Hey everyone!! For those of you who are fluent and KNOW you are fluent and FEEL fluent, please tell us what it feels like in the comments. When did you realize you were fluent? How did you realize? If you're not fluent... tell us how you know that. And, just a reminder... some of you ARE fluent, you just don't realize it yet. Hopefully my videos are helpful and guiding you to fluency and confidence, because that's what I want for you
I can talk about things that I know fluently and express them but when it comes to thinking (what would you do... what if... kind of things) it gets hard to think and speak. Half fluent? 😀
don't lose the opportunity to speak with your self, i get to talk almost fluent cuz i do that for a long time when i get only, awlays when I'm in the bus tripping, driving my car and anytime i speak with by myself, i tink this the only way if you wanna be fluent in English, sure you need to make others things but to speak lonely this is the way.
For me, the moment I realized I was fluent was one day sitting on a train I overheard two English speakers talking to the revisor and she couldn't understand them at all, so I stepped up and said I spoke English. The revisor was relieved, and I adopted the role of a translator between her and those passengers. It wasn't a conversation, maybe I spoke for two minutes or less, but being able to confidently say I speak English was something I really wanted to do for the longest time and even though I felt nervous I decided to do it anyway and ended up helping those people understand each other. It felt so good!
That's cool, but be careful to not get too much used to listen only people that speaks in the same way she does, because if you bump into a person that speaks not as clear as she does, you might get stuck. So, it's always good tolisten to other accents and people.
I love your bloopers at the end of your videos! It clearly shows that even native speakers sometimes forget what they're about to say. Achieving fluency shouldn't be an obssession but being consistent😊
I was leaving France to return to the states after my year abroad. There was a group of French students on their way to some city in the U.S. for a summer exchange program. I was sort of bracing for my own form of culture shock going back, so I started talking to them about some of the differences between France and the U.S. Finally, one of the students asked me (in French), "How is it that you know so much about the United States?" When I told them I was from Texas, they were (as the Irish say) gobsmacked. For me, that was the greatest validation of my proficiency.
Hi Stephanie, you have never told us these experience feelings, it is the first time that I heard them from someone and they are so natural and logical that only someone like you is so natural and sincere you can share them, thank you, you are very nice person. I'm a Spanish native speaker and your Spanish is perfect.
It happened to me about 2 months ago in the new job that I started. I had to speak with people from Holland there was an old guy who told me "your english is good because I can understand what you say and you understand what I say" I felt very good because I was speaking english fluenty. We were speaking for about 20 minutes about many things. But it took me 4 years practicing, listening, reading and speaking
yeah.. nederlanders or holland people speak english slowly and clearly with basic words even in their hollands spreken or native language. and easy to understand.. bro. their english is different as american or british native speakers wkwkwk. we know holland people very well because they're our former colonialist
Hi, Stefanie, many thanks for your incredible videos about learning English. I've watched all the videos on your RUclips channel in the last a few weeks and it's like finally someone understands my feelings when speaking English. My native language is Chinese and I've lived in Scotland for a few years. I felt so frustrated because I barely understood the English of the local people, so I seldom participated in local activities, simply because I didn't want to be like an idiot in other people's eyes. I've already given up improving my English, thinking as long as it's enough for my work. It is your video on RUclips that gives me the passion I've lost about improving my English, thank you so much for sharing all this with us. Watching your video is like talking to a good friend who can understand you and inspire you. Looking forward to more videos like this and all the best to your career as an English coach. Thanks again.
This is my first real-time to view your video. Once viewing it, i realized that i need to learn and enhance my speaking skills in English by subscribing this channel. I've never met this kind of interesting channel before. Thanks for your efforts on updating videos and look forward to seeing any other updates! :)
I decided to follow your tip and started listening to native speakers as much as I can. My listening skills is really improving. I'd say it's improving faster than I could imagine. Simply gratifying.
Hey Stefane!! To me Fluency feels like Freedom! I’ve been studying English for a long time but I just really felt confident and fluent when I challenged myself and started talking to natives. Nowadays it’s pretty easy to get in touch with native speakers through many apps like italki or cambly. Well, it really transformed my english and I strongly recommend it to everyone. 😀
Thx to my middle school teacher for making me understand the importance of english.... It always makes me feel good talking to many clients and giving presentations ... Now watching all your tapes gives me more confident and excitement to update more
I've been following you for about 3 years, and you know what? I always find your videos helpful & interesting. It feels like you're telling every steps and mistakes that I made throughout my journey of learning English language as a second of mine. I'm so glad that I've found your channel when I really needed it. ❤️
Hey Stefanie! Awesome video and I definitely loved the bloopers, hahaha... that helps scared people with getting their fluency to the top fell like it's not all about perfection, but just gradually let themselves fell comfortable with their own skills, step by step, towards fluency. You're amazing!
All you've explained in that video is so true cuz I have experienced that multiple times speaking with natives English speakers in their own language and they always ask me if I have ever been in US, that's make me feel awesome
You gave me the clear perspective of being fluent in english and when you are fluent, it helps you get a good job and its a global language and one can travel all over the world and its the most important language for personal and professional development.Last but not least its the most used language on the internet.
When I saw you first time I just thought,oh my god she is perfect person for learners whose level is b1 b2 etc. Then I saw your banner about ''speakings for learners in intermediate and advanced''.I want to say,you are extremly good at your job,I am in B1+ and until this time I couldn't understand someones speakings better than yours.Your words that using in your sentences,your fluently speakings,everything is understandable for me.I am really grateful to you and I am so happy for find your channel
I am super excited, I am so happy that I started from level 0 in English and I am all the more excited as I learned without any private teacher, so I can read, speak in english and understand 100% a native speaker. It takes a lot of pleasure to learn a language, you must be persevering, not to be discouraged by any obstacles, to be 100% commited in what you want to achieve, you need patience and confidence that you will succeed by perseverance.
Hi Stefanie! I can clearly understand what English speakers are saying but when it's my turn I just can't speak. It seems like I am nervous but I'm not. And you're helping me a lot!! Thank you very much for your hard work on teaching us!
Great video! Super inspiring, it's the first one I've come across that actually describes that eureka moment (I watched it twice). I'm a year into reconnecting with French after a 30-year hiatus, and am still waiting for that light bulb to turn on. Seeing videos like this will keep me on track! I bet that feeling of crossing the fluency threshold is what motivates polyglots. They 'get over' that feeling in their first foreign language and start learning others to keep having those light bulb moments. Probably a good addiction to have. Some great stories in the comments here too.
Oh my goddess i don't even realize that actually i have accomplished my fluency , i think i'm fluent because i speak with my friends enjoyly and never feel exhausted but i don't have lots of vocabulary to clarify as being fluent in English but yeah i just speak English automatically and my tongue is flying around on my mouth when i'm trying to speak in English, thanks Stephanie you got realized me that i have gotten my fluency in English
The one thing I've noticed and felt good by your communication is that u r using normal English words which anybody can easily understand without subtitles......what I do is keep listening this video again and again so that I can speak with confidence during an conversation with other English speakers....
I am still struggling to become fluent in English. Following you from one year before & it motivates me a lot. I really love the way you explain about something, you speak clearly so every single word came out from your mouth making me easy to understand about the meaning. Thank you for every single video have you shared with us. Keep up the good work & inspire always.
Thanks Stefanie a lot actually I always turn off the caption and enjoy your speech and can catch all what you say and the addressed message at a 100% accuracy. To me I'm on my way to be fluent and I'm confident that one day I will say hey you did it man. To say what fluency means to me is it's the combination of all these factors together 1- to love the way you speak, Love your self speaking like "early bird's steps" and love the difficulties of learning lessons that your dad and mum teach you it's equivalent to "English Teacher" like you Stefanie. 2- Accept doing mistakes as long as you can deliver the message. 3- Delivering the message with different tones and intonations actually it's the most challenging thing for non native speaker but it could be learned and achieved by obtaining (1,2). I think if we could put a quote for non native speaker to motivate them during their fluency journey we could say "Absorb English by learning and consume it by speaking ". Thank you very much Stefanie actually your passion for helping non native speakers is luminous and appear in every video you did. Keep going.
Hi, Stef! It's nice to see you again! Oh, it sounds like music to my ears when you say "you might be already fluent" 😂 because that's a dream that I've been pursuing for so long!!!
Stefanie, thank you so much, I enjoy a lot your tips and your videos. They are really useful for me in my English learning journey. I've already felt some of the feelings you said in this video. I feel I'm not fluent, but I realized there were some moments that the English flew out and I talked some words I thought I never saw before. These moments are mindblowing and we can only describe this sensation if we've already felt it before. It gives me hope to continue trying.
Renan Oliveira Hey Renan, Just like you & many others who are the subscribers of this channel, I’m also the one of the students & I’ve been practicing it with all my heart to get fluent some day. Though I’ve been looking for someone who would like to get connected in whatsapp to do speaking practice with me. If you find it interesting way to learn English then let me know. We could discuss about it & get into a constructive conclusion.
Based on the description you gave about fluency I am 100% sure that I am fluent. For very long time I thought that I can be fluent only while drinking beers. I remember a day I caught myself speaking in a fluent English with my boss (White American) and a Fire Marshall Specialist from the State Department. The more amazing thing about it was we were talking about complex subject like the Universe, our galaxy, stars let's say thing about Astronomy and Astrophysic. I was pretty amazing, I even secretly recorded myself to see the level of my speaking ability. I now understand it's not that I am not fluent but it's a constant state of nervousness that hiding my full English-speaking ability. Thank you for letting me understand that matter more. Jim from Haiti.
Thanks so much Stephanie for all the advice you’re constantly giving us, it’s been really helpful to me. I’d say that I’ve just recently reached an advanced level of English and I know it because for instance now I’m much more confident to take phone calls in English at work even with native English speakers (some of them from the UK) and I’ve been able to have continuous conversations with them, having almost no interruptions and what is most important in a conversation that is that you give and receive the main message that call is intended for. I can say it feels really great to reach some level of fluency specially when it comes to the English language specifically as it is the universal language and because of that it’s a key to discover a whole new world that can bring us a lot of possibilities, even improving our personal situation at work like the chance to get promoted and stuff like that. Finally I’d like to comment that from my personal perspective, the definition of fluency would suit better into the word “continuous” or “confidence” than “effortless” because from my point of view, sometimes the sole fact of speaking involves some amount of effort even in our native language as we really have to think about what we want to say, specially in professional environments so we have to put a little bit more effort when speaking in a foreign language, though significantly less effort than we used to put before at an intermediate or basic level. My listening skills have also improved a lot and so my reading and writing. For instance, I’ve written all of this in about 5 minutes when it would’ve taken me like half an hour in the past!! Regards from México!!
The path into a fluency is fantastic. It's really exciting when you Cath yourself speaking expressions that you didn't even know you knew...it's great. It's beautiful be able to understand almost everything about what was said in this video. Thank you, Stefani for sharing about this subject with us.
I'm not sure if I already fluent. That's not so easy to evaluate and I guess I'm rather critic about myself. However, if be able to talk during 2,3,4 hour along is fluency, so I reckon I'm almost there. A few months ago I was a little afraid to speak. I participated in your fluency breackthough challenge on Instagram and continue to talk to people who I met there. As a result I believe I'm not freezing anymore, so I'd like to thank you for that opportunity. Thanks Stefanie. It was really great!
Thank you so much for this video. It’s crazy to think that your videos were the ones that really made me realize that I AM FLUENT and I remember back home watching your videos and totally getting what you mean when it comes to fluency. Now, living abroad for only 7 months, and receiving compliments on my English by foreigners and natives, saying that I am fluent, the feeling is surreal. Indescribable. Again, thanks a million! ❤️
Hi Stefany ...🙋♂️ I haven't seen you for a while. I just wanted to say well come back. Strange, but my english language had missed you, and everytime my language sees a new video of you, It becomes glad...
So glad you made this video! My students often ask me how it feels to be fluent. I have never learned another language. I will add this to the suggested videos on my channel.
Hey stephnie! I'm from india. i subscribed to your channel in december 2019 and when i look back now i feel like i have acheived something although i'm not very fluent but i can say that i am very above of average . It's only because of you. thank you so much. Now i'm increasing my vocabulary and I am learning new words which americans use i dont know how to explain it but it feels so good. Now i understand jokes,laugh on them which ,some months ago, i couldn't atleast i can understand native english speakers now. Again thank you 😊
i don't know if either i've improved a lot recently or you somehow speak REALLY REALLY well because i understood EVERY SINGLE WORD you spoke. anyway, thank you for giving me a confidence boost, i guess i'll try to watch TV series without subtitles now
I tought I was an advanced english learner, but I realized that I normally put too much effort during conversations and, at the end, I feel tired. This video was extremally clear about what fluency means! I couldn't count how may hours I've spent thinking about whether I'm fluent or not.
I went to watch that video of you speaking Spanish and it’s incredible! I love your pronounciation. To me, fluency is not actually measured as a quantity, but it’s individual. It’s different for every person. You have to be comfortable and easy going while speaking it. I speak English and Spanish and now I’m learning Finnish and I’m on my journey to become fluent one day. Thx for this video!
I’m not that fluent in English but when i go to work in an american house and start talking with people I feel so good because I notice that I’m closer to be even more fluent in English. I enjoyed watching your video!! It is awesome 👏
Thank you for sharing your experience. I think I'm a little shy and still ashamed of hearing myself on an audio recording. I kinda struggle a little bit, as the bloopers part you included at the end of this. But instead of laughing, I get frustrated and I think that's become a barrier. I know I need to overcome these insecurities in order to go on to the next level. So, yes, I think I'm fluent already, but I also need to be more confident.
You are the best teacher I speak ok but with your lessons I speak much better thanks for all you do for all this people including me thanks again and again!!!
Saludos desde Honduras I've learned English by myself and isn't perfect, but is getting better Sounds like British-Jamaican, east Coast USA, and fluency feels amazing. I'm also learning Portuguese, swahili and Italian
I felt a breakthrough (not sure if I can call it “fluency realization”) once at the airport. I missed a connecting flight due to a delay in the previous flight, with the same airline btw, so the thing is, that I had another flight waiting for me afterwards and obviously I was about to miss it as well. So, I went to the counter and I just opened my mouth and I start speaking English, I complained, I asked to talk about with the manager, I ask for a hotel room (yes, I had to stay that night in that city), and so on. And once I finished and I calmed down, I asked myself “what was that?” I felt so good, I didn’t even think about what words I was using, I didn’t think about my accent, I didn’t care about anything, I just spoke my thoughts 🥳🥳🥳
I guess when we watch our steps way too much we stumble. When you were put in a situation where all you could think of was how to complain, at that point you could break loose from that tie and your words and phrases just came out of your mouth smoothly.
Haha yeah I understand that pretty well. I’ve noticed I speak even with more fluency when I’m exasperated at work or even a little bit drunk at party! I guess it’s all about confidence and being fearless to make mistakes.
Speak Spanish With Paula That was a pretty inspiring story. Honestly that motivated me a lot, we tend to have obsession with the perfection when it comes to speaking English, well that’s not true. Just like you, English is my second language too & honestly it’s not an easy process to learn a different language however sometimes we need to trust on ourselves & speak out without thinking of consequences just like Paula did. Always try to be perfect will push you back in the first place. Think of all those achievements you’ve gained in your life, did it just happened like magic or you went through lots of tries & failures ? I think we should not afraid of making mistakes, it’s okey to make mistakes but you gotta have a spirit to learn from your mistakes. There isn’t any shortcut way to become fluent but to go through number of mistakes that teach you along your way to the accomplishment. Yet i need to make a confession i’m still trying to get fluent in English & i know that i have a long way ahead of me.
So far so adequate, I actually, fascinated this Channel and I have accumulated in much more courageous about engaging this curious language much gratitude Madam💯
Thanks, Stefanie. Your videos are always awesome. You just described perfectly everything that happens when we are fluent. One of the things I keep experiencing ever since I realized I was fluent (and it actually is the one that stood out the most to me because it happens very often) is that both English and my native language start to appear the same to my brain, but in a very funny way, to the point that, whenever I do something in English or Portuguese, my brain, often, tricks me in such a way that I forget if I experienced a previous event in English or Portuguese until I realize it after the event has happened. It's not like it happens when we are not fluent (or not much fluent) and struggles to adapt with the language you're learning and don't mix up both your native and your target language (that's how it was like for me at the beginning); I don't know if someone of you guys in the comments has experienced something close to it too, but it's something that both your native and target language appear the same, kinda like holding equal weigh of familiarity. Sometimes it happens in this way: very often I'm watching a video on youtube, reading a book or an article, or doing something else, and if there is someone around me while I'm doing it, that doesn't speak in English and if something about it is interesting to be discussed with someone, I get so immersed that I normally start to talk with this person relating to what I was doing in English while he or she was there in the moment, forgetting completely that the person doesn't speak in English and ends up with the person thinking that I'm getting crazy; it's not really on purpose, but in my head, it's almost like the world around me changes and everything and everyone is in English or speaks in English. The other weird one that happens is when sometimes I am watching a video or movie or playing a videogame in English, and something funny, crazy, or embarrassing happens while people are around me, I look at their faces expecting their reaction until I realize that they didn't understand what happened, and I am glad they don't do it, especially when something embarrassing happens, but when I think about it later it sounds just funny.
I'm not fluent yet in my target language but I've had that memory thing happen where I'm like, "did I hear that in French or in English"? The thing I'm waiting for now is to walk into a store after listening to a podcast and start talking in the wrong language. It's almost happened to me a few times now.
your videos are really good, I'm struggling to be a fluent speaker and it sometimes bringing me down but I'm a Brazilian and I won't give up Kkkkkk love your videos, hello from Brazil
Oh my thank you God ! I just realized I'm a fluency forgein language by now. After many years. I could understand everything. I felt so connected with everything she said. 😉🌹
I ami from Algéria and you are my favorite teacher on youtube , thanks for all your advices and tips , i am fluent in arabic and french ,even i understand diffèrents english natives speakers , but my speaking is not good , i think i am like a child of 3years😅 , when he listen but he can't reply fluntly , recenly i started To learn other languages espagnol , and deusch ,hope one day i will be a polyglote 😌
Hola hola estefany. Apenas empese a mirar tus videos y me encanta lo claro que puedo entenderte en tus videos. No sabia lo tanto que puedo entender. Gracias a ti por que explicas muy bien y se entiende excelente. Mi problema es ablarlo. Nesecito ayuda y creo que aprendere mucho de ti. Para mi esta muy complicado ablarlo , pero me encantan todas tus explicaciones. Aprendere de ti y mucho. Gracias nuevamente. Le echare muchas ganas. Saludos y gracias por tu tiempo
When i put myself on studying a language there's has great change on my confidence and perspective in life. You dont know the things until you dont giving a one try then you'll grow more if you conquer it.
Stefanie, so glad you're back on RUclips, we love that you talk about random stuff (which you call rambling, lol). I believe that my English vocabulary has an ok level but to be able to have a long conversation fluently and effortlessly about some random topic I need to excercise my tongue. thanks for the video!
David Sosa If we do little research why these English teachers have a miraculous fluency that amazes us each time when you watch them on RUclips. Well, the answer is plain & simple. They were born in a English speaking country. Think of this way, You & i could have a same level of fluency if we were born in English speaking countries. Since we were born in Non- English speaking countries, learning English always intimidates most of us which is natural. Imagine how many times and with how many people they might have spoken in English, i bet we even can’t count it, it’s countless, just the way we speak our own mother tongues language in which we are fluent. The point I’m trying to make here is unless we speak English to another person as long as we get fluent, I don’t think simply talking in minds will make anyone fluent. English is like a swimming skill, you can’t be a good swimmer if you just know swimming techniques by theory but not practically. I’m living in USA for five years & i have seen people who’ve been in this country more than decades and they are still not fluent in English, Do you know why? Because they didn’t take an opportunity to practice English enough. So, only the practice with another person will give us fluency otherwise we be daydreaming.
Reaching fluency in English demands effort and determination. Also, you need to know that we will always learn from our mistakes. It's impossible to better understand English without making any mistakes. In my experience, I've spent 9 years brushing up on my English skills. Learning a languange is a habit. I immerse myself in English through watching a wide range of platforms such as RUclips and podcasts every single day. You can do it, guys! It's never too late to learn English. I've been there, done that. Good luck on your English journey!🙏🏻
I'm from Brazil, in my country we don't speak English, but I have been studying English and is so satisfying to watch movies and some videos in English and understand, I have changed my personality too
I'm not fluent in english and i'm study this idiom and the spanish. I really understanding better in spanish, but i can understand what you say in your videos. That's amazing for me, because i'm intermediary
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Hey everyone!! For those of you who are fluent and KNOW you are fluent and FEEL fluent, please tell us what it feels like in the comments. When did you realize you were fluent? How did you realize? If you're not fluent... tell us how you know that. And, just a reminder... some of you ARE fluent, you just don't realize it yet. Hopefully my videos are helpful and guiding you to fluency and confidence, because that's what I want for you
Are you from the US? What's up with the riots?
I can talk about things that I know fluently and express them but when it comes to thinking (what would you do... what if... kind of things) it gets hard to think and speak. Half fluent? 😀
I love the pace you are speaking. It shows you are in control.
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I hope you know you are the best English teacher in the world!
I'm fluent in my mind, but not fluent when I speak
That's my problem too.😔
I was just about to say it cause that's how I feel right now lol
thats a good sign, what you just have to do is put that in practice now
don't lose the opportunity to speak with your self, i get to talk almost fluent cuz i do that for a long time when i get only, awlays when I'm in the bus tripping, driving my car and anytime i speak with by myself, i tink this the only way if you wanna be fluent in English, sure you need to make others things but to speak lonely this is the way.
That means you are almost close to be fluent in speaking
I got another personality by being fluent in English.
Sameee
Absolutely
I always asking myself why this kind of thing happen
Yup
Same here
For me, the moment I realized I was fluent was one day sitting on a train I overheard two English speakers talking to the revisor and she couldn't understand them at all, so I stepped up and said I spoke English. The revisor was relieved, and I adopted the role of a translator between her and those passengers. It wasn't a conversation, maybe I spoke for two minutes or less, but being able to confidently say I speak English was something I really wanted to do for the longest time and even though I felt nervous I decided to do it anyway and ended up helping those people understand each other. It felt so good!
I had a similar experience in the metro as well.
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Such an inspiring experience!
It's pretty good congratulation man
I really like the way you speak to us very natural and clear, that's why I enjoy watching your videos.
Me.too
That's cool, but be careful to not get too much used to listen only people that speaks in the same way she does, because if you bump into a person that speaks not as clear as she does, you might get stuck.
So, it's always good tolisten to other accents and people.
Me too. Just like a music for my ears
Native speakers usually talk about 50% faster than she does in her videos
I love your bloopers at the end of your videos! It clearly shows that even native speakers sometimes forget what they're about to say. Achieving fluency shouldn't be an obssession but being consistent😊
I was leaving France to return to the states after my year abroad. There was a group of French students on their way to some city in the U.S. for a summer exchange program. I was sort of bracing for my own form of culture shock going back, so I started talking to them about some of the differences between France and the U.S. Finally, one of the students asked me (in French), "How is it that you know so much about the United States?" When I told them I was from Texas, they were (as the Irish say) gobsmacked. For me, that was the greatest validation of my proficiency.
Hi Stephanie, you have never told us these experience feelings, it is the first time that I heard them from someone and they are so natural and logical that only someone like you is so natural and sincere you can share them, thank you, you are very nice person. I'm a Spanish native speaker and your Spanish is perfect.
Awesome student.
It happened to me about 2 months ago in the new job that I started. I had to speak with people from Holland there was an old guy who told me "your english is good because I can understand what you say and you understand what I say" I felt very good because I was speaking english fluenty. We were speaking for about 20 minutes about many things. But it took me 4 years practicing, listening, reading and speaking
yeah.. nederlanders or holland people speak english slowly and clearly with basic words even in their hollands spreken or native language. and easy to understand.. bro. their english is different as american or british native speakers wkwkwk.
we know holland people very well because they're our former colonialist
The key is try to speak with mistakes that you learning more quickly
Hi, Stefanie, many thanks for your incredible videos about learning English. I've watched all the videos on your RUclips channel in the last a few weeks and it's like finally someone understands my feelings when speaking English. My native language is Chinese and I've lived in Scotland for a few years. I felt so frustrated because I barely understood the English of the local people, so I seldom participated in local activities, simply because I didn't want to be like an idiot in other people's eyes. I've already given up improving my English, thinking as long as it's enough for my work. It is your video on RUclips that gives me the passion I've lost about improving my English, thank you so much for sharing all this with us. Watching your video is like talking to a good friend who can understand you and inspire you. Looking forward to more videos like this and all the best to your career as an English coach. Thanks again.
I really love the way you teach and speak with a clear message and voice! I hope your class will open as soon as possible then I will join!!
I am not fluent in English before watching your video but now I try my best I continue spoken english in front of mirror I noticed that I improve
I´m from Brazil, and I´m loving watch your videos, so clearly, amazing, congratulations, thanks a lot.
This is my first real-time to view your video. Once viewing it, i realized that i need to learn and enhance my speaking skills in English by subscribing this channel.
I've never met this kind of interesting channel before. Thanks for your efforts on updating videos and look forward to seeing any other updates! :)
I decided to follow your tip and started listening to native speakers as much as I can. My listening skills is really improving. I'd say it's improving faster than I could imagine. Simply gratifying.
Hey Stefane!! To me Fluency feels like Freedom! I’ve been studying English for a long time but I just really felt confident and fluent when I challenged myself and started talking to natives.
Nowadays it’s pretty easy to get in touch with native speakers through many apps like italki or cambly.
Well, it really transformed my english and I strongly recommend it to everyone. 😀
Thx to my middle school teacher for making me understand the importance of english.... It always makes me feel good talking to many clients and giving presentations ... Now watching all your tapes gives me more confident and excitement to update more
I like the way you give realistic examples; it really makes me realize how easier could anyone be fluent in English. Thank you 🙌🏻♥️
I've been following you for about 3 years, and you know what? I always find your videos helpful & interesting. It feels like you're telling every steps and mistakes that I made throughout my journey of learning English language as a second of mine. I'm so glad that I've found your channel when I really needed it. ❤️
Yeah brother Im so happy as well
Best English teacher on RUclips, guys! Enjoy her content!
Hey Stefanie! Awesome video and I definitely loved the bloopers, hahaha... that helps scared people with getting their fluency to the top fell like it's not all about perfection, but just gradually let themselves fell comfortable with their own skills, step by step, towards fluency. You're amazing!
All you've explained in that video is so true cuz I have experienced that multiple times speaking with natives English speakers in their own language and they always ask me if I have ever been in US, that's make me feel awesome
You gave me the clear perspective of being fluent in english and when you are fluent, it helps you get a good job and its a global language and one can travel all over the world and its the most important language for personal and professional development.Last but not least its the most used language on the internet.
When I saw you first time I just thought,oh my god she is perfect person for learners whose level is b1 b2 etc. Then I saw your banner about ''speakings for learners in intermediate and advanced''.I want to say,you are extremly good at your job,I am in B1+ and until this time I couldn't understand someones speakings better than yours.Your words that using in your sentences,your fluently speakings,everything is understandable for me.I am really grateful to you and I am so happy for find your channel
I am super excited, I am so happy that I started from level 0 in English and I am all the more excited as I learned without any private teacher, so I can read, speak in english and understand 100% a native speaker. It takes a lot of pleasure to learn a language, you must be persevering, not to be discouraged by any obstacles, to be 100% commited in what you want to achieve, you need patience and confidence that you will succeed by perseverance.
I had to agree that your choice of using the clear pronunciation and the speed had helped a lot. Thank you So much !!
You are glowing on youtube like a star. thanks for everthing. Greetings from TÜRKİYE.
I'm not fluent in English, but I can understand almost your speaking. You speak clearly that's why I love watching your video.
I like being able to repeat what people are saying, and now I have been able to shadow exactly what you are talking about. I am thrilled
You are speak as friends to us.It's really natural and helping.
I just wanted to say that thanks to u I improve my english skills
Beautiful teacher! Love all your videos & God bless America!
Hi Stefanie!
I can clearly understand what English speakers are saying but when it's my turn I just can't speak. It seems like I am nervous but I'm not. And you're helping me a lot!! Thank you very much for your hard work on teaching us!
STEPHANIE, You are amazing, you are AWESOME!
Great video! Super inspiring, it's the first one I've come across that actually describes that eureka moment (I watched it twice). I'm a year into reconnecting with French after a 30-year hiatus, and am still waiting for that light bulb to turn on. Seeing videos like this will keep me on track! I bet that feeling of crossing the fluency threshold is what motivates polyglots. They 'get over' that feeling in their first foreign language and start learning others to keep having those light bulb moments. Probably a good addiction to have.
Some great stories in the comments here too.
Oh my goddess i don't even realize that actually i have accomplished my fluency , i think i'm fluent because i speak with my friends enjoyly and never feel exhausted but i don't have lots of vocabulary to clarify as being fluent in English but yeah i just speak English automatically and my tongue is flying around on my mouth when i'm trying to speak in English, thanks Stephanie you got realized me that i have gotten my fluency in English
The one thing I've noticed and felt good by your communication is that u r using normal English words which anybody can easily understand without subtitles......what I do is keep listening this video again and again so that I can speak with confidence during an conversation with other English speakers....
I am still struggling to become fluent in English. Following you from one year before & it motivates me a lot. I really love the way you explain about something, you speak clearly so every single word came out from your mouth making me easy to understand about the meaning. Thank you for every single video have you shared with us. Keep up the good work & inspire always.
My great English Coach, you always make me improve English level every single day. Thank you so much for your videos.
Thanks Stefanie a lot actually I always turn off the caption and enjoy your speech and can catch all what you say and the addressed message at a 100% accuracy.
To me I'm on my way to be fluent and I'm confident that one day I will say hey you did it man. To say what fluency means to me is it's the combination of all these factors together
1- to love the way you speak, Love your self speaking like "early bird's steps" and love the difficulties of learning lessons that your dad and mum teach you it's equivalent to "English Teacher" like you Stefanie.
2- Accept doing mistakes as long as you can deliver the message.
3- Delivering the message with different tones and intonations actually it's the most challenging thing for non native speaker but it could be learned and achieved by obtaining (1,2).
I think if we could put a quote for non native speaker to motivate them during their fluency journey we could say "Absorb English by learning and consume it by speaking ".
Thank you very much Stefanie actually your passion for helping non native speakers is luminous and appear in every video you did.
Keep going.
2:34 the first conversation with confidence it's unforgetable, it's like the first time you ride a bike
So true!
Yeah!
Ma'am you're so good at explaining in a general way.
Hi, Stef! It's nice to see you again!
Oh, it sounds like music to my ears when you say "you might be already fluent" 😂 because that's a dream that I've been pursuing for so long!!!
Keep goin on bro
Hi, Stefanie! You always articulate your words.
It feels so good to me whenever I watch your video.
you're the best English teacher. Thank you! :)
Stefanie, thank you so much, I enjoy a lot your tips and your videos. They are really useful for me in my English learning journey. I've already felt some of the feelings you said in this video. I feel I'm not fluent, but I realized there were some moments that the English flew out and I talked some words I thought I never saw before. These moments are mindblowing and we can only describe this sensation if we've already felt it before. It gives me hope to continue trying.
Renan Oliveira
Hey Renan, Just like you & many others who are the subscribers of this channel, I’m also the one of the students & I’ve been practicing it with all my heart to get fluent some day. Though I’ve been looking for someone who would like to get connected in whatsapp to do speaking practice with me. If you find it interesting way to learn English then let me know. We could discuss about it & get into a constructive conclusion.
Based on the description you gave about fluency I am 100% sure that I am fluent. For very long time I thought that I can be fluent only while drinking beers.
I remember a day I caught myself speaking in a fluent English with my boss (White American) and a Fire Marshall Specialist from the State Department. The more amazing thing about it was we were talking about complex subject like the Universe, our galaxy, stars let's say thing about Astronomy and Astrophysic.
I was pretty amazing, I even secretly recorded myself to see the level of my speaking ability. I now understand it's not that I am not fluent but it's a constant state of nervousness that hiding my full English-speaking ability.
Thank you for letting me understand that matter more.
Jim from Haiti.
Thanks so much Stephanie for all the advice you’re constantly giving us, it’s been really helpful to me. I’d say that I’ve just recently reached an advanced level of English and I know it because for instance now I’m much more confident to take phone calls in English at work even with native English speakers (some of them from the UK) and I’ve been able to have continuous conversations with them, having almost no interruptions and what is most important in a conversation that is that you give and receive the main message that call is intended for. I can say it feels really great to reach some level of fluency specially when it comes to the English language specifically as it is the universal language and because of that it’s a key to discover a whole new world that can bring us a lot of possibilities, even improving our personal situation at work like the chance to get promoted and stuff like that. Finally I’d like to comment that from my personal perspective, the definition of fluency would suit better into the word “continuous” or “confidence” than “effortless” because from my point of view, sometimes the sole fact of speaking involves some amount of effort even in our native language as we really have to think about what we want to say, specially in professional environments so we have to put a little bit more effort when speaking in a foreign language, though significantly less effort than we used to put before at an intermediate or basic level. My listening skills have also improved a lot and so my reading and writing. For instance, I’ve written all of this in about 5 minutes when it would’ve taken me like half an hour in the past!! Regards from México!!
That awesome 👏
I have problem with writing skill maybe cuz I used to use mic or spelling.
I need your recommendation
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I love this video , I can understand perfectly your message.
After this video I began to feel flaunt.
Thanks a lot
The path into a fluency is fantastic. It's really exciting when you Cath yourself speaking expressions that you didn't even know you knew...it's great. It's beautiful be able to understand almost everything about what was said in this video. Thank you, Stefani for sharing about this subject with us.
I'm not sure if I already fluent. That's not so easy to evaluate and I guess I'm rather critic about myself. However, if be able to talk during 2,3,4 hour along is fluency, so I reckon I'm almost there. A few months ago I was a little afraid to speak. I participated in your fluency breackthough challenge on Instagram and continue to talk to people who I met there. As a result I believe I'm not freezing anymore, so I'd like to thank you for that opportunity. Thanks Stefanie. It was really great!
Thank you so much for this video. It’s crazy to think that your videos were the ones that really made me realize that I AM FLUENT and I remember back home watching your videos and totally getting what you mean when it comes to fluency. Now, living abroad for only 7 months, and receiving compliments on my English by foreigners and natives, saying that I am fluent, the feeling is surreal. Indescribable. Again, thanks a million! ❤️
You always make feel so confident when I speak, I love your videos and your tips. Thanks for that
Hi Stefany ...🙋♂️
I haven't seen you for a while. I just wanted to say well come back.
Strange, but my english language had missed you, and everytime my language sees a new video of you, It becomes glad...
So glad you made this video! My students often ask me how it feels to be fluent. I have never learned another language. I will add this to the suggested videos on my channel.
My congratulations! I haven't watched yet, but I have already clicked "I like" 😉
Thank you, Стефани!
Hi teacher, you're the best teacher I have ever found. From Mozambique.
Hey stephnie! I'm from india. i subscribed to your channel in december 2019 and when i look back now i feel like i have acheived something although i'm not very fluent but i can say that i am very above of average . It's only because of you. thank you so much. Now i'm increasing my vocabulary and I am learning new words which americans use i dont know how to explain it but it feels so good. Now i understand jokes,laugh on them which ,some months ago, i couldn't atleast i can understand native english speakers now. Again thank you 😊
Wow, amazing.
Hey! It’s all the time a pleasure to watch your videos ! Keep them up !!
i don't know if either i've improved a lot recently or you somehow speak REALLY REALLY well because i understood EVERY SINGLE WORD you spoke. anyway, thank you for giving me a confidence boost, i guess i'll try to watch TV series without subtitles now
I tought I was an advanced english learner, but I realized that I normally put too much effort during conversations and, at the end, I feel tired. This video was extremally clear about what fluency means! I couldn't count how may hours I've spent thinking about whether I'm fluent or not.
Thank you
Greetings from Lima Perú 🇵🇪
❤
Outstanding coach of english language.
I went to watch that video of you speaking Spanish and it’s incredible! I love your pronounciation. To me, fluency is not actually measured as a quantity, but it’s individual. It’s different for every person. You have to be comfortable and easy going while speaking it. I speak English and Spanish and now I’m learning Finnish and I’m on my journey to become fluent one day. Thx for this video!
Soak into it. Feel the moments. Let your brain deal with it spontaneously. You are already who you wanna be.
I’m not that fluent in English but when i go to work in an american house and start talking with people I feel so good because I notice that I’m closer to be even more fluent in English. I enjoyed watching your video!! It is awesome 👏
Hi Stephany I love studying English with you! You are my favourite coach!
Yes, it felt so relieving and you just wanna keep talking. Especially if it’s with native speaker bcoz they understood everything.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I think I'm a little shy and still ashamed of hearing myself on an audio recording. I kinda struggle a little bit, as the bloopers part you included at the end of this. But instead of laughing, I get frustrated and I think that's become a barrier. I know I need to overcome these insecurities in order to go on to the next level. So, yes, I think I'm fluent already, but I also need to be more confident.
You're the best teacher and a good person👏👏👏👏⚘
I am fluent!!!! Yeahhh!!!!
Thank you for all your videos!!!!
😊😊👏👏👏
I totally agree what you said if you trying to speak in other languages it takes some time to be fluent
You are the best teacher I speak ok but with your lessons I speak much better thanks for all you do for all this people including me thanks again and again!!!
I study every single day, have a good listening , talk to people in lots of topics, and fell like the journey is just long, but it's fun and enjoy it!
Saludos desde Honduras
I've learned English by myself and isn't perfect, but is getting better
Sounds like British-Jamaican, east Coast USA, and fluency feels amazing. I'm also learning Portuguese, swahili and Italian
ahhh thank you for sharing!! Yes, it feels incredible
Getting fluency has taken you 13 years... Ooooooh, my Gosh... What a long way ahead of me!!!
I felt a breakthrough (not sure if I can call it “fluency realization”) once at the airport. I missed a connecting flight due to a delay in the previous flight, with the same airline btw, so the thing is, that I had another flight waiting for me afterwards and obviously I was about to miss it as well. So, I went to the counter and I just opened my mouth and I start speaking English, I complained, I asked to talk about with the manager, I ask for a hotel room (yes, I had to stay that night in that city), and so on. And once I finished and I calmed down, I asked myself “what was that?” I felt so good, I didn’t even think about what words I was using, I didn’t think about my accent, I didn’t care about anything, I just spoke my thoughts 🥳🥳🥳
ahhhh that's so awesome!! I hope you get to experience that on a daily basis :)
I guess when we watch our steps way too much we stumble. When you were put in a situation where all you could think of was how to complain, at that point you could break loose from that tie and your words and phrases just came out of your mouth smoothly.
Haha yeah I understand that pretty well. I’ve noticed I speak even with more fluency when I’m exasperated at work or even a little bit drunk at party! I guess it’s all about confidence and being fearless to make mistakes.
Speak Spanish With Paula
That was a pretty inspiring story. Honestly that motivated me a lot, we tend to have obsession with the perfection when it comes to speaking English, well that’s not true. Just like you, English is my second language too & honestly it’s not an easy process to learn a different language however sometimes we need to trust on ourselves & speak out without thinking of consequences just like Paula did. Always try to be perfect will push you back in the first place. Think of all those achievements you’ve gained in your life, did it just happened like magic or you went through lots of tries & failures ? I think we should not afraid of making mistakes, it’s okey to make mistakes but you gotta have a spirit to learn from your mistakes. There isn’t any shortcut way to become fluent but to go through number of mistakes that teach you along your way to the accomplishment. Yet i need to make a confession i’m still trying to get fluent in English & i know that i have a long way ahead of me.
So far so adequate, I actually, fascinated this Channel and I have accumulated in much more courageous about engaging this curious language much gratitude Madam💯
Great student.
It's good to see you again I LOVE YOU!!!
Thanks, Stefanie. Your videos are always awesome. You just described perfectly everything that happens when we are fluent.
One of the things I keep experiencing ever since I realized I was fluent (and it actually is the one that stood out the most to me because it happens very often) is that both English and my native language start to appear the same to my brain, but in a very funny way, to the point that, whenever I do something in English or Portuguese, my brain, often, tricks me in such a way that I forget if I experienced a previous event in English or Portuguese until I realize it after the event has happened. It's not like it happens when we are not fluent (or not much fluent) and struggles to adapt with the language you're learning and don't mix up both your native and your target language (that's how it was like for me at the beginning); I don't know if someone of you guys in the comments has experienced something close to it too, but it's something that both your native and target language appear the same, kinda like holding equal weigh of familiarity. Sometimes it happens in this way: very often I'm watching a video on youtube, reading a book or an article, or doing something else, and if there is someone around me while I'm doing it, that doesn't speak in English and if something about it is interesting to be discussed with someone, I get so immersed that I normally start to talk with this person relating to what I was doing in English while he or she was there in the moment, forgetting completely that the person doesn't speak in English and ends up with the person thinking that I'm getting crazy; it's not really on purpose, but in my head, it's almost like the world around me changes and everything and everyone is in English or speaks in English. The other weird one that happens is when sometimes I am watching a video or movie or playing a videogame in English, and something funny, crazy, or embarrassing happens while people are around me, I look at their faces expecting their reaction until I realize that they didn't understand what happened, and I am glad they don't do it, especially when something embarrassing happens, but when I think about it later it sounds just funny.
I'm not fluent yet in my target language but I've had that memory thing happen where I'm like, "did I hear that in French or in English"? The thing I'm waiting for now is to walk into a store after listening to a podcast and start talking in the wrong language. It's almost happened to me a few times now.
You are one of my favorite teachers
your videos are really good, I'm struggling to be a fluent speaker and it sometimes bringing me down but I'm a Brazilian and I won't give up Kkkkkk love your videos, hello from Brazil
I like your personality👌👌👌
Wonderful, I can understand everything you say, so clearly.
Oh my thank you God ! I just realized I'm a fluency forgein language by now. After many years. I could understand everything. I felt so connected with everything she said. 😉🌹
Thank you so much Stephanie.
I ami from Algéria and you are my favorite teacher on youtube , thanks for all your advices and tips , i am fluent in arabic and french ,even i understand diffèrents english natives speakers , but my speaking is not good , i think i am like a child of 3years😅 , when he listen but he can't reply fluntly , recenly i started To learn other languages espagnol , and deusch ,hope one day i will be a polyglote 😌
Hola hola estefany. Apenas empese a mirar tus videos y me encanta lo claro que puedo entenderte en tus videos. No sabia lo tanto que puedo entender. Gracias a ti por que explicas muy bien y se entiende excelente.
Mi problema es ablarlo. Nesecito ayuda y creo que aprendere mucho de ti.
Para mi esta muy complicado ablarlo , pero me encantan todas tus explicaciones. Aprendere de ti y mucho. Gracias nuevamente. Le echare muchas ganas. Saludos y gracias por tu tiempo
Ya me suscribí a tu curso coach. I need help 👌
When i put myself on studying a language there's has great change on my confidence and perspective in life. You dont know the things until you dont giving a one try then you'll grow more if you conquer it.
I loved the making-off. It makes you more real!
Tan bonita. Un abracito. Thanks for sharing these great experiences, blessings.
Stefanie, so glad you're back on RUclips, we love that you talk about random stuff (which you call rambling, lol). I believe that my English vocabulary has an ok level but to be able to have a long conversation fluently and effortlessly about some random topic I need to excercise my tongue. thanks for the video!
David Sosa
If we do little research why these English teachers have a miraculous fluency that amazes us each time when you watch them on RUclips. Well, the answer is plain & simple. They were born in a English speaking country. Think of this way, You & i could have a same level of fluency if we were born in English speaking countries. Since we were born in Non- English speaking countries, learning English always intimidates most of us which is natural. Imagine how many times and with how many people they might have spoken in English, i bet we even can’t count it, it’s countless, just the way we speak our own mother tongues language in which we are fluent. The point I’m trying to make here is unless we speak English to another person as long as we get fluent, I don’t think simply talking in minds will make anyone fluent. English is like a swimming skill, you can’t be a good swimmer if you just know swimming techniques by theory but not practically. I’m living in USA for five years & i have seen people who’ve been in this country more than decades and they are still not fluent in English, Do you know why? Because they didn’t take an opportunity to practice English enough. So, only the practice with another person will give us fluency otherwise we be daydreaming.
Love love your videos. Thank you Stefanie
Fascinating❤
I could listen to you a whole day :D
Reaching fluency in English demands effort and determination. Also, you need to know that we will always learn from our mistakes. It's impossible to better understand English without making any mistakes. In my experience, I've spent 9 years brushing up on my English skills. Learning a languange is a habit. I immerse myself in English through watching a wide range of platforms such as RUclips and podcasts every single day. You can do it, guys! It's never too late to learn English. I've been there, done that. Good luck on your English journey!🙏🏻
Im so glad i find your channel 😊 ty for sharing your experience
I'm from Brazil, in my country we don't speak English, but I have been studying English and is so satisfying to watch movies and some videos in English and understand, I have changed my personality too
I'm not fluent in english and i'm study this idiom and the spanish. I really understanding better in spanish, but i can understand what you say in your videos. That's amazing for me, because i'm intermediary