here's the fact you have a busy schedule but you want to study English and you just can't find out how that's when you realize that you have 15 minutes pots throughout your day in today's lesson I'm gonna teach you how to effectively study English in 15 minutes a day this episode is being brought to you by the speak English with Tiffany Academy the number one online English Academy for intermediate and advanced English learners if you'd like to learn more about the Academy and join tons of other students click the link in the description below let's
jump right in this is gonna be done in a six-day cycle now Before we jump into this part I want to explain something to you all you see English can be broken down into six different parts you have expressions idioms vocabulary reading listening and writing and speaking now the bottom portion of this diagram is separate from what we are gonna be talking about today and let me explain why what we are gonna discuss is the top portion of this diagram or this graph expressions idioms and vocabulary you see these three can be grouped together so
since you only have 15 minutes a day let's utilize that time wisely so let's go right back to our previous stream the sixth day cycle now you notice that it says topic a for each part of this cycle what you're gonna do first is pick one topic for this cycle so let's look at day one okay 15 minutes you're going to learn three new English expressions the focus of day one is learning new English expressions these new expressions need to be connected to the topic you selected for the week all right why is this important
you see English expressions are a very important part of everyday English they are found in written and spoken English so as an English Learner you need to study English expressions now the result is you will become more fluent in English and will be able to communicate even better why because native English speakers use lots of English expressions now day one how do you actually do it how do you actually put these things into practice so we've broken up our 15 minutes into three different sections three five-minute sections alright so for the first five minutes you're
going to search and find and you'll see our computer on the screen the drawing go to Google Google is your friend and all you do is type out this exact expression or this exact wording okay English expressions about dot or related to dot dot dot so if you're talking about swimming if you're talking about the news whatever topic you chose for that week replace the dot dot dot with that topic now remember that the expressions must be related to the topic you chose for the week that's why this is so important okay so in your
first five minutes doing that then the next five minutes is your study and learn five minutes okay your goal is to get a good understanding of each new English expression you're going to memorize and try to understand them so five minutes is a good amount of time to learn three new English expressions all right now for the next five minutes you're going to absorb and practice okay so you can either write the expressions on flashcards or just save them over and over outloud it depends on what kind of learner you are are you audible are
you visual so you know yourself okay so that's the first 15 minutes for day one now moving on to day 2 review and practice the three new English expressions remember this plan is specifically for those people who only have 15 minutes a day okay alright so day two the focus of day two is reviewing and practicing the new English expressions this review and practice will enhance your ability to use these expressions in everyday conversation alright so why is this important we're gonna look at a very very important quote from a man named Anton Chekhov he
says knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice this is very true of English if you constantly learn over and over or memorize things but never use them then they are useless the expressions you've learned are useless okay all right so the result you'll become more proficient in your ability to use them in real life so how is this gonna be done all right so again we have the fifteen minutes broken up into three different parts now for our first five minutes you're going to review okay you can review alone or with
the group it's up to you some people like studying alone better and some people like studying with other people so you can test each other or you can just test yourself now the second five minutes is going to be defined now this is where it gets very interesting because you're putting into practice what you're learning what you're gonna do is you can search for those expressions on your computer your iPad or your cell phone etc using Google or any other search engine your goal is to find examples of where the expressions are actually used in
context so you're looking for blog posts or news articles that use these expressions okay now you just want to find the sentence where the expressions are okay you want to read over them okay you're not memorizing you're just reading them and it's helping your brain understand the expressions more okay and the last five minutes is the think section okay so you're gonna think about your own life and come up with three different situations that match the English expressions so again you're not stressed during this time you're literally just thinking relaxing and just thinking about how
these expressions actually apply to your life okay all right that leads us into day three okay now you're going to learn three new English idioms okay the focus update three is learning new English idioms these new idioms to be connected to the topic you selected for the week now this is important because English idioms are used every single day by native English speakers we use them in conversations they're used throughout the media and everywhere you go you will hear idioms every single day okay so the result if you are learning English idioms you will use
them correctly which will amplify or enhance what you are saying and make it easier for people to understand you when you speak in English okay so how do we do this alright so again the fifteen minutes is broken up into three different parts here we go search and find so we're going right back to the computer or your cell phone or whatever whatever device you're using okay we're going to Google and we're typing in English idioms about dot dot dot or related to dot dot again the topic you chose for the week each week you
can choose a different topic this is how you're going to enhance your English skills okay even though it's only 15 minutes you will enhance your ability to talk about certain topics each and every week okay all right so always remember that now the next five minutes again is your study and learn five minutes okay your goal is to get a good understanding of each new English idiom okay you can memorize read over them over and over again and get a good understanding of them and finally for the last five minutes you're gonna absorb and practice
okay so again you can either write the idioms on flashcards or just say them over and over out loud alright so moving on to day four okay review and practice the three new English idioms all right the focus of day four is reviewing and practicing the new English idioms this review and practice will enhance your ability to use these idioms in everyday conversation now one famous man named Malcolm Gladwell said practice isn't the thing you do once you're good it's the thing you do that makes you good and I really tell my students this over
and over again practice practice practice okay now the result you will get more confident in using them of the idioms and you will begin to recognize them more in daily life so for example when you're watching TV or listening to an English program okay alright now how do you do this so again you break that 15-minute period into three different parts first you're going to review you can review alone or with the group next you're gonna find again on your computer your iPad or whatever mobile device you have or you can access the internet find
these idioms in different spots okay specifically things that are written by native English speakers and you're gonna find those idioms and those sentences and how they are used okay and finally think think about your own life and come up with three different situations that match the English idioms this is gonna be so helpful for you okay all right and day five is going to be learn three new English vocabulary words okay the focus of day five is learning new English vocabulary words these new vocabulary words need to be connected to the topic you selected for
the week okay why is this important you see vocabulary is the most required skill when learning a foreign language and this is because all other skills depend on vocabulary so reading writing and speaking are very important but without vocabulary they can't stand okay so what's the result gonna be you're listening speaking writing and comprehension will all improve so how do we do this again break up your 15 minutes into three different parts and this is what's gonna happen you're gonna search and look for English vocabulary about dot which is where your topic will be inserted
you're gonna look on Google ok then you're gonna study and learn your goal is to get a good understanding of each new vocabulary word don't just memorize it but think about it memorize it and think about what you're learning okay and then for the last five minute period you gonna absorb and practice you do this again by either using flashcards or saying them over and over to yourself out loud or if you've another method of learning you can also do that okay now day six this is where you're going to review and practice the three
new English vocabulary words okay so this review and practice will again enhance your ability to use these vocabulary words in everyday conversation there is a famous quote by an unknown author that says don't practice until you get it right practice until you can't get it wrong in other words practice until you know it like the back of your hand now like the back of your hand is a very popular idiom it means something you can't forget something you know well okay what will the result be you will be able to express exactly what you are
feeling and that's your goal as an English Learner okay so again 15 minutes broken up into three different parts here we go first you're gonna review again alone or with the group and you can change this up you can pick a group for day six and then for the next time you can pick to do it alone it's up to you okay alright for the next five minutes again search for examples of when these vocabulary words are used and just read again read the example sentences so that you understand okay and finally think think about
your own life and come up with three different situations that match the English vocabulary words okay alright now I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I hope you learned a lot about how to maximize your 15 minutes if you want to join the speak English with Tiffany Academy and continue studying with me click the link in the description below and I would love to have you join and become one of my students I hope you have a great day and remember to speak English [Music]
