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

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episode 16 of the To Fluency 
Podcast. 

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And like the title says, we are 
going to talk about writing 

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today and more specifically 6 
tips to help you improve your 

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writing. 
Now, before we go into those 

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tips, it's important to know 
that writing is one of the four 

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skills of English where we have 
reading, writing, listening, and

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speaking. 
So reading and listening are 

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both input skills, whereas 
speaking and writing are output 

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skills. 
And obviously when you're having

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a conversation with somebody, 
you're speaking and listening at

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the same time. 
And this is a difficult thing to

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do. 
So when you think I can't speak 

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in English, it's difficult to 
have conversations in English. 

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No, that is normal because what 
you're having to do is to think 

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about the grammar, the 
vocabulary, your, the way you 

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speak, the sounds of English. 
And you also have to listen and 

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understand what the other person
is saying. 

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Whereas when you're reading, you
can take your time to understand

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something and look up new words 
and phrases. 

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And if you want to learn about 
my reading method, then listen 

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to episode, I'll put it in the 
description too. 

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I'm just looking it up now, 
Episode 10 of the To Fluency 

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podcast. 
If you're listening on iTunes or

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elsewhere. 
Now with writing, I think it's a

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great skill to practice for a 
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comes to writing, it's an output
skill, but you can take your 

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time where when you're speaking,
if you're having a conversation,

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then you're you're obviously 
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spontaneous way to adapt, to 
think about what you're saying 

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and to, to speak more quickly. 
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writing, think about just 
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your bedroom or at school, 
wherever it is at your kitchen 

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table with a computer or a 
pencil and pen and just taking 

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your time to create sentences, 
to write paragraphs, to keep a 

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diary if that's something you 
want to do, where you can go 

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into Google, look up new words 
and phrases, type in a phrase 

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into Google to see if it works, 
and also use different apps, 

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which we're going to talk about 
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So I see writing as a great 
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which means create your own 
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rushed, without having to do 
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conversation. 
So think about how you can 

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implement more writing into your
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Don't feel pressure, feel like 
what you can do is take what you

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have learned recently and try to
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it. 
So let's go into the six tips 

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now, and like I say, be sure to 
check out the description for 

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some of the links I'm going to 
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Now, the first tip is going to 
be quite specific, especially if

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you're studying for the iOS exam
or if you're using English in a 

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very specific way, for example, 
for your job. 

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And this is to focus on the 
writing style need. 

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So focus on the writing style 
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So think about the way you're 
going to write in English if you

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need to do this for a specific 
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So if it's for the iOS exam, 
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If you have to write speeches 
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If you need to write emails at 
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But also, if you want to learn 
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can write like you're having a 
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OK, so just some ideas for you. 
You can make a story, You can 

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create a story if it's a 
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You can also write in like a 
diary to write your thoughts 

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about your day. 
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thing to do for any learner. 
I do this on a daily basis just 

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just as a great exercise where I
talk about my day, what I did 

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yesterday. 
I talk about my write about my 

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goals. 
I write about what I want to do.

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For example, yesterday I row 
let's write some reels or shorts

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for the next week, which are the
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YouTube. 
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week and get another podcast 
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learn English, which is what I'm
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So this is something I wrote 
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And just doing that on a daily 
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into the habit of writing for 
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So tip 1 is to focus on the 
writing style you need if you 

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are going to write specifically 
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But then if you're just wanting 
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general sense, I highly 
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So it makes you do it on a daily
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about ways to write something 
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And another thing to do is then 
to, if you watch a YouTube video

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of one of mine, for example, 
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then you can write some thoughts
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Now tip 2 is to find examples of
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Now what I've been talking about
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creative role where you're 
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putting your thoughts across, 
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type of thing. 
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writing is to imitate other 
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Now, if you've followed me for a
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method that will help you with 
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especially your speaking, where 
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you repeat that phrase, you 
record it, so then you can 

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listen back to it, and then you 
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original and think about making 
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That's the speaking method that 
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time. 
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to where what you do is you just
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copy it down. 
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good idea if you're thinking 
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example, IELTS exams, get the 
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If you're doing it for like 
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and just copy them down. 
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to copy them for an exam or copy
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But the way I like to see is you
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get a cup of tea or your 
favorite type of drink, and then

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you simply read a sentence, copy
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copy the sentence. 
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the language here. 
You're not trying to memorize 

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anything. 
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things down and copying things. 
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method to try because you're 
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sentence structures and writing 
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to be great. 
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with any sentences that you find
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For example, let's say I do a 
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You can take those phrases, 
write them down, copy them down 

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in a notebook, and then if you 
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create your own sentences, then 
use the app that we're going to 

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talk about later. 
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internalise sentence structures,
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way to learn grammar. 2 Now, 
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is basically about how you can 
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OK. 
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skill and the tip is this to 
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So to read a lot because this is
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ways for you to help become 
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English is written. 
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spot the mistakes you're making 
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And I think graded readers is a 
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And again, go to episode 10 to 
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And I'm not going to talk much 
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a learner, you'll probably know 
the power of reading and how it 

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can help you. 
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writing too, because it's going 
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to then create something. 
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copier. 
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something, think about copying a
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that interest you or paragraphs 
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language that you think is 
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Tip 4 is about practice and 
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you can overcome mistakes. 
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an app that will help you with 
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like practicing is a good thing 
to do and to implement this into

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your daily routine or your 
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So after trying the copying 
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you start to feel a little bit 
more confident, do some writing 

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exercises and try to find a 
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correct you. 
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for free. 
There are different apps you can

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use for this and I'll leave some
of them in the description 

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below, but also join the group 
Learn English with Jack on 

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Facebook. 
So search for Learn English with

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Jack on Facebook and copy your 
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the people to give you feedback.
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forums as well, but there are 
apps you can use for this, or 

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you can pay a teacher who's 
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extra attention and go through 
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and you need to get that 
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you're given a speech or if 
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proposal for your work or 
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where you can get somebody who 
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corrects things for you. 
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are not just going to correct 
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going to correct your grammar. 
Now I'll leave a link in the 

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description for my favorite 1 
here and it's an affiliate link.

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It's free to use, but if you 
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then I will get a little 
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So feel free to use that link. 
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browser extension and also an 
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your e-mail, Facebook, 
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you use so that when you're 
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something like he has. 
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that is quite common. 
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It will say no, not to go, but I
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prepositions. 
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preposition, it will tell you. 
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improve your grammar as you're 
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give you tips and advice and 
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just remember these rules in the
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I think this is an app that 
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So definitely check out the 
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the link that I leave there. 
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your time and search for new 
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OK, So take your time when 
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enjoy it and also search for the
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want to use. 
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is to use things like dictionary
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So if you're unsure about 
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lesson on everyday versus 
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do this. 
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If I type in I learn English 
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or if I just say I learn English
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94,000 results. 
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English everyday one word, it's 
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And in those cases it it shows 
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results generally means it's the
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But also the app in tip 5 will 
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And what you can do here is what
when you type phrases into 

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Google, a lot of the time you 
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going to give you articles or 
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that phrase and it will give you
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write it like this or write it 
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And this is what I mean by 
taking your time so you can look

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for the correct phrase and 
websites that are going to help 

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you with that so that when 
you're writing, you are making 

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sure it's correct as you write 
and then obviously getting 

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feedback or using an app to help
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So those are the six tips. 
What I recommend you do again is

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I think one of the best things 
you can do is to keep a daily 

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diary or a journal where you 
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about anything. 
What you did yesterday, what you

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want to do today, what you're 
grateful for, what you're happy 

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about, your goals, etcetera. 
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habit, right, of using everyday 
English in a way that you might 

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talk about to other people. 
So you can even just write about

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what you enjoyed about the TV 
show you watched last night. 

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Just anything, your thoughts on 
anything, but especially things 

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that you like to talk about in 
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that's the type of English 
you're going to use. 

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And then use the copy method 
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English and learn it in a 
natural way, especially if you 

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want to learn it for a specific 
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And then use the app that I 
mentioned in tip 5 so that it 

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gives you instant feedback on 
the way you're writing and if 

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you're writing in the correct 
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And then get feedback from a 
teacher if you really want to 

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get that specialised feedback. 
So I hope you found that useful 

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if you are listening on one of 
the podcast platforms and please

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leave a review and also share it
with your friend. 

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If you're watching on YouTube, 
welcome to you as well. 

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I'll leave some links in the 
description and especially the 

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links I've mentioned and then 
feel free to watch another video

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after this one. 
OK, well, thanks for being here 

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today and I will speak to you 
soon. 

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Bye bye.