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participating anyway today we have an
exciting useful topic with some helpers
I see today we're gonna be talking about
the word though though and this word
uses a th which I know a lot of you love
so we're going to be practicing the
sentence structure and some
pronunciation to help you correctly
pronounce though though so if you're
here live I thank you for being here
we've got Amanda and Bruno and Fernando
and Paul Waleed from Morocco Maxime from
France I'll go solo Rebecca in Venezuela
Noah and Egypt international community
you guys are awesome
Hiroyuki in Japan yes my cat often likes
to jump on this I'll show you here he
likes to jump on this little shelf over
here because I recently moved it into
this room so it's a new adventure for
him he gets quite excited so before we
get started today I want to ask you a
quick question is the word low difficult
for you do you know how
to use the word though and if your
answer is yes I want to see in the
comments a sample sentence with the word
though and today I'm going to be writing
on my clipboard so that I can share a
sample sentence with you and give you
some feedback about your own sample
sentences so I'm curious for you Oh
interesting we have our first sample
sentence with though let's see how it is
uh
kassay says though I have a headache I
cannot miss your video oh I see Amanda
says it is kind of difficult for me folk
asks is though the same as although so
we're going to address all of these
questions today the sample sentence
ideas so if at the end of the lesson you
have any other questions about though
please write them in the comments feel
free to ask and I'll try my best to
answer them and give some some kind of
feedback we have another sample sentence
with though though it's raining outside
I'll still go to school okay so first of
all let's start with this idea because
the two sample sentences that you have
written so far have though at the
beginning of the sentence though it's
raining I'll still go to school and this
is perfectly fine the grammar is fine no
problem we have one option I'll just
write that sentence here so that you can
take a look hello it's raining I'll
still go to school so this sentence uses
though at the beginning of the sentence
but I want to let you know that if we
use though at the beginning of a
sentence it is
very formal and in conversation even
though the grammar is correct we hardly
ever use this so if you write this in an
email or in something more professional
it's no problem this is just going to be
a little more professional let me write
that here so that we can remember well
just write formal this this version is a
little formal at the beginning so what I
really want to talk about today is how
to use though at the end of the sentence
at the end of a sentence because this is
the version that we use the most often
and this question was actually asked by
one of one of you one of my awesome
students Lucas Lucas if you're here
hello Lucas asked about a sample
sentence his sample sentence was look at
her eyes though so let's add a part to
the beginning and I want to know what do
you think this sentence means so here is
our first sample sentence with though at
the end I want to ask you when you read
the sentence what do you think it means
let's have a um her words are happy but
look at her eyes though so here we have
though at the end and this was the
sentence that that Lucas asked me about
it Inessa how can we use this so I want
to know what do you think the sentence
really means her words are happy maybe
your friend is saying oh I'm having such
a great day today it's okay I'm I'm
having a great day and then you say but
look at her eyes though hmm
does it mean her eyes are beautiful or
her eyes are brown what does this really
mean
Gustavo has a great answer
Gustavo says she's not happy at all
Varro says her eyes are sad now bill
says there's sadness in her eyes yes you
got it this is exactly what it is so the
second part of the sentence the part
with though is the opposite as the first
part so the first part is contrasting
Stalin you've got it he says there is a
contrast in the Senate she's happy but
her look is not as happy as her words so
there is a contrast between these two
and sometimes sometimes we don't even
say the word but sometimes we just say
her words are happy look at her eyes
though we make this a completely new
sentence we make this two sentences
because it's implied it's implied that
there is a contrast Julian has a
beautiful sample sentence and if you
have any sample sentences you want to
share here I will try my best to read
them and give some feedback Julian says
this cake looks pretty but how does it
taste though so it's really a simple
sentence about a cake any cakes we've
been talking a lot about sweet foods
lately let's make a sentence about cakes
this cake looks pretty
but it's taste so we can we can add some
kind of casual version here this casual
version this cake looks pretty but it's
taste though so we didn't finish the
sentence I didn't say it's taste is bad
I didn't say this you could say this
it's no problem but this is the the next
level up when you just imply the answer
so let's first of all before we go any
further I've explained a lot I want to
have a chance to ask you a question and
read some of your sentences to give
feedback because that's the best way to
to learn is through your own trial and
error so I want to ask you a question
about English classes when you were when
you're learning online when you're
learning online maybe it's useful for
you it's interesting but your time is
very limited you need to find time to
learn English so how could we make a
sentence about learning online with a
limited time so maybe learning online is
wonderful and how can we contrast that
talking about your limited time Lee has
a great sentence about onions he says I
don't like onions
but this onion snack is pretty good
though
beautiful beautiful so he added this
sentence structure here
I don't like onions but this onion snack
is pretty good though and really in this
sentence the word though because he used
the word but the word though is kind of
extra it's extra we don't
really need to say though but we often
add it to give extra emphasis I really
don't like onions
but this onion snack is really good
though
you're really emphasizing that there is
a huge contrast so we could say with but
without though or we could add it
together Maxime has a great sentence
with learning online he says learning
online is great if I have the time to do
so
though mmm so the the activity it's
great but it's contrasting to the time
the limited time that you have Thiago
says I have learned English online but
sometimes I'm very busy though beautiful
beautiful sentence so if you want to
take this to the next level we can maybe
I should use a different color for that
we can take out this word and we can
make a new sentence
so you could say learning online is
great my time is limited though great so
you are using two different sentences
and this is this is often what we do in
conversation when we're using though we
make two sentences but you're welcome to
use but for extra emphasis noemi says
learning learning English online with
Vanessa is very good her classes are
really early though Oh
so for you this time this live time is
really early for you beautiful sentence
learning English online with Vanessa is
good her classes are really early though
or we could say learning English online
is fun but her classes are really early
though great you've got emphasis in
contrast here Juma has a good sentence
that uses this version this kind of
implied version he says he speaks
English he speaks English
but his accent though I used these dot
dot dot marks here because your
intonation and your voice need to imply
that there is a contrast you didn't say
his accent is bad though you didn't say
the actual contrasting part here but you
imply it with your voice so it depends
on how comfortable you feel with that
algis says I have been learning English
with Vanessa for just four months but my
English is really improving though
excellent so only four months but your
English is improving though so even
though it's a short time your English is
improving wonderful good to hear good to
hear and John has an interesting point
he said studying online is fine but I
need to practice speaking though and
let's do that now
let's practice a sentence together and I
want to use I want to use US and it's
similar to John's we're gonna practice
this sentence all together and I want
you to practice your th pronunciation
throughout this video throughout this
video you might have seen my tongue is
very active when I use the word though
though though so I want yours also to be
visible when you say the word though
though so let's practice a sample
sentence and I want you to say it and
then we're going to continue reviewing
some of your sentences before we go so
let's practice this sentence listening
to English is good I need to practice
speaking though listening to English is
good we have one side and the contrast I
need to practice speaking though though
so let's say this and it's all together
I'm going to say it quickly and I want
you to repeat it out loud if you're
somewhere quiet
excellent you can say it and no one else
will hear you don't need to be
embarrassed if you're in public or at
work you can whisper quietly no problem
or you can go back and watch this lesson
again but it's very important to speak
listening it to English is important
speaking I need to speak though
listening to English is important I need
to speak though listening to English is
good I need to speak though I changed my
sentence a little bit sorry about that
first I said good then I said important
let's stick with good listening to
English is good I need to speak English
though listening to English is good I
need to speak though low though are you
saying this out loud with me are you
ready let's say it a couple more times
listening to English is good I need to
speak though we have two separate
sentences listening to English is good
period new sentence I need to speak
though fee Rosa has another sentence
very similar she says I want to practice
now but I'm at work though so maybe it's
a little uncomfortable for you at work
great great so you can continue continue
to improve maybe when you get home but
you're not wasting any time you're still
learning at work beautiful
Jacinta says online learning learning
English online is helpful but I need to
speak up though yes this
a wonderful point so there are a lot of
ways that you can speak even if you
don't live in an english-speaking
country you can first of all simply
repeat repeat after an English speaker
like right now you're repeating my
sentence you're repeating my sentence
and this is using those speaking muscles
and you're getting used to hearing your
voice speaking English that's really
important because sometimes for me when
I visit a new country and I try to say
some words in their language for me at
first it feels a little strange because
I'm not used to it and I've never heard
my voice use those words before so if
you get used to your voice speaking
English that is gonna help a lot so you
can repeat after me you can even read
some sentences from a book out loud
great great you can answer some
questions while you're walking around
what am I going to eat today hmm well
I'm really hungry but we don't have much
food though you can try to speak out
loud just with yourself a lot of my
students do this because they just want
to speak English they want to find time
so you too can do this you can try to
find a local group that's speaking
English you can find a partner the
Internet is a beautiful resource so I
hope for you you can speak and not just
listen
listening is valuable it's a good first
step though though hiroyuki says English
is a useful communication tool we need
much engagement to acquire it though I
love it you're using contrast contrast
here eating too much chocolate is bad
I should stop though Shelley SHhhh I'm
sure that's hard do you have a sweet
tooth eating chocolate too much
chocolate is bad and our contrast I need
to stop though great idea
mirage says i watch all of your lessons
Vanessa but I read books though maybe we
could say but I read books too
though so you listen and you and you
read excellent communication and
connection Thiago says I've already
eaten but I'm hungry though so maybe we
could even add the word still into the
sentence I've already eaten but I'm
still hungry though maybe it's time to
eat a little snack sounds like a good
idea body says I would like a video
lesson talking about the word yet well I
have some good good news if you go to my
YouTube channel there is a video talking
about already still and yet because
these words go together so feel free to
go to my youtube channel after this and
click on it and watch that I hope it
will be useful to you Julian says eating
food is good
working out is important though so if
you eat a lot of sweets we need to have
some balance eating food is good but
working out is also important so thank
you everyone for joining me today thank
you for joining me from around the world
before we go let's say a final sentence
together so that you can practice
speaking speaking and enjoying English
so this sentence is for any of you who
might feel a little shy do you feel shy
when you speak English and this is
perfectly normal especially if you don't
have much experience speaking yet so if
you don't have much experience speaking
it's gonna feel a little unusual or
strange it's a new thing so for you I
recommend saying the sentence after me
and we're going to practice lo make sure
your pronounciation with th lo is good
let's practice this sentence together
I know I'm shy but I will speak English
though I know I'm shy but I will speak
English though you are emphasizing I
know I'm shy
I'll speak English though I know I'm shy
I'll speak English though we've got two
sentences let's say this all together I
know I'm shy and maybe if you're not shy
you can say I know I'm not shy no
problem you can change it for yourself I
know I'm shy
I'll speak English though I know I'm shy
I'll speak English though so thank you
for repeating this sentence after me
this is a good chance to use your
speaking skills and if you would like to
say it like Aaron Aaron said I know I'm
shy
I'll speak English though you're
overcoming taking some steps to overcome
your shyness especially with English
because you're still gonna be yourself
when you speak English but you want to
have courage and confidence
Dehlia says I know I'm shy but I will
speak English though I will overcome
that excellent excellent I love your
motivation keep it up
Lee says I know I'm shy I'll speak
English though who cares if I'm shy I'll
speak English though I got this so thank
you for joining me thank you for
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