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**Go Natural English Podcast | Listening & Speaking Lessons**

Go Natural English helps you improve your English listening skills and fluency. The podcast will benefit intermediate to advanced learners most. Your English will benefit from language learning strategies that work, vocabulary and idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk and real conversation in American English. Learn special tips on American culture, how to listen to and speak with Americans. Join Gabby and the Go Natural English community to learn to speak American English like a fluent native!

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World Storytelling Day Fairy Tale to Learn English - Introduction Mar 18, 2016

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3 Things Not to Do When Reading in English Mar 11, 2016

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10 Top Words for Beginners to Start Speaking English Mar 04, 2016

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Hey. How's it going?

You know, I've been getting a lot of questions from Go Natural English learners like you asking me, "Where should I start?" You know, English is a big language with lots of words. So, if you want to know where to begin, in this episode, I'm going to share the top ten English nouns. These are the most popular nouns that are used the most in the English language.

So, before I forget, before I tell you the top ten nouns, I want to tell you that I have a free training on the Go Natural English website that will help you to understand how to learn English independently. So, come over to gonaturalenglish.com/7steps and I'll be happy to share that free training with you.

So, now I'm going to check on my laptop. I have the top ten words in the English language and, actually, these are not just the top ten words in general, because that would include articles like "the" or "a", which are actually the most common words. But I wanted to tell you the most common nouns because I think that's more helpful. Don't you? Okay.

So, the number ten – we're going to countdown from ten – the number ten most common word in English is "hand". "Hand!" Can you believe it? That's interesting. It's probably because there's some idioms in English that include the word "hand", like, "Could you give me a hand?"

Number nine is the word, "life". "Life." We talk about life a lot. It makes sense.

Number eight. The number eight most popular word is "world" and I know this word is quite difficult to pronounce for a lot of English language learners. So, try repeating if after me now: "world". Okay. Very good.

Number seven is "man". Okay.

Number six is "thing". This is also kind of a difficult sound, the "t-h" sound, so try repeating this word after me: "thing". Awesome!

Number five is "day".

Four is "way". It rhymes with "day".

Number three is "year".

Number two is "person".

And the number one most popular noun in English is "time".

So, now it's time to end this episode. I just want to thank you for watching and, hey, if you want to learn more of the most common words and phrases in American English, I recommend that you purchase the Go Natural English audio e-book, "The 100 Most Common Phrases in American English." You can find out more about that at gonaturalenglish.com/100. So, I'll see you there. Come check it out. See if it will benefit you and your English fluency. I think it will!

Bye for now!

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3 Things to Say to Your English Teacher Feb 26, 2016

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Never Say These 5 Phrases to Your English Teacher Feb 19, 2016

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Shh! I have a secret to tell you. But you cannot tell your English teacher!

In this episode, I'm going to share the five things that you should never say to your English teacher, even if you're thinking them. So is it okay? Can I share them? Can we keep it a secret? Okay. Awesome!

Just before I share these five phrases, I want to let you know that you can come to gonaturalenglish.com and I have a free training for you. The Seven Steps to Fluency Training will help you start improving your English – now, today, immediately! So, be sure to check that out.

Now, I want to share these five things to never say to your English teacher.

First of all, never, ever, ever say, "I'm too busy to study." Why? Maybe it's true. Maybe you're really busy. But why should we not say this? "I'm too busy to study." Well, we're all busy. Teachers, especially, are super busy. So, I'm not sure if your teacher would feel sorry for you. Maybe. But the thing is, we make time for our priorities. So, if you do want to improve your English, you have to make it a priority and give it some time in your day.

Okay. Number two: Never ever say, "Yes, I understand," if you don't understand. This is very important for you because it doesn't help anyone to lie. If you don't understand something, it's much better to say, "I don't understand. Could you explain? Could you help me?" Teachers usually like to help their students and, of course, it's better for you to have a full understanding of the point or the phrases that you didn't really understand. So, I know it can be a little embarrassing sometimes to say, "I don't understand," but it's okay. Just understand it's a good thing to ask for help. So, don't be shy to do that.

Okay, the third thing that you should never say to your English teacher is anything not in English. I've had students come up to me and ask me questions in their native language – like in Japanese. And my Japanese is not very good and I couldn't respond in Japanese to my students' question. Actually, English class is a time for English. So do everything in English. Do not revert to your native language. This is a time for you to try out new things, to make mistakes. So go ahead and even if you're not sure or you're not comfortable about how to say something in English, just try it in class. It's a great time to experiment.

Okay, next. Another thing that you should never say to your English teacher is, "I'll never use this tense." Okay, a lot of people don't like to learn grammar, right? It can be boring. It can be dry. But just understand that your English will sound so much better if you use the compound tenses. So, you can probably communicate just fine if you use simple tenses, but if you want to sound like a professional in English, like you're fluent in English, then you need to know all the tenses and you'll definitely find times when you can use them.

Finally, the last thing that you should never say to your English teacher is, "Since I only need to write emails, I don't need to learn how to speak in English." Or it could be vice versa. Maybe you might say, "Oh, I only want to learn to speak, so I don't need to learn how to write." Well, this is not really a good idea to tell your English teacher, because your English teacher wants to help you with your all-round fluency. And in order to have really good English fluency, you need to know all the skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking. Now, if you're doing more speaking than writing, you could focus more on those skills. Like at Go Natural English, I focus mainly on listening and speaking because those are the skills that help you to connect with people on a daily basis. Of course, you want to use writing and reading every day, too. But it's really important to know each skill and then you can focus on learning what you like according to your goals.

Alright!

Go Natural English Fluent in 15 Student Opinion from Norway Feb 18, 2016

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Hello!

Hello! Hi!

Hi Emrah! How are you?

I'm okay. I'm good, thanks.

So where are you? You… tell me again where do you live?

I live in Norway. Actually, I'm… my parents are from Kurdistan.

Oh, wow!

Yeah. They… Actually I born and raised up in Kurdistan. When I was fourteen years old, then I moved to Norway with my family.

Tell me a little bit about you. Are you now, are you working? Are you studying? What do you do?

Yes, I am working now, and I am working in a factory with this aluminum produced from raw material. I like the work, but I just want to change my life because I have been at this work about nine, ten years. And I just want to change my life because I just bounced on someone on YouTube. His name is Jack Jones. He was from Canada.

Okay. So he, speaks English, so you're listening to him in English. Great!

He speaks English. And about for a year now, just watching his videos and sign up his newsletter.

Tell me more about your goals to maybe do something different with your professional life or… yeah, what are you thinking?

I want to move to America.

Alright!

Tell me a little bit more about why you decided to learn English. How long have you been speaking English?

It is from the school because here in Norway, they teach English because … yeah, all Norwegians, they talk so well because they're talking better than me. I'm not… maybe... I'm trying to talk like them.

How did you find Go Natural English? How did you find me? How did you find Go Natural English on the internet. D,o you remember?

I remember it. I searched how to improve your English and like, saw your video, and you just sit there like this, something like that.

Yeah, I have a cover, and image like this. "Oh, the secrets to English!" That's so cool!

If your friend from Thailand asked you about how to learn English, or, yeah, where to look for English, what would you recommend?

I would recommend you.

Thank you! That's very sweet! Thank you!

Can you tell me maybe three positive things about Go Natural English?

That you just, you care about people, that is, I think, and you are genuine, you want to help people. That is like, it will magnetize the people.

Oh, that's great! Thank you! Thank you for saying that! It's true! But it's important for me to know that you know that.

Yeah. And that you are warm. Because some other, maybe, I just look at some others, but they wasn't warm because we think, maybe we think that the camera, the video camera, maybe it is, there is no someone, no one is there.

Yeah. I know what you mean. They're just talking to no one.

Expression. Your expression, your… yeah, it is like you connect with people.

How can I help you more with your English studies? Do you have any questions about English.

Actually, the main thing, when I saw that you just want to talk with individuals and I saw that, "Oh, it's a great opportunity to just overcome my shyness or something."

Yeah, definitely! That's great! What's your goal for the end of the year?

I have vision like move to America. Move to United States.

This year? Maybe start. Start the process.

Yeah. Just start. Like I said, I said to myself, I am going to be, I just want to improve my verbal, the speaking skills. I am so grateful for this time.

Oh, no, I am grateful.

Thanks.

It's my pleasure.

And I really want to know about your journey to the United States, if you still want to go. Tell me about your plans and tell me if you have questions. Maybe I can help to tell you about the different cities or something.

Oh, thank you so much!

Yeah. Alright. Well, stay in touch, Emrah, and good luck with everything.

Thank you!

Alright.

Top 5 Native English Slang Words for 2016 from America Feb 05, 2016

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Hey! How's it going, Awesome Go Natural English Learner?

In this episode, we're going to learn the five freshest, hottest slang words for 2016. You know, vocabulary words come in and go out of use. If you're speaking English like your textbook that was published in 1950, you probably don't sounds like a native speaker. That's why we have this episode and lots of other episodes from Go Natural English, as well as our courses and materials at gonaturalenglish.com. In fact, if you come to gonaturalenglish.com, I have a free training for you to get started on today. Just come to gonaturalenglish.com and you'll see it right there.

Okay! So, let's get to the top five slang words for 2016.

Number One is "extra". Keep in mind, you probably already know the word "extra", but this is a new use of the word as slang. That's what slang is, right? It's taking a word that we already have and using it another way. So "extra" means "trying too hard, or being over the top." Okay? "Oh, that's extra! That's too much!" It's negative. It's not a good thing.

Number Two is "OTP". This is an abbreviation that stands for "one true pairing", a couple that you are emotionally invested in. Forever, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are my OTP. Who is your OTP? You can tell me in the comments.

Next: "Netflix and chill." This phrase has been in use for a little while. What it means is – and I think it'll continue to be in use throughout 2016 – what it means is inviting someone over to your home for a romantic encounter, but pretending you will just watch streaming movies and hang out.

Next is number Four: "snatched". It's used to describe something that looks really good. It's the new "on fleek" and "on fleek" is the new "on point" and "on point" is the new "cool." So, you just learned a lot of new slang words there.

Number Five – finally, our last one – is "hunty". "Hunty" means your best friend, someone you always hang out with. You have a group of "hunties".

Alright. I hope that you enjoyed our five-plus slang words. Have you heard them before? Are you using them? Tell me what you think in the comments. Subscribe to Go Natural English so that you can enjoy more episodes like this one. And come visit gonaturalenglish.com! I'll see you there.

Bye for now!

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3 Reasons Why You're Not Fluent in English and How to Improve NOW Jan 29, 2016

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_3CNHlyFLo

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Hello! How's it going, Awesome Go Natural English Learner? How are you?

Do you speak English as fluently as you would like to?

If your answer is, "No!" then this episode is for you!

Do you wonder what you're doing wrong? Do you wonder why, after so much time and effort and money studying English in classes that don't work, why you're not fluent in English yet?

If your answer is, "Yes!" then this episode is for you.

At Go Natural English, we have a unique way of learning English and improving your fluency. So, I want to invite you to join our free training, "The 7 Steps to English Fluency", which is a short video training at gonaturalenglish.com/7steps and I want to share that training with you for free. And you can find out about more courses and materials at gonaturalenglish.com that can help you with your English fluency.

Now, there are three reasons why your English is not where you want it to be.

Number one: If you are relying on your English teacher to give you English, to fill your brain with English, without you really taking action, without you doing anything, that is a huge mistake! That is a big reason why you're not fluent in English yet. If you're expecting your teacher to simply give you the gift of English, then I'm sorry, but it doesn't really work like that. If you have an English teacher, then that person, that teacher, is like your guide. But you have to walk with your guide. You have to put some effort into learning English.

Okay. Next: Is your English study a habit? Do you study and practice English when you feel like it? Whenever? Maybe if you have some free time? That doesn't work. In order to become fluent in English, to develop a skill, any skill – whether it's English fluency or swimming or something else – you have to put yourself on a study schedule, on a practice schedule, on a training schedule. There will be days when you just don't feel like studying English. I don't care! You must force yourself to study English, even if you don't have much time, even if it's only fifteen minutes a day. That is better than nothing. Fifteen minutes a day of English study every day will improve your fluency much more than nothing, than zero minutes of study a day. Okay? So, make sure your English study is a part of your daily life.

Third: Your mindset is extremely important. You must believe in yourself like I believe in you and your ability to become fluent in English. If you do not believe that it's possible, then it won't be possible. If you believe that you cannot speak English, then you will not speak English. So starting right now – Yes! Now! – I want you to develop a can-do mindset. That means that you believe you can do the things that you desire to do, the things that you dream to do. For example, to become fluent in English, you have to believe that you can do it. So, right now I would like you to repeat after me:

I can become fluent in English.

I can speak English.

Awesome!

So, again, three reasons why you may not be as fluent you want to be in English.

One: You're relying on someone else to give you the power of English when you actually have to work for it yourself with the help of others, such as an English teacher.

Two: You're not making English a part of your daily life. So, you can't just do it when you feel like it; you have to study English a little bit ever day.

And Third: Your mindset. You must believe in yourself. You must have faith and you must think positively.

So, I would like to invite you again to come back to gonaturalenglish.com/7steps to join me in more English fluency training. So, I'll see you over there. I hope you have a great day! And yeah! Believe in yourself! You can do it!

Bye for now!

How to Read Faster and Better – 3 Ways to Understand and Enjoy English Reading Jan 21, 2016

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEiDxfGpxeI

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Hey! How's it going?

I'm so excited to talk to you about reading today, because a lot of Go Natural English learners have asked me, "How can I read faster, better? How can I enjoy it more? How can reading help me learn English?"

So, I'm really excited to share some things with you because reading is an amazing way to improve all of your English skills: your reading skills, obviously; your writing skills; your speaking skills; and even your listening skills. All your English skills will benefit from reading more, because reading will improve your vocabulary a lot, and reading will help you to understand the structure or the grammar of English. You'll see the way that we put sentences together in different ways, and you'll see how we organize our thoughts in paragraphs and across pages and in chapters. So, it will really help you.

Not only will it help your English, but reading is really enjoyable. Well, it can be.

Listen, I remember when I was in grad school, I had to read some really boring textbooks. And I was so tired of reading by the time I got my Masters degree in teaching English as a second language, that I swore I would not read another book for an entire year after I graduated! And I didn't! And it was a very sad time in my life, because reading is actually very pleasurable if you're reading things that you want to read. So, I encourage you to find something that you want to read. Now, I try to read every day and my goal for the year is to read a book each week.

So, let me know what your goal is and also if you have some recommendations for good books that you like, or if you have questions about books. I'll be happy to hear from you in the comments.

Now, when you go to read, make sure that you are putting yourself in an environment that's good for reading. It should be a quiet, relaxing, calm environment. So, there's a reason why people don't read at the nightclub. Typically, they don't read books at the nightclub or at a bar because it's noisy, there's a lot of social interaction, a lot of distractions. So, I don't recommend the nightclub or bar. I recommend maybe a library or at home or in a café or something like that.

What else? Choose something that is enjoyable for you and, yeah, there's three tips I have to help you to read faster and better, but before I share those, before I forget, I want to invite you to join the Go Natural English Seven Steps to Fluency training course. There's seven videos and they'll teach you more about how to become fluent in English. All you have to do is visit gonaturalenglish.com and click on the big button to sign up for the training and I'll share that with you for free! So I hope to see you there.

Now, three ways to improve your reading, to read faster, to understand better and to enjoy it more. First of all, if you're reading and you don't understand a certain word, just keep going. It's likely that you'll understand the word through other words, through the context or later on down the page once you realize the situation. You could probably get a general idea of what the word means. And if you don't, if you still don't understand what the word means, then after you're finished reading, go back – you know, after you read for thirty minutes or so – go back and check the word later. You don't want to stop many times when you're reading because that will interrupt your flow. So, get into the flow of your reading and just enjoy the story.

Second, use your finger to read along, to trace the line of words as you read it. That will help you to focus and it will help to keep your mind from wandering or looking at other words or thinking about other things. So, when you involve some physical aspect, like moving your finger along the page as you read, it actually keeps you more focused. So,

How to Stay Young and Smart by Learning a Second Language Jan 15, 2016

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TR_yTBu54I

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Hey! What's going on?

Did you know that learning English as a second language can actually keep you smarter and younger?

You know, I believe in working out. I go to the gym, I work out! But did you know that learning a second language is like a workout for your brain? And that keeps you smart and it keeps you young over the years.

So, learning English as a second language is, of course, really good for your professional life, your career. It's great for your social life. It can help you make friends when you travel, or in your hometown with other English speakers. So, English is pretty awesome for a lot of reasons.

But I wonder if you ever considered that it's good for your brain. Science tells us that there's several reasons why learning a second language, such as English as a second language, is really good for your brain. So, let me share those four reasons with you.

Before I forget, I want to let you know that if you are an English learner and you want to learn the Go Natural English method, the Seven Steps to Fluency, you can come join that training, that seven-video training, for free, just by visiting my website, gonaturalenglish.com and signing up there. So, I hope that you'll join. I hope to see you there!

Now, for science! The four ways that learning a second language keeps your brain younger, smarter, stronger: First of all, people who learn a second language have been found to have denser gray matter in the area of the brain responsible for language learning. So, that means you have more brain material in your language learning area of your brain. So, you have more brain when you learning a language, basically speaking.

Second, people who learn a second language are better at switching tasks. They're better at multitasking or doing more than one thing at once because, as a person who speaks more than one language, you naturally have to switch from one task to another, one language to another. Have you ever been in a situation where you're around people, maybe your family, who speak your native language, but you're also around your friends who speak English? And you're switching back and forth? Or maybe you've been in a situation where you interpret for your friends or family who speak your native language. I've been in those situations and I'll tell you, it is a real brain workout to be an interpreter or translator.

Next, people who learn a second language have been found to be better at reasoning, planning, memory and logic. So, learning a second language means that you have to learn a lot of new words and different grammar patterns, and that requires a lot of memory training. So, you're naturally going to get better with your memory.

Okay, and finally, learning a second language will help you and your brain to stay young because it delays the onset of a disease called Alzheimer's. So that, by learning a second language, you're actually working out your brain and it keeps your brain healthy, just like going to the gym and working out your body, it keeps your body young and healthy.

So, I just want to encourage you to learn a second language. Keep up with your English if it's your second language. Or if you're a native English speaker watching this video, well, welcome to Go Natural English! And I encourage everyone to learn a second language. I love learning languages and I've spent a lot of fun time learning Spanish, Portuguese, French, Japanese and I've learned a few words in other languages like Turkish, and Arabic, and I just can't wait to learn more second languages because I just love it!

So, I hope that you enjoyed this video episode of Go Natural English. Remember you can come back to gonaturalenglish.com to learn more about how the Go Natural English learning method works. I hope to see you there.

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