Afraid of Talking in English

want to speak real english from your

first lesson

at englishclass101.com

are you afraid of making mistakes in

your target language

afraid you’ll never ever be able to have

a conversation or give a presentation

or maybe you’re afraid of something else

in this video we’ll cover four fears

related to language learning and how to

overcome them

the first one is i’m afraid i’m not good

enough to speak

i freeze do you feel like you’re not

good enough to speak yet

a lot of people can relate to this one

probably all language learners have felt

this at some point

it’s a pretty common fear here are some

tips to overcome it

first speak from day one the best way to

get good at speaking is to practice

speaking

if you’re holding yourself back because

you think you’re not good enough you’re

making a mistake

that’s exactly why you’re not improving

you need to open your mouth and start

talking

second if you’re not sure what to say to

start speaking

consider practicing with existing

dialogues in our lessons

you get scripts for introducing yourself

making small talk ordering food

expressing opinions and

much more if you’re looking for some

things to use for speaking practice

the lessons will give you the exact

lines and conversations

our third tip learn with your own

teacher with our premium plus plan

with premium plus you get an actual

native speaker teacher to tell you what

to say and how to say it

you can actually learn to speak with the

help of a real native teacher

fear number two is i’m afraid i’ll never

be fluent

this is a common fear for beginner

learners once you start improving and

seeing progress

this goes away when you’re just starting

out with a new language fluency can feel

like an impossible goal

there are so many new things to learn

and so many methods you can use

it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all

the options but you can’t let yourself

fall into that trap

the longer you keep at it the better

your language skills will become

and slowly you’ll stop worrying about

fluency

what’s important is that you put in time

and continue working on moving forward

so how do you overcome worries about

never becoming fluent

how do you motivate yourself to continue

first

set small specific goals instead of just

saying i want to become fluent

how do you know when you become fluent

fluency is hard to determine

instead of creating a vague hard to

understand goal for yourself

focus on working towards smaller goals

for example set goals like being able to

introduce yourself

or having a five minute conversation

something you can measure

so you’ll know when you’ve reached it

fluency can be difficult to measure

if you set goals that you can measure

you can track your progress

this helps keep your motivation up over

time

the third fear is i’m afraid i’m not

actually learning or making progress

if you’re afraid you’re not making

progress there are a few things you can

do right now

first of all review a lot of people hear

a new phrase once and think they’ll

remember it

but that usually doesn’t happen so when

they forget what they’ve learned they

get worried that they’re not learning

or that the lessons don’t work but the

truth is you have to review again and

again to truly master something

second use the dashboard to track your

progress

if numbers and data are helpful for you

as you track your learning

check out our dashboard it tracks your

progress and gives you dynamic reports

third try a harder lesson on the site

you might not understand it all at first

and that’s okay

you’ll be able to after some study all

lessons come with line-by-line

translations and our teachers explain

every single word break down these

harder lessons

if you have to work a little more slowly

it’s okay when you finish the lesson you

can be sure of your progress

because you’ll be able to understand

something you didn’t understand a few

minutes earlier

fourth learn one-on-one with a teacher

with our premium

plus plan they will personally review

your writing and your speaking

and will fix your mistakes getting

regular feedback from a native speaker

is a great way to know if you’re making

progress

it’s such a great feeling to hear a

native speaker tell you wow you’re

getting good

the fourth fear is i’m afraid of not

understanding anything i hear

this is very common you hear advanced

grammar and vocabulary and it goes

completely over your head

you have no idea what you’ve just heard

here are some tips for working on this

issue

if you’re taking an advanced lesson read

along with the script

reading along with our line-by-line

dialogue is the best way to improve your

understanding of advanced conversations

if you’re in a real life situation the

solution is quite simple

learn useful phrases like excuse me can

you say it again slower

or can you say it in simpler words or

even just

i don’t understand there’s nothing wrong

with saying that you didn’t understand

something or asking for help

these are some common fears for most

language learners and we hope these tips

help you

is there anything else that you’re

afraid of when it comes to learning

another language

let us know in the comments and maybe we

can share some suggestions for how to

overcome them

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