7 FLUENCY TRICKS that make B1 English learners sound more like C1

You might think that you can't speak fluent English but actually you can. And today I'm going to prove it to you. Welcome, awesome people. My name is Albert and I'm on a mission to make you fluent. If you practice these seven specific tricks with me for just one minute each, you will physically reprogram your tongue for English fluency. Even if you currently think that speaking fluently is physically impossible for you. So grab a bottle and a glass of water cause you'll need it. And follow me in this trip. Let's go. We were right over here pouring our rare beers. Now what difference have you noticed between these two clips? Surely you've heard the R sound. We were, we were. Yeah, this R, R sound that you produce without touching your palate. Also, I connected the two words. We were right, we were right, we were right. Yeah, this is because when similar sounds are next to each other, what do you do? You put them together. English is a very lazy language. And so whenever you see, whenever you need to use the same sound twice, you do some economy and you only use one sound. And so the first trick to speak fluent English is to connect every similar sound and only use one. All right, I think now you can be ready to actually say it after me. We're going to use a trick called over-articulation. You want to over-articulate your mouth, your tongue, every muscle that is involved in speaking so that you speak extra slowly, really, really, really slowly. We do that because as you move every muscle very slowly, it's like printing a new sound into your mouth muscles. It's actually going to look very funny. I'm going to do it first. And then you're going to follow right after me. We were right over here pouring our rare beers. Yeah, I think you made it. And so now it's time to actually say it at regular speed. We were right over here pouring our rare beers. Here you go. You made it. Probably your R sound isn't as developed as mine, but this is not because I'm special. This is simply because I've trained it for quite a long time. And this is exactly what you want to do. If you want to speak fluent English, the second trick is using the R sound instead of the R sound. And to improve further, feel free to bring this video back and watch it again. Actually, if you like this content and care about your fluency, subscribe to this channel. Every week I give you tips and tricks I discovered along my way to fluency, just like today, as well as everything that's currently working with my most successful one-on-one students. So basically, by watching and also using these videos, you get to learn only the most useful tactics to grow your English as fast as possible. You're welcome. And now, on to drill number two. A happy hippo hopes to hop home on a hot day. Alright, what difference have you heard between the two clips? I'm quite sure that this time you've actually noted a lot of difference in how I handle the H sound. Happy, hopes, hop, home, hot, all of these words need an H sound. And if you don't put it, everything is confusing both for you and for the listener. Because my friend, English is a language that works on emphasis and the H sound gives emphasis to the phrase. This is why it's often associated with emotional words, just like happy, happy. Look at my hands. Happy, happy. Of course, they are open. They give expression to my emotions. Happy, happy. Same thing for hope. Hope, right? Hope is a very important feeling. You need an H because it requires energy. Emotions are energy in motion. So you definitely need energy for these words, which you release with the H sound. And this is the third trick to speak fluent English. The H is an emotional sound. Now here it takes some practice because not only do you need to actually say the sound, but you need to control it. There are some times where you need more emphasis, which is connected to more emotions, more energy. And sometimes when you need less energy. In this particular phrase, for example, the word happy, happy contains a lot of H because you need a lot of energy. Happy. Same for the word hot, hot. Which by the way, don't say hot. You say it with an open mouth because once again, the energy of the word is big. Yeah, you won't imagine it exactly something like this because this is what you feel when the day is very, very hot. All right. So now let's actually say this together. Once again, we're going to over articulate everything and you're more than welcome to replay this part over and over until you finally understand what I mean. A happy hippo hopes to hop home on a hot day. I feel like I'm almost hearing you. I think you made it this time. Good on you, my friend. And if you did, you truly deserve a glass of water. So have a toast with me. And now on with the next drill. Three thieves talked of throwing their things away. Three thieves, though thoughtful, thought of throwing their things away. All right. Here, probably, the difference was quite staggering, wasn't it? This is because we're using a classic TH sound. It sounds very tricky because most sub languages out there don't actually have it. For example, in Italian, the H is silent. We don't say it in Italian. And so, of course, the result is a simple T sound for most of the words. And then, of course, there are some words like three that many people pronounce as free or tree and some other variations. This is simply because we don't know how to actually make it. You already know that you gotta put your tongue in the middle of your mouth, right? This is something you already know. And you're probably wondering, but Albert, why do these people put their tongues in the middle of their mouth and they're not afraid of catching it with their teeth? Because in English, you don't move your mouth so much. It needs to stay quite still because it's the tongue that's moving the most. And this is exactly what's happening in this phrase. Three thieves, though thoughtful, they are all requiring the same movement of your tongue in between your mouth. That's it. And so, the easiest way to make it is to use over-articulation. Keep your tongue in the middle. Don't move it. Go as slowly as possible. Three thieves, though thoughtful, thought of throwing their things away. Three thieves, though thoughtful, thought of throwing their things away. If you made it, if you didn't make it, if you tried and stopped, if you didn't try it, try it. That's it. And this was the fourth trick to speak fluent English. Let your tongue do its work. And now, let's move on to the next drill. This is even harder. So, I hope you're ready for this one. Three stray trick trees trump an extra strong string of stray cats. Three stray trick trees trump an extra strong string of stray cats. Now, what was the difference here? Probably, you heard this CH sound, right? Extra, strong, string, stray. These are pretty difficult. So, how do you do them? You want to keep the S sound as long as possible, like this. After this S sound, this is when you use the little CH sound. Street. Here is how you want to do it. And this is actually the difference between street and street. And so, trick number five. Don't be afraid of going slow and take your time with tricky sounds. And once again, if I can do it, so can you. And so now, the simplest way is going as slow as possible. I hope you're ready. Three stray tricky trees trump an extra strong string of stray cats. Three stray tricky trees trump an extra strong string of stray cats. I have a feeling that this time went a little better, right? And if it didn't, it's totally fine because you can always bring this video back and repeat it once again. And now, let's move on to the next drill. I hope you're ready. This requires something different. An amazing artist always offers an awesome attitude. So, what have you noticed now? Everything was nicely connected to the other and, for example, sounds like amazing became amazing. Amazing up. This is how you speak this language. Yeah. You always let the G drop because it's often in the way. For that reason, you simply say an amazing artist. Now, look at this. Artist. Yeah. There's no T in artist. Why so? Because English is a lazy language. I told you before. Artist makes you stop your tongue at the tip of your mouth for too long. We don't want that. And so, we take it away and we say artist. An amazing artist. An amazing artist always offers an awesome attitude all together. And so, the sixth trick is to always connect every word to the next, leaving no space in between. An amazing artist always offers an awesome attitude. Now, here, if you try with me, you probably had some problems with the last word attitude, right? There's this sound. There's a sound that doesn't sound easy, right? That's okay because I prepared a video for this. As soon as you finish this one, I want you to go watch it because it's gonna actually teach you this exact sound. But now, if you're ready, let's go to the last of the tricks for today's video. A disastrous day is not a disastrous you as long as disaster does not decide your strategy. A disastrous day is not a disastrous you as long as disaster doesn't decide your strategy. Now, of course, this being the last of the tricks is also the hardest, right? This is because it contains negative contractions, which is something that most English learners really struggle with. Contractions depend entirely on how much emphasis you want to give to your phrase. The more the emphasis, the more the word is heard. For example, a disastrous day is not a disastrous you is more emphatic than a disastrous day is not a disastrous you, which is more emphatic than a disastrous day isn't a disastrous you because the not particle is heard less and less. And so, if you're following here, the first time we wanted to emphasize that a disastrous day does not equal a disastrous you, whereas the second time does not decide, didn't need to be so emphatic, didn't need to be so important within the sentence, and so we decided to contract it entirely and become doesn't decide. And so, the seventh trick to instant fluency is simple. Contract your words, smash them together, and use strong emphasis to control the rhythm. To learn this, it takes time, it takes practice, all right? But this is what you can actually do with this video. I want to leave it here publicly available so you can watch it and re-watch it as many times as you want. And so now, speaking of practice, let's begin over-articulating everything. A disastrous day is not a disastrous you as long as disaster doesn't decide your strategy. A disastrous day is not a disastrous you as long as disaster doesn't decide your strategy. This is if you made it. This is if you didn't make it because the mission you tried. This is if you tried. And this is if you're thinking about trying. Now, your tongue is completely warmed up. But let me ask you this. Can you actually understand when natives speak at full speed? There's one specific hidden sound that natives use to crush words together. And if you don't, fast English will always sound confusing. So, in this video, I'll show you what this sound is and how I use it to speak with confidence. I'll catch you there. Cheers.