4 Rules for Staying Motivated with English Learning
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minutes okay today’s topic is four rules
for staying motivated with language
learning you’re going to learn one the
mistake people make with motivation -
the four rules for motivation and three
how you can apply the four rules to your
language learning do you wish you were
more motivated about language learning
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for rules for staying motivated with
language learning want to know how to
really stay motivated then listen
closely to these four rules these rules
might be a little different from the
advice that you often hear ready rule
number one action comes first are you
the type of person who prefers to make
things happen or are you the type that
waits for things to happen to you one of
the best ways to stay motivated with
language learning is to not think about
motivation instead take action and start
learning the mistake that most people
make is that they have this backwards
they think they should wait to feel
motivated first and then start learning
but really it’s the other way around
first you do a language lesson you learn
a basic conversation then you do another
and then you start feeling like you can
do more and learn more you see results
so results bring motivation thinking
about motivation does not bring
motivation thinking about motivation is
like reading an article about how to go
outside for a run instead of actually
going outside for a run so action comes
first
rule number two always have an outside
influence it’s very easy to lose
motivation if you’re learning language
alone so what do you do here are some
examples you get a study buddy you hire
a tutor you join a meetup group you plan
a trip to a country where people speak
that language or you sign up for a
proficiency test like many language
learners do why do this because now you
have other people depending on you you
have outside factors that keep you going
with the language for example if you
signed up for a language proficiency
test you know you have a few months to
study and you have to take the test in a
certain date someone is going to pass or
fail you this is a lot more motivating
than learning alone if you’re learning
with our program you can get your own
teacher with the Premium Plus plan
they’ll hold you accountable send you
homework and give you feedback if you
have a study buddy well now you have
someone that expects you to show up and
improve and if they’re better than you
that should give you extra motivation
because you want to be at their level so
get some outside influence
the next rule is rule number three
always have a go-to study method when
you arrive at work or the gym or when
you start your homework you always have
that one thing you do first right what
do you do for example with work maybe
the very first thing you do is check
emails then you check your tasks for the
week after that you get started well you
need to make the same kind of habits
with language learning you need a go-to
study method that you’re comfortable
with an easy starting point and this
totally depends on you and your style
choose something you enjoy some people
listen to audio lessons
some people like flashcards for some
people writing is easy you can write out
song lyrics and translate them it’s up
to you the point is you should give
yourself an easy first step to get you
started and get into the flow of
learning if you’re learning with our
program you can start with the word of
the day email or do a quick three-minute
audio lesson you can copy out the lesson
dialogue read through the lesson notes
or even easier just review and re-listen
to a lesson you took the day before if
you have your own go to study method
you’re already miles ahead of most
learners leave a comment and tell us
about it
and finally rule number four always be
working on something so here I want you
to stop and think about your friends do
you have a friend that’s always up to
something some project they’re working
on a song or they’re making videos they
finish one thing and they start another
well if you wonder how they stay
motivated it’s because they’re always
working on something and this goes back
to taking action if you’re not learning
or working you can’t stay motivated so
you need to apply this to language
learning how for example like I
mentioned in part two about outside
influence you can make a plan to travel
to a country that speaks your target
language or you can sign up for a
language proficiency test if you do that
you’ll have something to look forward to
something to do if you’re traveling you
need to learn travel phrases if you have
a proficiency test coming up you have to
study grammar and do exercises what else
can you do if you already have a
textbook or workbook make it a goal to
finish
that book if you have a learning program
make it a goal to finish it or reach a
certain level if you’re using our
lessons make it a goal to finish one
learning pathway then when you’re done
give yourself something else to do
something to stick with something to
look forward to so let’s recap one
action comes first to always have an
outside influence 3 always have a go-to
study method and 4 always be working on
something all right everyone in the last
monthly review we asked you to submit a
video or audio file of yourself speaking
the language introducing yourself or
talking about your country in the
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hello Alicia I I like to start
congratulating you and your team with
the seven thrilled A’s you got my
attention
and after month I’ll be in love with
your courses okay I’m a Mexican unitl my
name is Ariel okay I’m 24 I’ve been
learning English for about five years I
had the fortune of meeting an American
girl almost three years ago on the
Internet she was in one of those group
meant to achieve change she happened to
be stirring to get a degree on Spanish
language and I was of course determined
to improve my English uh-huh we support
each other on our language core on on
our target languages yeah I can notice
we both polish our skills and I will
pretty I will friendship come on I think
I won’t talk much about my country huh
it is Mexico okay I have a rich nation
beautiful sometimes weird culture people
here has a great sense of humor you must
have it if you live here good bye and
thanks again awesome that was super cool
from Mexico - I think we haven’t had one
from Mexico for a while but that was
awesome thank you for sharing about your
language exchange with the American girl
that you studied with you helped each
other and work together that was awesome
so I think you said you met her online
and then you began working together to
help each other with your studies that
is super cool that was really really
exciting to hear about thank you so much
for sending this and thanks very much
for watching our channel too and for
your nice comments about our courses and
our stuff so I hope that you continue to
study with us and good luck as you
continue working on your English thank
you so much okay I’m going to go to the
next one
hello my name is Usha I’m 25 years old
hi I come from the capital city of China
Beijing okay I’m a developer oh because
of my job I want to learn English too or
read the English at cause that writen by
the foreigner okay I also like to travel
I want to use English to communicate
with others
cool alright awesome cool I don’t think
we’ve ever had a submission from China
before that’s very cool maybe we have
but anyway that was super cool so it
sounds like you have really specific
goals yeah like learning how to read
articles that are written in English and
traveling as well it sounds like those
are big goals for you so that sounds
awesome it sounds like you already know
what you want to do so you can move
forward with those goals in mind awesome
thank you so much for taking the time to
make this submission that was really
cool okay
that is everything that we have for this
month so thank you so much to those of
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