The Power of Mistakes
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topic is the power of mistakes have you
ever made a mistake in your target
language while talking with a native
speaker maybe you said the wrong word
maybe you miss conjugated a verb when
you make a mistake you usually don’t
forget about it right well that’s the
power of mistakes and in today’s episode
you’re going to find out why making
mistakes is crucial to learning a
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okay let’s jump in today’s topic
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okay today’s topic is how remembering
your mistakes can help you learn faster
first take a moment and think of a time
when you made a mistake maybe you were
at work maybe you were at school maybe
you were shopping or in another public
place we can all probably clearly
remember many mistakes we’ve made we
also remember the reactions of the
people around us some people are
understanding some people aren’t so
understanding but why do we remember
these situations so clearly
psychologically speaking negative things
tend to impact us more than positive
things for example if we’re asked to
choose between gaining friends are
gaining money and losing friends or
losing money
we’ll choose not to lose friends or lose
money not to gain this is called loss
aversion we tend to avoid losing more
than we work on gaining we spend time
thinking about our negative past
experiences to avoid them in the future
because of this negative events like
making mistakes stay in our minds for a
very long time and this happens in
language learning if you make a language
mistake while chatting with a native
speaker it’ll probably be hard to forget
yes it’s true that when we’re learning
another language we don’t always know
when we’ve made a mistake but when we
realize we’ve used the wrong word used
grammar incorrectly spelled something
wrong or similar we tend to remember the
situation vividly in some languages just
a tiny change in pronunciation tone or
writing could make a big difference so
mistakes are a big source of worry for
many learners but the fact that mistakes
are very hard for us to forget can be a
powerful tool when learning a language
we want to avoid the feeling of
embarrassment that comes after mistakes
so we work hard to correct ourselves
past mistakes can motivate us to try
harder we can use our mistakes as a tool
in our language learning but we can’t
make these emotionally powerful mistakes
by reading a textbook or even by taking
a lesson with a teacher the only way you
can make these mistakes is by speaking
in real conversations and messing up so
what can you take away from this let’s
jump into the second part how to use
mistakes in your language learning we
can give advice like go ahead and make
mistakes but
that’s easier said than done here are
three tips to help you make the most of
your mistakes 1 speak in your target
language as much as possible why because
part of the learning process is making
mistakes accept that mistakes are going
to happen if you’re not making any
mistakes ever then you’re probably not
challenging yourself to look for
opportunities to speak many learners
have trouble finding public places to
practice the language they’re studying
see if there are language groups in your
community or at your school if you have
trouble with that look online and be
creative you don’t need to search for
groups specifically for language
learners see if you can find a hobby
discussion in your target language maybe
you’ll find a news discussion group
think outside the box find somewhere to
practice and make mistakes when you do
mess up you’ll probably remember it 3
builds on your experiences and carefully
about your conversations
after you have them and work to make
them longer each time if you made a
mistake in your first conversation think
about how to fix it
if you said only a few sentences in your
first discussion work to speak for 15 or
30 seconds on the next discussion
challenge yourself many learners have
trouble finding opportunities to speak
that work with their schedule and their
level if you’re not sure where else you
can practice you can consider hiring a
tutor if you’re a Premium Plus member on
our website you can practice with your
teacher it’s still important where
possible to practice and make mistakes
in real-life situations this will help
you to more carefully reflect on your
conversations and work to improve it
isn’t quite the same as studying with a
textbook or a hired tutor this strong
desire to avoid making a mistake will
help you work to improve you’ll be
motivated to try harder this can help
you learn faster so thank you for
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