The Key To Improving Your English Advanced English Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm are you a positive person
let’s talk about it you’ve probably
heard the expression is the glass half
full or is the glass half empty this has
to do with being positive or negative
what does this have to do with english
well we’re going to talk about how being
positive will help you to learn quickly
efficiently and enjoy yourself when
you’re in school did you ever have a
teacher who told you that you were good
at something maybe they said I really
like this story that you wrote you’re
good at writing or even if they just
said I like this story that you wrote
you felt like you accomplished something
like you were good at it it positively
affected you and maybe your perception
of yourself changed slightly
we call this self-talk at least I like
to call it that your self-talk the
things that you say to yourself are
really important if that internal voice
in your head is saying oh maybe I can do
it
maybe I’m kind of good at this or just
maybe I can try my best
and improve that positive self-talk is
completely in control of how you are
going to learn English what about in a
negative way though a couple years ago
when I was teaching in a school in a
classroom I heard some teachers talking
about a particular student and the other
teacher said oh he’s just not good at
learning he’s just not that smart I
don’t think that he’s going to be able
to pass to the next level who do you
think that that student can understand
how the teachers feel about him even if
the teachers never directly tell him you
can’t do it you’re not smart enough even
if they don’t
directly say that I think that people
are are pretty clever at understanding
how others feel about us so I’m pretty
sure that that student knew how the
teacher felt about him and do you think
that was a positive thing for his
learning experience or did it just
reinforce that he can’t do it that he’s
not smart enough well I have to tell you
that in reality it reinforced that he
wasn’t smart enough he couldn’t do it
and that student had such a hard time
passing to the next level and getting
there and part of that puzzle was that
his self-talk he thought he couldn’t do
it and he learned that self-talk from
the people around him because he was
just a kid he was starting to gain that
self-talk that he would keep for the
rest of his life so maybe for you your
self-talk if it’s negative or positive
maybe it’s something that you heard from
someone else your parents your teachers
the people around you maybe your friends
friends in your class when you were
younger the things that they said about
you have built up over time and that has
become your self-talk is your self-talk
positive or negative and the reason why
this is so important for English is
because when you believe that you can do
it yes it’s going to be a struggle yes
it’s going to be a challenge but I will
improve when you have that positive
self-talk you’re going to have a much
more enjoyable time your mind is going
to be more open to learning and when you
face difficulties when you say something
wrong or when you forget what to say
you’re not going to have that negative
self-talk that’s reinforcing oh I can’t
do this I said the wrong thing I’m never
going to be able to remember these words
if you have a positive self-talk when
you make mistakes
bad things happen it’s going to help you
to get over those problems and to really
improve and succeed so my challenge for
you this is a deep lesson today but my
challenge for you is to have positive
self-talk and we’re going to start by
saying one sentence together a positive
self-talk sentence that you can
reinforce to say over and over again if
you feel like you’re a negative person
you have negative self-talk I can’t
learn English it’s too difficult if
that’s you I want you to say this
sentence every day right before you’re
about to learn English or you wake up in
the morning I want you to say this
sentence to yourself out loud shout it
out if you want to and over time you’re
going to be changing your self-talk to
be more positive let’s say this sentence
together to start reinforcing positive
thoughts even though English is a
challenge I can improve even though
English is a challenge I can improve yes
you’re being realistic English is a
challenge learning anything new is a
challenge you’re shaping your brain in
new ways so you don’t need to deny that
it’s a challenge yes it is a challenge
but it’s important to say I can improve
I can do it let’s say this all together
no matter where you’re you are right now
if you are in Indonesia or France or
Brazil or in China or in Egypt
it doesn’t matter we’re going to say
this all around the world
are you ready even though English is a
challenge I can improve shout it out
even though English is a challenge I can
improve I hope that you can say this to
yourself over and over again and after
some time this will become your
self-talk I can improve I hope this
lesson was useful to you and let me know
in the comments below do you feel like
you are a glass half-full person
or a glass half empty person is this
lesson useful for you to have positive
self-talk thanks so much for learning
with me and I’ll see you the next time
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