Hey naturals, what is up? Welcome back to go natural English. This is a fantabulous
Question and answer Tuesday now also known as a coffee time with your English teacher Tuesday. Ah
we're answering a question from an email I got from
Philippe Philippe it asked how do I increase my
English fluency Gaby, please. Help me Philippe from Brazil. Well Philippe from Brazil
I would love to help you but technically speaking you can't increase your English fluency. It's just technically impossible
you want to know why let's start right there the difference between
We're going to differentiate these two verbs because they can be used interchangeably
But their meanings can also be different and the way that you use it increase your fluency
It's just not correct. And so we have to take a step back to improve your question before we can answer it. So
increase versus improve we can use these in
Similar ways they both mean to make better
Quantity or numbers and the other is used to talk about
Feelings so you see they are different
Increase is for numbers and improve is for quality
Quantity such as the number of vocabulary words, you know, how can I increase my English vocabulary?
Also, how can I improve my English vocabulary?
We're talking about the quality of the words that you use now
Wait a minute didn't I just say that we have to use these verbs differently. Well, yes, but in this situation
We can use either one of these verbs, but they mean a slightly different thing to
increase vocabulary means to know a greater number of vocabulary words
Means to have a better overall
Use perhaps, you know more academic words and you use them better in
Smarter ways. Perhaps. You don't know as many words as Tom over there
But you know how to use them much better. And so this begs the age-old question
I'll let you be the judge leave your comments and tell me would you rather have a bigger vocabulary?
Or would you rather be able to use your words better?
For example, you can increase your TOEFL score. You may have heard people
Advertising courses to improve your test score, which is not necessarily incorrect
but this does refer to the overall quality of your test scores and not
Necessarily a number remember when we're talking about a number we want to use the word
Increase this vocabulary word is all about numbers
Increase the number of reps you do at the gym
Experience increase the number of days you go on vacation
Travel experience increase the number of go natural English videos you watch and improve your English fluency
increase your sales and improve your job performance increase your applications to
Universities and improve the likelihood that you will be accepted to one
increase the number of times you take a shot and
Improve the number of times that you will score increase the number of steps. You take each day and improve your health
increase the number of vegetables that you and
improve your diet increase the number of cups of coffee you drink and
Improve I don't know if that actually improves your life but
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Future lesson. Thanks so much and have an amazingly
Improved day with an increased number of pleasant moments. Bye for now