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How to Go from Intermediate to Fluent English in Just 6 Months
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A famous entrepreneur, Alex Ramosi, said
that the most important money-making
skill to learn if you're outside the
United States in 2024 or 2025 is how to
speak English. So, if you cannot speak
English, you're literally close yourself
to a lot of opportunities. And in this
video, I'll explain what kind of
opportunities you're missing and also
I'll explain to you how you can go from
intermediate to fluent in English in
just 6 months. My name is Arto. I'm a
non-native English speaker and I teach
English learners how to become amazing
English communicators. I started my own
YouTube channel one and a half years ago
and my English was not that great back
then. But then I improved by making
videos on YouTube and when I did that I
started my own coaching business and I
also created my own school community
with more than 400 members where I teach
people how to speak English. So, in this
video, I'll give you three steps that
are going to help you become fluent in
English in just 6 months. So, let's
start with why you want to become fluent
before it's too late. First off, you're
missing out on a lot of opportunities.
And the biggest opportunity is your
client. So if you're an entrepreneur or
if you're a content creator or if you're
just a creator creating something and
you want to get clients. So as a
freelancer for
example, you will be missing out on a
lot of clients if you cannot communicate
your value clearly enough. What it means
is if you have an amazing product, so if
your product is amazing, like it's just
10 out of 10, like you spent a lot of
time working on it, but you cannot
communicate the value of your product.
you cannot explain what this product is
about in English to other people, then
this product basically sucks because
nobody can see the value of it. Okay?
But if there's a person who can speak
fluent English, his product kind of
sucks, but he can just communicate the
value of it without a problem. Who is
going to make a sale? You or that
person? That person is going to make the
money. So you want to understand that
you could be missing a lot of
opportunities just because of your
English. And not only that, you're also
missing a lot of income. So the second
opportunity you're missing out on is
income. If you want to increase your
income, you want to sell to rich people.
What kind of language do rich people
speak? English, right? They speak
English. So in my country, in my native
country, which is Russia, I would be
getting two times or three times less
money if I were to become an English
teacher. I literally tried it, okay? I
got paid two times le I mean, I even got
like four times less money for my skills
just because I was teaching people stuff in
in
Russian, right? So you want to get the
right clients and you want to get the
international ones instead. if you want
to get paid more for the same work that
you're going to do. So then also you get
a global network. I think this is
probably the biggest one, the most
important one because if you have a lot
of friends in your country, that's
amazing. If your network in your country
is big, that's amazing. But what if you
want to go to a different country? What
if some kind of bad event happens in
your country and you want to leave it as
soon as possible? What's going to
happen? Well, you have no friends
outside of your country and that sucks a
lot, right? You want to have a global
network. You just you want to just go to
a different country, have a friend
there, maybe live there with your
amazing friends, and maybe even start
traveling the world, right? And if you
have friends in every single country,
that's just going to be amazing for you.
It's like if you can't pay for rent for
a couple of days, you can just go to
your friends, right, in a different
country. Or if you have a friend in a
different country and you want to, I
don't know, maybe let's say grow a
business with him, you can just do that
easily. You can move out, you can fly
out to that person or, you know, there's
a lot of opportunities that you're
getting with a global network as well.
So, how do you get that? You get that
with fluent English, of course. Then I
wanted to say that it doesn't take years
for you to become fluent. So of course I
instilled a lot of fear into you by
saying that oh well you don't get a
global network, you don't get that
income, you don't get those customers,
but at the same time it's not going to
take you years to learn English. That's
why you want to learn it in 6 months and
forget about it. Okay? So you want to
learn English as soon as possible and
you can do that easily. You can do that
in 6 months. You can do that even faster
just because you already understand me.
You already understand what I'm talking
about. Maybe you even have read a couple
of books in English and that's amazing.
And so now the only thing you need to do
is to just practice speaking. And this
way you're going to master your English.
you're going to become fluent and you
can do all those amazing things. And the
last point I want to say is that fear
grows when you stay silent. So you know
there's a word called momentum in
physics or maybe let's say on YouTube.
Um if you have ever wanted to become a
YouTuber, you probably know that when
you upload your first video, you are not
going to get a lot of views, right? But
then when you start uploading more
videos, let's say you uploaded your
first 10 videos, your first 20, your
first 30 videos, eventually the momentum
will pick up and the results are going
to be exponential, right? There the
results are going to go like this. And
so the same thing basically happens with
everything, not only with YouTube. So
for example, you didn't speak in English
for 3 days, nothing bad happens, right?
But then you did it for 5 days, for 10
days, for 50 days, for 60 days, for uh
100 days. And so then the momentum will
pick up and the fear is going to be
ruthless. Okay? You're going to fear
speaking English even more eventually.
Eventually, you will just get into this
trap where you can't get out of. It's
like, h well, I just don't want to speak
English at all. like this is the thing I
want to avoid for the rest of my life
just because it sucks. Okay? When that
happens, you're literally in that trap
of the momentum of the fear momentum,
right? Because fear grows when you stay
silent. You want to stop being silent
and you want to start speaking and
owning your voice in English. Now, let's
talk about how to actually do that. How
you can actually own your voice in
English so you can just speak and
attract those opportunities. So the
first thing you want to do is you want
to join some kind of clubs or social
events where people speak in English. I
know maybe that sounds a bit uh too much
of an ask, right? It's like go go go to
clubs, go to English speaking clubs, but
that has helped me a lot. And it doesn't
have to be an English club. It could it
could be like a Zoom meeting with people
where they are talking about your
favorite topic. It could be business for
example. Maybe they are native speakers
and maybe they are talking about a topic
that you're interested in. Maybe it's
like a mentorship program or something
like that where you can just talk to
other people, right? Or where you can
just listen to other people speaking on
Zoom meetings. This is really valuable,
I'm telling you. So, you can just go to
that Zoom meeting. You can turn off your
camera. You can turn off your microphone
and just listen to them. I'm telling
you, this is this is the thing that's
going to help you a lot. So by just
listening to other people speaking, you
understand that it's not that scary to
listen to people in English and to
communicate with them. And so eventually
you will turn on your camera, you will
turn on your microphone and you will try
to say something yourself. You'll try to
speak to those people. And this way you
will eventually grow your confidence to
talk to them even more.
But in the beginning, you want to avoid
um a lot of conversations because you
could be an introvert or an extrovert.
If you're an extrovert, that's amazing.
And you probably already started going
on calls and it's not a problem for you
to talk to people in English. That's
amazing. But at the same time, you
probably still have difficulties
communicating with them. You still yap
too much. You know, yapping is like u
just saying a bunch of nonsense in in a
language, right? So, you're probably
yapping too much when you're talking to
other people and you want to avoid that.
You want to have a fluent conversation.
And so, you also want to kind of limit
the amount of speaking you have and you
want to listen to people more. Listen,
listen, listen. Because the thing is we
have two ears and one mouth, right? And
so, we want to first listen more. And
listening to people who are going on
Zoom meetings or listening to people in
real life on speaking clubs, let's say
in English is going to help you a lot
more because these are real
conversations with real people. These
are not some kind of this is not some
kind of a podcast. This is not some kind
of a YouTube video where you're talking
we're not talking to a person where
you're just listening and the person has
prepared a script. No, it's just a
normal real conversation. So when you
listen to those kinds of conversations,
it becomes easier for you to go on calls
to talk to real people and eventually
you start doing it
yourself. When that happens, well, guess
what? Now you can actually attract those
opportunities. Even if your English is
not as confident as you want it to be,
you already take a lot of action. Then
you actually want to practice speaking.
But how do you do that? So it's like you
started going on calls. Sometimes maybe
you speak to people but it's not a lot
and you want to get some kind of a
speaking opportunity. So right now in
2025 I think everybody has their own
YouTube channel already, right? Almost
everybody of course. So every person
nowadays has some kind of a social media
platform that they use in order to post
some kind of content that they produce.
You know it could be like a different
blog or it could be a YouTube channel or
maybe even Tik Tok account. I don't
know. or it could be just like an ex
profile where they like to post some uh
messages or something, right? It could
be a lot of different things. So, you
want to find your own favorite uh social
media that you are already using right
now and try to post there something. Try
to post there some kind of valuable
content in English and that's going to
help you a lot. And I'm going to explain
how to do that. By the way, I know it
sounds difficult. It sounds like, what
the hell are you trying to say? Like,
should I start my own YouTube channel?
No, I'm not saying that you should start
your YouTube channel if you don't want
to. But if you do want to, you can do
that and that's going to help you a lot
because it has helped me a lot. And I'm
going to explain how to do that without
even like starting your own social media
if you want to. So, the first thing you
want to do is you want to consume some
kind of content. So, you want to consume
content on the subject that you're
interested in. And it could be
self-improvement, it could be business,
it could be gardening, it could be
speaking English or something else. And
so when you consume content on this
specific topic, you can make videos on
that as well. So the second step would
be to take some notes on this video. For
example, you have consumed the video
about self-improvement, top five habits
to improve your life or something like
that, right? And then you can just take
notes on that. So you're taking notes on
those five habits. So you literally take
like five or seven or 10 notes on this
video and then you have an entire script
ready that you can use and film your own
video which is amazing right? So you can
use these notes to film your own video
maybe even provide some stories inside
um the script so we can make a better
video and like share your own stories on
camera and then just simply press record
when you're done with the script. And
when you when you're done with watching
that video, so when you consume when you
take notes and when you start recording
yourself on camera, that's how you
basically improve your English. First,
you practice listening, then you
practice reading because you're like
writing a script. You also practice
writing at the same time. And then
you're practicing speaking by recording
that video, right? So, we want to
practice speaking. Of course, that's the
main goal here. And so when you watch
the video first, you already understand
what to speak about because a lot of
people they don't even know what to
speak about on camera, right? It's just
difficult to understand like what should
I talk about? Okay, I want to improve my
English on camera, but I don't know what
to say. It's like the most common
concern for people. Well, just talk
about the content that you have watched,
right? You don't need to talk about your
morning routine or about the thing that
you're going to do tomorrow or about
your plans. You can just talk about the
content that you have watched on YouTube
because you consume every day, right? So
after you have recorded the video, you
want to get feedback. So you want to get
feedback from someone. It could be your
English teacher if you have an English
teacher. It could be you, right? You can
just get feedback by re-watching the
video yourself or you can just send this
video to a friend. And this way you're
going to get feedback on your video. And
when you get feedback on your video,
this way you will level up. So the next
time, for example, your friend said to
you, "Oh, you made this mistake here."
So, uh, maybe you can say it a bit
differently. And so the next time you're
recording a video, you stop making that
mistake and you say it differently.
Maybe, for example, you say too many
filler words. For example, okay, maybe
um so you know uh yeah like uh so when
you say these words and your friend says
to you that you say these words too much
or let's say you you watch your own
video and you see that you that you have
used a lot of these words the next time
you're recording a video you can be more
mindful of that and so you start saying
less filler words and more actual words
and this way you speak better English
and so when When you start practicing
recording yourself on camera, when you
start improving your articulation by
simply talking on camera, explaining
different ideas, this way you can
literally become fluent in 6 months if
you do it consistently every single day.
Okay? Like I'm not saying that you can
do this that you should do this every
day. You can do it literally once a week
or twice a week or three times per week.
And this way you will already make a lot
of gains. But the thing is, it just
takes you like 20 minutes, okay? It
takes you 10 minutes to watch the video.
It takes you 1 minute to write down a
simple script for a video. And it takes
you, I don't know, 5 to 10 minutes to
record a video. So, it literally takes
like 20, 25, maybe 30 minutes to record
one video. Okay? It doesn't take you a
lot of time. And so, it's not going to
be that difficult to record a video
every single day if you want to. You can
do that for 5 minutes or 10 minutes a
day. And this way, you're going to level
up your English tremendously. If you do
that every day, you're going to make a
lot of progress. And this is literally
the number one way to improve your
English in 2025. Yeah, that's a pretty
cool title for a new video. Now, you
probably understand how you can improve
your English, how you can level up your
speaking. Now, let's talk about the
pronunciation part. This is really
important because well, if you can
communicate, if you can articulate
fluently in English, but you cannot
pronounce words, you're still going to
sound like a non-native speaker and
people will notice that. And guess what
happens? You have less opportunities.
Clients don't trust you. And you know,
there's just a lot of stuff that could
happen if you have bad pronunciation.
And of course, your confidence will be
lower just because, well, uh, I'm not
sure about my pronunciation. It just
sucks, right? I have my own technique
that I use in order to improve
pronunciation for my students. So, I
struggle with pronunciation a lot. And
this technique has helped me and now it
helps my students as well. And to be
honest, I give this technique to them
for one month and then after that, we
don't even use it. wouldn't even level
up our pronunciation because it just
helps a lot and then you can like you
can really forget about your
pronunciation like after a few months if
you want to by practicing this
technique. It's extremely useful and you
can definitely improve your
pronunciation really fast if you use it.
So the first step would be to get a
transcript of your favorite podcast or
video. So you simply get a transcript of
the video that you want to uh shadow on
that you want to repeat words
from. So to do that I'm going to leave a
link in description for a tool that can
help you like get transcripts or of
videos or uh podcasts. So when you get
this transcript, this big transcript or
video, you can paste it into Google Doc,
let's say, or you can paste it in like a
text editor or something, right? So you
can just see it, okay? And then after
that, you listen to a short part of the
actual video that that you want to
shadow on, right? You listen to it for 3
to 5 minutes and then you do it a couple
of times. So you do it maybe like one or
three or four times. You listen to this
bit of this video and what you want to
focus on while listening is
pronunciation and intonation. This is
really important. You you don't want to
focus on pronunciation only. You also
want to focus on intonation. Intonation
is probably more important than
pronunciation because a lot of people
think that oh my pronunciation sucks.
Well your intonation also sucks. And the
thing is you are just boring. You're
just talking like a robot. Okay? It's
like, "Hello guys, in this video I'm
going to explain to you how you can
improve your English." Who cares about
that, right? I want to say something
like, "Hello guys, in this video I'm
going to teach you how to improve your
English." So this this is a difference,
right? This is a difference in
intonation. And if your intonation, if
you have an intonation over a robot,
guess what's going to happen? Nobody
will have a desire to listen to you
because you just suck at speaking. Like
you sound like a robot. you sound
boring, right? Even if you have a bit of
a poor pronunciation, but you have an
amazing intonation in English, people
are going to listen to you. People are
going to pay attention. So, you want to
focus on both. You want to focus on
pronunciation and intonation while
you're listening. You're not trying to
repeat. You're just listening to the
person speaking in this video. And then
you read the text with the same
intonation and pronunciation. When you
read this text a couple of times with
perfect pronunciation in intonation, you
also want to record yourself. You you
want to just grab your camera and try to
read this text on camera because it
gives you additional accountability when
you are reading it on camera and then
you can also turn on the video and try
to read it at the same time. And this
way you will just nail your
pronunciation and intonation if you do
it enough times. And then you also want
to get feedback on this video. So you
can re-watch this video yourself. You
can send it to your friend or send it to
your teacher so they can review it and
give you feedback on your pronunciation and
and
intonation. So when you do that, when
you do these steps, you are going to
improve your pronunciation, intonation,
and you're going to sound like a native
speaker, not like a robot. Okay? So when
you follow these simple steps, you are
going to literally master your English
in 6 months because there's literally
nothing else to it. Okay? There is
literally nothing else to it. It's so
easy to improve your English right now.
You don't need to focus on grammar,
vocabulary, pronunciation, all these
different things. I try to make this
video as simple as possible for you.
Like because there's just nothing else
to focus on. Simply focus on your
articulation, focus on your
pronunciation, and you're going to get
fluent. If you're interested in my help,
you can join my free community where I
give a personalized road map for free.
So, I literally give a personalized
learning plan for you that you can use
in order to improve your English even
more efficiently. So, if you are
interested, you can check out the link
in the description. I hope you really
like this video. If you like it, click
the like button, subscribe to my
channel, and I see you in the next one. Bye-bye.
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