Avoid the 5 Common Mistakes made by All English Beginners

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some learning a new language seems to

come naturally for others the entire

process feels more like a tooth and nail

struggle however if you’ve had a

negative experience learning a new

language at one point in time don’t let

that discourage you from trying again

the truth is that learning any language

is never easy but it’s definitely

possible sometimes the difference

between success and failure has less to

do with your abilities or talents and a

lot more to do with the way you look at

things in this video we’re going to look

at how to avoid five serious mistakes

made by new language learners number one

listen before you speak being slow to

speak and quick to listen is good life

advice whether or not you’re learning a

foreign language effective listening is

essential to communication as a beginner

there is a tendency to concentrate so

much on what you’re going to say and how

you’re going to say it that you can

completely miss the meaning or heart of

what the other person is trying to

communicate not only will this impair

your ability to listen in your target

language

it will also stall what little

conversation you had going remember the

conversations are a two-way street if

you’re speaking more than listening then

you actually have more of a monologue on

your hands than a dialogue the inputs of

language learning listening and reading

are just as important as the outputs

speaking and writing for a beginner

inputs are even more crucial as they are

the main way you acquire new vocabulary

we even go so far to say that for new

students the best method for learning

involves more listening than it does

speaking though that may change with

higher proficiency levels number two

don’t be embarrassed when you do speech

people’s next mistake usually comes from

the other side of the spectrum where new

learners are too scared or embarrassed

to contribute to a conversation the fear

of making mistakes in embarrassing

yourself can paralyze your language

learning it’s vital to remember that

everyone makes mistakes even native

speakers had to find their way through

the length

when they were children making mistakes

while learning a new language is

inevitable but it’s also a good thing

the faster you make mistakes the quicker

you can correct them and move on with

your learning so instead of being afraid

to make mistakes

try looking at them as steps towards

progress in reality that’s what they

really are number three don’t fixate on

minor issues if taken in all at once a

new language can feel overwhelming to

learn it’s so easy to get discouraged by

all your little mistakes and

conversational mishaps and you lose

sight if the progress you’re making in

addition to mistakes you’ll also come

across plateaus where you study and

practice consistently but don’t see any

results for a significant amount of time

but whether you face errors or plateaus

remember that these things are minor

obstacles on the road to fluency the

most important thing is not to give up

stick with it if you stay persistent

your mistakes will be corrected and your

abilities will improve but if you slow

down or throw in the towel completely

then you’ll either subvert your progress

or Nix it all together so remember that

as long as you’re still studying and

learning the language you can’t lose it

might feel like you’re losing the battle

for language learning for a little while

but hang in there a practical way to

help you stay motivated is to make small

weekly goals

research shows that goal-setting has a

significant impact on learning try

picking one aspect of grammar or a

collection of new words or phrases to

study for the next seven days at the end

of the week check your progress and

measure your success setting little

benchmarks like this will give you a

rightful sense of accomplishment number

four remember that immersion isn’t

magical a lot of people think that by

moving to a foreign country they will

learn the language by osmosis but

whether you learn abroad or at home you

still need to study and practice the

language living in a new country gives

you way more opportunities to do this

than staying at home but if you don’t

consciously take advantage of these

opportunities while living abroad it

won’t benefit your language learning if

you’re an expat living in a foreign

country there’s a natural inclination

to hang out around other expats learning

a language and living in a foreign

culture is hard and uncomfortable for

better or worse we’re often drawn to the

easier road if you made the decision to

study abroad then you want to hang out

with native speaking people as much as

possible you have the rest of your life

to be with people who speak your

language

this doesn’t mean ignore your expat

friends just be sure that you’re giving

proper attention to your language

learning languages are better lived than

they are learned number five be

open-minded languages are better lived

than they are learned when learning a

new language your brain will want to

conform the new grammar and vocabulary

to your native language norms and

grammar rules ignore your brain on this

one at first you might feel completely

wrong saying a sentence that is in fact

correct after a certain point in

language learning there is a switch that

goes off when your brain finally

realizes that you’re not speaking your

native language but a new one altogether

this could take a while though

especially if this is your first time

learning a new language until then do

what you know is correct even if it

feels a bit weird when you say it the

same goes for culture just as you want

to be open to the differences in the

language don’t forget to be open to the

differences in the culture - hopefully

this video helped you shift your

thinking and approach language learning

in a way that will help you become

fluent faster and that you’ll learn to

enjoy the journey towards fluency and

savour the language for its own sake

that’s probably the biggest language

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