you for listening to 
this episode. 

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If you have enjoyed it then 
please share it with your 

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friends and if possible leave a 
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That's how this podcast is going
to reach more people. 

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And again, go to tofluency.com, 
tofluency.com to get my book, 

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The Five Step Plan for English 
fluency and to listen to and 

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watch and read more of our 
English lessons. 

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OK, I will speak to you soon. 
Bye bye.