Dear Japanese English Learners
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm where you can have natural
conversations in English without stress
today’s video is for my Japanese friends
Japanese English learners today I want
to talk to you about the biggest mistake
I see my Japanese students making don’t
make this mistake and let’s get started
whenever I meet a Japanese person who is
wanting to learn English the first time
I meet them I ask them what do you think
your English level is I want to know
what their perception of their English
ability is and time and time again
Japanese English learners you’ve told me
all my English is poor my English level
is bad I’m not a good English speaker
I’ve been learning English for so long
and I can’t speak any English why so
negative the biggest mistake I see
Japanese English learners make is
Japanese English learners underestimate
their own ability they think they are
much lower than they really are it’s
really important to remember where you
used to be and where you are now you
used to know no English at all you used
to only know pencil cat dog but now
you’re watching this video and
understanding thirty fifty seventy
percent 100% you have come so far so my
recommendation for Japanese English
learners is to try to think about the
positive side of your English ability
think about where you used to be and how
much you have already learned
maybe you’ve been learning English for a
long time but still you have learned a
lot for example I think it’s a good idea
to use an even though statement for
example even though I have been learning
English for a long time I have
learned a lot of vocabulary even though
I have been learning English since I was
12 years old I have progressed pretty
far even though I feel nervous speaking
with native speakers I’m excited that
we’re speaking together today even
though I’m not certain if I can get any
better I’m willing to try I want you to
focus on the positive if we’ve if you
continue to think negative negative I’m
not a good speaker my English is really
poor you’ll start to think that it’s a
reality that you can never change so I
challenge you to think positively and to
try to say positive statements when
you’re speaking English this will help
you to improve and to feel great about
the ability that you have and where you
can go you will feel much more positive
about progressing and you will be able
to progress much faster if you are
excited about getting there and you
don’t feel negative about the past I
hope that this video was helpful to you
and I have a challenge for you in the
comments below
leave me a positive comment about your
English ability for example you can say
last week I spoke English with an
English teacher for 25 minutes that’s
amazing
a conversation for 25 minutes you have
progressed so far or you can say I
watched this video Vanessa and I
understood 80%
wow that’s great leave a comment and say
that so I want to hear some positive
comments about your English ability I’ll
talk to you later
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you