Have you ever watched a native English speaker get asked a simple question?
For example, so how was your weekend?
And they just flow 30 seconds of natural, easy speech.
And meanwhile, when someone asks you the same question, your mind just goes blank.
After four words, it's not because they know more words than you listen to me.
It's because they were taught something you were not taught.
They were taught a structure, a framework hiding underneath every fluent conversation.
And today, my friend, I'm going to show you the framework.
I call it the fluency pannion, your fluency companion.
And once you see it, you will never hear English the same way again, my friend, are you ready?
Well then let's jump right in layer number one.
Three details.
This is the first layer of our framework.
Let me break this down for you.
You see, this is the real reason why you freeze.
The single biggest reason why you freeze is you answer in one breath and then have nothing left.
For example, someone asks you, how was your weekend?
Your response?
It was good.
And you're done.
And there's silence.
The conversation dies and you feel exposed.
Let me break this down even more.
This is actually what native speakers do.
You see native speakers don't answer in one breath.
Instead, when they touch a topic, they instinctively.
Give three details.
We're talking about the framework, this structure that native speakers have been taught and already know.
And now you are learning.
They start with three details.
Not one, not 10, three, three.
Three is the magic number enough to sound full and natural.
Few enough though, that you never feel overwhelmed or like you're rambling.
This is the thing, the bottom line.
Three details is the foundation.
Everything else in the fluency panion gets built on top of it.
So let's break this down visually very quickly again, looking at the fluency panion.
So we have this first layer.
Our first layer of the fluency panion in the middle, no matter what the topic is.
So in the middle, we're going to say, this is our topic, whatever the topic might be.
And we have right here.
The details, this is the detail layer.
So we have detail.
Number one, and we're going to see how this is actually broken down in a real situation.
All right.
This is detail number two, and this is detail number three.
Again, this is layer number one of our fluency opinion.
This is a structure that native speakers are already aware of the bottom line.
So let's go into this and see a practical application.
First, look at this situation.
Let's say the topic is a trip.
You took three details.
I went to the mountains for a long weekend.
Detail number two, we stayed in a small cabin near a lake.
Detail number three, the weather was cold, but perfectly clear.
Three details about the situation.
Now let's see situation number two.
A restaurant you tried.
Detail one, it's a small Italian place about 10 minutes from my house.
That's a detail.
Detail number two, the pasta was homemade.
You could really taste the difference.
That's detail number two.
And number three, it was a little expensive, but the portions were generous.
That's detail.
Number three, you're already seeing how this simple framework layer one helps a native speaker sound fluent.
Look at this third situation.
The same is true.
A new skill or hobby.
If that's the situation, the topic.
Detail number one, I recently started learning to play the guitar detail.
Number two, I practice for about 20 minutes, most evenings and detail.
Number three, I can already play two full songs.
Once again, layer number one, three details, but we go even deeper.
What if someone asks you a question and this is the question.
What's your hometown like answer with three details.
It's a medium sized city near the coast.
The weather stays warm most of the year and it's famous for its food markets.
A question and you responded to it with three details because you understood layer one of the fluency pannion.
Does it really work?
Here's the second question for every question.
What do you do for work?
Answer using three details layer one.
I work in marketing for a tech company detail one.
My main job is managing social media campaigns detail too.
And I work mostly from home detail.
Number three, it just works.
And native speakers know this framework.
What about question three?
What did you do last weekend?
Answer.
I caught up on sleep on Saturday morning detail one.
Then I met some friends for dinner downtown detail two.
And on Sunday, I cleaned my apartment detail.
Number three, it's simply works answering the questions using layer number one of our fluency.
But does it really work if you're speaking about something different?
What about your day?
Three part breakdown for your day, the morning, the morning.
I usually wake up around seven detail.
Number one, I have coffee before I do anything else.
Detail number two.
And I checked the news while it's still quiet detail.
Number three, it simply works.
What about your afternoon?
My afternoons are the busiest part of my day detail.
Number one, I have most of my meetings then detail.
Number two.
And I have a take a short walk after lunch to reset detail.
Number three.
What about the evening?
I cook dinner most nights instead of ordering detail.
Number one, I watched one episode of a show to relax detail.
Number two.
And I tried to be in bed by 11 detail.
Number three, it simply works and native speakers know this framework.
Here's the belief shift I have for you related to layer number one.
You already know enough words.
My friend, you are intelligent.
You already know enough words.
You were just never told to give three.
You were never told to give three details.
Watch what happens to your speaking when you stop answering in one breath.
And we're just on layer number one.
This leads us now to layer number two layer.
Number two is personal opinion plus.
Three reasons, personal opinion, plus three reasons.
Let's break this down.
Personal opinion plus three reasons.
So here's the explanation, the breakdown of layer two.
The important transition phase.
You see details layer one, make you understood.
People understand what you're saying.
Opinions, however, layer two, make you interesting.
This is where you stop sounding like a reporter.
I'm just giving details, just giving facts and you start sounding like a person.
With an idea, with an opinion, with a thought, this is another thing that you have to keep in mind.
What native speakers actually do again, layer two native speakers.
Don't just describe, they take a position and back it up.
This is my opinion.
And these are my reasons.
This is the exact structure they practiced in every school essay, including me, your teacher.
I practice this in middle school, in high school, in college university.
This is why I'm able to speak English fluently.
So when you know the framework, when you know the literally the fluency pannion, you'll be able to speak fluently.
Claim and then support your claim.
State what you think, then give three reasons why lastly, the bottom line, notice the build layer two sits right on top of layer one.
The three reasons are details.
They're just details that now defend an opinion.
Same examples of before, but now we're going to go deeper.
This is the layer where the real you, the real you, your taste, your personality finally comes through in English.
This is a powerful layer.
So let's go back to our fluency opinion.
Our framework.
So now we're looking at layer number two.
Again, it builds on the first layer layer.
Number one was all about details.
Now we have layer number two.
And layer number two is all about giving your personal opinion.
And then you must give three reasons.
So right here, we have your personal opinion, and we're going to go deeper on this to look at some examples, personal opinion.
Then we have your reason.
Let's do this.
This is your reason.
And this is reason.
Number one, I'm gonna write this.
Then you have your reason.
Number two.
And then you have your reason number three, again, we're building on layer number one.
What was layer number one?
Yes.
Details layer number two.
You're giving your personal opinion plus three reasons to support your personal opinion.
We're building on layer one.
What does this look like?
Okay.
We have the same situations, a trip you took again.
Now layer two is layer being personal opinion and three reasons, a trip you took.
Honestly, it was the perfect getaway.
That's your opinion.
The cabin was quiet so I could finally rest.
Being near the lake helped me disconnect, reason number two, and the cold weather made the cozy nights even better.
My opinion and three reasons.
What about the second situation?
Does this actually work?
A restaurant you tried.
I'd definitely go back.
The homemade pasta was worth every cent.
The service felt warm and personal, and it's close enough to become a regular spot.
Personal opinion.
I definitely go back.
And three reasons.
Situation number three, a new skill or hobby.
I think learning guitar was one of my better decisions.
Opinion.
It gives me a break from screens reason it's relaxing after a long day reason.
And there's something satisfying about slowly improving reason, personal opinion, and three reasons.
Does this work though with questions?
Let's see question number one.
What's your hometown like?
Honestly, I think it's a great place to grow up personal opinion.
It's safe and relaxed reason.
Everything is close together reason.
And the people there are genuinely friendly, personal opinion, and three reasons you're answering the question based on the fluency pannion layer.
Number two, question number two.
What do you do for work?
I actually really enjoy my job opinion.
The work keeps me creative reason.
My team is supportive reason, and I'm always learning something new opinion and three reasons.
Question number three.
What did you do last weekend?
It was honestly the perfect weekend.
I got enough rest reason.
I spent time with people I care about reason, and I felt productive without feeling rushed following layer two, personal opinion and three reasons.
Again, layer two, building on layer one of our fluency panion.
What about our three part day breakdown?
Here's the morning.
I love the morning.
I'm an early bird.
It's the quietest, most peaceful part of my day reason.
My mind is sharpest before noon reason.
And starting early makes me feel ahead of everything.
Reason, personal opinion, and three reasons.
What about the afternoon?
The afternoon is my least favorite.
To be honest opinion, my energy dips right after lunch reason it's usually packed with meetings reason, and the day can start to feel long reason, personal opinion and reason.
What about the evening?
The evening is when I finally reacts.
Opinion, the work is done reason I can do something just for me reason.
And it's the only time the house is truly calm.
Layer two is all about giving your opinion and then supporting it with three reasons.
So what is the belief shift?
Listen, my friend.
In your native language, you have opinions about everything.
That person, that person does not disappear in English.
They just need this structure to come out.
They just need this structure.
My friend, the fluency panion, these three layers were on layer two.
You simply need to know the structure, the framework that native speakers actually use.
This leads us to layer number three.
Personal experience plus the five W's let's break this one down.
Personal experience plus the five W's.
So here is the reason this layer is actually important.
This is the layer that makes you unforgettable.
Details layer one, inform giving information, giving facts opinions, layer two, reveal your personality, who you are, your thoughts, but stories layer three, personal experiences, stories connect.
The moment you share a personal experience, the listener stops evaluating your English and starts listening to you.
This is why this layer is so important.
Here's the thing.
Learner versus native the difference here's where most learners, English learners go wrong.
They'll tell a story.
That's really just one flat sentence.
A real story on the other hand has shape a setting, the people in it, a moment where something goes wrong or shifts.
Don't miss miss today's story story time.
Don't miss the story at the end.
Right.
It tells how the story turned out and what you walked away understanding.
You don't need fancy literary terms, just where and when it happened, who was there, what went wrong or surprised you, how it ended and what it taught you.
This is how you really tell a story.
Here's the anchor.
Then on top of that story, you anchor it with the five W's who, what, when, where, and why to make sure your listener has every key piece of information.
The story gives the emotion and the shape, the five W's make sure nothing important is missing.
There's two distinct tools working together, your personal experience, the story, and the five W's making sure everything is included.
Here's the full build.
Notice a layer three story naturally contains layer one's details and naturally carries your opinion and feelings from layer two.
This is the entire fluency panion in motion.
So let's look at it again.
We have our first two layers.
Now we're adding layer number three of our fluency pannion.
And what is layer number three actually made up of again, we understand.
We have first your personal, we're looking at layer three, building on the previous layers.
We have layer three personal experience.
We have who, what, when, where, and why the five W's who let's do this.
What, when, where, and.
Why this is the full framework, the fluency panion framework, three different layers.
So let's see, does this actually work practical application again?
Now we have the same situation, a trip you took.
Listen to the story.
Listen closely.
Last winter, my brother and I drove to a cabin in the mountains.
The first night, the heater completely broke and it was freezing.
We ended up wrapping ourselves in every blanket we could find and laughing about it until two in the morning.
That broken heater turned into the best night of the whole trip.
It reminded me that the unplanned moments are usually the ones you remember.
Who was it?
My brother and me.
What did we do?
A weekend mountain trip where the heater broke.
When?
Last winter.
Where?
A cabin in the mountains.
Why it mattered?
It taught me the unplanned moments are the ones you keep.
Layer three.
Personal experience that include the five W's.
What about this situation?
A restaurant you tried layer three.
Now we're building on the framework.
A few months ago, a friend dragged me to this tiny Italian place.
I'd never have chosen myself.
I was tired and almost canceled, but the owner came out, recommended a dish I'd never heard of.
And it ended up being the best meal I'd had in a year.
Now it's our restaurant and I almost missed it because I wanted to stay home.
Who a friend in me plus the owner, what discovering an unforgettable dish when a few months ago where a tiny Italian restaurant near me, why it mattered.
It reminded me to stay.
Yes.
More often situation.
Number three, same situation.
Now we're using level three layer three of our fluency panion framework.
Last year, I bought a cheap guitar on an impulse, convinced I'd give up in a week like I always do.
For the first month, my fingers hurt and I sounded terrible.
Then one evening, I played a full song without stopping and I actually
Teared up that little moment proved to me.
I could stick with something five W's who me and eventually friends.
I play for what learning my first full song on guitar.
When over the past year, where at home, most evenings, why it mattered.
It showed me.
I don't always quit.
You see how layer three can be used for these situations.
What about a question?
What's your hometown like?
Let me tell you what it was really like.
I grew up on a street where the whole extended, my whole extended family lived within a few houses of each other.
Every Sunday, all of us, grandparents, cousins, everyone crammed into my grandmother's tiny kitchen for lunch.
One Sunday the power went out and we just kept cooking by candlelight and never stopped talking.
That's the image that comes to me whenever I think of my home.
The five W's anchor who my whole extended family, what our weekly Sunday lunches, when throughout my childhood, where my grandmother's house, why it mattered.
It's why home will always mean togetherness to me.
Even for questions.
When you use the framework, looking at layer three, you will speak English fluently.
Question number two.
What do you do for work?
I actually fell into my career by accident.
Five years ago, I was unemployed and a friend offered to pass my resume to her company, almost as a favor.
I started in the lowest position, terrified I didn't belong.
Then I led one small project that did really well and everything changed from there.
I stayed because that first yes, from a friend turned into a career I love.
Now this is the part of the question we're looking at layer three.
So of course, prior to this, the person said their job title, but notice the five W's can be found in this response.
Who?
Me and the friend who recommended me what landing and growing into my job.
When over the last five years, where at my current company, why it mattered because it taught me one opportunity to can change everything.
Question number three, same question as we had before.
What did you do last weekend?
This past weekend was simple, but kind of perfect.
On Sunday, my husband and I decided last minute to drive out to a lake an hour away.
We rented a little boat, completely underestimated how to row it, and spent 20 minutes going in circles before we figured it out.
We laughed so hard we forgot we'd left our phones in the car all day, which is exactly what we needed.
Who me and the friend who recommended me, but this one actually should be changed.
It's talking about my husband and I, right?
So the, who the five W's information at the bottom, it should be my husband and I, but you're seeing what happens when you use layer three.
Now let's check again, those five W's to verify who my husband and me, what a spontaneous day at the lake.
When last Sunday, where a lake about an hour away, why it mattered.
It was the disconnection we'd both been craving.
You see how we used layer three.
Of our fluency framework and it simply works.
This is why native speakers can speak fluently.
They're following the fluency framework and it just works.
What about your day?
Three part day breakdown morning.
This morning I sat on the balcony with my coffee, just as the sun came up completely silent.
And I realized how rarely I let myself do nothing.
I've started protecting that quiet time on purpose.
Who?
Me what quiet coffee at sunrise when early this morning, where my balcony, why it sets a calm tone for my whole day.
What about your afternoon?
This afternoon, a colleague and I escaped a stuffy meeting room to grab lunch downstairs.
And over sandwiches, we accidentally brainstormed the best idea our teams had in months.
Who?
A colleague and me.
What?
An unplanned brainstorm.
When this afternoon?
Where?
The cafe downstairs.
Why?
It proved good ideas don't come from formal meetings.
And what about the evening?
Last night, my roommate and I stayed up far too late in the evening.
Just talking.
We hadn't really caught up in weeks and somehow it turned into one of those conversations you don't want to end.
Who?
My roommate and me.
What?
A long overdue late night talk.
When?
Last night.
Where?
Our living room.
Why?
It reminded me to make time for the people right next to me.
You see what happens when you simply use the framework.
Just follow the framework.
Here's the belief shift for you.
You have a lifetime of stories.
The elements of a story give them shape and the five W's who, what, when, where, and why make sure nothing is missing.
So your English finally carries the real full you.
So what does it look like altogether for our topic being my morning layer one.
Remember, we're looking at the fluency framework, the fluency panion.
We have layer one.
Now this is what layer one looks like.
Three details.
I wake up around seven.
I always have coffee first and I check the news while it's quiet.
What about our next layer, layer two opinion and three reasons.
And honestly, I love mornings.
I'm an early bird.
It's the most peaceful part of my day.
My mind is sharpest and I feel ahead of everything.
Ooh.
When you put the layers together, it naturally becomes a fluent response.
Layer three.
In fact, this morning I sat on my balcony with my coffee, just as the sun came up completely silent and realized how rarely I let myself do nothing.
So I've started protecting that quiet time on.
Purpose.
What just happened?
You follow the Fluency Panyin framework, and now you understand how native speakers actually speak fluently and how you can follow the simple framework.
Now, this is a framework that I've developed to help you as an English learner.
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Trust me, the more you practice, the more you use it, the more fluent you will become.
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I hope you enjoy this lesson and I'll talk to you next time.
You still there?
You know what time it is.
It's story time.
Hey, I said it's story time.
All right.
Today's story is something that whenever I think about this situation in this person.
I smile.
My heart is warmed.
So just to give you some context.
Now I am your English teacher and it's written all over my face.
How much I enjoy teaching you, how much I enjoy breaking down frameworks and ideas to help you on your English journey.
I love to give.
I am naturally a giver.
It brings me joy to help other people.
So among my friend group in my, amongst my friends, I'm the one who's usually giving.
I love to give.
Now my friends are givers.
They're amazing.
I simply love to give at church.
This is not part of the story.
I'm known as the church auntie, because if I find out you like a snack every week at church, I'll put it in my purse and I'll say, come here, here you go.
I'm talking about adults and children.
I just love to give things to people that makes them happy.
Right.
So when you're naturally a giver, sometimes it's not easy to be on the receiving end because I don't need a lot.
I'm, I'm just happy making other people happy, but when someone else exudes or exemplifies the same quality towards me, it kind of makes my head tilt and it's a warm feeling that I get.
So.
This is about one of my friends who is also a giver.
Her name is Maddie.
She may or may not see this video.
So this happened maybe about two years ago.
Um, I.
Got very sick.
I thought it may have been COVID because I had like chills, but I had this cough that I couldn't get rid of.
And it just was giving me COVID vibes.
I had COVID before two times.
So I said, I think I have COVID just the way that cough, the way I was coughing and things were kind of like leading up to, ah, this is probably COVID.
As a result, I was trying to stay clear of other people.
I didn't want to bother anyone, but I was really sick.
I was too sick to make food.
I didn't really feel like getting up to make soup.
I just wanted to stay in bed.
So.
I like had like orange juice delivered from the store.
And so I was trying to keep liquids inside and I had some crackers and some canned soup, but I didn't feel like making anything.
So my friend, Marty, she had called me and she was like, Tiff, what's going on?
I said, ah, I think I'm getting sick.
And this is the day before it got really bad.
And she's like, okay, I'll be praying for you.
I said, ah, thank you so much.
So the next day she followed up and said, Hey Tiff, how did you sleep last night?
And I said, ah, it was, it was a rough night.
It wasn't a good night.
It really was kind of hard, but I said, I'll be okay.
You know, thank you so much for your prayers.
I'm trying to pump the liquids.
She was like, are you eating?
I said, ah, I don't really feel like cooking.
So I'm kind of, you know, I have some soup that I'm kind of, you know, eating out of the can, but you know, or I've canned soup.
She's like, okay.
Um, do you want me to get you anything?
And I was like, no, no, no, it's okay.
I don't want to get you sick.
I said, I don't want to get you sick because it's probably very contagious.
She said, ah, okay.
Don't worry about me.
And that was kind of where she left off.
And I was like, okay.
You know, thank you for your prayer.
She's like, no worries.
30 minutes go by an hour go by.
And, um, she messaged me.
She said, I'm stopping by moms.
It's an organic market here and I'm getting you some soup and some juices.
Is there anything else you need?
And I was about to say, no, don't do that.
But I could tell, I said, wait a minute, I'm a giver and I know I'm seeing something.
She's like, I want to help you.
So I'm like, okay.
I was like, yeah, the soup is going to be good.
And maybe some extra crackers.
Right.
I said, you know, when you come, you know, to wear a mask, I was really worried about her.
So I thought she was just going to drop it off.
So about an hour goes by and I hear a knock on my door.
So I get out the bed again, I'm, I'm completely disheveled.
You know, I'm not feeling good.
Nose blowing everything.
Right.
So I go to the door thinking I'm just gonna kind of crack it and take it from her and say, thank you.
I go to open the door.
She said, Hey girl.
Hey chick.
I'm like, gave me a hug and I'm like, I don't want to get you sick.
She said, Tiff.
It's okay.
You're sick.
I'm going to basically take care of you.
So she brought the soup.
She brought this juice that I still drink now when I feel like my immune system is compromised.
And I was just standing there watching her.
Like she was putting the soup in my kitchen and, and moving things around.
And I was like, man, Lord.
It's such a blessing to have good friends, right?
I have many good friends.
This is just one example in this situation, many good friends, but that moment, that moment when she didn't think about herself, she was like, Tiff, you're sick.
I want to help you feel better.
And she just came in and I didn't ask her for anything and she brought me what was needed, which actually did help me get better faster.
That has forever been cemented in my mind as a pivotal moment in our friendship.
You really are a good person.
You really care about others and you really are a giver.
And I really appreciated it because I didn't have any energy at that time, but the soup was delicious by the way.
Um, the, the juice helped me and I did get better in the, after a few days.
So I bring this situation up because in your life, you're going to meet people.
Will help you, they may be friends.
They may be family members.
They may be strangers that just kind of drop things off.
Right.
Let people know how much you appreciate them.
And I told her, I was like, girl, you don't even realize how much I appreciate you.
And she's consistent.
She's been a consistent friend, consistently been there for me.
And I really appreciate her and I have her back.
If she ever needs anything, I got her back.
The people in your life that have your back, the people in your life who have done something for you, let them know how much you appreciate them.
Madi, thank you so much for who you are, girl.
I appreciate you.
Love your friend.
And to you, the student watching this, remember to appreciate those around you.
I'll talk to you in the next lesson.
