My 3-Month English Routine for Intermediate Speakers

Key wellness/self-care & productivity focus

• Consistency is non-negotiable: do the routine every day for 3 months without breaks (no “holiday/excuse” postponing).
• Reduce friction before starting: set up materials in advance
  • choose videos the night before
  • research topics with a timer
• Short, repeatable daily blocks: most tasks are 10–15 minutes, making it easier to stick with the plan.
• Mindfulness through reflection: record/tell yourself what happened, then evaluate—encouraging mental clarity and reduced self-judgment.

The 3-Month English Routine (Intermediate Speakers)

Morning (15 minutes): Shadowing practice (imitation)

Strategy

• Choose the shadowing video the night before so you don’t waste morning time scrolling.
• In the morning, use 15 minutes to repeat a short fragment (not the whole interview).

How to do it

Copy the:

• intonation
• pauses
• expression
• hand movement

If the clip is short (e.g., ~5 minutes), repeat it over and over for the full 15 minutes.

Important mindset

• Learn from someone’s speech features, but don’t try to become them.
• Your goal is building your own identity/style: “Be yourself.”

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Lunch / Midday (15–20 minutes): Topic research + 1-minute speaking

Step-by-step method

1. Pick a random topic using unprompted.com (use the “Spin” option).
2. Research for 10 minutes using Google (explicitly avoid relying on AI like ChatGPT, etc.).
3. Write bullet-point notes from your research.
4. Record a 1-minute continuous talk on the topic (mistakes are allowed).
5. Watch yourself to self-evaluate:
   • where you repeat words
   • where you sound unnatural

Time goal

The creator frames it as: research + speaking + quick evaluation, fitting into ~15–20 minutes total.

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Evening / Night (10–15 minutes): Reading + journaling + speaking out loud

Reading

• Use a reading resource like Substack (the video suggests downloading the app).
• Read any article/book pages you like.
• Minimum: 10 minutes reading (the creator says 15 is too much; 10 is enough).

Journaling

After reading, write in your notebook:

• everything you read (summarize accurately)
• at least two pages

Avoid journaling about random superficial things (the creator discourages entries like favorite animals/colors or typical beginner topics).

Speaking (no whispering)

• Close your notebook, close your eyes, and speak out loud about what you did/read.
• Focus on meaningful specifics (e.g., what topic/article you used and what you learned).
• Avoid “small daily-life details” only (e.g., eating an apple, taking a bath)—the goal is to practice real spoken narration.

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Source checklist (tools/sites/resources mentioned)

• unprompted.com (topic generator via “Spin”)
• Google / Chrome (research)
• Substack (reading articles)

Presenters / sources

• Presenter: Unnamed creator (referred to as “Prie” in the subtitles)

Examples mentioned (as shadowing inspirations, not formal sources)

• Priyanka Chopra
• Shah Rukh Khan
• Virat Kohli
• Nick Jonas
• Hrithik Roshan

Websites/apps mentioned

• unprompted.com
• Substack
• Google / Chrome