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TalkEnglish

TheSecretToSpeakEnglishLikeANativeIn6MonthsForBusyPeople,LearnSpokenEnglishFromTheSuccess

KenXiao

THISisthebookeveryEnglishlearnerNEEDStoread.

CrystalF.,Canada

After2weeks,thechangeissignificant.MostimportantlyIthinklikeanativespeakerstartingbuildingalittlebitinmysubconsciousness.

DexuanL.,China

HowIcanspeakEnglishsofastwithoutaccent?WithyourtipsIcandoit.IwillrecommendtomyfriendswithbrokenEnglishbecauseIthinkyourbookisveryhelpfulformeandotherpeoplelikemetolearn

speakfluentEnglish.Thankyousomuch!

FarahA.,Iran

ThebookprovidesthereadersaworkablewayonhowtogettospeakfluentEnglish.It'ssimple,straightforward,andmostimportantofall,itsfocusedandnottoowaylongtocostthereaderstoomuch

time.

JoanneL.,HongKong

IlikeyourbookespeciallyallofyoursuggestionshowtoimprovetheEnglishandsoftentheaccent.Thanks!

KasiaL.,Poland

Therearesomanybooks,specifically“help”books,outonthemarketthatonecangetsooverwhelmedwiththeselection.Thisbook,cateringtotheEnglishlanguagefluency,issuchagreatbookthatthereisno

needtoevenscratchyourheadovertheothers.

LeonaY.,CzechRepublic

Editor'sWord

Beforehavingreadthebook,myexpectationsofitseffectivenesswereneutral--Iwasn'tsureifthe6-monthplanthatwouldbesetforthbytheauthorwouldbearealistictimelineforanindividual'slearningneeds.Regardless,Idoveinwithacompletelyopenmindandalmostimmediatelycametorealizethatmydoubtswereunfounded.

Thebook'smainpromisewasthatitwouldprovideitsreaderswithaplanthatwouldtransformtheirbrokenEnglishintofluentEnglish.Afterhavingreadthispiece,IcansaywithoutadoubtthatthebookwentaboveandbeyonditsinitialpromisetodeliverSOmuchmore.KenoutlinedameticulouslydetailedregimenthatnotonlyexplainedeverythingonewouldhavetodoinordertoimprovehisorherEnglish(includingnumerousoriginalstrategiesandhelpfultips)buthealsotookontheroleofanencourager,cheeringhisreaderonthroughoutthewholeread.Certainly,thisbookwentaboveandbeyondtodelivermuchmorethanitsoriginalpromise—itdeliveredalifestylechange.

ThestrategiesthattheauthorhasoutlinedcanbeapplieduniversallytoanylanguageandIwouldrecommendthisbooktoanyonewhowouldliketoimprovehisorherfluencyinaforeignlanguage(mostspecificallyEnglishasthisiswhattheauthorfocuseson).THISisthebookeveryEnglishlearnerNEEDStoread.Whatsetsthisbookapartfromthemyriadofothersisthewayinwhichtheauthorconnectswithhisreader;fromhiswords,youcanabsolutelyfeelthesufferingheexperiencedasresultofhisbrokenEnglishandthetriumphthatoverwhelmedhimwhenhefinallysucceededatcommunicatingfluently.Thisbookisthoughtfulandinspiringanditsgenuinetonewilldeeplytouchits

readers.

CrystalFaqiri

CopyrightNopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,transmitted,sold,orutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutwrittenconsentofKenXiao.

Foreword

Therearesomanybooks,specifically“help”books,outonthemarketthatonecangetsooverwhelmedwiththeselection.Thisbook,cateringtotheEnglishlanguagefluency,issuchagreatbookthatthereisnoneedtoevenscratchyourheadovertheothers.Kendoesanincrediblejobatmakingiteasytoreadandunderstand,preciseandspecificinteachingyouwhattodotobetteryourEnglish,andmostimportant,hemakesitpersonal.Withthepersonaltouch,youcanreallyfalldeepintotheemotions,thebattlesandthetriumphsofKensjourney.Hetakesyouintoaplacewhereyoucanreallyrelatetohimandthatmakeslearningsomucheasier…andmorefun!

I,myself,amnotanAmericanNative.IwasbornintheCzechRepublicandcametotheUSAattheageof4withmyparents.Nowasayoungchild,IpickeduptheEnglishlanguagequitefast,howevermyparentsdidnot.Asadults,ofcourse,it’smuchmoredifficulttolearnasecondlanguage,letaloneEnglish,whichisnotthateasy!TheytookEnglishasasecondlanguagecoursesatalocalcommunitycollegeandwatched“easytounderstand”TVshows,whichwasallfineandhelpedthemlearnthelanguage,butiftheyhadKen’sbookatthattime,backinthe1980’s,theyreallywouldhavescored!

Keniseagerandexcitedtogetthisbookinyourhands.Hetruststhathistipsandtechniqueswillhelpyou,justastheydidhim!IbelievethatyouwillfindthisbookextremelyvaluableandhelpfulandhopeyouenjoyitasmuchasIdid!

LeonaYoung

AboutTheAuthor

KenXiao

TranslatorintheUnitedStatesDepartmentOfDefense

BachelorofScienceinInformationTechnology

MasterofScienceinSpaceStudies

CreatorofMyFluentEnglishFormula

Englishteacher

PrincipalofShaoWenSchoolOfEducation

Businessowner

Newspapereditor

TableofContents

Editor'sWord

Foreword

AboutTheAuthor

Introduction

1—AMiddleSchoolDropoutCan.CanYou?(Mustread)

2—FromBrokenEnglishtoFluentEnglish

3—HowFluent?OneWord:Native!

4—TheFormulaToMakeYouSpeakEnglishLikeANative

5—TheOneWordSecret

6—GetItRight,Baby!

7—ThisIsYourRightHandMan

8—TheStep-By-StepInstructions–Let'sMakeYouSpeakLikeANative!

9—ThisIsYourLeftHandMan

10—YourRoadToSuccess

Youmustdothethingyouthinkyoucannotdo.

EleanorRoosevelt

Introduction

YouhavestudiedEnglishforyears,yetyoustilldon'tspeakEnglishwell.Youhavetriedmanymethodsandyoustillmakegrammarmistakes,youstillcan'tspeakEnglishfluently,andyoustillcan'tpronounceEnglishwordscorrectly.Youcanread,butyoufeelnervoustospeakEnglishortooshytospeakEnglish.

Thegoodnewsis,thisisverynormal.YouhavesimplyusedineffectivemethodstolearntospeakEnglish.

MynameisKenXiao.Iwasinyoursituationbefore,butnowIcanspeakEnglishlikeanative,andIaccomplishedthatinsixmonthswithoutspendingadime.I'mgoingtoteachyouhowtocompletelygetridofyouraccentanddevelopanAmericanorBritishaccenttospeakEnglishjustlikeanativespeaker,andI'llteachyouhowtoaccomplishthatinjustsixmonths.

Inthisbook,you'lllearn:

*Howtospeaklikeanativeinsixmonthsorless

*Howtodothateffortlesslyonabusyschedule

*HowtospeakEnglishwithouttranslatingitfirst

*Howtolearngrammarwithoutmemorizinggrammarrules

*Howtobuildavocabularythatlasts

*HowtomakeyoupronounceEnglishwordslikenativeAmericanornativeBritish

*HowtospeakEnglishfluently,correctly,andnaturallyjustlikeanative

*Andmore...tomakeyouspeakEnglishlikeanativespeaker.

YouhavestudiedEnglishforyears,yetyoustillcan'tspeakEnglishwell.Thereasonissimply:Themethodsyouusedwereineffective.Changeyourwayoflearningnow.Learnfromthesuccesswhowasinyoursituationbeforeandisgettingtheresultyouwantnow.YoucansucceedbysimplydoingwhatIhavedonebefore.Effortlesslyfollowthestep-by-stepinstructionsinthebookto

achievethehighestleveloffluencytomakeyouspeakEnglishlikeanativespeaker.Followtheinstructionsnow.

Manisnotthecreatureofcircumstances,circumstancesarethecreaturesofmen.Wearefreeagents,andmanis

morepowerfulthanmatter.

BenjaminDisraeli

1—AMiddleSchoolDropoutCan.CanYou?(Mustread)

InapoorfarmingvillageinsouthernChina,achildwasborn.Inhischildhoodlife,hewashungry.SOhungrythatevenafterover30years,hestillremembersthehungerhe'dbeenthroughinvividdetails.Therewasnorunningwater,sohehadtocarrywaterhomefromawellthatwashalfofakilometerawayusingtwobuckets.Andhewassevenyearsold.ThebucketsofwaterwereSOheavythathecouldn'twalkstraight.Atage7,hestartedtoworkinthefieldstoplant,cultivate,andharvestcrops.Atage7,hestartedtocollectfirewoodforcooking.Atage7,hestartedtocookfortheentirefamilyusingopenfire.Therewasnoelectricstove,andhewasluckyifhegotelectricityforlightingonceaweek.Hestartedelementaryschoolatage8anddroppedoutofmiddleschoolatage13.

HemovedtoAmericawithhisfamilywhenhewas17.HespokenoEnglish,wentstraighttohighschool,andstartedtolearnEnglishinclassescalledEnglishAsSecondLanguage(ESL)classes.SincehespokenoEnglish,Englishcertainlywasn'thisfavoritesubject.Atage20,hecouldspeaksomebrokenEnglish.ThenheusedamethodwhichI'mabouttosharewithyoutoimprovehisEnglishfluency,andsixmonthslater,heturnedhisbrokenEnglishintofluentEnglish.Inthefollowingeffortlesspractices,heeventurnedhisEnglishintoanEnglishthatpeoplewhodidn'tknowhimthoughtitwashisnativelanguage.

Amazing,isn'tit?

Andhereisthebestpart:Thiscountryboy,thismiddleschooldropout,startedat20,forsixmonths,whosuccessfullyspokeEnglishlikeanative,hasNOspecialtalent!He'sjustanaveragepersonyouandIwouldseeinthecountrysides.He'sjustanaveragepersonyouandIwouldmeetonthestreets.

Thismiddleschooldropoutistalkingrightinfrontofyou.Thismiddleschooldropoutisme.

Andyes,I,KenXiao,acountryboy,amiddleschooldropout,anaverageman,startedat20,forsixmonths,canspeakEnglishlikeanative!

ThereisonesolepurposeI'mputtingmyhumblebackgroundhere–inspiration!BecausewithabackgroundlikethatandIcanstillmakemespeakEnglishlikeanative.Canyou?

WhatIusedtomakemespeakEnglishlikeanativewasMyfluentenglishFormula.It'saformulaIcreated,improved,andperfected.Usingthesameformula,Ialsomademespeaktwootherlanguageslikeanative.

Ifacountryboy,amiddleschooldropout,anaveragemanwithnospecialtalent,startedatage20,forsixmonths,canmakehimspeakEnglishlikeanative,myfriend,yes,youcan.Let'sstartthesix-monthjourneytodaytogetyourresults.

Toyoursuccess,

KenXiao

Myfirstfamilypicturetakenin1983.I'mtheboystandingintheback.

2—FromBrokenEnglishtoFluentEnglish

WhenIwas20,IcouldunderstandsomeEnglishbutnotmuch.Myvocabularywasverylimited,myaccentwasverystrong,andIfirstthoughtinmylanguage,thentranslatedintomyownversionofEnglishtospeaktopeople.Theproblemwas,peoplecouldn'tunderstandme.

Inshort,myEnglishwasbad.

NewYorkCity.IspokenoEnglishwhenIcametoAmerica.

We'lleitherfindawayormakeone.

Hannibal

TheDesireForChange(Theultimatepower)WhatkindofjobscouldIgetifIcouldonlyspeaktranslated,brokenEnglishwithastrongaccent.ThatinspiredmetostartlookingforopportunitiestoimprovemyEnglishfluency.

Oneday,IwatchedanadvertisementonTVandsawanexpertcalledFluentEnglishMr.WangwhoguaranteedEnglishfluency.HeguaranteedthatifyouwerejuststartingtolearnEnglishandtooklessonsfromhimforayear,yourEnglishwouldbemorefluentthanotherswho'dlearnedEnglishfortenyears.“Howamazingisthat?”Ithought,buttherewasaproblem.FluentEnglishMr.Wangonlyofferedtoteachone-on-oneprivatelessonsbutIdidn'thavethemoney.Bytheway,aprivatelessonatthetimewas$30perhour.

IwonderedwhatFluentEnglishMr.Wangdidtogetthatkindofresult,butIdidn'tcallhimbecauseIthoughthewouldn'ttellmeanyways.ThenIthought,“Ifhecanfindawaytodoit,Icanfindawaytodoit,too!”

SoIstartedbyreadingbooksfromthelibraryonEnglishfluency.AllofthebooksIintentionallypickedwerewrittenbynativespeakersbecauseIthoughtIshouldlearnfromthenative.TherewerelotsofwordsIdidn'tknowbutIlookedthemupinthedictionary.

AfterIreadabout10books,Isummarizedallofthestrategiesintoalistof10.Thestrategiesweresomethinglike“Listenlistenlisten,”“Readreadread,”“Usewhatyou'velearned,”“Buildyourvocabulary,”andsoon.

Istartedapplyingthesestrategies,andIcouldunderstandalittlemoreEnglishbutthestrategiesdidn'tmakemespeakanybetter.

SoIkeptreadingbooks,andagain,allwerewrittenbynativespeakers.Buttheyallsaidprettymuchthesamethings.Ikeptreadingandreading.AsfarasIcanremember,Ireadatotalofabout60books,andagainallofthebooksIintentionallypickedwerewrittenbynativespeakers,andallofthebookssaidalmostthesamethings.

Thestrategieswereineffective,soItriedadifferentapproach.

AtapeIusedtopracticeEnglishwith.

Insteadofpickingbookswrittenbynativespeakers,allthebooksIpickedthistimewerewrittenbysuccessfulnon-nativeEnglishspeakerswhohadmadetheirEnglishfluent.Ipickedandreadabout10ofthem.Tomysurprised,allthebookssaidthesamethingsasthe60bookswrittenbynativespeakersEXCEPTforonething–Repeatwhatyouhearagainandagain.

“Repeatwhatyouhearagainandagain”wasn'tmentionedinanyofthe60bookswrittenbynativespeakersatall.

Outofthelistof60bookswrittenbynativespeakers,onewasveryuseful.Thisbookwasn'tabouthowtospeakfluentEnglish,instead,itwasabouthowtobecomesuccessfulwrittenbyTonyRobbins.Icameacrossthatbookandwonderedforthreesecondsofwhetherornottotakeit.Atthelastmoment,Idecidedtotakeitjusttotakeapeekatitincaseifthereweresomethinguseful.Tomysurprise,itturnedouttobeagreatbookonhowtosetgoalsandhowtobecomesuccessful.Isummarizedthatbookandthetenbookswrittenbythesuccessfulnon-nativeEnglishspeakersandcameupwithonestrategy,astrategyIlaternamedMyfluentenglishFormula.

ThePerfectOpportunityIwas20atthetime,livingintheBrooklynareaofNewYorkCity.EverydayItookthesubwaytrainstoandfromManhattan.Thetriptook40minuteseachwayonthetrain.Thewalktothetrainstationfromhometook12minutesandthewalkfromthetrainstationtoworktookfiveminutes.Alladdedtogether,aroundtriptookanhourand54minuteseachday.Thatcreatedaperfectopportunityforme.

IbroughtmyWalkmanwithmewhileonthewaytoworkandonthewayhome.InormallylistenedtoEnglishlessonsandsometimessongs,butafterIreadthelast10bookswrittenbynon-nativespeakersandworkedoutmystrategy,IusedtheWalkmantotrymynewstrategy–Repeatwhatyouhearagainandagain.

TakingActionDuringtheseroundtrips,Ifirsttunedintoanewsstation.ItwasNPR,NationalPublicRadio,tolistentothenews.Itworkedverywellduringthe12-minutewalktothetrainstation,butonceIenteredthetrainstation,thesignalwaslost.WhenIgothomeatnight,IrecordedthenewsonatapeforthenextdaysothatIcouldlistentoitonthetrain.Afterthat,Irecordedfreshnewseverynight.

Istartedbywhisperingthenews,butthenIbegansayingitlouder.NewYorksubwaytrainswereasnoisyasthunders,andthankstothat!Thenoisecreatedtheperfectopportunityformetoworkonmystrategy–eventhepersonsittingnexttomecouldn'thearwhatIwastalkingabout.SoIgottopracticedtheentiretrainridesbothways.

Inthebeginning,therewerelotsofwordsIdidn'tunderstand,butIrepeatedthemanyway!Inthebeginning,thenewswastoofastforme,butIrepeatedwhatIheardevenifIcouldn'tcatchup.OftenwhentherewasawordoraphraseIcouldn'tsay,Iwouldrewindthetapeandlistentoitagain.Thistime,Ionlylistenedtoit.IfIstillcouldn'tsayit,IwouldrewindthetapeagainandlistenagainuntilIcouldsayit.ThenIwouldrepeatthewordorphraseonce,twice,threetimes…untilIcouldcorrectlysaythenewwordorphrase.Ithelpedalot!ThenexttimeIheardthatsamewordorphrase,Icouldcorrectlysayit.

FollowingThroughThreemonthslater...

IdecidedtorecordmyownspeakingtoseehowmuchIhadimprovedbecauseIhadheardsomepeople(atleastthreethatIremembered)sayingthatIspokegoodEnglish.SoIwrotedownsomedailyconversationalphrasesandrecordedmyvoicesayingthem.Tomysurprise,IDIDspeakwhatIwrotedownprettyfluently!Icouldstillhearmyaccentbuttheaccentwasmuchlighter.ComparedtootherESLlearners,myEnglishwasevenbetter!

Igotexcitedabouttheresultsanddecidedtoslightlyadjustmyapproach.

ThefirstthingIchangedwasrecordingthenewsonceaweek,listeningandpracticingthesameEnglishfromnativespeakersforawholeweek.Inthebeginningoftheweek,therewasalmostalwayssomethingIcouldn'tsay.Atthe

endoftheweek,I'dmasteredspeakingeverythingonthewholetape.Iwasevenalmostabletoreciteeverythingonthetapeincludingwords,sentences,tones,flow...

Thenextweek,Irecordedanewtapeanddidthesamethingsfortherestoftheweek.IdiditforamonthandmasteredfourtapesofEnglishtaughtbynativespeakers.Onweekfive,Iwentbacktopracticethepreviousfourweeks'Englishwithonetapeperday.Fortheremainingdaysoftheweek,IpracticedthetapesthatIhadthehardesttimewith.

Withinamonth,I'dmasteredspeakingfourtapesofEnglishtaughtallbynativespeakers.Eachtapewas60minuteslong.Fourtapeswere240minutesofEnglishtaughtbynativespeakers.

TheResultThreemonthslater...

Asyoumayhaveguessed,Irecordedmyspeakingagainandtheresultsweresurprising!Myaccentwasgone,myvoicewasclear,mypronunciationwascorrect,andmyflowwassmooth.Inotherwords,myEnglishwasfluent!

ItwasatotalofsixmonthsthatIhadspentpracticingmyEnglish,buttheresultwasoverwhelming.

Aftertalkingtoafriendonthephoneforamoment,thefriendsuddenlyasked,“Whatdidyoudo?”Isaid,“Huh?Whatdoyoumean?”Hesaid,“YourEnglish!It'sGOOD!”Icouldheartheword“good”wascomingfromhisheart.Hesaidtheword“good”withatonethatwassosincerethatIcouldfeeltheenergyofhisvoice.

Twoofmycousins,bothnativespeakers,asked,“HowcomeYOUREnglishissogoodbutyourbrother'sandsisters'arenot?”

TheContinuingEffortIdidn'tjuststopthere.Forthemonthsandyearsthatfollowed,IcontinuedtousemystrategywhenIfoundopportunitieseventhoughmysituationhadchanged.

YearslaterIdevelopedyetanotherstrategyIcalledOpenThroat,whichI'lltalk

aboutinthenextchapter.WhenspeakingEnglishwiththeOpenThroatStrategy,myEnglishsoundsabsolutely,100%native.

Whenmysonwasinfirstgrade,heinvitedmetoreadtohisclassasaguestreader.HisteacherwassoupsetbecauseIlookedlikeIcouldn'tspeakEnglish,whichwouldmeandisastertoherclass.However,histeacherwasabsolutelystunnedwhenIspoke.Isawhereyeswidenforfivesecondsfollowedbyalongsmile.ShewatchedquietlyasIinspiredherstudentstoenjoythebookbytalkingwith100%enthusiasmandspeakingin100%nativeEnglish.Shethensuddenlyjumpedintoactionbywhippingouthercameraandstartedtakingpictures.Sheeveninterruptedmebyaskingifshecouldputapictureinherclassnewsletter.ShelateraskedifIcouldparticipatemoretohelpherinherclassactivities.

3—HowFluent?OneWord:Native!

ThisisastrategywhichIhadlaterdevelopedthatbroughtmyfluencytothenextlevel–native.IcalleditOpenThroat.

Whenpracticing,openyourthroat,talkwithyourdiaphragm,andbringtheenergyfromyourstomach.

Theenergyflowandthewayofspeakingmakeahugedifference.Todothis,youmustopenyourthroat,lettheairflowthrough,andtalkwithenergyfromyourstomach.Youshouldfeelyourstomachtightenwhenyoutalk.

Sobringyourenergyupallthewayfromyourstomach,lettheairflowfromyourlungsthroughyourthroat,andtalkwithyourthroatopen.

Aftermydaughterjoinedherschoolchorusclass,shetoldmethatherchorusteachertaughttheclassthefollowing:

“Openthroat!”

Haveyoueverseenanyonesingwiththeirthroat?Inotherwords,singinglikethatiscalledsingingwitha“ChickenThroat.”It'sfarfromgood.Howdoyoulikethat?

AreyoutoonervoustospeakEnglish?AreyoutooshytospeakEnglish?AreyouusingChickenThroattospeakEnglishbecauseyou'renervousorshy,becauseyou'reafraidyou'llmakemistakessoothersmaylaughatyou?

Listentome:Englishisaforeignlanguagetoyouanyway.Makingmistakesspeakingaforeignlanguageisverynormal!Instead,openyourthroattospeakEnglish.OpenyourthroatanduseMyfluentenglishformulatomakeyouspeakEnglishlikeanative!Dothatforsixmonths,andthen,whenyouspeaklikeme,whenyouspeakEnglishlikeanative,andevennativespeakersarescareofyou,whoisgoingtolaughatyou?

Itisinthemomentofdecisionthatyourdestinyisshaped.

AnthonyRobbins

DecideWhatYouWantislikesettingatargetforyoutoshootat.

4—TheFormulaToMakeYouSpeakEnglishLikeANative

Hereistheformula!

It'scalledMyfluentenglishFormula.MyfluentenglishFormulahasthreesteps.

Step1:SetYourGoal

Step2:TakeAction

Step3:FollowThrough

Step1:SetYourGoalSettingyourgoalisdecidingwhatyouwant.Congratulations!You'vealreadydecidedwhatyouwant.Bygettingthisbook,you'reveryclearthatyourStep1istospeakEnglishlikeanative(oratleastspeakEnglishfluently).

Theword"decide"originatesfromGreekandmeanstocutofffrom.Onceyou'vedecidedonwhatyouwant,that'sit,youcutofffromanyotherpossibilityandfocusonlyonwhatyou'vedecidedon.

Decidewhatyouwantislikesettingatargetforyoutoshootat.

Clarityispower.Themoreclearyouareonwhatyouwant,themorepreciseyourbraintakesyoutoyourtarget.Youmustknowexactlywhatyouwantsothatyouknowexactlywheretogo.

WhenIusedMyfluentenglishFormulatolearntospeakEnglish,IdecidedthatIwantedtospeakfluentEnglish.Withthetargetsetinplace,Istartedworkingtoreachthetarget.Iworkedonlyonmysparetimes,butwithatargetsetinsight,Iaimedatthetargetandknewexactlywheretogo.

IfyoudecidetospeakfluentEnglish,goforit.IfyoudecidetospeakEnglishlikeanative,goforit!Theseareverycleartargets.

Onceyou'vedecidedonexactlywhatyouwant,it'scriticalthatyoucontinuefocusingonyourtarget.That's"focusing"onyourtarget.Thekeywordis“focusing.”Youhaven'tshotanyarrowsatyourtargetyet.Step1isjustsettingyourtargetinplace.

Inreview,yourtargetiswhatyouwant;whatyouwantisyourtarget.Withthatinmind,you'renowreadytotakeStep2.

Step2:TakeActionOnceyouhavesetyourtargetinplace,you'llneedtotakeoutyourbowandarrowsandshootatyourtarget.Onceyouhavedecidedonwhatyouwant,you'llneedtogetwhatyouwant.Togetwhatyouwant,you'llhavetotakeaction.

ItdoesNOTmatterwhatweCANdo;itdoesmatterwhatweWILLdo.Afteryousetyourtarget,inordertogetanyresult,you'llhavetoshootatyourtarget.

Lookatmeinthesetwosituations:

1.IfIcanspeakEnglishlikeanativespeaker,Ihaveacollegedegreeininformationtechnology,Ihaveagraduatedegreeinspacestudies,IliveintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,afreesocietywhereeverythingispossible.

Shootatyourtarget.Inordertohityourtarget,you'llneedtoshootatyourtarget.

Withallofthesepotentialpowers,ICANdoalotofthings,butifIDONOTdoanything,nothingwillhappen.

2.IfIspeakbrokenEnglish,Idon'thavemoneyforprivatelessons,Idon'thavemuchtimetolearnEnglish.

Withalloftheserestrictions,ICAN'TdoalotofthingstospeakfluentEnglish,butifIWILLdosomethingtospeakfluentEnglish,Iwillstillachievesomefluency.Infact,withalltheserestrictions,IdidsomethingandmademespeakEnglishlikeanative.

It'snotwhatwearecapableofthatmakesthingshappen;it'swhatweWILLdothatmakesthingshappen.

WhenIwas20,IknewIwantedtospeakfluentEnglish,andItookactiontoimprovemyEnglish.AndIDIDgetexcellentresults.MyactiongotmeexactlywhatIwanted.

Sotakeactiontogetwhatyouwant.Literallygetgoingtogetwhatyouwant.I'llshowyoustep-by-stepinstructionsofwhatactiontotake.

Step3:FollowThroughOnceyou'vedecidedonwhatyouwant,andyou'retakingactiontodowhatyouwant,keepworkingonit.Followthroughuntilyousucceed!

MakingyouspeakEnglishlikeanativeisajobtakesmorethanadaytodo.Keeptakingactionday-by-daytogetthere.Startsmallandkeepbuildingyourfluencylittle-by-little,day-by-day.

Let'slookatthisexample.Ifyouwanttolift300pounds,canyoulift300pounds?Howabout3pounds?Canyoulift3pounds?Yes!Youcanstartbylifting3poundsday,day-by-day,everyday.Youkeepincreasingtheamountofweightlittle-by-little,day-by-day.Beforeyouknowit,whatseemedimpossiblebeforeisalreadypossible.You'vealreadybuiltenoughmuscletoeffortlesslylift300pounds.

WhenIstartedtoimprovemyEnglish,Istartedbytakingonesingleaction.Thenextday,Itookonemoreaction.Ikepttakingthesameactionday-by-day.Afterthreemonths,Ihadalreadybuiltenoughfluencythatpeoplestartedtellingme

thatmyEnglishwasgood!

Ifollowedthroughbybuildingmyfluencylittle-by-little,day-by-day.Afteranotherthreemonths,Istartedtospeakwhatseemedimpossiblebefore–fluentEnglish!

Ifyou'dbuildyourfluencybyjust1%adayandkeepbuildingonit,imaginewhatyourfluencywillbelikesixmonthslater.YoucouldhavebuiltenoughfluencytospeakEnglishthatseemedimpossiblebefore!

Let'sreviewtheMyfluentenglishFormula.TheMyfluentenglishFormulahasthreesteps:

Step1:SetYourGoal

Step2:TakeAction

Step3:FollowThrough

Lifeiseitheradaringadventureornothing.

HelenKeller

PracticingKungFu.Practicewaskeytomysuccess.

5—TheOneWordSecret

Nowthatyouknowtheformula,it'stimetolearnwhattodotospeakEnglishlikeanative.

Let'stakealookatthis:

YouwanttolearnKungFusothatyoucanbeat10people.You'vewatchedKungFumoviesandinstructionalvideos.You'vealsowatchedhowKungFumastersbeat10people.Youknowtheskillsyouneedtoknowtobeat10people.Nowyou'refacing10people.Canyoubeatthem?

Theanswerisobvious.Ifyouwanttobeat10people,justknowinghowwillnotletyoubeatthem.Inordertobeatthem,you'llhavetopracticeyourKungFu.You'llneedtobuildupyourmuscles,hardenyourfists,stretchyourlegs,aimsyourkicks...

Youneedtogetyourmindmentallyreadyandyourbodilymechanismsphysicallyreadytobeat10people.Inordertodothat,whatyouneedtodoisoneword:practice.

ThesamethingappliestospeakingEnglish.IfyouwanttospeakEnglishlikeanative,justknowinghowtospeakwillnotgetyouthere;you'llhavetopracticespeakingEnglish.ImeanliterallypracticespeakingEnglish,overandoveragain.Youneedtoopenyourthroat,relaxyourtongue,loosenyourmuscles,controlyourflow...

YouneedtogetyourmindmentallyreadyandyourbodilymechanismsphysicallyreadytospeakEnglishlikeanative.Inordertodothat,whatyouneedtodoisoneword:practice.

Therearemanyplaceswhereyoucanpractice.Ihighlyrecommendyouuseallofthemwheneverpossible.

OnTheTrainIfyoutakethetraintowork,congratulations!Ihopeyourtrainisloudsoyoucanfollowmyexactfootsteps–becauseifyourtrainistooquiet,peoplewilllookatyou.WhenIpracticedonthetrain,Ifoundacornerseattositdown.Youcandothesame.FindacornerseatandpracticeyourEnglish.

Youshouldspeakoutloud!YoushouldNOTwhisper,becausewhisperingwillgetyouadifferentresult,andthat'sNOTtheresultyouwant.Inthisdigitalage,youarelucky!Youcantakeoutyourcellphone,putonyourheadphones,andpracticejustlikeyouwouldonaphone.Thepersonsittingnexttoyouwillthinkyou'retalkingonthephone.

OnTheBusIfyoutakethebustowork,congratulations!Yourbuswon'tbetooloudsoitwon'tdamageyourhearing.Stilltrytospeaklikeyounormallywouldbecausewhisperingwillgetyouadifferentresult.Whisperingwilltrainyourtongueandlipsbutwillnottrainyourthroat,yourdiaphragm,stomach,tone,volume,andairflow.Rememberthough–inordertobefluent,you'llhavetopracticeinotherplaceswhereyoucanspeakoutloud.

InTheCarThisis,byfar,myfavoriteplacetopracticemyEnglish.Thereisalotoffreedominthecar,andyoucangofullthrottlewhenpracticing.

WhenIlatergotthechancetopracticeinthecar,IpracticedeverythingIheard.Sincethecarwasmuchquieterthanthetrainandnoonewassittingnexttome,IturnedupthevolumeandfollowedwhatIheardwiththeexactsametones,exactsamevolumes,exactsameflow,exactsamespeed,exactsameexpressions...exactsameeverything.Inaddition,Igottousemyhandstohelpmeexpressmy

feelings.

Ialwaysclosedthewindowssothatpeopleonthestreetwouldn'tbeabletohearme.OccasionallyIsawpeopleonthestreetlookingatmepuzzled.Today,you'relucky.Whenpeopleonthestreetlookatyou,theywilljustthinkyou'rejusttalkingonthephone.

Soinshort,whenpracticinginthecar,justfollowwiththeexactsametones,exactsamevolumes,exactsameflow,exactsamespeed,exactsameexpressions,exactsameeverythingatfullspeed.Idowanttostressthough,it'sspeakingyoushouldgofullspeedon,notdriving.Sodrivesafe.

AtHomeDoyoucookathome?IknowIdo.IstartedcookingforthefamilysinceIwas7,soI'mverygoodatit.Ieventaughtmywifehowtocooksinceshe'dnevercookedbeforeshemarriedme.Forme,cookingnormallytakes10minutesforbreakfastand40minutesfordinner.That's50minutesaday.Whendoingcooking,yourbrainisfreeandit'saperfecttimetopractice.Thisisarealgoodtimetoputonyourheadphonesandpractice.

OutdoorOutdooractivitiessuchasrunning,jogging,walking,hiking,andshoppingcanalsobegreatopportunitiesforpracticing.

AtWorkIworkedattheBoeingCompanyfortwoyearswhereIoftenworkedattheaircraft-buildingfactory.Thefactorywasverynoisy,andeveryonemustwearearplugsintheassemblyareas.Iusedthisasanexcellentopportunitytopractice–Iputonmynoise-cancelingheadphonesandpracticedasloudasIwantedandnoonecouldhearme.

Isyourworkplaceagoodplacetopractice?Howmanyhoursdoyouworkaday?Ifyoucanputyourworkhourstogooduse,youcanskyrocketyourresults.

Thesuccessfulwarrioristheaveragemanwithlaser-likefocus.

BruceLee

6—GetItRight,Baby!

Carefullychoosingthecorrectmaterialsisthekeytoyoursuccess.ThematerialsyouchoosedeterminewhetheryouwillspeakgoodEnglish,badEnglish,rightEnglish,orwrongEnglish.

Iwouldlikeyoutoseethisveryclearly:

ThepronunciationsofBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglisharedifferent.Ifyouwanttospeaklikeanative,youwanttospeaklikeanativeofwhat?Anativeofwhat?Youcan'tmixthethetwoaccentsifyouwanttospeaklikeanative!YoumustpickonlyONEtolearn.Eitheroneisfine,butyoumustpickONE.Pickone,stickwithit,andleavetheotheronealone.YoucangobacktootheroneAFTERyouspeakonelikeanative.Beforeyouspeaklikeanative,focusonone.

Inotherwords,ifyouwanttolearntospeakBritishEnglishlikeanative,pickALLmaterialsinBritishEnglish.Likewise,ifyouwanttolearntospeakAmericanEnglishlikeanative,pickALLmaterialsinAmericanEnglish.Pickonelanguage,BritishorAmerican,andstickwithit!

Therearetwoboatsyoucancatch.Eachboatwillgetyoutoadifferentdestination,butyoucanonlysitononeboatatatime.Sopickaboatandgetonit.

YouwanttospeakEnglishlikeanative,right?Listentotheexpert!Pickone.Youcanunderstandtheotheroneperfectlywell,buttospeaklikeanative,youmustpickoneandonlyone.

RememberwhatBruceLeesaid?Focus!

Ifunfocused,yourlaserbeamisnotstrongenoughtomeltsnow,butiffocused,yourlaserbeamisstrongenoughtocutsteel!

Takethreesecondstothinkofwhichaccenttolearnandthencontinuereading.

Nowthatyouhavechosenyourlanguage,it'stimetochoosetherightmaterials.Thinkofitthisway:

IfyouchoosematerialsinwhichsomeoneisspeakingnativeEnglish,you'lllearntospeaknativeEnglish.

IfyouchoosematerialsinwhichsomeoneisspeakingincorrectEnglish,you'lllearntospeakincorrectEnglish.

IfyouchoosematerialsinwhichnativespeakersarespeakingEnglishinreallifesituations,you'lllearntospeakreallifeEnglish.

IfyouchoosematerialsinwhichnativespeakersarespeakingEnglishinunrealisticsituations,you'lllearntospeakunrealisticEnglish.

…

Irememberlisteningtoatapewhichafriendwasintroducingafriendtoanotherfriend.Theconversationwaslikethis:

“Mr.Wong,thisisMr.Chen,BillChen.Mr.Chen,thisisMr.Wong,DanWong.”

“Howdoyoudo?”

“It'smypleasuretomeetyou.”

“Me,too!”

ThisconversationfromanoldrecordedlessonwasperfectlycorrectinEnglishgrammar,andthepeopleparticipatingintheconversationwerenativeEnglishspeakers.However,thisiswrong!Verywrong!NativeEnglishspeakersdon'tspeakthisway.Thismakespeoplefeelawkwardanduncomfortable,andtheatmosphereisfilledwithrestrictions.Essentially,theconversationwouldbeunnatural.

Intherealworld,theconversationwouldbelikethis:

“Dan,meetBill!”

“How'sgoing,Bill?”

“How'sgoing,Dan?”

Noticethe“How'sgoing”butnot“How'sitgoing?”Thisistheactualconversationnativespeakersusewhenmeetingnewpeople.Thisisacasual,informalconversationthatnativespeakersfeelcomfortabletotakepartin.

SoifyouhavelessonsfromEnglishinstructionaltextbooksorrecordingsthat

arenotperformedbynativespeakersorarenotaboutreallifesituations,putthemaway.Choosesomethingthatpeopleactuallydouse.

Choosethesematerials:

Allmaterialsperformedonlybynativespeakers.

AllEnglishmustbenaturallyspokeninreallifesituations.

PickallmaterialsinONEaccent:BritishEnglishORAmericanEnglish.

Again,learnONElanguageandonlyonelanguage.Eitheroneisfine.

Herearesomerightmaterialstouse:

News!Yes,news!TwogoodexamplesareBBCNewsandNPRNews.Thesearereallifesituationsreportedtoyouindirect,clear,andeasytounderstandEnglish.

Learningsites:ForBritishEnglish,BBCLearningisexcellentchoice.HereisashortenedURLhttp://tinyurl.com/qqq3333.ForAmericanEnglish,VoiceofAmericaLearningisanexcellentone.HereisashortenedURLhttp://tinyurl.com/qqq3334.

Audiostorybooks!Thisis,byfar,myfavoritesource.Listentostorieswithlotsofaction.There,youcanpickupEnglishvocabularywordsquickly.PickALLaudiostorybookswrittenbynativewritersandreadbynativespeakers.YoucangetafreecopyofaudiobookonAmazon.Gotohttp://tinyurl.com/qqq3335.

Movies.Withpictures,moviesareeasytounderstand.

Yourchoiceofyourfavoritematerialsperformedbynativespeakersinreallifesituations.

7—ThisIsYourRightHandMan

WhenIpracticedmyEnglish,Ididn'tspendadime.IusedtheWalkmanandthepairofcheapheadphonesthatIalreadyhad.

Today,you'relucky.Youcanuseyourcellphoneandapairofcheapheadphones.Ifyoudriveacar,linkupyourcellphonewithyourcarviaBluetoothandusethespeakersofthecar.Ifyoudon'thaveacellphone,that'sfine.YoucanuseanMP3playerorotherplayingdevices.

WhenIpracticedmyEnglishonsubwaytrains,thesubwaytrainsweresoloudthatIhadtoturnupthevolume.IremembersoclearlythatIturnedthevolumeupto10andthehighestvolumeonthatWalkmanwas10.Innoisyareas,apairofnoise-cancelingheadphonesisagoodchoicesinceturningthevolumeuptoohighcandamageyourhearing.

Therearetwonewtechnologiesavailabletoday.Oneisover-the-earnoise-cancelingheadphones,andtheotherisin-earisolationheadphones.

Over-the-earNoise-cancelingheadphonesfilteroutwhatyoudon'twanttohearandletyouhearwhatyoudowanttohearatlowvolume.Theheadphonesdetectoutsidenoiseandgeneratesoundwavesintheoppositefrequency,flatteningtheoutsidenoise,makingitinaudibletoyou.

IownapairofAudio-technicaheadphonesIboughtonAmazon.Theseheadphonescanblockoffabout70%ofbackgroundnoise,makingmyaudioclearenoughtokeepthevolumeloweveninnoisyareas.TheheadphonescanbefoundonAmazonatthisshortenedURLhttp://tinyurl.com/qqq3336.I'vealsocheckedoutapairofhigh-endBoseheadphonesthatweredescribedasmuchbetterinperformance.Accordingtothereport,theheadphonescanblockoffabout90%ofbackgroundnoise.However,theseheadphonescostthreetimesasmuchastheAudio-technicaheadphones.TheBoseheadphonescanbefoundalsoonAmazonatthisshortenedURLhttp://tinyurl.com/qqq3337.I'vealsotriedapairoflow-endheadphonesthatacoworkerhadatBoeing.Thepricewas$30cheaperthanmyAudio-technicaheadphones,butthequalitywasbad.Itonlyblockedoffabout40-50%ofbackgroundnoise.

In-earisolationheadphonesaresmall,light,andeasytotakewithyou.They'regoodforoutdooractivities.Theseheadphonesare,byfar,cheaperthanover-the-

earnoise-cancelingheadphones.HereisapairofdecentonesonAmazonforafractionofthepriceoftheover-the-earnoise-cancelingheadphones:http://tinyurl.com/qqq3338.

Makesureyouhearme:usethesenoise-cancelingheadphonesornoise-isolationheadphonesONLYifyouabsolutelyneedthem.Youcanpracticemuchbetterwithnoheadphonesorwithapairofregularheadphones.Youcanspeakmuchbetterifyoucanhearwhatyousay.

Naturehasplacedmankindunderthegovernanceoftwosovereignmasters,painandpleasure.Itisforthemalonetopointoutwhatweoughttodo,aswellastodetermine

whatweshalldo.

JeremyBentham

8—TheStep-By-StepInstructions–Let'sMakeYouSpeakLikeANative!

Let'sreview!MyfluentenglishFormulahasthreesteps.

Step1:SetYourGoal

Step2:TakeAction

Step3:FollowThrough

Concerningallactsofinitiativeandcreationthereisoneelementarytruth—thatthemomentonedefinitelycommitsoneselfthendivineprovidencemovestoo.

WilliamHutchinsonMurray

Let'sdoStep1:Setyourgoal!Ifthereisonlyonethingthatyouwanttotakefromthisbook,thisisit.

Yes.Thisisthesinglemostimportantthinginthisentirebook.

Let'scontinue.

Steponeissetyourgoal.

Setasolidgoal,astonegoal,anirongoal,astronggoal...,agoalthatWILLgetyougoing,agoalthatWILLpushyouforward,agoalthatWILLburnyourdesiretomakeyouspeakEnglishlikeanative.

Therearetwoeffectivewaytosetyourgoal:inspirationanddesperation.

Formeitwaseasy.“WhatkindofjobscouldIgetifIcouldonlyspeaktranslated,brokenEnglishwithastrongaccent.”Thatwasit!Ididn'twanttoworkinarestaurantdoinglaborworkforlife.Myunclealreadyfoundmeajobworkingasanassistantchefintherestaurantheworked.Forme,itwasdesperation:IfIdon'tdoanythingaboutmybrokenEnglish,I'dbedoinglaborworkforlife.BUTifIimprovemyEnglishandspeakEnglishfluently,I'dbedoingofficeworkandliveamuchmorecomfortablelife.

Thatwasasmallreason,butitwasastrongenoughreasontopushmeforward.Whatisyours?

Herearesomeexamplesofinspiration:

“IhaveamuchbetterbackgroundthanKen.IfhecanmakehimspeakEnglishlikeanative,IcanmakemespeakEnglishlikeanative.IWILLmakemespeakEnglishlikeanative.Letmetakeactionnow!”

“IfKen,acountryboy,amiddleschooldropout,startedatage20,forsixmonths,canspeakEnglishlikeanative,IcandefinitelyspeakEnglishlikeanative!IWILLmakemespeakEnglishlikeanativeinsixmonthsperiod!”

Herearesomeexamplesofdesperation:

“IfIkeepspeakingEnglishlikethis,I'mgoingtobedoinglaborworkforlife.BUTifIspeakEnglishlikeanative,I'mgoingtoliveacomfortablelife.”

“IfIdon'tspeakEnglishlikeanative,I'mnevergoingtogetthatdreamjob.BUTifIspeakEnglishlikeanative,notonlywillIgetthatdreamjob,I'llhaveenoughmoneytomoveoutofthisapartmentandbuythathouseontopofthehill.”

Fordesperation,youneedtohavetwopartstomakeitwork.Partone:thepainyouhaveifyoudon'tspeakEnglishwell.ANDparttwo:thepleasureyou'llgetifyouspeakEnglishwell.Whenyouhavethesetwoparts,yourgoalworksextremelywell.

Usewhateveryoucanthinkofthatwillinspireyou...

Usewhateveryoucanthinkofthatyoudesperatelyneed...

…...

Writedownyourgoal!Yes,writeitdown.WritedownyourgoalandputitsomewhereyoucanseeitVERYOFTEN!

Writedownyourgoalandlookatitasoftenasyoucan.

Iwrotedownmygoalsandplacedthemontheceilinginmybedroomrightabovemybed.Ialsoputacopyonthewallbesidemybed.Ialsoputacopyonmydesk.Ialsoputacopyinmywallet.

Putyourgoalinplaceswhereyoucanseethemasoftenaspossible.Thepointhereisforyoutolookatyourgoalasoftenaspossibletoremindyouthatyouhaveagoaltoworkon!

80/20

Thisisthegoldenruleforsuccess:80%ofyoursuccessdependsonyourgoal,and20%onyourwork.

Onceagain,ifthereisonlyonethingthatyouwanttotakefromthisbook,thisisit.Thisisthesinglemostimportantthingforyoursuccess.Ifyouhaveyour80%,therearelotsofdifferentwaysforyoutogetthere.Withoutyour80%,whatareyougoingtodoyourother20%for?

…...

Amangotfiredfromhiscompany.HegotSOmadthatheopenedacompanyto

competewiththecompanythatfiredhim.

Themansetagoal,thenheworkedtowardthegoal,andinjustafewshortyearshebeatthecompanythatfiredhim.Hiscompanytodayisworth$112billion.

Theman'snameisThomasWatson.ThecompanyisIBM.

…...

Amangotfiredfromhiscompany.Hesetagoaltoopenhisownbusiness.Hesentanapplicationandabusinessplantoabankfora£100,000loan.Thebankaskedhimtosend16copiesofhisplan.Hegotexcitedandsent16copiesofhisplan.Heneverheardfromthebankagain,sohecalledthebank.Thisistheanswerhegotfromthebank:

“Weneverwantedtolendyouthemoney.Weaskedfor16copiesyourplantoshowouremployeeswhatadumbplanis.”

Themantriedeightotherbanksandallrefusedtolendhimmoney.Withagoalsetinmind,hetriedtheninthbank,andhegottheloan.Thebanktoldhimthathisplanwasaverybadplan,buttheloanwasapprovedbecausetheloanofficerwasgoingtoretireintwoweekssowhetherornothecouldpaybacktheloandidn'tmatterhim.

Themanthensetuphisbusiness,andwithagoalinmind,hewasincrediblysuccessful.Hepaidbacktheloaninfullandsoldhisbusinessfor£47million.ThecompanythatboughthisbusinesswasWHSmith,thecompanythatfiredhim.

Theman'snameisTimWaterstone.ThebusinessheopenedistheBritishbookstoreempire,Waterstones.

…...

Letmesaythisagain.

Ifthereisonlyonethingthatyouwanttotakefromthisbook,thisisit.

Yes.Thisisthesinglemostimportantthinginthisentirebook.

Ifyouhaven'treadmybackgroundyet,readitnow.BecausewithahumblebackgroundlikethatandIcanstillsetagoalandsuccessfullymademespeak

Englishlikeanative,tellyourselfthis:yes,Ican!

Therewasonesimplereasonformetosetagoalthatpushedmeforwardtolearntospeaklikeanative.Themorereasonsyoucanfindthebetter.Ifallyoucanfindisjustonereason,thatisenough.FindareasonwhyyoumustspeakEnglishlikeanative.Notyouwant,notyouneed,notyoushould,butyouMUST.Areasonsostrongthatyoumustdoit.Findthatreasonnow.Thensetyourgoal.

Deepwithinmandwellthoseslumberingpowers;powersthatwouldastonishhim,thatheneverdreamedofpossessing;forcesthatwouldrevolutionizehislifeif

arousedandputintoaction.

OrisonSwettMarden

Let'sdoStep2:TakeAction!TospeakEnglishlikeanative,you'llneedtolearnfromthenative,buthowtolearnfromthenativeisthekey.Inthisstep,I'mgoingtoshowyouhow.

RemembertheKungFuexampleImentionedearlier?IfyouwanttobegoodatKungFu,you'regoingtohavetopracticeKungFu.IfyouwanttobegoodatEnglish,you'regoingtohavetopracticeEnglish.

Sohowareyougoingtolearnfromthenative?Practice.

I'mgoingtoshowyounineactiontocompletelygetridofyouraccentandmakeyouspeakEnglishjustlikeanative.SohaveyourMP3playeroryourcellphoneready.Putonyourheadphonesifyouneed.Gotooneofthefollowinglinkstodownloadanativestudymaterial.

ForAmericanEnglish,downloadthisone:http://tinyurl.com/qqq4444.

ForBritishEnglish,downloadthisone:http://tinyurl.com/qqq4445.

Justtypeeitheroneoftheabovelinksonyourwebbrowser,andthenativestudymaterialwillbeautomaticallydownloadedtoyourcomputer.Remember,downloadonlyoneandleavetheotheronealone.

Nowlet'stakeAction1.

Action1:ListenAndRepeatAtTheSameTime

Listentothenativestudymaterialandrepeatwhatyouhearimmediately.Imeanimmediately.Rightatthemomentyouhearit.

Iwouldliketostresstheimportanceofthis.Whenyouhearthebeginningofasentence,yourepeatthebeginningofthesentence.Whenyouhearthemiddleofasentence,yourepeatthemiddleofthesentence.Whenyouheartheendofasentence,yourepeattheendofthesentence.Wheneveryouhearsomething,repeatthatimmediately.

Inotherwords,repeatwhatyouhearasquicklyasyoucan.Sayitbackwithouttryingtounderstanditortryingmemorizeit.

Yes.Itypeditright,andyoureaditright.Sayitbackwithouttryingtounderstanditortryingmemorizeit.Justrepeatwhatyouhearimmediatelyasquicklyasyoucan.Andrelax!Whatyou'redoinghereisnaturallybuildingyourfluency.You'redoingthistotrainyourbrain,yourmouth,yourtongue,yourlips,yourthroat,yourlungs,yourstomach...andeverythingyouneedtoNATURALLYspeakEnglishwithoutfirsttranslatingit!Sojustsaywhatyouhearimmediatelywithouttryingtounderstanditormemorizeit.Letthemeaning,thegrammar,thevocabulary...andeverythingelsebuildsubconsciously.

Inthebeginningofyourpractice,ifyouhearwordsyoudon'tknowhowtosayorwordsthatarehardtosay,that'sperfectlyfine.Justtrytosaythewordsorjustmakesomenoiseandmoveon.

Action2:FinishRepeatingTheWholeMaterial

Listentoandrepeatthewholematerialfromthebeginningstraighttotheend.Ifyouhavetopauseit,pauseit.Whenyoucomeback,keepgoingfromwhereyou'veleftoff.Whatyou'redoinghereisbuildingyourflow,makingyouspeakwholesentencesinsteadofjustwords,sorepeatwholesentencesandthewholematerialfromthebeginningtotheend.

Again,ifyoucomeacrosssomethingyoucan'tsaycorrectlyorcan'tsayatall,that'sfine–justmakesomenoiseandmoveon.Remember,eveniftherearewordsyoucan'tsay,keepongoingforward.Continueallthewaytotheend.

Action3:RecordYourVoice

Yes,recordyourvoicepracticingthispieceofnativestudymaterial.Thisiscrucial.DoNOTskipthis.

Nowyouknowhowtopracticetherepeatingstrategyandyouhavealreadyrepeatedthismaterialonce.Atthispoint,you'llneedtorecordyourownvoicerepeatingthissamepieceofmaterial.Sofindarecordingdevicesuchasyourcomputer,anothercellphone,orotherrecordingdeviceandrecordyourvoice.

Bytheway,you'llneedtoputonapairofheadphonestolistentothenative

studymaterialthistimesothatyoucanrecordyourvoiceclearly.Solistentothenativestudymaterialthroughyourheadphonesthistime.Findarecordingdevicesuchasyourcomputer,anothercellphone,orotherrecordingdeviceandrecordyourvoicedothefollowing:

Recordyourvoicerepeatingthewholematerialfromthebeginningtotheend.

Repeateverythingyouknowhowtosayandmakesomenoiseoneverythingyoudon'tknowhowtosay.Justdoyourbestandkeepongoingforward.

Remembertokeepgoingstraightforwarduntilyougettotheend.Saveyourvoicefileandleaveitalone.Youwilllistentoitlater.

Action4:FinishRepeatingTheWholeMaterialAllAtOnceYetAnotherTime

Forthethirdtime,listentoandrepeatthesamematerialfromthebeginningrighttotheend.Youwanttokeepyourflowgoing–repeatthefullsentencesandthewholematerial.Repeateverythingyouknowhowtosayandmakesomenoiseoneverythingyoudon'tknowhowtosay.Justdoyourbestandkeepgoingforwarduntilyoureachtheend.

Action5:RewindAndRepeatTheWordsYouCan'tSayAsManyTimesAsYouNeed

Nowthatyouhavelistenedtoandrepeatedthewholethingthreetimesandyouknowthesentenceflow.It'stimetolistentoandrepeatthesamethingagain.Yetthistime,immediatelygobacktothewordsyoucan'tsayorhavehardtimetosay.Listentothemagainandtrytosaythemagain.Trytosaythemagainandlistentothemagain.Tryonce,twice,threetimes....TryasmanytimesyouneedUNTILyoucanfinallysaythem.

Action6:IgnoreTheMeaningAndFocusOnSpeaking

Whenyouhearandrepeatsomewordsyoudon'tknowthemeaningof,justignorethemeaningandkeeppracticingspeaking.Yes,youreaditright.Do

ignorethemeaningandfocusonlyonspeaking.

Avoidtranslatingthewords!YouwanttounderstandthesewordsinEnglish,notinotherlanguages!TospeakEnglishlikeanative,you'llneedtospeakEnglishNATURALLY.LetthemeaningofthewordscometoyounaturallyinEnglish,andyoucanaccomplishthatbylearningmore.Whenyoumasterspeaking,you'llunderstandthewordsautomatically,inEnglish.Soignorethemeaningandfocusonspeakingandonlyonspeaking.

Action7:FinishRepeatingTheWholeMaterialForThreeTimes

Nowthatyouknowhowtosayeverywordinthispieceofnativestudymaterial.It'stimetopracticethewholethingagain.Fromthebeginningtotheend,practicesayingwhatyouhearforthreetimes.Besuretomimictheflow,thetones,thevolumes,theexpressions,thespeed...Trytomimiceverything.

Practicethispieceofnativestudymaterialthreetimesandthenmoveon.

Action8:RecordYourEnglish

Congratulationsforgettingthisfar!Nowit'stimetorecordyourvoiceagainrepeatingthesamepieceofnativestudymaterial.Takeoutyourrecordingdeviceandrecordyourselfrepeatingtheverysamepieceofmaterialyou'vebeenpracticing.Saveyourvoicefile.

Nowit'stimetocompareyourrecordings.Listentothefirstrecordingfirstandthenlistentothesecondrecording.HowdoyoulikeyourEnglishinthebeginning?HowdoyoulikeyourEnglishnow?Doyouhearanyimprovement?

Ifyoudon'thearanyimprovement,that'sfine.Thispieceofnativestudymaterialmaynotbeagoodfitforyouoryoumaybetoogoodforthispieceofnativestudymaterial.Let'smoveon.TakeAction9.

Ifyoudohearimprovement,congratulations,youAREspeakingbetterthanbefore.Let'sdoevenbetterthanthat!Moveon.

IsyourEnglishasgoodasthespeaker?IfyourEnglishisasgoodasthespeaker,goodjob!Youarebeginningtospeaklikeanative!Keepupthegoodwork!

Let'stakeAction9.

Action9:FindADifferentPieceOfMaterialAndDoAction1To8

First,let'sratethisnativestudymaterial.Chooseoneofthefollowing.Tome,thisnativestudymaterialis:

1. Tooslow.

2. Justright.

3. Toofast.

Choice3:Toofast.Ifyouchose3,congratulations!That'sverynormal!Gotooneofthefollowinglinks,pickadifferentnativestudymaterialataslowerspeed,usethenewnativestudymaterialanddoaction1to8again.

SlowerspeedforAmericanEnglish:http://tinyurl.com/qqq4446

SlowerspeedforBritishEnglish:http://tinyurl.com/qqq5551

Choice2:Justright.Ifyouchose2,congratulations!You'realmostthere!You'llbespeakinglikeanativeverysoon.Gotooneofthefollowing,pickadifferentnativestudymaterialatthesamespeed,usethenewnativestudymaterialanddoaction1to8again.

AveragespeedforAmericanEnglish:http://tinyurl.com/qqq4447

AveragespeedforBritishEnglish:http://tinyurl.com/qqq5552

Choice1:Tooslow.Ifyouchose1,congratulations!YourEnglishspeedistoogood.UnlessyoureallywanttospeakfasterthananaveragenativeEnglishspeaker,gobacktoChoice2,pickadifferentnativestudymaterial,usethenewnativestudymaterialanddoaction1to8again.IfyoustillwanttospeakfasterthananaveragenativeEnglishspeaker,gotooneofthefollowinglinks,pickadifferentnativestudymaterialatultrafastspeed,usethenewnativestudymaterialanddoaction1to8again.

UltrafastspeedforAmericanEnglish:http://tinyurl.com/qqq4448

UltrafastspeedforBritishEnglish:http://tinyurl.com/qqq5553

Givemealeverlongenoughandafulcrumonwhichtoplaceit,andIshallsinglehandedlymovetheworld.

Archimedes

Let'sdoStep3:FollowThrough!KeepdoingStep2!ThisisStep3!Keeptakingaction1to9.Thisishowyoufollowthroughtogettheresultsyou'vebeenwaitingfor.

Onceamonth,gobacktothepreviouspiecesofnativestudymaterialsyou'vepracticedbeforeandtrytopracticethemagain.Thisisforyourretention.Gobacktothemandpracticethemagain.Thiswillhelpyourbrainnaturallymemorizethemandyourbodilymechanismsnaturallyspeakthem!

Hereissomethingtogetexcitedabout:Bytakingaction1to9,yourbrainwillNATURALLYprocessthepronunciation,grammar,sentenceflow,speed,tone,vocabulary…andeverythingyouneedtospeaklikeanativeonwhateveryoupractice.Asaresult,you'llknowexactlyhowtocorrectlypronounceEnglishwords,you'llknowexactlywhentostart,whentopauseandwhentostop,you'llknowexactlywhattosaylouderandwhattosaysofter,you'llknowexactlywhentospeakfasterandwhentospeakslower…justlikenativespeakerswould.

Thisstepwillbringyoutheresultsyou'vebeenwaitingfor!Ifthereisonewordtodescribethisstep,thewordis“persistence.”Keepbuildingontopofwhatyou'vebeenbuildingtoachievewhatyouwant.

Bytheway,hereisareminder:OpenThroat!

That'sit!FollowthroughandyouWILLgetthere!

9—ThisIsYourLeft-HandMan

I'myourteacherandalsoyourlefthandman.Pleasefeelfreetosendmeanemailatken@myfluentenglish.comifyouhavequestionsorsimplysendmeanemailtotellmeaboutyoursuccessstory.Youneverknowhowmanypeopleyoucaninspirebysimplysharingyourstory.

Reasonguidesbutasmallpartofman,andtherestobeysfeeling,trueorfalse,andpassion,goodorbad.

JosephRoux

10—YourRoadToSuccess

Funfact:

Onepercent(Yes,1%)ofpeoplewhobuyinstructionalbooksfollowtheinstructionsinthebooksandsucceed.Theother99%willputthebooksawayandsearchforotherbooksordonothingelseandneversucceedonwhattheywanted.That'sthereasonwhyforevery100peoplewhowanttolearntospeakEnglishlikeanative,onepersonwillsucceed.

Areyougoingtobethe99%whowillputthisbookawayandbuyotherbooksorthe1%who'llstopsearching,followtheinstructionsinthisbook,keepworkingonit,andfinallyspeakEnglishlikeanative?

Howmuchyou'llsucceedisuptoyou.Followingthestep-by-stepinstructionsinthisbookwillgetyouoffagoodstart,ANDpersistencewillgiveyousuccess.Giveyourselfachancetosucceedbytakingactionandgivingyourselftimetosucceed.Now,followmyprovenMyfluentenglishFormulaandtakeactiontoproduceyourresults!

Whatyouneedtodoistotakeactiontoday.Thekeywordistoday.CopymyformulatodayandfollowtheexactsameprocessIdidbefore.Startfromtoday–Imeantoday,rightnow.DoexactlywhatIdidbefore.Takeoneactiontostartbuildingyourfluencytoday.

Youonlyneedtostartfromsmallandkeepbuilding.

Canyoulift100kg?It'stooheavyformostofus.Canyoulift2kg?Yes,youcan.Let'sstartbylifting2kgtoday,3kgtomorrow,andkeepadding.Bydoingthis,yourmuscleswillcontinuetobuild,andbeforeyouknowit,you'vealreadybuiltenoughmusclestoeffortlessliftaweightthatseemedimpossiblebefore!

Startedatage20forsixmonths,ifI,acountryboy,amiddleschooldropoutwithnospecialtalent,canlearntospeakEnglishlikeanative,myfriend,yes,youcan!

Takeactionnowandkeepbuilding!

Icanleadahorsetowater,butit'suptothehorsetodrink.IcanshowyouthedoortospeakEnglishlikeanative,butit'suptoyoutogointhereandexitthe

otherway.

Goin!GointhereandexittheotherwayspeakingEnglishlikeanative!

Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasesendmeanemailatken@myfluentenglish.comtoletmeaddressthem.Otherwise,I'dreally

appreciateitifyouwouldgotohttp://tinyurl.com/qqq6666andleaveanAmazoncustomerreview.

Congratulations!Youmadeitandareofficiallybetterthan99%peopleouttherewhowanttospeakEnglishlikeanativebutdidn'tdoanything!

Afewtimesamonth,I'lloffertosendoutsomethingforfree.Sometimesthey'llbefreetips,andsometimestheycanbeafreebook.

Ionlyaccept30peopleatatimeandIalreadyhave12awesomepeopleatthemoment.

Ifyou'reinterestedinjoiningtheFluentEnglishTeam,simplysendmeanemailatKen@myfluentenglish.comandusethesubjectline“JointheFluentEnglishTeam.”

Thankyousomuch,andIlookforwardtoyoubeingpartofthisexclusiveandgroupofpassionateEnglishlearners.

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