ENGLISH FLUENCY: MASTER THESE WORDS AND SPEAK LIKE A PRO

In this lesson, I'm going to teach you words and a bonus expression. You must learn this week. These words are going to help you speak English more fluently, like a native English speaker. Are you ready? Well, then I'm teacher Tiffany. Let's jump right in. Here we go. The very first word for Sunday after me, catalyst. Good again, catalyst. Great job. Now let's say it faster at a normal pace. Catalyst. Ooh, excellent. Now, what does this word catalyst actually mean? It literally means a person or thing that precipitates or comes before or causes an event or change. In other words, an agent of transformation, something happens. What was the cause? What happened before it? What was the catalyst? Check out this example sentence. His innovative vision served as a catalyst for the company's rebranding. It led to the amazing rebranding. Sentence number two, the new policy acted as a catalyst for widespread industry reform and sentence number three. Technological advancements have been a catalyst for change in educational methods. You got it again. What came before? What led to this change? Catalyst. Excellent. All right, let's move on now to Tuesday's word, not Tuesday, Monday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. It's an older song. Here we go. Monday's word. Here's Monday's word. Fortitude. Good job again. Fortitude. Excellent. Now let's say it faster at a normal pace. Fortitude. I know a little bit of a tongue twister, right? Let's do it again. After me. Fortitude. Excellent. All right. What does this word actually mean? It just means courage in pain or adversity. You're going through a challenge. You're going through a difficulty. You're going through a hard time, but you stay strong. You have courage. You keep moving forward, even though it's difficult. This is called fortitude. You got it. Excellent. All right, here's the first example sentence. She showed great fortitude in dealing with her challenging circumstances. She pushed through, she moved forward. She didn't stop. What about sentence number two? It takes considerable fortitude to stand up for what is right in the face of opposition. It's not easy. People are coming against you. They're coming at you. Maybe saying unkind words, but you have courage. You stay strong fortitude. And sentence number three, business leaders need the fortitude to weather, to stand, to withstand economic or economic storms, fortitude, being able to push through, you got it. Excellent. Monday's word fortitude. What about Tuesday's word? Another great one in genius. Good job. I like it again in genius. Excellent. Last time after me in genius. Great job. Now this word, what does this word mean? It literally just means speaking of a person, someone who's clever, original and inventive. Think about Pablo Picasso in genius. When it comes to art, then you have Einstein. Extremely intelligent, right? Clever, original, and inventive. Many say the iPhone. Wow. Inventive, innovative. Wow. Ingenious. Absolutely amazing. Check out this first example sentence. He devised an ingenious solution to the engineering problem. Sentence number two, her ingenious use of limited resources was commendable. And finally, sentence number three, the ingenious marketing campaign increased the company's visibility exponentially. Again, in genius makes sense. Good job. All right. So Tuesday's word, once again, Tuesday, we have in genius. What about Wednesday's word? Another great one. Pinnacle. Good job again. Pinnacle. Great. Last time after me pinnacle. Excellent. Now this word pinnacle. It just means the most successful point, the culmination, the highest point, the pinnacle, what was the pinnacle of his life, his greatest success, greatest achievement, the culmination of all of his hard work. Pinnacle. There you go. Here's the first example sentence. She reached the pinnacle of her career with her fourth best selling novel. Secondly, we have the company was at the pinnacle of success, dominating the market. No one could beat them. And sentence number three, winning the gold medal was the pinnacle of his lifelong dedication to the sport. You got it again. In English, we say pinnacle. Great job. Now let's move on to Thursday's word. Thursday. We have this word strategic. Good again, strategic. Excellent. Last time after me, strategic. Great job. Now, before I give you the meaning of this word, remember each and every time I teach you a lesson, you can actually practice what you're learning. Via my app English with Tiffany, the link is in the description, or if you already have it, just go to the app and you'll find the weekly English lessons and you can practice what you are learning. So for today, again, for Thursday, we have strategic. This word literally just means relating to the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them. How are you going to achieve your goal? Remember last week, right? Talking about the nine steps. If you haven't seen that video, go back and check it out. Nine steps to achieving English fluency. So what's your plan? What's your strategy to achieve your goal? Strategic first example, sentence, the company's strategic plan included international expansion. Sentence number two, her strategic approach to the campaign secured her the election and sentence number three. Investing in education is a strategic move for any society aiming for sustainable development. Again, strategic. Great job. Now we have a bonus for Friday, a bonus expression. Remember learn these throughout the week. The expression after me, go the extra mile. Good again. Go the extra mile. Great job. Now, what does this expression go the extra mile actually mean? It literally means to do more than is required or expected in order to achieve something. You're going above and beyond. They only needed three, but you said, I'm going to give them five. They only needed you to do this much work, but you did this much work. You're going the extra mile, doing more than is expected. Now check out these examples and instances that use this expression. Sentence number one. This is a great example of how to use this expression. Go the extra mile. Keep in mind, this is an expression used by native English speakers. Here we go. She always goes the extra mile to ensure her customers are satisfied. She wants to make sure her customers never feel like they're not being served. She always goes above and beyond. She always goes the extra mile to ensure her customers are satisfied. Next sentence. Number two, employees who go the extra mile are generally the ones who gain more recognition. The employees who work harder, who give more than they're asked, who do more than the others, they generally get more recognition employees who go the extra mile are generally the ones who gain more recognition we're talking about using this expression to describe real life situations and sentence number three. If you're willing to go the extra mile, success is virtually guaranteed. Listen, if you're willing to work hard, it's inevitable. It's definitely going to happen. You will succeed. Once again, if you're willing to go the extra mile, success is virtually guaranteed. Number six for Friday, go the extra mile. You got it. Excellent. All right. I hope you enjoyed this lesson. I'm looking forward to seeing you next time. Don't forget to practice with the English with Tiffany app, and I will talk to you in the next lesson. You still there, you know what time it is, but today's actually not a story. I'll sing the song, but I'm also going to sing another song. It's story time. Hey, I said it's story time. So short, I guess, story. As I lead into the song, I have always loved music. I've always loved singing. I am a person who enjoys seeing people smile and music brings a smile to people's faces. So there are many songs that I really, really enjoy many songs that I love, but one of my favorite songs is called, he knows my name. So if you're new to the channel, if you're new to me as an English teacher, I am a Christian. And the very reason why I teach English is because I feel that God put me on this earth to help you achieve your English goals. So I want to sing you one of my favorite songs. I have the lyrics right here with me, and I hope you enjoy this song. It's called, he knows my name. I have a maker and he formed my heart. Before even time began, my life was in his hand and he knows my name and he knows my every thought and he sees each tear that falls and he hears me when I call. I have a father and he calls me his own. He'll never leave me, no matter where I go and he knows my name and he knows my every thought. He sees each tear that falls and he hears me when I call. My friend, the fact that my God lives in heaven and looks down on me and smiles. That's what keeps me going each and every day. That's what leads me to teach you each and every week. My purpose is to help you and God is giving me the energy. I love you. Let's keep going on this journey.