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Hello, everyone and welcome
back to "English With Lucy."
Today, I have brought you
to my favourite window
and outside of this window
is my favourite tree.
It's a willow /ˈwɪləʊ/(cây liễu) tree.
Many of you might not know this about me.
Some of you might know this,
but I live on a farm in England
and I thought it would
be nice for you to see
some of the surroundings in the farm
whilst /waɪlst/(when) we do this lesson.
Let me know if you like it
or if you find it distracting /dɪˈstræktɪŋ/.
Now in this lesson,
I'm going to talk to you about motivation,
but importantly, about
the perfect study routine /ruːˈtiːn/ (habit).
I know that lots of you feel
that you lack motivation,
and one thing that can really, really help
is implementing /ˈɪmplɪment/ a good study routine.
But that can feel quite daunting /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/.
Daunting means intimidating /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪtɪŋ/(scary)
or something that seems
very difficult or scary.
In this video, I am going to help you out.
I'm going to show you

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how you can incorporate /ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪt/ (integrate)
and include every English language skill
into different parts of your day.
We will start with the morning,
move on to the daytime,
then to the afternoon,
and then to the evening.
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So shall we get started? (laughs)
So let's start with the morning.
Now, are you a morning person?
That's the first question.
A morning person is someone
who is great in the mornings.
You can also call them an early bird.
The opposite of this would be a night owl /aʊl/ (con cú),
somebody who thrives /θraɪv/(develop or grow well) in the
nighttime.
Tell me if you're an
early bird or a night owl.
My problem is that in the mornings,
my eyes are blurry /ˈblɜːri/( not clear) and
I can't read anything,
I can't watch anything on the TV.
So I think that the best skill
to practise in the morning
is your listening skills.
And this is a good thing to
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do because for many students,
the listening skills
are their least /liːst/( smallest in size) favourite skills to learn.
It's the skill that they
struggle the most with.
I know this because I
learned Spanish and Italian
and I was always petrified /ˈpetrɪfaɪd/( extremely frightened, scary),
really, really scared
of the listening exams.
Can anyone else relate to this?
Reading up here, speaking, maybe here,
writing up here, listening down here.
It's hard skill, it really, really is.
So don't beat /biːt/(defeat) yourself up about it.
Don't give yourself a hard time.
Instead, make your listening skills
the thing that you practise
every single morning.
I love it when my students ask
for listening practise recommendations /ˌrekəmenˈdeɪʃn/
because I have so many recommendations
and I'm going to put them
in the description /dɪˈskrɪpʃn/ box,
but I'll talk about some of them here.
A great one is to find a daily podcast /ˈpɑːdkæst/,
a nice, short podcast,
something that you enjoy
listening to in English
and make a habit of listening to it,
first thing every morning.
Maybe you're in bed,
maybe you've just got up
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and you're having a coffee.
One that's really relevant /ˈreləvənt/ being valuable at the moment,
the BBC have a global
coronavirus update every morning,
and it's only around six minutes long
and it covers the world.
So you could know what's going on
with the coronavirus around the world.
That's a good recommendation
if you want to know relevant vocabulary /vəˈkæbjəleri/.
Another is BBC News, I
especially like Radio 4,
another really great one
is Luke's English Podcast.
This is one I often
recommend to my students.
I will leave his website
down there as well.
He started that podcast
in 2009 and he has made
so many fantastic episodes ˈepɪsəʊd/.
One thing I will recommend
if you're listening
to a shorter episode, try
to listen to it twice.
I know it can be boring,
but it's so helpful
if you can do that.
And if you can find one with a transcript,
listen to it with no transcript /ˈtrænskrɪpt/ first
and then read along
with it the second time.
This is more appropriate /əˈprəʊpriət/ suitable
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for the shorter podcasts.
Right, so I recommend listening
skills for the morning.
Obviously /ˈɒbviəsli/(clearly), you can mix these around.
These are just really good ideas
for incorporating English
practise into your daily life.
This is what I would ideally /aɪˈdiːəli/(perfectly) do
if I were learning a language,
but let's move on to speaking skills.
You can do this at anytime of the day.
What about practising speaking alone?
Because that's something
I know a lot of people
have been asking about throughout /θruːˈaʊt/( into every part of
something)
the pandemic, especially.
Well, there are so many options
and resources available
for you, many of them free.
Something that I loved doing
when I was learning Spanish and Italian,
Spanish in particular /pərˈtɪkjələr/(specific /spəˈsɪfɪk/),
was mimicking /ˈmɪmɪk/(copy) people.
And they have no idea that I did this,
but I found someone with
an accent /ˈæksənt/( a way of pronouncing the words ) that I liked
and I would pause /pɔːz/ it and repeat it
and pause them and repeat it.
I have actually uploaded
quite a few videos with space
for you to repeat the word
after me or the phrase after me,
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I think I've done done common
idioms /ˈɪdiəm/, common objectives /əbˈdʒektɪv/,
common nouns as well recently.
I'll link those down below,
but definitely /ˈdefɪnətli/ (clear), take advantage
of the space I leave
afterwards /ˈæftərwərdz/ to repeat after me
'cause it does work.
Another thing that I really love to do
is to narrate /ˈnæreɪt/(thuật lại) what I'm doing.
I act as if I'm in a
movie and that somebody
is narrating my life,
but there is one very specific situation
where I do actually explain
out loud what I am doing
as I'm doing it in another language.
So for you, this is probably /ˈprɑːbəbli/ English,
for me, it's normally Spanish.
I like to create my own
personal cooking shows.
I live on a farm, I'm marrying a farmer.
I spend a lot of time alone /əˈləʊn/.
So when I cook, I try to make it
a little more exciting for myself.
And I explain to an invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəbl/ audience /ˈɔːdiəns/
and invisible TV camera what I'm doing.
And it is so good for
practising your speaking.
Honestly, try it.
And if you dare /deə(r)/, film /fɪlm/ yourself.
I'll watch you later, hilarious /hɪˈleriəs/(extremely funny).

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Those videos will go with me to the grave /ɡreɪv/( a place in the
ground where a dead /ded/ person is buried /ˈberi/).
That means that I will
die with these videos.
No one else will see them.
Right, so we move on to
the afternoon. (laughs)
So in the afternoon, I
recommend that you practise /ˈpræktɪs/
your writing and your reading skills.
I just feel that this is the
perfect relaxing time of day.
If you are a student, you can
take a break from studying.
If you have a job and you
work throughout the day,
and I'm talking about taking
a short break or doing this
when you get home from work.
Now reading's quite an obvious one.
I can recommend any sort
of media like books,
fiction /ˈfɪkʃn/(viễn tưởng), nonfiction /ˌnɑːn ˈfɪkʃn/(hư cấu),
newspapers.
One thing that I've discovered recently
that I absolutely love
is the "Happy Newspaper."
I was getting really, really
down and depressed about
all of the negative news in the world.
And whilst I still think it's
important to read that news,
I needed something that I could
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have for a bit of me time,
a bit of positivity /ˌpɑːzəˈtɪvəti/.
And there is a newspaper
called the "Happy Newspaper."
I've checked and it's
available internationally /ˌɪntərˈnæʃnəli/.
It's a small newspaper that
shares only happy, good stories.
And so that could be a
really nice option for you
if every afternoon you just sit down
and choose a number of good, happy stories
that you are going to read.
It could be five, it could be seven,
they're quite addictive /əˈdɪktɪv/ (laughing)
or you could time (dành thời gian) yourself and say,
right, I'm gonna do 10
minutes of happy reading.
I will link that particular
newspaper down below.
I am a subscriber, let
me know if you go for it
because I'd love to share
opinions /əˈpɪnjən/(view or thought about something) on the stories.
I absolutely /ˈæbsəluːtli/ love it.
What a great idea.
Now obviously, there are books as well.
I feel like I should make
a separate video on books
that are appropriate /əˈprəʊpriət/ for
each level of English,
but there is one in particular
that I will mention.
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And it's actually a series,
it's Olly Richards'.
He runs the website,
IWillTeachYouaLanguage,
and he has a series of
books called "Short Stories"
in so many languages.
There is one in English.
I've just ordered the Swedish /ˈswiːdɪʃ/(thụy điển) one as well
because I'm feeling particularly drawn /drɔːn/(lôi cuốn, nhợt nhạt)
to that language at the moment.
So they're stories for beginners,
but you can read at a nice
pace /peɪs/ (speed at which something happens), pick up new vocabulary.
They're really, really fantastic /fænˈtæstɪk/.
Again, link down below.
I just think it's so lovely
that there are short stories available
for any beginner in a language.
Now let's move on to writing.
So in the afternoon or
potentially the evening,
I feel like some people
might prefer the evening.
It depends on how chaotic /keɪˈɑːtɪk/( without any order)
your household /ˈhaʊshəʊld/(all people in family, hộ gia đình) is.
If you have a more peaceful
time in the afternoon,
then the afternoon is best.
One thing I really recommend is looking
into bullet /ˈbʊlɪt/( a small metal object that is fired from a gun) journaling
/ˈdʒɜːrnl/.
This is something that
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has been talked about
extensively /ɪkˈstensɪvli/( in a way that covers a large area) on YouTube.
There was a real /ˈriːəl/ trend
a couple of years ago
with people showing their bullet journals (diary /ˈdaɪəri/),
but don't discount how
effective /ɪˈfektɪv/ this can be
for language learning.
You can use bullet journals
to track your exercise,
your sleep, your food,
but I would use it to
track your vocabulary
and your language skills
that you've picked up (choose)
and how you've been feeling when speaking
in the other language and
documenting what you've practised.
Another thing I will recommend
is real pen pals /pæl/(friend), okay?
So a pen pal is somebody who you write to.
And now there are lots of
language exchange websites
which are fantastic, I also
recommend that you do that.
But one thing that must not
be forgotten is the power
of a written /ˈrɪtn/ letter and
how it can make you feel
and how it can motivate you.
Receiving a letter that somebody
has written to you by hand /hænd/
and having to write a written response /rɪˈspɑːns/,
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it almost provides an obligation /ˌɑːblɪˈɡeɪʃn/(thing that have to do)
to you.
You feel that you must
understand it completely /kəmˈpliːtli/
and you must respond adequately /ˈædɪkwətli/(good enough in
quality /ˈkwɑːləti/).
Sometimes in English, when we
want to refer to postal mail,
not email or anything online,
we call it snail mail 'cause
it takes such a long time
to travel like a snail.
And there's a website
called globalpenfriends.com,
and you can use that website
to find a physical /ˈfɪzɪkl/(real, not only, not virtual) snail mail pen
pal.
See if you can find an
English speaking pen pal
or maybe another pen pal
that is also learning English
and start a pen friendship with them.
You can send gifts, postcards(bưu thiếp),
talk about where you're from,
what you like to do.
It's a really fantastic way
of practising your writing.
And if the other person agrees to it,
you can ask them to send back
your letter with corrections,
but only if they are up for it (họ sẵn sàng cho điều đó).
If they are writing to
you in your language
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that they are learning, you
can also return the corrections
Right back to the evening.
I really, really recommend
going back to listening skills.
You want to rest your eyes
and just have something
that will help you drift /drɪft/(clouds dift across the skyp) to sleep.
And I found a fantastic app for this.
It's called Calm.
A friend actually
recommended this app to me
because I was having some
trouble with some stress
and I was struggling to go to sleep.
I was struggling to let
go of my phone as well.
So now I can use this app,
put my phone away and just listen.
This app Calm has guided
meditations and relaxing music,
but most importantly, it has
bedtime stories in English.
And sometimes these stories
are read by celebrities /səˈlebrəti/
with very appealing (intersting) voices.
And as soon as I heard these stories,
I just thought of my
students, what a lovely way
to go to sleep with English in your brain,
but in a relaxing way, one
final bit (small amount) of language practise
before you hit the pillow /ˈpɪləʊ/.
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There are also many other apps
that have bedtime stories as well.
I'm sure you can search for those,
but I found calm very good.
Right, that's it for today's video.
I hope you enjoyed it.
I hope you enjoyed
seeing my favourite tree,
but do let me know if
you found it distracting
or if you didn't like it.
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but I enjoy showing you
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I will see you soon for another lesson.
(bright upbeat (optimistic) music)

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