Afraid of Talking in English
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are you afraid of making mistakes in
your target language
afraid you’ll never ever be able to have
a conversation or give a presentation
or maybe you’re afraid of something else
in this video we’ll cover four fears
related to language learning and how to
overcome them
the first one is i’m afraid i’m not good
enough to speak
i freeze do you feel like you’re not
good enough to speak yet
a lot of people can relate to this one
probably all language learners have felt
this at some point
it’s a pretty common fear here are some
tips to overcome it
first speak from day one the best way to
get good at speaking is to practice
speaking
if you’re holding yourself back because
you think you’re not good enough you’re
making a mistake
that’s exactly why you’re not improving
you need to open your mouth and start
talking
second if you’re not sure what to say to
start speaking
consider practicing with existing
dialogues in our lessons
you get scripts for introducing yourself
making small talk ordering food
expressing opinions and
much more if you’re looking for some
things to use for speaking practice
the lessons will give you the exact
lines and conversations
our third tip learn with your own
teacher with our premium plus plan
with premium plus you get an actual
native speaker teacher to tell you what
to say and how to say it
you can actually learn to speak with the
help of a real native teacher
fear number two is i’m afraid i’ll never
be fluent
this is a common fear for beginner
learners once you start improving and
seeing progress
this goes away when you’re just starting
out with a new language fluency can feel
like an impossible goal
there are so many new things to learn
and so many methods you can use
it’s easy to get overwhelmed with all
the options but you can’t let yourself
fall into that trap
the longer you keep at it the better
your language skills will become
and slowly you’ll stop worrying about
fluency
what’s important is that you put in time
and continue working on moving forward
so how do you overcome worries about
never becoming fluent
how do you motivate yourself to continue
first
set small specific goals instead of just
saying i want to become fluent
how do you know when you become fluent
fluency is hard to determine
instead of creating a vague hard to
understand goal for yourself
focus on working towards smaller goals
for example set goals like being able to
introduce yourself
or having a five minute conversation
something you can measure
so you’ll know when you’ve reached it
fluency can be difficult to measure
if you set goals that you can measure
you can track your progress
this helps keep your motivation up over
time
the third fear is i’m afraid i’m not
actually learning or making progress
if you’re afraid you’re not making
progress there are a few things you can
do right now
first of all review a lot of people hear
a new phrase once and think they’ll
remember it
but that usually doesn’t happen so when
they forget what they’ve learned they
get worried that they’re not learning
or that the lessons don’t work but the
truth is you have to review again and
again to truly master something
second use the dashboard to track your
progress
if numbers and data are helpful for you
as you track your learning
check out our dashboard it tracks your
progress and gives you dynamic reports
third try a harder lesson on the site
you might not understand it all at first
and that’s okay
you’ll be able to after some study all
lessons come with line-by-line
translations and our teachers explain
every single word break down these
harder lessons
if you have to work a little more slowly
it’s okay when you finish the lesson you
can be sure of your progress
because you’ll be able to understand
something you didn’t understand a few
minutes earlier
fourth learn one-on-one with a teacher
with our premium
plus plan they will personally review
your writing and your speaking
and will fix your mistakes getting
regular feedback from a native speaker
is a great way to know if you’re making
progress
it’s such a great feeling to hear a
native speaker tell you wow you’re
getting good
the fourth fear is i’m afraid of not
understanding anything i hear
this is very common you hear advanced
grammar and vocabulary and it goes
completely over your head
you have no idea what you’ve just heard
here are some tips for working on this
issue
if you’re taking an advanced lesson read
along with the script
reading along with our line-by-line
dialogue is the best way to improve your
understanding of advanced conversations
if you’re in a real life situation the
solution is quite simple
learn useful phrases like excuse me can
you say it again slower
or can you say it in simpler words or
even just
i don’t understand there’s nothing wrong
with saying that you didn’t understand
something or asking for help
these are some common fears for most
language learners and we hope these tips
help you
is there anything else that you’re
afraid of when it comes to learning
another language
let us know in the comments and maybe we
can share some suggestions for how to
overcome them
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