How to Improve Your English in 90 Days (A Simple Daily Plan)

In this video, I'm going to show you how to improve your English in 90 days. In only 90 days. Listen, I'm not going to say you will become Fluent in 90 days. That is impossible. I couldn't do it. You could not do it. Nobody can become fluent in 90 days in any language. That's why I said how to improve your English in 90 days. This comes from an English teacher who learned English before we had all these resources, before we had YouTube, before we had smartphones, before we had social media, and of course, before AI. I learned English. Before any of these, and I became fluent in less than two years. In less than two years, I was able to speak and communicate in English confidently. Without being afraid of making mistakes, without getting too nervous, and without being worried what I'm going to say next. Here's something I did from the very beginning. I started speaking. I'm going to show you how I did it. And I promise you, you can do it too. Like I said, this is not another video that promises that you will become fluent in 90 days. That's not. Possible. But here's what you can become in 90 days. You can become someone who is serious about learning English. Because remember, if you're not serious about learning something, nothing can be achieved. You're not going to become fluent. With random practice, you cannot become fluent in any language. You have to be serious. In 90 days, you're going to become someone who is disciplined and has a plan, a system, and a daily routine. Someone who is making real progress every single day. Someone who is on the journey of becoming fluent. So grab your notebook and a pen because I want you to write down stuff that I'm going to teach you. Before I give you the plan, before I teach you the system, I want you to learn something super important. This is from my own experience and that is less is more. I want you to write this down. What does this mean? Well, Today, we have more information, more learning resources, websites, apps, and content than ever before for learning any skill. Thousands of English teachers on YouTube, thousands of podcasts, apps, courses, Instagram accounts, and now we have AI. So you become really, really confused when you have too many options. Like the other night, I went to buy ice cream. And if there are only two options, you know, I'm just thinking, should I take this or this? I'll take this, but the whole fridge, the whole aisle was ice cream. So I couldn't pick what flavor I wanted. Like we would think that all these resources would make learning English easier, but for many learners, it's actually making things more confusing. Like one teacher recommends one method. Another teacher recommends another. One teacher says, you need to practice this way. Another teacher says, no, you need to do something completely different. One teacher says you need to practice grammar, one teacher says you need to practice vocabulary. So you become so confused because you don't know and you just want to find a way to become fluent. That's all you want. So this is what happens. Instead of spending your time learning English, you spend hours and hours searching for the best lessons. Searching for the best method, for the most effective way to practice your English, to become fluent, and it's too much. Here's my advice. It's better to have fewer resources, fewer lessons, and go deeper into those lessons. You don't need 20 English teachers. You don't need dozens of apps, and you don't need to watch five different English lessons every day. You need A few good resources. A few good lessons and a simple plan that you can follow consistently. When I learned English, I really didn't have much to practice with. And I can tell you that I became fluent with only those few resources that I had. I'll tell you what I had. I had an MP3 player. I think it was like, it had two gigabytes of storage or maybe one gigabyte. I don't even remember, but it's somewhere. I can't find it right now. But I had that mp3 player, and that mp3 player had many, many English lessons that I would listen to every single day. Lessons from Effortless English, AJ Hogue, and ESL POD, ESL Podcast, English as a Second Language Podcast by Jeff McQuillan. This is what I want you to prepare. One, you need to have a notebook. Two, you need your phone, a tablet, your laptop. And number three, a pair of headphones. These are the tools that you need. And this will help you keep things simple. Now, what I want you to do is find one or two good teachers on YouTube. Teachers that inspire you. Teachers that you like to listen to. Because if you don't like the teacher, you're not going to learn from them. Don't go for a teacher that gives you fake promises. You're going to become fluent in 90 days. No, because I promise you, you will not become fluent in 90 days. It's impossible. So you need to find teachers you enjoy listening to and whose lessons you can understand, whose lessons you can enjoy. Follow their videos consistently. Make it a part of your daily routine that you go back to the same teacher and watch their lessons. The next thing I want you to do is find one or two good English podcasts. And why do I say podcast? Because, you know, sometimes you don't have time to sit down and watch a lesson like this, but you have time to listen while you're driving, while you're cooking, while you're going for a walk. By the way, I'm going to make another video about the importance of focusing on one thing and the danger of multitasking. But driving and listening to a lesson is... It's not a dangerous thing to do because you're just simply listening, right? You don't need to focus too much. So this is why podcasts are so effective. This is why listening is so effective. Subscribe to one or two podcasts. Of course, you can subscribe to my podcast, The English Zone, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, any of these platforms. That's all you need. A few YouTube channels and a few podcasts. Here's something that I want you to do. Most English learners don't do. Don't just watch videos and listen to podcasts. You need to take notes. Write down important vocabulary. Write down useful expressions and things that you want to remember later. You don't need to write down everything, of course. I made a whole video about how to take notes. Just focus on important things, vocabulary words or expressions that you want to learn. And most importantly, you need to come back and review those phrases. Review your notes. Because if you never review what you learn, you're going to forget most of it. And now, I want you to prepare your English lessons for the next 90 days, for the next three months. Maybe you're thinking, that's too much. I have to find 90 videos or 90 lessons. No. All you need is about 20 lessons. What? Really? Only 20 lessons? How come? Well, here's the part that most English learners skip. Here's the part that most English learners don't do, repetition. You watch a video once, you listen to a lesson once, and you move to the next one. That's not how I want you to practice, and that's not how I practiced English back in the day. Like, there are lessons that I might have listened to 20 times, right? To the point that you just want to... memorize everything. And I'm going to tell you how effective and powerful repetition is. And by the way, I'm not saying repeating something over and over again, like a broken record or like a robot. The reason I'm recommending 20 lessons is that I want you to come back to the same lesson for about four to five days. Now you might be thinking, why would I listen to the same lesson over and over again? Well, Because every time you come back, to the lesson, you're going to focus on something different. You're not just repeating the same lesson. You're learning something new from the same lesson, from the same material, from the same video that you're watching. Just like how if you go to the gym five times a week, one day you focus on chest. One day you focus on shoulders. One day you focus on legs. You change your focus, right? So every day you learn something new. And let me show you how. Day one for understanding. Listen to the lesson and just simply focus on understanding. What's the lesson about? What's the main idea? Can you follow what the speaker is saying? How much do you understand? Do you understand like 50%? Do you understand 70%, right? And if you understand 70% or more, that's great. Keep going. You don't have to understand every single word for you to improve. Your main goal is comprehension. Day two. Listen for grammar and vocabulary. You see, same video, different focus. Yesterday, you were focused on understanding. Today, you want to work on the grammar. You come back to the same lesson, but today, you pay attention to grammar and vocabulary. Are there new words and expressions that you want to learn? Is the story or the lesson in past tense that you want to work on? Is there a grammar structure that you want to learn in the lesson? Write those down. Pay attention to how the speaker, how the teacher uses those phrases or expressions in context. in sentences. Don't just memorize single individual words. That's not how you improve your speaking. This is not how you increase your vocabulary, right? Learn them. Day 3. Listen for pronunciation. Same lesson, different focus. But this time, focus on pronunciation. Are there words or phrases that are new or difficult to pronounce? This is your chance to practice them. Pause the lesson, repeat that part, and listen and repeat. Go back 10 seconds, listen again, repeat. Say the word out loud. Repeat those words and expressions. And just copy how they say it. Of course, it's not easy in the beginning, but your mouth will get used to these sounds. I promise you. This is how I became fluent. This is how I practiced my accent every day, listening and repeating. So you need to practice until you feel comfortable saying these words. Day four, practice speaking through shadowing. On day four, you're going to practice shadowing. First, what is shadowing? Shadowing is repeating. This is shadowing. By the way, shadowing is best if you have your headphones on. It would be very difficult if you don't have your headphones. But if you have your headphones, then you can listen and speak. You follow the speaker. And this is so powerful. All you have to do is follow the speaker, just like, you know, how you have a shadow following you, right? The speaker is speaking and you are listening and talking. You're repeating exactly the same thing the same way. You need to repeat what they're saying. But you need to try to imitate their pronunciation, rhythm, intonation, emotions. You can pause after each sentence or try speaking along with the speaker. This is an opportunity to practice speaking and work on your pronunciation. On your fluency, your accent. Day five. On day five, I want you to do something different. I want you to do this. Summarize the lesson in your own words. Like, what did you learn? What was the main idea? How can you tell that lesson or that story to a friend? And you can record your voice on your phone. Use the recording app, the voice recording app to record it on your phone, and this will give you the chance to listen to yourself again and notice your mistakes. If you are doing well, it will motivate you. It'll give you confidence to speak more. So summarize the lesson as if you're telling it to somebody else. This will test how much you have learned in the past five days. Like, can you explain the lesson without watching the video or reading the text again? Can you Tell the story again without looking at your notes. This is an important part of the process because understanding a lesson is one thing, but being able to explain it, being able to teach it to someone else or tell it to someone else is another. So that's how I want you to practice. Now, Maybe you're thinking, I don't have all that time. You don't need a lot of time for this. How much time do you need for all this practice every day? 30 minutes to an hour. But if you can't do an hour, that's fine. Start with 30 minutes. What's more important than how much time you spend every day is consistency. Can you come back tomorrow and practice for another 10 minutes, for another 20 minutes, and then again tomorrow, and then again tomorrow? And here's something that I really want you to understand. If improving English... important to you, then you have to make time for it. And when you sit down to study, remove distractions. I feel like I talk about removing distractions in every single one of my videos because distraction is the thief of learning, the thief of attention and knowledge. Distraction takes everything away. Put your phone on do not disturb, grab your notebook, and focus on your lesson for the next 30 minutes, for the next. 45 minutes. Now, to make it easy for you, I've actually put together 20 video lessons for my YouTube channel for you to practice using the system, using this plan, and you don't need much else. Now, if you have other lessons ready, perfect. Go for it. The important thing is having a plan and a system to follow so that you don't waste your time choosing. You spend your time starting and finishing each lesson. Follow the five-day method and move on to the next one. The point is to learn deeply from each lesson. The point is to learn from day one. That's why I said you're not going to become fluent in 90 days, but you're going to improve your English in 90 days. You're going to build a system. You're going to... Build habits to practice your English every single day. And I promise you, in 90 days, you will see major improvement in your fluency, in your grammar, in vocabulary, in accent, and most importantly, in confidence. You'll be able to walk up to someone and speak. Without being afraid of making mistakes. And after 90 days, I want you to look back and see how much progress you've made. This is why keeping a notebook is so important. I still have my notebook from when I was learning English. And I look at those words from that time and I'm thinking, what? These are simple words. How come I didn't understand those? But that's how. You can track your progress by writing stuff down and then going back and see how far you have come. Let me leave you with this final piece of advice. Please stop looking for more apps, for more teachers, for more courses to help you become fluent. Stop jumping from one teacher to another. Stop thinking that you need a new app. You need a smarter teacher to teach you English. You are smart already. You just need a plan, a system, and a good method to follow every single day. That's how I learned English, and that's how you can do it too. If you're serious about improving your English this way, write a comment in the comment section below. I will follow the plan. And always remember, less is more. Thanks for watching. If you like this video, please let me know in the comment section below and share this with a friend. I'll see you in the next one.