English Tip Fast Learning

***First Secret - Tip 1

Imagine speaking English automatically... without thinking-- super fast. The words come out of your mouth fast. You understand instantly.

To do this, you must change the way you study English. Your first action is to stop studying English words. What?


Stop studying English words.

That's right, do not memorize words. Native speakers do not learn English by remembering single words. Native speakers learn phrases.

Phrases are GROUPS of words that naturally go together.

"I am so proud of you!!!! You are an excellent teacher with power and infectiousness ....you helped me improve my accent !!!!! Thank You For All!!"
--Elena Mwrou

**Learn 4x Faster
Research by Dr. James Asher proves that learning with phrases is 4-5 times faster than studying individual words. 4-5 Times Faster.

Also, students who learn phrases have much better grammar.
***Always Study and Review Phrases, Not Individual Words

Never study a single, individual word. Never.

When you find a new word, always write down The Phrase it is in. Always. When you review, always review all of the phrase,.. not the word.

Collect phrases. Your speaking and grammar will improve 4-5 times faster. Always write the complete phrase.
Never again study a single word. Never write a single word in your notebook,

Learn Phrases Only.


**Tip 2: A Story From Angelina

"My name is Angelina and I'm a student from Paraguay. When I started learning with Chris, I couldn't speak any English. I had studied English grammar many years, but I couldn't speak.

The first day with Chris's Flow English System I thought I would study grammar. However, he surprised me because they never taught grammar rules.

Instead, he told a story. Chris told it many times, in a strange way. He constantly asked questions, and I answered the questions. The questions were super-easy.

Honestly, I was a little confused. I thought he was kind of a crazy teacher :) I thought I needed to learn more grammar.

I continued with the Flow English System and then, after only two weeks, something amazing happened. My speaking improved! My friends asked me, 'How are you improving so quickly?'

I realized that Chris and A.J. were quite clever, and the stories and questions and articles were teaching me to speak English, without studying grammar rules. Wow!"
Angelina is a great student. She learned extra fast because she used The Flow English System 5 hours a day. However, you can improve with just one hour a day.
You can get the same results... but you must follow Rule 2.

"I began The Flow English system 5 months ago. I work with General Electric as a contractor. Well, I went to Atlanta, GA, USA last November (a whole month!) for training purposes. I was very surprised because I realized that the method works. I felt confident and relaxed all the time. During the meetings I could understand 90% of the conversation. When I spoke, the words came out automatically." --Vicente Gonzalez, Mexico

**Tip 2: Don't Study Grammar

Angelina quickly improved speaking-- when she stopped studying grammar. This is your second rule.

Stop studying grammar.
Stop studying grammar.

Right now. Stop. Put away your grammar books and textbooks. Grammar rules teach you to think about English, you want to speak fast-- without thinking!
With the Flow English System, you learn English without grammar study. Your speaking becomes faster and faster. You succeed. You speak English fast.
So Tip 2 is: Don't Study Grammar!

"Before I knew you I looked for a lot programs and courses to improve my English, especially in speaking, but they didn't work. It was a waste of time and money. From now I am insisting on your lessons and am getting better!"
--Ha Nguyen, Vietnam



**Tip 3: A Story

Emi, a Japanese woman, had a problem. Her speaking was SLOW. She
could not answer questions quickly.

Emi listened to many English tapes and CDs. She listened. She repeated what the speaker said.

Emi emailed us. We recommended "Listen & Answer" lessons. We told her not to use "listen and repeat".

We told her to use "Listen & Answer" Mini-Stories.

We told her that "listen and repeat" is not enough-- when you repeat, you only copy the speaker. But when you hear a question and you ANSWER it-- you must think in English.

After using listen & ANSWER lessons for just 4 months, her speaking was fast, easy, and automatic.

Emi was excited. She wrote:

"The lessons are FANTASTIC! I love them. My speaking is so much faster now. I understand quickly and I can now speak English without thinking. I can't believe it!"


**TIP 3: Listen and Answer, not Listen and Repeat

Use Listen & Answer Mini-Story Lessons
Use Listen & Answer Mini-Story Lessons

In each Mini-Story Lesson, a speaker tells a short simple story. He also asks a lot of easy questions. Every time you hear a question, you pause and answer it.

You learn to answer questions quickly-- without thinking. Your English becomes automatic.

How can you use Listen & Answer Stories? Easy! Find a native speaker friend or tutor. Ask him to use this method: Ask him to tell a story... and to constantly ask you easy questions about it. This will teach you to think quickly in English!

You can also find Listen & Answer lessons. They will teach you to think quickly in English.

Your technique is really mind blowing and working for me nicely. Fantastic! Once more thanks a lot!
--Sameer Ansari

To use our Listen and Answer Story Lessons, go to:
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=68U.d&m=1k2ZbV.H9fbm8P&b=Ju0lafSRh_grNSd8a5vabQ

Use the lessons and we guarantee you will speak faster :)


*Tip 4: Learn The Most Common English Idioms
What is an idiom? An idiom is two or more words with a special meaning.

Idioms are difficult, because often you can't find them in a dictionary. For example, "to have a blast" is an idiom. What does it mean? You probably know "have", and you may know "blast" (which means "an explosion or a bomb")... but what does the the phrase "to have a blast" mean?

Actually it means "to have a lot of fun; to enjoy a lot"

There are thousands of idioms in English. Luckily, you don't need to know all of them. However, you MUST know the most common idioms-- because native speakers use them all the time.

That is one difference between reading English and speaking English-- native speakers use more idioms when they speak. To understand them fast, you must understand common idioms.

"I'm so glad that I bought your course! It really works! I was afraid to talk when I spoke to my new American English teacher. I made a lot of mistakes... Now, only a week later I spoke to her AGAIN and she was amazed! I'm really improving my English and I'm happy with this fact! I think you are doing a wonderful job for people who can't go to expensive courses or private lessons :)"

--Niya Kolev, Bulgaria

"Dear Chris, First of all thanks to you and AJ for your efforts with these GREAT lessons.... Obviously, these wonderful lessons are changing many people's lives!!! **Everyday I divide my time to find free time to sit on the computer at least an hour and a half a day to listen to Flow English lessons.... and I am confident I'll achieve what I want! Thank You for your useful advice!"
--Mona Hassan, Palestine

**How To Learn The Most Common Idioms and Speak Faster
There are two steps to learning idioms:
1. Buy a Dictionary of American Idioms
2. Listen to real English (TV, movies, podcasts, etc.)

When you listen to real English, write down strange phrases that you don't understand. Then use your Dictionary of Idioms to find the meanings.

By doing this, you will improve your understanding and speaking. You will be able to speak to native speakers faster.

Good luck,

**Tip 5: Focus your study on real spoken English, instead of on formal written English.

Hi. How are you doing?

Today I want to talk about another very important idea. The idea is this: written English and spoken English are, in fact, quite different.

Most students learn written English. Textbooks teach written English-- even most "English Conversation" Textbooks.

When we speak, we use different vocabulary, different grammar, and different pronunciation than what is in textbooks.

Here's one example. In most textbooks, you might find a sentence like this:
"The theater sold all the tickets"

However, in normal speech, we would usually say,
"They sold out".

"Sold out" is a two-word verb-- also called a "phrasal verb". You don't find many phrasal verbs in textbooks, but we use them constantly in speech.

In fact, for most common actions we have two (or more) ways to say it-- the more formal one-word form, and the more common two-word form.

Thank you very much for your support with my English lessons. In fact, I´ve been working the way you suggested by listening to mini-stories. I have gained more fluency when speaking and self-confidence. As a result, I was able to get a job as an interpreter of the English Language.
--Victor Escobedo, Venezuela

I'm improving very much with these lessons, this method is the greatest surely! When I talked with my girlfriend in Philadelphia through yahoo in September, I didn't understand her well, and my speaking was bad too. Instead, this month, to her surprise, my speaking was very much improved!!! And I could understand her better! But I must improve a lot again!!! I must be patience!!! But because this method is fantastic, I am hungry for English! I want to speak well and enjoy it!!! Thanks Again!!! I will certainly tell my friends about this Great System!!!
--Antonello Bacchetti, Italy

How can you use these common words FAST ?
You need to focus on spoken English. In other words, find English that is first spoken, instead of written. For example, listen to the radio, watch English language TV, listen to English podcasts.

**Tip 5: Focus your study on real spoken English, instead of on formal written English.

By doing this, you will learn to understand and speak to native speakers fast.
Good luck,

**Tip 6 Listening Produces FAST Speech, not Reading
It seems simple, yet most students focus their study on reading. Reading real English novels and books IS a great way to learn. It will improve your reading and your writing.

However, if you want to SPEAK faster, you must focus on listening. Great speech comes from great listening. The more you listen to real English, the faster you will speak.

You have faster spoken grammar. You understand native speakers faster. Your pronunciation is better.

Listening is the super-key to success. You want speed. You want to speak FAST.

We talk about listening in our books and reports. We talk about listening on our blogs and our podcasts. We talk about listening in all of our email courses.

We focus on listening because it is the most important activity for students.

"I just want tell you my own experience with the course. I began to enjoy it approximately 5 months ago. I tried to follow the method because of my work. I work with General Electric as a contractor. Well, I went to Atlanta, GA last November (a whole month!) for training purposes.

I was very surprised because I realized that the method works. I felt confident and relaxed all the time. During the meetings I could understand almost 90% of the conversation. When I answered something, the words came out almost automatically... I could express my thoughts and feelings! I'm so happy with the course. I'll continue studying so I can talk more fluently."
--Jose Antonio Abrajan Perez, Mexico

**How To Understand and Speak Faster

You know listening is most important-- but what should you listen to?

Well, first let's talk about what you should not listen to. Don't listen to textbook conversations. They are not real English. They are formal. The pronunciation is strange and unnatural. There is no emotion in them. And the vocabulary comes from English writing, not from English speaking.

So no textbook tapes or CDs. What should you listen to?

Any natural (real) English from native speakers. We recommend podcasts, TV shows, movies, natural English lessons, and recorded conversations. There are many of these on the internet.

Your Homework for today is to start listening to my podcast Flow English: Slang of the Week at:
http://www.FlowEnglish.libsyn.com

Good luck,


**Tips 7

Today we want to talk about the good news and the bad news of speaking English FAST.

The bad news: Educated native speakers know more than 50,000 English words!

Wow, that's a lot of vocabulary. Plus, educated native speakers are masters of spoken English grammar. That big grammar book you studied in the past-- we know all of it-- and we never have to think about it.

All those words and rules may make English seem difficult. In fact, many students think, "English is so difficult, I will never speak it fast".

But here's the good news: Educated native speakers use only the same 3000 words in normal conversations!

That's not so bad :) To speak excellent English, you don't need to know 50,000 words and you certainly don't need to study hundreds of grammar rules.

This is called the 80/20 principle. It means that 80% of success comes from 20% of the effort.

In other words, if you study intelligently, you will focus on the 20% of English that we use everyday. You will learn this English very well. You will learn it very deeply-- so you use it instantly-- super fast.

"My God! The lessons are Great!. I love the lessons and I love the method. I also love your excitement! You make learning English easy, fast, and fun."

--Marta van Lunteren

** Tip 7: How To Use the 80/20 Principle
Its easy to use this idea-- simply focus on "high frequency" words, phrases, and grammar. You need to learn the words, phrases, and grammar that English speakers use every day. You need to MASTER them-- learn them very deeply, so you can use them super-fast, without thinking.
If you master that, the other 80% will be easy. Don't waste time trying to learn big word lists. Don't waste time studying big grammar books.

Learn the 3000 most common words, the 100 most common idioms, and the most common English phrases (totally learn them-- so you understand and use them automatically).

Do this, and you will be amazed-- your speaking and listening will improve very FAST. You will speak easily to native speakers.


**Tips 8

Most English students have a problem-- their English sounds unnatural. Of course, everyone has problems with some English sounds. That's OK and it's normal.

But there is a much bigger problem... and it's easy to change.

The reason many students cannot understand native speakers is that students don't understand common pronunciation , especially contractions.

Of course, you learned basic contractions. For example, you know that "I'm" means "I am", and you know that "you're" means "you are".

You may know these contractions, but we use many more that you probably don't know-- especially when you are listening to a native speaker.

For example, when native speakers speak FAST, they always use words like "outta", "gettn", "till", "havta", and "gonna". When you hear these, do you understand them? Do you understand them INSTANTLY?

"Outta" means "out of"... ex. "I'm gettn outta here" (I am getting out of here = I am leaving).

In normal conversation, we almost never say individual words clearly. We always put them together into contractions.

Most textbooks, however, teach individual words. You never learned to understand contractions or to speak in contractions fast.

"I put the lessons on my iPod and listen to them on the bus and when walking to work. In just three months, my speaking has improved. The lessons are fantastic! I'm telling all my friends about you."

-- Ramon Torres

**Tip 8: How To Sound Native
As you know, listening is the key to speaking. So your first step is to find spoken English with lots of (a lot of) contractions.

This can be difficult. Why? Because many English podcasts are, in fact, read. The speaker is reading something that was written with individual words. So, the speaker pronounces every single word slowly and carefully.

Another problem-- many podcasts, news shows, and radio shows use a more formal kind of English. The speakers want to sound clear, so again they pronounce every single word separately.

You need to find SPONTANEOUS speaking. Spontaneous speaking is unplanned speaking. It's normal speaking (or you need to find lessons that use a lot of contractions :)

Try to find stories that aren't planned-- these are the best. Listen to them everyday, and you will quickly learn natural pronuncation.

You'll learn to understand native speakers, and speak to them.


Topic...


1. Learn Phrases
2. Don't Study Grammar
3. Use Listen & Answer Mini-Stories
4. Learn English Idioms
5. Learn Phrasal Verbs
6. Focus on Listening, not Reading
7. Use the 80/20 Rule

8. Use Lots of Contractions

Imagine speaking FAST-- like a native speaker. Imagine speaking English automatically-- without thinking, without translating.

Imagine using correct grammar fast, without thinking about grammar rules. Imagine feeling relaxed every time you speak English.

Are you ready? Now its time to speak English FAST. Use our new Flow English Lessons to speak English automatically.

"I can't believe it! Just by listening to your lessons I have improved. It really is automatic. It's easy too, because the lessons, articles, and stories are so interesting. Thanks so much."

--Karzan Murad

We use all 8 tips to help you speak excellent English. Our Listen & Answer Mini-Stories help you to speak English- fast. You understand-- Fast. You speak-- Fast.

You understand native speakers quickly, including the idioms they use everyday.
You understand and use common phrasal (two-word) action verbs.
You speak English automatically, easily, and fast.


Good Luck.