Whats your real reason for learning a language
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okay today’s topic is how to make sure
you keep going when your reason for
learning language
changes did you know that the reason
most people start learning languages
isn’t why they continue with the
language successful learners change up
their reasons along the way
in order to keep themselves motivated so
if you started learning
for whatever reason but no longer feel
motivated then this episode is for you
you’ll discover one why your reason for
learning a language can
and will change and two how to keep
going with language learning when your
initial reason no longer
works
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jump into today’s topic
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how to keep your motivation going even
when your reason for learning a language
changes
first here’s a question for you what was
your reason for starting this language
you might have started learning for
travel for the culture to watch tv shows
or understand music
or because someone you know speaks it
and you want to try speaking with them
all of these reasons have something in
common they’re external
meaning you’re trying to get some
outside reward or benefit
like a friendship a personal
relationship travel or living in the
country
you can say they’re also external
motivations
all of these reasons are why most people
start learning languages
they’re exciting all of us want to
understand a tv show 100
or have a conversation with native
speakers but the problem with external
reasons
is that they may not last very long have
you ever been motivated to start
learning only to lose that motivation
and months later you realize you made no
progress on a goal you wanted
it happens quite often for example you
want to learn a language for travel but
then the pandemic happened
and you weren’t able to travel or you
were learning to enjoy tv shows but the
shows are way too complicated and you
find you’re no longer enjoying them
or you’re learning for your partner but
then you break up
when that happens all learners come to a
crossroads continue or quit
most people quit because the reason they
started is no longer motivating
so how do you keep going in the first
part you learned that most reasons for
starting are external reasons
like traveling meeting new people being
able to watch tv shows and such
for external motivations however your
reason for starting a language
isn’t often the reason why you continue
learning it’s natural for your reasons
to change
so what do you do when your initial
reason for learning is no longer working
if your current motivator isn’t working
switch to an internal reason
external reasons are about getting some
outside benefit
internal reasons have more to do with
yourself for example
you could say you’re learning the
language because you want to improve
yourself
you want to achieve this goal you’ve
failed goals in the past so now you’re
determined to make it work for once
you’re the type of person that gets
things done all of these are examples of
internal reasons
where you make it about yourself
external reasons can only last so long
even external reasons like you want to
live in that country so you want to
learn the language
aren’t enough there are plenty of people
that move abroad to learn a language but
end up losing their motivation
anyway and psychology studies show that
internal reasons
internal motivation doing it for
yourself is much more powerful than
external
doing it because you want to is much
more powerful than doing it because you
have to
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