Here's another quick story for you: My husband (not a native English speaker) lectures/teaches in English at a university, writes scientific papers in English... and guess what? He always uses subtitles when he watches series 😃 If you enjoyed this video, you might like this one too: ruclips.net/video/70KyNhJ2OKE/видео.html
Im also an English coach, this is fantastic! Guys, all us natives struggle with movies sometimes 😅 you can do this 💪🏼 thanks again Brittany, awesome video
If you audition for a movie, they will tell you: okay pretty eyes😍, beautiful hair🥰, but you speak too clearly, 😱so I'm afraid we can't give you the role. 😥
Thank you for the great lesson! ❤ And yes! We definitely need your in-depth video about all those contractions. Even though I know about them, my brain still often fails to recognize them. 😥 For example, in your quiz I heard the second sentence as "Chicken, I could have some more potatoes." 😂 Also, I would be happy if you considered making a video explaining how to pronounce the flat T sound.
Finally someone who said it out loud!!!! Game of Thrones without subtitles is like watching people speaking the anglo-saxon archetype. You think you understand what they are talking about but in reality 5 out of 10 words are surely going to fly over your head lmao
When I watch any video of you, I feel that the English language is still fine and anyone can learn it, and this is up to you, because you are one of the best who simplifies the English language for us❤
I think the listening is the most important skill to develop, listen a lot, as much as you can and then writing and speaking will come along. This was such a helpful and intuitive video for me although I have to practice more the connectors and stuff like tha to improve my listening. Please keep doing these kind of videos, have a lot of value. Thanks 😊
Nice to hear from you, Camila! Back when I was teaching English full-time, I wish I had spent much more time on listening and connected speech. I think it would have benefitted my students a lot! Hope you're doing well :)
We want a long video or quiet a many short video lessons with so many examples on connected speech, strong vs weak sound of function words, contractions etc. And as always Best regards from Bangladesh🇧🇩🖤🥀
Hey Brittany I just started following you and I'm really amazed by how creative and fun you are teaching English! Learning English with you seems like a fun experience, keep it up! I would love to see more content about connected speech, reductions and more examples with the functions words in real life ❤
Thank you so much for the kind words and for the video ideas! (When you say “real life” examples, do you mean not movie clips? Would something else be better? - all suggestions are welcome!). Thanks again ❤️
@@EnglishwithBrittany Thanks a lot for your reply Brittany :) Yeah movies examples it's all right but on the side lines would be cool to see examples of conversations in real life like you could be doing two characters at the same time being involved in short conversations, hopefully you get my point Brittany :)
Thank you! ❤️ Here you go… ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ: 1. Could you help me find this place? 2. Do you think I could have some more potatoes? 3. I'm going to get this sold by lunch. Just in case you didn’t have the answers 🥰 Don’t worry about it - just keep practicing!
1) Could you help me to find this place? 2) Would I have more potatoes? 3)Let me get this solved by lunch. In the second one, I have some doubts at first. Thanks.
Sorry, the quiz answers are a bit hidden at the bottom of the description! Here you go: 1. Could you help me find this place? 2. Do you think I could have some more potatoes? 3. I'm going to get this sold by lunch.
Thanks for the lesson! It's funny tha the t's for d's substitution in american English sounds to me as a brazilian as t's for r's. But I guess we would need the ipa chart to properly describe the sound, speakers of other languages might hear it different from d's. I like the reasons you presented here they make feel good for not understanding something I might hear, I love that, maybe it is not my fault, great message. 😊
Hi! I definitely should have included phonetic transcriptions -- they just take a bit more time than I had! The flapped d is /ɾ/ on the IPA chart: easypronunciation.com/en/american-english-pronunciation-ipa-chart Thanks for your message -- Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes.. the flat “t” sounds like one of “r” sounds in portuguese. There are two “r” sounds and one of them definitely is similar or even the same as the flat “t”. On the other hand, the “d” sound in portuguese is completely different of the flat “t”. 🤷🏻♀️
could you help me find this place ? should i have to bring more potatoes? ( I just struggled with this one ik its wrong ;) ) Im going to get this sold (or solve) by lunch. thanks a lot Brittany!
Sorry, the quiz answers are a bit hidden at the bottom of the description! Here you go: 1. Could you help me find this place? 2. Do you think I could have some more potatoes? 3. I'm going to get this sold by lunch.
Hiiiii I have a question I’ve been stuck at intermediate do you really know what is the best method or the best course or the best website or the best teacher to improve my intermediate English to advanced level? I really like your videos btw they’re just really useful and keep it up
Hi there! To be perfectly honest with you, there is no “best” for everyone. I know that’s probably not the answer you want to hear! Every person is different and so there simply is no best method or best teacher, in my humble opinion. However, the language learning “plateau” is normal and happens to most learners at some point. Here’s what I would recommend: (1) Get VERY clear on your goals. Why EXACTLY do you want to become advanced? How will it make your life better? (2) Which skills are you going to focus on? Speaking, writing, listening, reading, grammar? Identify your strengths and weaknesses and focus on your weaknesses. (3) What kinds of activities do you already enjoy doing in your life, that you can easily do in English instead? (4) Decide how you’re going to test or measure your progress over the next 3-6 months. (5) Every day, or every week, get 1% better.
Great!, but I think there are also other reasons for that: 1. not knowing the right pronunciation of words 2. not knowing the essential words 3. not knowing a specific topic's vocabulary 4. not knowing idioms, contractions, and phrasal verbs 5. not knowing essential grammar 6. not being fast enough at listening so not able to memorize the idea of sentences and therefore not able to understand those.
You’re right! There will be a lot of factors depending on the listener, their level of English, and the specific video that they are watching 👍 With this video, I was hoping to highlight the “lesser known” factors 🥰
Actually I try to avoid subtitles because of their incorrectness I encountered many times. At the same time while I'm distracted with reading subtitles it's often a risk to lose a phrase both visually and audibly
It is correct! 😃 It’s a conditional - In your example: If you were Welsh, you would understand (You are not Welsh. So you do not understand.) Hope this helps!
@@EnglishwithBrittany When Eminem said : How could it be, that the curtain is closing on me. Why he used "could" not "can"? And also when said : The curtain closes. Why he used the present simple instead of the continuous tense? By the way the song's name is "When I'm Gone" And I know I am asking a lot but to understand that rule of grammar better from real examples not like "if I were rich, I would buy a yacht", I hope that you make a video about that because most of the channels don't cover real examples from songs and movies instead of these fucking examples. I know they're important to clarify the rule but also important to get or show real examples and advanced examples that make the rule goes deeper into learners' minds.
@@apdallahelsayed2075 #1. It’s great that you’re asking a lot of questions. If I can and if I have the time, I’m truly happy to help. I also hope that other students will see your questions and be helped as well. #2 Art (songs, rap, poetry) are a great way to practice pronunciation and learn vocabulary, but they aren’t always the best source of correct grammar. This is because artists play and take liberty with grammar - it’s a beautiful thing, but it doesn’t always follow the “rules” which is probably why most teachers don’t choose to use them as examples in class. #3 In the Eminem line you referenced, it’s hard to say why he chose “could” instead of “can” - Perhaps because this seems to be a sort of “dream” or imagined situation that he is describing in the song, and so he chooses to soften or weaken the possibility of the verb by using “could”. Maybe it’s simply because he thought it sounded better or flowed better with the song (as I said in number 2 above, artists will often prioritize the “sound” over correct grammar).
@@EnglishwithBrittany Also that aligns with "the curtain closes" not "is closing" ? He chose that because it sounds like aligns with the context or the lyrics?
See, to speak English it is not necessary to listen but it is necessary to ask what you have heard, what is the meaning of what was said, It is superstitious to say that one will learn to speak English by watching TV shows, news, if this were the case then anyone could also speak Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, listen to the language and ask any youtuber repeatedly what is its meaning in my language, what do they say with this, then you will understand, second option You can easily learn the language by going to the country where it is spoken. It is necessary to become a child in order to learn, In my opinion, there is an American channel named Rachel English which can help you and in India, Dharmesh Sir's DSL English channel can help you, from my view, But it is necessary that you ask repeatedly the channel you are watching what is its meaning in my language, explain to me how this word came here, this will increase your intelligence.
Hey Brittany , really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with more Quality Editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail and also help you with the overall youtube strategy and growth ! Pls let me know what do you think ?
Here's another quick story for you: My husband (not a native English speaker) lectures/teaches in English at a university, writes scientific papers in English... and guess what? He always uses subtitles when he watches series 😃 If you enjoyed this video, you might like this one too: ruclips.net/video/70KyNhJ2OKE/видео.html
Im also an English coach, this is fantastic! Guys, all us natives struggle with movies sometimes 😅 you can do this 💪🏼 thanks again Brittany, awesome video
If you audition for a movie, they will tell you: okay pretty eyes😍, beautiful hair🥰, but you speak too clearly, 😱so I'm afraid we can't give you the role. 😥
You’re making me blush! 😄
I was so happy that I found this video and watched over time, thanks a lot
You’re the bestest teacher I’ve ever seen.
My favourite American English teacher ❤
Thank you for the great lesson! ❤
And yes! We definitely need your in-depth video about all those contractions. Even though I know about them, my brain still often fails to recognize them. 😥 For example, in your quiz I heard the second sentence as "Chicken, I could have some more potatoes." 😂
Also, I would be happy if you considered making a video explaining how to pronounce the flat T sound.
Thank you! This is VERY helpful!
Finally someone who said it out loud!!!! Game of Thrones without subtitles is like watching people speaking the anglo-saxon archetype. You think you understand what they are talking about but in reality 5 out of 10 words are surely going to fly over your head lmao
I wouldn’t have made it through the first episode without subtitles 😄😅
It’s such a relief to know that I’m not the only one 😂 I was so disappointed as an English teacher 😅
@@inpowerenglishBy the way, I love channels like yours because I can get English teaching ideas AND practice my Spanish a little bit 😆
@@EnglishwithBrittany thanks a lot, great content btw
Good teacher.
When I watch any video of you, I feel that the English language is still fine and anyone can learn it, and this is up to you, because you are one of the best who simplifies the English language for us❤
Thank you so much. This made me really happy to read because it’s exactly what I believe ❤️
I think the listening is the most important skill to develop, listen a lot, as much as you can and then writing and speaking will come along. This was such a helpful and intuitive video for me although I have to practice more the connectors and stuff like tha to improve my listening. Please keep doing these kind of videos, have a lot of value. Thanks 😊
Nice to hear from you, Camila! Back when I was teaching English full-time, I wish I had spent much more time on listening and connected speech. I think it would have benefitted my students a lot! Hope you're doing well :)
Your teachings are amazing,
🥰 I appreciate that!
I'd like more videos about this 🎉
The best teacher 🫶🏻
It’s crazy how i can now understand movies that once was a significant dream to me.
👏👏
Hi , I am from India ❤ thank you for this video.
Hi! You’re welcome!
Thank you a bunch for this video which is very helpful and interesting.
Awesome, I’m glad you liked it!
It's helpful
We need more videos like this😍
I’m so glad!! 🥰
We want a long video or quiet a many short video lessons with so many examples on connected speech, strong vs weak sound of function words, contractions etc.
And as always Best regards from Bangladesh🇧🇩🖤🥀
Thank you for the suggestions!
The best and useful video I’ve seen ever !!!❤
Wow, this makes me so happy!
Love from Bangladesh🖤🥀🇧🇩
What a video thanks a million, about the movies is so true good to know because I beat myself up sometimes for not understanding without subtitles
Totally normal to not understand everything, totally normal to beat yourself up (but please try not to anymore! 😊)
thank you for this amazing class teacher !
You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
@@EnglishwithBrittany 🤩
Thanks for leaving 💓
It’s very useful video for me. Thanks a lot💓
I'm happy to hear it was useful!
Hi from Iran
Hello!!
“After watching your video, I will not try to get rid of subtitles completely! I will use subtitles more! Thanks!”
😄😄
Hey Brittany I just started following you and I'm really amazed by how creative and fun you are teaching English! Learning English with you seems like a fun experience, keep it up!
I would love to see more content about connected speech, reductions and more examples with the functions words in real life ❤
Thank you so much for the kind words and for the video ideas! (When you say “real life” examples, do you mean not movie clips? Would something else be better? - all suggestions are welcome!). Thanks again ❤️
@@EnglishwithBrittany Thanks a lot for your reply Brittany :)
Yeah movies examples it's all right but on the side lines would be cool to see examples of conversations in real life like you could be doing two characters at the same time being involved in short conversations, hopefully you get my point Brittany :)
@@JavierG88 awesome, thank you!
Thank you for this video, dear Brittany, I find it very useful and interesting!😘🤗
I'm so glad!! :)
thank you teacher '' ENGLISH
Increíble video, gracias profe! Suscrito!
Gracias, thank you 🙏
You are always welcome ❤
Very informative and entertaining! I wish you get *100,000 subscribers* soon!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Helpful and enlightening. Thanks!
Awesome, so good to hear!
You're are perfect❤❤❤
Excellent video, thanks a lot.
Thanks 👍👍👍👍
Well explained... Mam😊
Thank you so much!
nice video ❤ thank you Brittany !
I just can catch the first question "Could you help me...."😅
Thank you! ❤️ Here you go…
ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ:
1. Could you help me find this place?
2. Do you think I could have some more potatoes?
3. I'm going to get this sold by lunch.
Just in case you didn’t have the answers 🥰 Don’t worry about it - just keep practicing!
brittany nice clase de inglés for to practice listening skills and to understand fast english y te miras bonita! en tu clase
Good job! Thanks for the video
Thank you too!
1) Could you help me to find this place?
2) Would I have more potatoes?
3)Let me get this solved by lunch.
In the second one, I have some doubts at first.
Thanks.
Sorry, the quiz answers are a bit hidden at the bottom of the description! Here you go:
1. Could you help me find this place?
2. Do you think I could have some more potatoes?
3. I'm going to get this sold by lunch.
@@EnglishwithBrittany Thanks for answering, I didn't see it at the bottom.
Thanks for the lesson! It's funny tha the t's for d's substitution in american English sounds to me as a brazilian as t's for r's. But I guess we would need the ipa chart to properly describe the sound, speakers of other languages might hear it different from d's. I like the reasons you presented here they make feel good for not understanding something I might hear, I love that, maybe it is not my fault, great message. 😊
Hi! I definitely should have included phonetic transcriptions -- they just take a bit more time than I had! The flapped d is /ɾ/ on the IPA chart: easypronunciation.com/en/american-english-pronunciation-ipa-chart Thanks for your message -- Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes.. the flat “t” sounds like one of “r” sounds in portuguese. There are two “r” sounds and one of them definitely is similar or even the same as the flat “t”. On the other hand, the “d” sound in portuguese is completely different of the flat “t”. 🤷🏻♀️
@@prramgfpm967 Fascinating!
More connected speech, pleeease
Thank you! Noted!
Perfect!
could you help me find this place ?
should i have to bring more potatoes? ( I just struggled with this one ik its wrong ;) )
Im going to get this sold (or solve) by lunch.
thanks a lot Brittany!
Sorry, the quiz answers are a bit hidden at the bottom of the description! Here you go:
1. Could you help me find this place?
2. Do you think I could have some more potatoes?
3. I'm going to get this sold by lunch.
Hiiiii I have a question I’ve been stuck at intermediate do you really know what is the best method or the best course or the best website or the best teacher to improve my intermediate English to advanced level? I really like your videos btw they’re just really useful and keep it up
Hi there! To be perfectly honest with you, there is no “best” for everyone. I know that’s probably not the answer you want to hear!
Every person is different and so there simply is no best method or best teacher, in my humble opinion.
However, the language learning “plateau” is normal and happens to most learners at some point.
Here’s what I would recommend:
(1) Get VERY clear on your goals. Why EXACTLY do you want to become advanced? How will it make your life better?
(2) Which skills are you going to focus on? Speaking, writing, listening, reading, grammar? Identify your strengths and weaknesses and focus on your weaknesses.
(3) What kinds of activities do you already enjoy doing in your life, that you can easily do in English instead?
(4) Decide how you’re going to test or measure your progress over the next 3-6 months.
(5) Every day, or every week, get 1% better.
@@EnglishwithBrittany Really appreciate your words they’re making sense
Great!, but I think there are also other reasons for that: 1. not knowing the right pronunciation of words 2. not knowing the essential words 3. not knowing a specific topic's vocabulary 4. not knowing idioms, contractions, and phrasal verbs 5. not knowing essential grammar 6. not being fast enough at listening so not able to memorize the idea of sentences and therefore not able to understand those.
You’re right! There will be a lot of factors depending on the listener, their level of English, and the specific video that they are watching 👍 With this video, I was hoping to highlight the “lesser known” factors 🥰
Actually I try to avoid subtitles because of their incorrectness I encountered many times. At the same time while I'm distracted with reading subtitles it's often a risk to lose a phrase both visually and audibly
Yes, it’s so annoying when they’re not correct!
1: Could you help me find this place?
2: Do you think I could have some more potatoes?
3: I'm gonna get this solved by lunch.
Perfect (except that #3 is supposedly "sold" and not "solved" -- But I heard "solved" too! So you still get an A+ 😄)
@@EnglishwithBrittany Ahhh, you are too generous but I take it! Yea!!!
Could you help me find this place?
1 - could you help me
2 - ?
3 - I’m gonna get this soup by lunch
I did my best 😄
I love it. Answers are at the bottom of the video description 🥰
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I often have problems when the scene has music
I do too 👍
1.could you help me find
2. ......more patatoes?
3.make up......
Its too hard for me. 😢
Please don't feel discouraged
1 could you have me
2 sould i have small
3 may i get .........
Nice, Fatima! You can check your answers at the very bottom of the video description :)
Sorry Where are you located at Canada?
The west coast!
Have find me
yu tin ai curab smor peiros?
I'm wanting someone join me practice speak with me 😊😊😊
I hope you find someone to practice with!
It is a Welsh thing, you wouldn't understand.
Is that sentence correct? And what is the implicit statement of would😅?
It is correct! 😃 It’s a conditional -
In your example:
If you were Welsh, you would understand (You are not Welsh. So you do not understand.)
Hope this helps!
@@EnglishwithBrittany
When Eminem said : How could it be, that the curtain is closing on me.
Why he used "could" not "can"?
And also when said : The curtain closes.
Why he used the present simple instead of the continuous tense?
By the way the song's name is "When I'm Gone"
And I know I am asking a lot but to understand that rule of grammar better from real examples not like "if I were rich, I would buy a yacht", I hope that you make a video about that because most of the channels don't cover real examples from songs and movies instead of these fucking examples.
I know they're important to clarify the rule but also important to get or show real examples and advanced examples that make the rule goes deeper into learners' minds.
@@apdallahelsayed2075 #1. It’s great that you’re asking a lot of questions. If I can and if I have the time, I’m truly happy to help. I also hope that other students will see your questions and be helped as well.
#2 Art (songs, rap, poetry) are a great way to practice pronunciation and learn vocabulary, but they aren’t always the best source of correct grammar. This is because artists play and take liberty with grammar - it’s a beautiful thing, but it doesn’t always follow the “rules” which is probably why most teachers don’t choose to use them as examples in class.
#3 In the Eminem line you referenced, it’s hard to say why he chose “could” instead of “can” - Perhaps because this seems to be a sort of “dream” or imagined situation that he is describing in the song, and so he chooses to soften or weaken the possibility of the verb by using “could”. Maybe it’s simply because he thought it sounded better or flowed better with the song (as I said in number 2 above, artists will often prioritize the “sound” over correct grammar).
@@EnglishwithBrittany
Also that aligns with "the curtain closes" not "is closing" ?
He chose that because it sounds like aligns with the context or the lyrics?
See, to speak English it is not necessary to listen but it is necessary to ask what you have heard, what is the meaning of what was said, It is superstitious to say that one will learn to speak English by watching TV shows, news, if this were the case then anyone could also speak Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, listen to the language and ask any youtuber repeatedly what is its meaning in my language, what do they say with this, then you will understand, second option You can easily learn the language by going to the country where it is spoken. It is necessary to become a child in order to learn, In my opinion, there is an American channel named Rachel English which can help you and in India, Dharmesh Sir's DSL English channel can help you, from my view, But it is necessary that you ask repeatedly the channel you are watching what is its meaning in my language, explain to me how this word came here, this will increase your intelligence.
Great! Do whatever works best for you 👍💕
Hey Brittany , really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with more Quality Editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail and also help you with the overall youtube strategy and growth ! Pls let me know what do you think ?
Thank you so much for reaching out, but I'm all set for the moment :)