Speaking English takes a lot of practice so it better be fun. This summer is going to be awesome.
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THIS is your summer English language learning official entertainment trailer.
It’s the first week of summer and I’m off at the beach with my husband’s family. They’ve helped me make lots of videos for you over the years.
This first week of summer, I’m giving you the preview, the trailer, of all the videos coming this summer to YouTube and Facebook. Let me know in the comments which one you are most excited about. So sit back, relax, and enjoy your English learning preview.
We’re going to do a full analysis of a clip from a monologue in the movie ‘Barbie’ so we can study how spoken English is different in a speech, or when there is more emotion.
and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us.
There’s going to be a real English lesson from a trip I took to Spain with my husband.
I’m going to pretend to shoot an arrow out of this.
Got em’.
This surface it pretty rough. Also, Steve said it’s roughly $10 a day to rent a bike.
Despite some setbacks,
I never slept. I never slept. I honestly don’t know if there have been any nights in my life like that where I’ve slept zero minutes. And I’m going to be honest, I’m starting to get a little annoyed with everything.
It’s not fun.
Despite some setbacks we had a great time, and David made some killer Paella.
David, should I put lemon on either of these things, both of these things or is it just for show?
The Paella.
Okay, looks fantastic, I went for the vegetarian one.
So the full English lesson vlog from that trip will be coming this summer.
We’re going to be doing lots of studying of real English conversation this summer with a full analysis. Chatting with my friend about Sports.
I don’t like to golf.
Cleaning a stain on my floor.
I just spilled something on my carpet, unfortunately, in my office, right in the middle.
Since I take a lot of road trips over the summer, you’ll also get an analysis from ordering at a drive thru.
Salt, pepper, ketchup in the bag.
And ordering dinner over the phone.
And pico, guac, and chips. Oh, and also one side of beans and rice.
Mmm, just listening to that order is making me hungry.
One of my favorite summer videos is all about you. Many of you on YouTube recorded an English dialogue for me, I’ve already made one video using that as a teaching tool and another one is on the way.
Going to wait. Not wrong but I believe in the dialogue I said:
Alright, I’m going to wait in the car.
Gonna wait, gonna, gonna. Do try to use gonna, wanna, gotta in spoken English, they just add a very nice casual conversational tone. Very natural in spoken American English.
Did you submit a video for me? If so, thank you.
I took another trip with my colleague Tom to Salt Lake City.
Oh, hey!
For a YouTube conference to meet up where we took an extra day to go on a tour of Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake where we got eaten alive by bugs.
Are you getting bitten?
Oh yeah.
Pull your sleeves down.
Great call, but it’s actually on the top of my hand.
Oh, well then do this.
Oh my gosh really?
Yeah, really.
We also got to see some buffalo and went on a short hike at sunset. So be on the lookout for that English lesson vlog.
And because I like the real-life English lessons so much, I’m also going to create a vlog from a work trip I took to a conference this spring.
Rachel,
Hi, nice to meet you. I’m vlogging so you’re, you may make the final cut or you may not.
It probably won’t. Thank you so much for being here.
Yeah, of course. Thank you, I’m excited.
Actually, I even spoke at the conference.
I also met some other awesome teachers and creators and I’m excited to share this conference experience with you.
And as a bonus, I went to this conference with one of my very best friends, Laura.
Oh, yeah.
We’re still sharing a chair!
Laura, what did you think of the conference?
It was great.
I had fun with you.
I had fun with you too.
Let’s do it again.
Let’s, next year.
And finally, another killer video coming out this summer on the OH diphthong. Who knew how many words in a hotel have the OH diphthong?
Phone
We have a notepad. No, no, notepad.
We even have a remote. Again, the OH diphthong is in the stressed syllable.
And because I think it really helps, I’ll be sure to show you some up-close slow-motion video of words with the sound to help you really get the lip rounding needed to really sound natural.
Jaw drop for the first position and rounded lips for the second. The word ‘slow’.
Notice how the lips are not relaxed in the first position of this diphthong with the jaw drop. They’re flared which does not affect the sound as they prepare to round for the ending position. Rounded lips.
So there is a lot to look forward to this summer.
There it is, your summer English language learning official entertainment trailer. Be sure to hit subscribe with notifications on and check back here every Tuesday for my new video. But you know what, even better, head to RachelsEnglish.com/free to sign up for my free course so you can get on the mailing list. That way you’ll never miss a new video. Keep your learning going now with this video, I absolutely love being your English teacher. That’s it and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.
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