Boost Your English Skills With This Morning Study Routine

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Hey, one of the biggest challenges that
English learners face is not knowing how
to study English, not having a proper
routine that will take them from the
intermediate level to the advanced level,
not knowing how to actually study English
consistently and enjoy the process.
Have you ever experienced this challenge?
Are you experiencing
this challenge right now?
Well, my friend, I have good news for you
because in today's lesson I am going to
give you a morning routine that you can
follow and it will help you speak English
fluently as you follow the routine.
Are you ready?
Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani.
Let's jump right in.
Part number one, the very first
thing you need to do is write.
A five minute writing session.
Now let me explain what this
writing session is all about.
You see, the first part is to write
in your journal for five minutes.
You should write about
something you plan to do today.
That's right.
Today's schedule, this
is an important step.
Why?
Because you are warming up your
brain to start operating in English.
In other words, you are
activating the English side of
your brain in a relaxed way.
Think about it.
When you wake up in the morning,
the very first thoughts you have
normally are in your mother tongue.
Maybe it's Spanish or Portuguese
or Zulu or another language.
But now we have to switch this to
English, and you do this by first starting
with a five minute writing session.
Notice that I said five minutes,
not 20 minutes, not 30 minutes.
No, a short period of time, only five
minutes, and it must be about your day.
What are you planning to do
because you already have an idea.
Maybe you're going to work or maybe
you have to go to school, or maybe you
have to take care of your children.
It's time to write about that.
In English.
So for step one, here
is how you complete it.
All right?
This is the main thing.
You have to remember first, get
your notebook and pen ready.
That's right.
Have your notebook and pen ready.
And honestly, I'd say to have your
notebook and pen right next to your bed.
Maybe you have a nightstand
right next to your bed.
Keep your journal, your English
journal, and your pen right next to you.
So as soon as you wake up, you
can go right to that journal.
Or maybe you have devotions in the morning
right after you have your devotion.
Get your journal and have your pen ready.
The next thing you want to do
is to set a five minute timer.
I use my cell phone as a timer,
but you can use your cell phone,
your watch, or any other device.
But it's important to
set a five minute timer.
Why is this important?
Because you are only going to
write for this five minute period,
not longer and not shorter.
So you have to write as long as the timer
is going, and once it stops, you stop.
The third thing to remember is 13.
Third thing to remember is hit
start and don't stop writing
until the timer goes off.
I just explained that you have to keep
writing for that five minute period.
Now, in the very beginning.
This is going to be challenging.
It's going to feel like a long
period of time, but the more you
do it, the more consistent you
are, the easier it will become.
Trust me.
Five minutes writing about your day,
what you are going to do for that day.
All right?
Now I want you to remember
something very important.
Don't worry about making mistakes.
Don't stop and erase.
Instead, just keep riding
like the movie Finding Nemo.
Remember, just keep swimming.
Just keep swimming.
Let's switch it.
Just keep writing.
Just keep writing.
Don't stop.
Don't worry about mistakes.
The main goal is to activate
the English side of your brain.
That's why we're starting
with a writing exercise.
It will force you to actify, act vibe.
Activate that side of your brain.
So activating the side of your brain
that uses English is very important
to start off this morning routine.
All right, five minutes.
Now let's move to part two.
You've written in your journal
for five minutes, and now it's
time to have an input session.
Now, I love this.
An input session.
So let me explain what this is all about.
You've done your five
minute writing session.
Now we have part two, the
10 minute input session.
So what you're gonna do is find a
YouTube video or other online video
about a topic that you are interested in.
Notice I didn't say an English lesson.
I said a video about a topic you
are interested in making sure
that they're speaking in English.
You can find a video about
cooking, a video about sports,
a video about technology.
It doesn't matter as long as
they are speaking English.
All right?
As you watch the video, you
are going to learn new words.
You should write down.
Remember, you have your journal.
Write down the things that
you don't already know.
As you're watching the video and enjoying
it, if something pops up, maybe a new
word or expression, write it down.
This is an important step.
Why?
Because you are now inputting
new information into your brain.
Step one, we activated your
brain, right, the English side.
Now, step two, we are putting
new information into your brain.
In other words, you are increasing
the English you will be able to
use in real life conversations.
Listen, this morning routine is going
to help you speak English fluently
if you simply follow each step.
So how do you do this?
Exactly?
Let's get the steps.
Here we go.
Step one for this part.
Find a YouTube video about a topic
that you were interested in, right?
We talked about that.
Next again, get your
notebook and pen ready.
You have it right next to your bed
still because you just finished
the five minute writing session.
And as you watch the video again,
write down five to 10 new expressions,
words, and or sentence patterns.
That's right in a 10 minute video where
native English speakers are speaking
about a topic that you're interested
in, you are going to hear a lot of
new words, a lot of new expressions.
So I want you to write
down, don't look them up.
Just write down the words,
expressions, or patterns that you hear.
As you watch the video, write
them down in your journal.
All right.
Now I need you to remember this.
Don't worry about looking up the
definitions of the words or expressions.
The main goal of this part right here, the
10 minute input session, is to listen well
and recognize new terms, so we activated.
Your English side of the brain.
Now we are inputting and improving your
listing skills for part two or step two.
All right, 10 minutes.
So now we have five minutes and 10
minutes, only 15 minutes so far.
Let's jump into part number three.
Part number three is all about
research, a 10 minute research.
Session.
Now, this is very important.
Let me explain how this works.
You're gonna find the definitions
for all the words and expressions.
This is an important step.
Why?
Because it will help you understand
why the words and expressions were
used in the video you just watched.
The video was about a topic that
you're interested in, so you're
already glued to it, right?
Maybe you watch the video on
your phone, you're laying in bed
and you're watching the video.
But now when you go in this part to
look up the words and expressions,
things start making sense.
Ah, that's why they used that word.
Ah, that's why they used
that expression in the video.
So in other words, you will
have a better understanding.
Of the words and expressions that
Native English speakers use in real
life, this step is extremely important.
Remember, this morning routine
is going to change your English
fluency, activating the brain.
To help you understand things in English,
inputting things into your brain to
help you understand in English now
helping you actually learn the meaning
so you can use them in real life.
So here are the steps once again.
Here we go.
Get your notebook and pen ready.
Two.
Search for the words
and expressions online.
Three, write the definition
and one example sentence for
each word and expression.
This is very important.
You've learned the
definition of each word.
But now you need to see how the
words are used in a sentence.
You've heard it while watching the
video on YouTube or whatever platform
you found the video on, and now you're
seeing other ways to use the word or
expression in a real life situation.
All right?
Very important.
I also want you to
remember something as well.
Don't worry about creating
your own sentences yet.
Once again, don't worry about
creating your own sentences just yet.
You're not gonna do that yet.
The main goal for you is to
understand how the words and
expressions are used in real life.
We haven't gotten to the part where
you will actually use them yet.
You're just understanding how other
Native English speakers use the
word or expression in real life.
Makes sense, right?
Yeah, you with me?
Okay, so we have part one.
Again, activated the English
part of your brain five minutes.
Part two, we input information
watching the YouTube video.
10 minutes, part three.
Now we've looked up things
we've researched, and now we're
moving on to part number four.
Of your morning routine.
Part four, the application session.
That's right.
Now it's time to apply what you've
learned during this morning session.
So here we go.
First, you're gonna rewrite your
journal entry using three to five
of the words you just learned.
Woo.
This is when it gets exciting.
All right?
This is an important step because
it will help you create triggers.
In your brain.
In other words, you will find it
easier to use the new words in real
conversations because you already
applied them to your daily life.
Woo.
I love this step.
Okay, now I'm gonna give you the clear
steps again, but let me break this down.
Think about what we've been doing
so far for this morning routine.
We activated the English side of your
brain where you wrote about your day.
You already started to organize
your thoughts about your day.
Then we paused and we
input new information.
Enjoyed it.
Woo, about whatever topic you chose.
Then we looked up the
information we researched.
Now it's time to connect the dots to
apply what you learned in part two
and part three, and connect the dots
by having part one and part four.
Be connected by using part two and three.
Follow me.
Now you're going to rewrite what you
wrote in part one in your journal.
You're gonna rewrite it using the words
you learned from part two and part three.
Mm.
Here we go.
Watch this.
Now again, here are the steps once again.
First, get your notebook
and your pen ready.
Review your journal entry from step one.
In step one you wrote
in your journal, right?
Review it.
Read what you wrote during that
five minute period, choose three
to five words that relate to it.
Now remember, the words are gonna come
from the ones you wrote down in step
two when you were watching the video.
And then in step three when you
wrote down the definitions right
of the words and expression.
You are gonna choose three to
five of those words that relate to
what you wrote down in step one.
Make sense?
Right?
You're following, woo.
You are smart.
Then using the same context and topic,
rewrite your entry using the new words.
So let's say in step one.
You decided you wanted to write about a
big meeting you have at work today, right?
You wrote it out.
I have a meeting at 10:00 AM
with my boss and my coworkers.
We're talking about a new project
and maybe you gave a few details.
Then you watched a video that
was talking about new technology.
Maybe you watched a video about chat, G P
T or AI and how AI is getting so popular.
Then in step three, you looked
up the new words and expressions.
You learned that innovative.
The word innovative,
something that's innovative.
I'm gonna let you look that one up.
Hey, then you go to four and
you're like, wait a minute.
I can rewrite what I wrote in step one
and say, ah, we're having a meeting today
about innovative technology because we
want to use chat G P T in our business.
You're using what you learned
in step two and three.
You're putting the pieces together.
This is why this morning
routine is so amazing, but I
want you to remember something.
Remember this, you don't
have to write a longer entry.
Step four part four.
Again, five minute application session.
It's only for five minutes as well.
The main goal is for you to
understand how to use new words
to talk about your daily life.
Listen closely, your daily life.
You want to speak English fluently.
Part of speaking English fluently is
knowing how to speak about your life using
words and expressions that you hear or see
people using on TV in a regular situation.
In a normal situation, you hear them.
This is what English fluency is all about,
and this morning routine is going to take
your English fluency to the next level.
Now, I don't wanna stop here.
You see, actually, I have
started something brand new.
Now I have an app, the English
with Tiffani app, and the
link is in the description.
If you want to practice what you've
been learning in this lesson, if you
want to review to see if you understood
everything, and I know you do.
I want you to download the
English with Tiffani app.
Now, this is what my team
and I have done in the app.
When you download the app again and
link it in the description, it will
open up and you'll hit courses and
you'll see weekly English fluency
lessons with teacher Tiffani.
Then you'll see the YouTube lessons.
That's right, YouTube
lessons from my channel.
You'll find this YouTube video and you'll
be able to watch it through the app.
But then after watching it, you can
actually go back and have practice lesson.
That's right.
This is going to be for
all of my YouTube videos.
Moving forward, you can practice
what you're learning and then
you'll be able to know for a fact
that you have really understood.
So again, download the
English with Tiffani app.
The link is in the description.
And moving forward, you'll be
able to practice everything
that you're learning with me.
That's right.
Every YouTube lesson will have
practice, different practice
sessions, different ways for you
to make sure you've understood
what I've taught you in the lesson.
So download the English or Tiffani app.
I hope you enjoyed this lesson.
I hope you follow this routine and
I'll talk to you in the next lesson.
You still there?
You know what time it is?
It's story time.
Hey, I said it's story time.
Alright.
Today's story is a funny one.
Um, it's something that
always makes me smile.
Even now when I think about it.
This happened well over
25, almost 30 years ago.
So, I have always been a
very studious individual.
I have always loved learning.
I love to study, and I
love helping other people.
Even in the past, I loved helping other
people learn new things, so when I was
growing up, The teachers always knew that
I loved learning and I loved to study.
Now, I was a very active individual.
I played sports.
I loved hanging with my friends.
So I felt like I was
a balanced individual.
I loved studying, but I also enjoyed
spending time with other people.
So anyways, in class, whenever our
teacher would give us an assignment, she
knew, this is a specific teacher, Ms.
Howard.
She knew that I would.
Work hard and probably
finish first, right?
Myself and a few other students,
we'd finish first, right?
Our class was very smart,
so it wasn't just me.
There were many of us that would finish
early and we'd kind of look at each
other's work just to see if we got the
same answers and check each other's
answers and help each other out.
So one day.
Our teacher gave us all an assignment.
The entire class.
There were about 25 of us in
the classroom, and she said,
finish your assignment and
then sit quietly at your desk.
Right?
So we got our assignments and we were all
sitting down, you know, working on it and
maybe we're working on a math problem.
I don't remember what subject it was.
We were working it out, and so I finished.
Then my other friend finished and we all
started finishing the assignment again.
We were a very smart class, so we
all kind of finished the assignment.
And my teacher was sitting in the
back of the class at her desk.
So remember there were 25 of us, I think
we were in sixth grade at the time.
Sixth or eighth grade at the time.
And I want you to imagine you have
10, 12, 15, 20 young people, right?
All around say 11 years old.
12 years old, that have
finished their assignments and
you've told them to be quiet.
But they're sitting and they're
starting to get restless.
We were getting restless.
Now remember, I was very studio.
I was a good student.
I was never disrespectful, but
we all liked to talk to fact.
So one person looked over at me, I
looked over at them, somebody said a
joke, somebody, then another person, and
then we all busted out laughing, right?
We started talking and the teacher said,
didn't I tell you guys to be quiet?
We were like, yes.
We're sorry.
We're sorry.
She said, no, I'm done.
So she said, put your pencils down.
We're like Uhoh.
She's mad, right?
So we all got really quiet.
She went to the board, and at
that time, years ago, Part of the
punishment that children would
get was to write lines, right?
You had to write lines the same
thing over and over and over again.
So for example, if you were talking, the
teacher would say, I will not talk when
the teacher has told me not to talk.
That's the sentence.
And he or she, depending on who your
teacher was, would say, write it
25 times, 50 times a hundred times.
Now, this day our teacher
was mad, so she said, Uhuh.
You guys have to write it 100 times.
Now.
She was an English teacher.
She taught us many different subjects, but
her expertise was in the field of English,
so she knew how to use semicolons,
colons, commas, everything properly.
So she wrote on the entire board,
it looked like a paragraph, but
it was one sentence, and she
told us to write it 100 times.
So we're all sitting there in disbelief.
And then she puts the final period.
She says, now write a hundred times.
So there was a moment of silence,
and I laugh now and then,
and I know I was one of them.
We were like, okay, let's go y'all.
And she was like, what?
So we all started writing and we
were writing and writing and writing.
We were focused.
We were writing and writing.
So then, Somebody got to the 25th sentence
and yelled out, what number are y'all on?
Somebody was like, I'm on 23.
What number are you on?
I'm on 25.
And everyone just started yelling
out what number they were on.
They were like, all right,
let's keep going guys.
So we kept writing.
Now that I'm an adult, I know the
thoughts that were going through
her head, and I can chuckle.
Now.
Think about this.
The children in the room, including
me, at that time, we were receiving
a punishment to write line.
But we were having a good time doing
it together, competing with each other,
encouraging each other, and it got
to the point where we were calling
out the numbers that we were on this.
She said, just stop.
Just stop.
Put your pencils down.
She realized it was useless
and we kind of chuckled.
We were still writing then, and
she said, put our pencils down.
We put them down.
And she said, okay, just stop.
Just stop.
It's time for recess.
And we all went outside for recess.
Now this story makes me laugh because.
We weren't bad kids, right?
But we had to be punished at that
moment because we were talking when
we shouldn't have been talking.
But we were such a close knit class.
We were all so tight.
We were such close friends that
even in punishment, we found
a way to enjoy it together.
So maybe you're a teacher, maybe you
have kids, if you have a class that.
Always kind of comes together
even when they're in trouble.
Don't stress, don't worry.
They will be friends for life because I am
still friends with my friends back at that
time, and it's been about 25 or 30 years.
All right.
I hope you enjoyed this story, and
I'll talk to you in the next lesson.