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Master English FAST: An Uncommon Guide to Speaking Extraordinary English Kindle Edition
In Master English FAST you will discover:
Chapter 1 - Why Your English Sucks
In Chapter 1 you will learn the top six reasons you struggle to speak English well... even though you have been learning English for a long time.Chapter 2 - Start with Why
Why are you here, learning English? In Chapter 2 you learn about your goals and what language you need to learn to live life in English. You'll also learn why YouTube may be stopping you from speaking English well... and what you need to do to be better at English.Chapter 3 - Language and Language Learning 101
What is language? How can you learn a language effectively? What is "holistic learning"? And what are the three things essential to extraordinary English Speaking? What about pronunciation and accent? You'll discover the answer to these questions, and more, In Chapter 3.Chapter 4 - How English Mastery Really Works
In Chapter 4 Julian talks in detail about his two-step method for mastering English, which he likes to call the 'world's simplest English Mastery method' ... it really is that easy.Chapter 5 - Learning All the Language You Need
How many words do you actually need to speak English well? And what should you learn first? You're probably wasting a lot of time learning things that you don't need. Hint: most native English speakers only use about 2.5% of their language.Chapter 6 - Learning Language Focused on Fluency and Naturalness
Native speakers don't speak using grammar rules and individual words like you were taught in school. Instead, they use a different type of language to speak fluently and naturally. If you want to speak English like a native speaker, then, you need to learn this kind of language too.Chapter 7 - How to Sound Good and Not Be Boring
Just learning the language is not enough if you want to speak excellent English. You also need to know how to use that language to talk about things that are interesting and engaging to the listener. Chapter 7 shows you how.Chapter 8 - The Big “C” of Speaking Well
In this chapter, you will read all about culture - what it is, and why it's so important for you speaking English as a second language (especially business English). You will also learn about humour and being funny when you speak English, what to do when you don't understand someone's culture, and how to learn culture quickly and easily.Chapter 9 - Choosing Learning Materials
What are the best materials to learn English? Julian did a lot of research on this for his PhD work and it's NOT textbooks (but also not most of the things you might find on the internet or YouTube). Chapter 9 will show you the best materials for learning and improving your English, fast.Chapter 10 - Fantastic Fluency
This chapter is all about building fluency, and Julian shares with you several effective exercises and techniques for practising your fluency.Chapter 11 - Speaking Accurately and Naturally
In Chapter 11 Julian teaches you several exercises for learning to speak natural English. This is not the same as speaking accurate English...Chapter 12 - Effective Speaking Made Dead Simple
Finally, in chapter 12 Julian teaches you how to go beyond just speaking English well... and speak English REALLY well. Julian's goal for you is to get you speaking extraordinary English that makes people go, "Wow!!".- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAugust 1, 2017
- File size1.1 MB
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- ASIN : B07448R8QY
- Publisher : Northbrook Languages Ltd.
- Publication date : August 1, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 1.1 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 256 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-4909367006
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,222 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the authors
I help English learners forget that Engish isn't their first language.
My journey into the world of language started in 2007. I’d just graduated art university and I managed to get an interview for a job working at a gallery in Harajuku, a fashionable part of Tokyo. This is it, I thought. This is what I wanted to do. This is the life I was going to live. Four months later, I was on the plane dreaming of the exciting life I was going to live.
But I didn’t get the job. I had everything they wanted, except one thing: My Japanese wasn’t good enough.
Shortly after, my wife’s friend introduced me to someone she knew. A guy called Tom. He was working on a team under a major Japanese artist called Takashi Murakami. I wanted to know how he'd gotten the job and if I would be able to get a job there, too. So I went off to meet him for lunch.
It turned out that Tom had no experience in the art world. No art qualifications. He had never done any art, let alone shown his work in exhibitions. He just applied for the job and got it. But the thing is: he could speak, read and write Japanese. Lots of people who come to live in Tokyo learn the language. But very, very few bother to get really good at it.
This was a huge shock for me. Here I was, with all these art skills and qualifications. I'd spent years studying art, and I got good grades at university. I'd even shown my work in international art exhibitions. But it was all meaningless.
In this environment, I was nothing without Japanese.
I’m ashamed to admit it now, but I hated Tom. He had everything I wanted. I was angry because I thought I was better suited to the job than he was.
I felt totally lost and didn’t know what to do.
Then, before I knew it everything changed dramatically. My wife got pregnant, and soon after my son was born. If I’m honest, I wasn’t ready for that kind of responsibility. But it just happened.
Life became really serious, fast.
I got a job as an assistant English teacher in a school. The wage was low, but it was the best job I could get. I enjoyed teaching but I hated all of the other work. I felt embarrassed about my bad Japanese. I felt humiliated almost every day. The other teachers were busy and always seemed annoyed at having to deal with me. I had to join meetings and had lots of ideas, but I didn’t understand what people were saying. I was afraid of saying something stupid, so I just sat in silence, nodding and agreeing with everything if asked a question.
Home life was getting harder as well. I had to send a lot of emails but I was too embarrassed about making mistakes. So I had to get my wife to check everything. Sending a simple email took so much time. My wife was busy looking after the baby, working all day. And she was getting pissed off at having to spend so much time helping me – I was more like another kid she had to look after than a husband.
I thought if only could just improve my Japanese, everything would be better. I wanted to forget that Japanese wasn’t my first language, and just live a normal life like I had done in England. But even after I passed the highest level of the Japanese proficiency test I couldn’t do this. I should have been really great at the language – on paper I was there! But I didn’t feel good at the language! And to make it worse, I had no idea what I should do to improve. I felt like I’d tried everything. But nothing seemed to work. I obviously just wasn’t talented at languages.
Perhaps it was time to give up?
Not long after this, I was on the train coming back from work with several other English teachers. I think one of my co-workers had noticed that I was having a hard time supporting my family, and he asked me why I didn’t consider doing a masters and teaching English at university. The money would be much better, and the job more interesting, he said.
All this time I’d been focused on Japanese but not going anywhere. Getting an English teaching qualification sounded like a good idea. After several months of talking about it with my wife, I decided to apply. It was difficult to pay the fees… but it was an investment for the future.
The course was really hard work. But something totally unexpected happened. I took my masters to become a better English teacher. To help my students learn English. But actually, the biggest benefit was for me.
For the next three years, I became totally absorbed in the topic of second language learning. I read hundreds and hundreds of books and research articles. I talked to professionals and researchers. Attended seminars. I learned how languages are learned, the things successful language learners do – and the things they don’t do. I studied how the human brain works, I studied language learning psychology and conducted my own research.
All this time the barrier that had held me back…was doubt.
I’d been doing a lot of stuff, but everything was so random and messy. I’d start things but never finish them. I’d gone from studying textbooks to just watching TV in Japanese all day. I’d gone from trying to practice my Japanese with native speakers to trying to learn just by listening. I’d bought countless courses that promised instant results. Nothing worked. I was constantly looking for a better way to learn the language.
I realised that the reason my Japanese wasn’t improving wasn’t because I was no good at languages. It's not that I wasn’t “talented”. But simply because I was putting all my time and energy into the wrong things.
I needed a clear, structured path to follow that I knew would work. Free from doubt.
From that point on, a lot changed in my life for the better. I left my assistant teachers position and got a job in a Japanese company. Eventually, I left to start my own business. My home life became much easier – I’m able to do simple things I couldn’t before: take the kids to the doctors when they’re sick, call a maintenance man when something stops working. I’m able to be a better husband, someone my wife can rely on. It was like the barrier was gone, and I was free to move forward.
There were so many times I wanted to quit Japanese.
I'm so glad that I didn't. Because if I had… I wouldn't have the life that I have now. Drawing pictures with my kids in the evening. Running my own business here in Japan. Going to art galleries. Running. Cycling. Doing all the things that I do. I wouldn't have any of this if it hadn't been for mastering the Japanese language.
Mastering Japanese has given me much, much more than the language. It gave me the confidence to do all of the things I do now. If I wanted to I could easily go back to that art gallery in Harajuku and get the job. But I choose not to. Instead, I chose a different path.
I decided to start my own business, helping people just like me who are struggling with English and failing to reach their full potential.
During my darkest days, I didn’t have the capacity to do anything other than worry about Japanese. It was a dark, depressing period in my life that I never want to go back to. Language is such an important part of what it means to be human — and when that ability is taken away from us, we suffer.
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2019MEF, unlike any other English books, dose not teach me any grammar rules or vocabulary but the “mindset” of mastering English, languages, and even anything I wanna learn. The methods mentioned in this book is unconventional but is evidence based. After carefully reading it and putting the methods into my daily learning routine, I now can speak and even write English fearlessly, which is something I have been struggling with for a long time. Now the learning routine I’ve learnt in this book is working on everything I wanna learn. Highly recommend it!
- Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2018It's an interesting book, butI would like that the book had links to some practice excercises. The link given in the book in the resources chapter is just a link to the webpage of author wich doesn't have any resource.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019Great book and strong messenger the author gives to the readers about mindset. I love the way this book is written and how inspired people to get better in a second language.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2018Julian has done a great job writting this book.
I personally really liked it and recommend it for everyone who is looking to take their english to the next level.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2019I am a English teacher, so I find some concept are really useful in helping my students overcome their lack of confidence.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2020Each of the ideas can be further elaborated into a single book.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2018It's not only about English....
It's all about mindset and becoming better version of yourself.
Really love your book.
Thank you, Julian.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2018Before reading this book, I had gone after the conversation practice with a native speaker and increasing vocabulary for my English skill. Nevertheless, I felt myself like shooting a gun with scarcity ammunition when I speak; my brain seldom loaded words what I had memorized.
I was fortunate to get this book. It introduces the holistic and efficient spot-on approach to the language learning. The introduced way including the dictation, shadowing, and speaking practices are the series of fortitude. However, weeks ago I talked with a foreign friend who is fluent in English for hours without noticing the English is not my first language. I strongly recommend this book to whom want to increase his English skill over a mediocre level.
Top reviews from other countries
- epopteyaReviewed in Spain on June 4, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars This book teach you what the most of Academies don't.
Great method. If you are looking for a English course book this isn't for you. This is about learning how to learn. In my opinion it's worth to read it.
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Mike RamosReviewed in Mexico on November 2, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Calidad
Este my bien , aunque aun no domi o el idioma , me este sirviendo mucho
- Kindle CustomerReviewed in Japan on March 29, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Come to learn English, learned life instead.
I got more than what I expected. This book answered many questions in my head such as, why do I feel I learned English faster outside a classroom.
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alcantara julienReviewed in France on October 2, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER!!
J'ai lu ce bouquin en une après midi et demie , moi qui lit rien et qui est du mal ... Je me suis retrouvé dans certains aspects qui font que nous puissions être bloqués au niveau intermédiaires.
Ce livre vous propose une autre façon d’améliorer (vraiment ) votre niveau et peut je pense s'appliquer à toutes les langues que vous souhaitez... c'est basé sur sur du pragmatique : plus tu fais et plus tu as , si tu ne fais rien tu n'auras rien ...
Je recommande vraiment ...
- Kindle CustomerReviewed in Brazil on September 22, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
This book is amazing there's many useful tips to improve your English I recommend thanks Julian it helps me a lot