What if someone laughs when I speak English How to overcome embarrassment
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm
what if someone laughs at me when I
speak English let’s talk about it let’s
just say it if someone laughs at you
because you made a mistake in English
they are pure rude
just completely rude for laughing at you
because you’re learning another language
so there’s a couple ways to deal with
this or to respond just to your fear
that it might happen let’s say that
someone is super rude and for some
reason they laugh because you make a
mistake in English first of all this is
not going to happen often but I know a
lot of my students are worried about
this because you don’t want to be
embarrassed well we have two choices the
first one is to be sarcastic so you
could say something like well how many
foreign languages do you speak and
probably the answer will be zero because
most people who laugh at other people
who are learning another language it’s
because they’ve never tried to learn a
language themselves they don’t know what
it’s like to speak another language this
is just maybe in your head I wouldn’t
really say that but it’s a funny idea
just to think to yourself the next
option is a little more realistic if
someone laughs because you make a
mistake you can just tell them oh I’m
learning so what should I say and maybe
they’ll give you a suggestion or maybe
they’ll say oh I don’t know maybe they
don’t really know what you should say
but probably they are not an expert
because experts don’t laugh at people
who are learning because they also are
life learners are constantly learning so
we have kind of two methods sarcastic
method and more realistic method but
reality not many people are going to
laugh at you for making a mistake so how
can we deal with the fear that maybe
someone will laugh at me what can we do
about that fear when I was living in
France I sometimes felt worried that
maybe people would treat me differently
because I don’t have a perfect French
accent they know that I’m not from
France but when I thought about this
fear I tried to picture this situation
realistically actually I talked with a
lot of people throughout the day at the
school at store that Parkes and 99.9% of
people had no problem with my speaking
style they knew that I wasn’t French but
it wasn’t a problem they didn’t laugh
they didn’t make fun of me in fact most
people were pretty surprised oh I didn’t
know that you could speak French or oh
that’s great that you’re learning French
they were really happy that I was
interested in their language so I think
it’s important to think about this
realistically most people are not going
to laugh or make fun in fact most people
are going to be pretty happy that you’re
speaking another language especially if
it’s their own language it touches
something important inside of us when we
hear our native language so try to
remember this idea most people are going
to be glad that you’re speaking their
language even if your accent isn’t
perfect even if you make some grammar
mistakes or vocabulary isn’t super high
try to relax take it easy on yourself
and realize that you are a learner we
are all life learners this is a process
a journey we’re always going to be
learning in life so try to take it easy
now I have a question for you do you
have any advice for someone who feels
worried about
being embarrassed when they speak
English what would you say if your
friend told you I’m worried that people
are going to laugh at me I’m worried
that I’ll be embarrassed what kind of
advice would you give them and let’s
read in the comments together to see
what each other has to say because this
is really important for confidence
gaining confidence in our English
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