Speak With Vanessa on Skype Testimonial from Monica
hi i’m vanessa from speak English with
vanessa calm today you are gonna meet
one of my awesome english students in
this video i’m gonna talk with the
student on skype and we’re gonna talk
about that students english experiences
how they’ve learned english the things
that have been useful or maybe some
things that haven’t worked and i hope
that you will learn a lot from other
English learners experiences let’s get
started hi Monica how are you doing
today I’m fine thank you
I know something with the line today
sorry it’s no problem I’m glad we can
talk yeah I know that you have been
doing a lot with English lately so this
is one extra thing speaking on skype
today I’m glad that you’re taking time
to do that it’s an honor for me because
I decided to get all the chances I have
to speak because I have to overcome my
shyness to speak and I want you to feel
comfortable I have to step out of my
comfort zone as you only teach us so
thank you for this opportunity
oh it’s my pleasure I’m so glad that you
took the opportunity and you’re doing it
so at the moment you said it’s afternoon
for you and you’re in North Italy right
I’m in central meeting actually and it’s
half past five in the afternoon
can you explain to me a little bit about
how you started to learn English when
did you start and what did that journey
look like for you yes well now I am 53
43 years old but I studied some English
may actually basic English grammar
something school and secondary school
and I also something at university but
too
be honest and I regret this I didn’t
study that much because at that time it
was just another subject so I really
regret that I lost this this chance but
Ellen started working where I work now I
now currently I work in a bank and I had
several foreign customers I realized
that my English was really bad and
especially with one lady and I I think I
think that I get in touch with this lady
because she was so charming and but also
so kind and she tried to let her
understand but every time I I needed to
speak with them and we heard
specifically with her I felt so shy
because of my English although I would
really like to go deep in our
relationship as friends so two years ago
I decided to start learning English
seriously constantly and I commit myself
to to do my best to improve English and
since then I realized that I love and
studying this language because I
realized that all in all most of the
countries people can speak English while
I couldn’t I I can I couldn’t now I can
speak a little bit more so yeah I
decided to to be like all the other
people I realized that I wasn’t doing
something special but something no one
so I told to myself if a lot of people
can do it why I can’t I don’t I don’t
have to underestimate my ability and as
I knew that I am a lot of willpower and
also thank you to youtube to this miss
Linnet
I started to study it but on my own and
this is a yes this is my this can be
considered both a weakness and my
strength because I didn’t study alone
because I have willpower I can focus I
never lose my my my my trusted the
trusting myself but you know studying
alone it’s a little bit boring and
especially I always have a lot of
thoughts about what am I going to study
I mean let me explain this because most
of the time I said I don’t want to learn
slang or I’m polite words or phrases
because I work in a very formal
environment I always ask myself is it
slightly to explain this concept is it
is this word correct one polite and kind
maybe I might hurt other people’s
feelings or is if this the product will
be the product chant or the correct way
to use this adjective or convocations
you know the possible being may be
getting from basic level to an
intermediate level it’s not that
difficult but reaching advanced level is
really difficult and you have to speak
confidently without hesitating and
without thinking too much when you speak
but I realized that to to get where I
want to get I need something but I need
help not just from you only from YouTube
videos because the internet provides you
with a lot of materials of other stuff
and that what is it and it is even more
confusing because you can choose the
correct method and guess what the
correct method for you because every
time you choose a teacher or you follow
some teacher on YouTube they say maybe
the opposite of the other one
they said that you don’t need drummer
but I believe that promise
ascension how can you talk without drama
and maybe they say that you just need to
listen but I don’t agree because you
need to write a lot breaky a lot have
PDF files this one when I realized that
you were offering the chance to download
not only a set of video lessons fun also
the PDF file
I immediately downloaded everything both
because I had already already I hadn’t
really had some lessons with you and I
liked them too much I like the way you
you teach me the way you have me and
honestly I realized that I really needed
a teacher who is available and who is
always willing to help us because it’s
really easy to to buy to chase a course
online and then you feel lost because if
you have a question you try to write an
email to the customer service of this
the course of the website but usually it
takes too long to get the the answer but
you need it now immediately because you
are learning now you don’t have that all
this time while you both also you are
accompanying your lessons with live
Facebook lessons where all your
subscribers or your followers and
learners can interact with you so you
can help them you can help them
okay okay and you can help them
immediately and you can stay with them
while they need your help and not later
and also maybe I’m not going to ask you
anything but I know that if ever I need
you you are there for us and that’s a
relief for me especially for my attitude
as I’m always unsure of what I’m going
to to say you know I mean fear of death
as I said as I’m self-taught learner so
thank you for this opportunity
oh it’s my pleasure thank you for your
honesty and I totally agree that
feedback is so important getting instant
feedback especially is the best because
like you said you’re learning now you
don’t want to know the answer one week
from now you want to interact and get
feedback and just be encouraged by other
members or by me just that’s great
that’s fine and also you you said that
during this course we can interact also
with other learners and this is really
fine because I think that it’s fun when
you can laugh of yourself
and not only being loved by other
because you know that you’re going to
make a lot of mistakes but that’s why we
we are called learners because we are we
are learning but this is not an excuse
not to improve so sometimes you just
listening to other people mistakes in
realize you can understand where you are
going to make mistakes too so it’s it’s
helpful and you feel also useful to
other people maybe yes I think that’s a
good point that you’re helping yourself
when you talk with other English
learners but you’re also helping them
they can learn from you or just gain
confidence talking with you
instead of maybe some people feel
nervous talking with a native speaker
but they would feel much more
comfortable talking with you because
you’re doing something similar together
yeah yeah and also as I and some washed
one on your Facebook lesson directly of
your replay of your Facebook lesson and
this is another point sorry this is
another important point as I don’t have
facebook on my phone I don’t like it
well it’s my choice
but you give also to people especially
people like me to follow the lesson
because it’s really important as this is
a really important part of your course
because in this Facebook lesson you give
us the chance to review what you teach
what you talked about during the lesson
and also you go deep in the in the topic
and you get answer our questions and
feedbacks feedback from other learners
so although I don’t have facebook I can
follow everything I’m not missing
anything
so that’s wait for me because one of my
fear was how can I do if I miss one of
the best aspect of this course the
interaction because many youtubers talk
to a learner’s but don’t give them the
chance to interact and as you said as
you are having these Facebook lessons
two times a week it’s really helpful as
you are studying mostly alone it’s
really really helpful that you have this
small deadline from time to time just to
keep you motivated and I really agree
when you told this I I thought yeah
Vanessa’s really right I’m definitely
about this aspect because we need to to
feel challenged from time to time and I
think it’s something really human to
need a little bit of a deadline like
today we’re gonna talk about the
vocabulary lesson so before the live
lesson kind of reviewing the vocabulary
and having a mini deadline it’s not a
home work or school but I think it is
good to be learning together and knowing
you’re on the same path as me and as
other people who are learning as well
I’m glad that’s really useful to you yes
otherwise it would be too overwhelming
preparing an entire lesson set and
starting from don’t know the 27th of
almost and then meet you on skype the
27th of September and it’s just an
entire an entire month before we meet
so you it’s like taking a test that you
have to review all the of the lessons at
the same time you have to cram too much
the day before
one in this way you have more time to
observe in the best way what you are
going to learn because you are learning
a bit at a time and as soon as you find
difficulty speech and explaining you can
ask you to get help from the teacher or
from the other lessons you will learn
this you know I’m really glad that you
brought up this point that having live
Facebook lessons in the course is
helping you follow the right path but
also keeping up with the material
because there is a lot of material but I
want to help guide you to use it in the
a clear way or in a more direct way and
I want you to really use it so I’m glad
that that’s working that’s excellent to
hear it’s a great flow from from you and
I also lastly I also appreciated a lot a
few focus also on France
because teachers usually overlooked
overlook this aspect but as English as
so many words that are so similar and
it’s just certain ones that make it make
a word different from another you you
have it’s really a smart choice in my
opinion that you focus also on the
pronunciation of the of course not
about everything but the most important
and of sending chunks of phrases or
words or whatever because this is one of
the difference between the intermediate
level speaker and the advanced
translation is essential certainly
certainly it’s important to know the
words but also when you say them you
want other people to understand you and
understand you the first time especially
at your job or if you travel or anything
else that’s that’s a good point
pronunciation is important you know I’m
glad that I included that with the
fearless fluency Club lessons especially
for you yes just think about today we
are surrounded by customer service and
you have to use the phone so when you
interact only on skype you eyes I can
see you so I can understand I can guess
if you’re you’re understanding me if I
am able to get across to you but when
you are on the phone it’s much more
difficult because you can see the other
people so you you can never know if they
are missing something or if they are
misunderstanding something
that’s why pronouncing correctly clearly
in a clear way it’s really a session
that’s a really good point on the phone
you need to have good pronunciation
especially at that moment it has to
thanks so much for explaining about your
personal experience I know it it takes a
lot of courage to go online and speak on
skype with a native speaker hopefully
I’m not too scary but just to speak and
do that is a big step so keep up the
good work
thank you very much because I appreciate
your time and have a beautiful weekend
see you again the next time Thank You
teacher
bye yes bye Monica see you later bye
thanks so much for watching this
testimonial video with one of my English
students this is a great way to know
which methods work and which methods
don’t work I hope in this video you
realized that natural learning is the
best method that has worked for each of
my students and for myself as well if
you’d like to continue to learn English
with me like these students you can
click on the I up here in the top corner
or in the description below where you
can download my free ebook and start to
learn with me today don’t wait I’ll see
you there bye