How to use Turning Point
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm I have a question for you
today what was the turning point for you
let’s talk about it in this video I want
to teach you the natural expression
turning point turning point simply means
a time a specific time when you changed
your mind about something probably
something important so I want to give
you a bunch of different examples and
especially tell you a story so that you
can remember this expression and see it
in context I want to tell you about the
turning point in my own life when I
decided that classroom language learning
was not the only option and definitely
not the best option there was a turning
point for me when I decided that other
methods were also available and also
great choices let me tell you a little
story about that when I was in college
in the US we say college instead of
university when I was in college I
decided to take a French class
in this French class it was the basics
we learned very basic things because
most of us didn’t know anything about
French yet we learned how to introduce
ourselves and just say some basic things
but the next semester I decided that I
wanted to continue and study a little
more seriously and learn a little bit
more complex expressions so in this
class I was really disappointed because
it seemed like I was the only student
who really cared about using French and
having a fun time with French and
actually interacting with everyone when
the teacher asked a question I was
usually the only person who answered the
atmosphere in the class just wasn’t very
positive I think the other students were
probably there because they just had to
take a language
us to pass their degree to get their
degree to pass the class so they weren’t
very motivated so I was pretty
frustrated and disappointed and I
decided I’m going to quit the class this
class is wasting my time it’s not useful
for me and when I quit the class I
talked with the teacher and I said I
really want to study French I really
want to learn more about French and I
would love to speak it but this class
just isn’t a good fit for me I think the
atmosphere the other students the
textbook just isn’t a good fit for me so
I asked her would it be possible if I
could come to your office once a week
twice a week maybe three times a week
and just try to speak in French try to
say anything and she said yes I was so
lucky so she said yes and I went to her
office three times a week for several
months yes my level was basic I was a
beginner but I was so excited and
motivated and when I went to her office
she helped me so much I think the main
thing that she helped me with was my
confidence it can be a little bit
strange to make sounds from another
language when you are a beginner but she
made me feel comfortable and at ease so
this was the turning point for me when I
quit my class it was the turning point
for me so we could say this sentence in
several different ways we could say the
turning point was when I quit my French
class or we could say it backwards when
I quit my French class this was the
turning point for me the turning point
was when I quit my French class my mind
changed because I realized I didn’t need
the classroom I didn’t need having other
students in the class I didn’t need to
have this specific textbook in
curriculum to learn French I could learn
it in another environment with the
teacher one on one on the Internet
at listening to music in a fun way this
was the turning point for me so what
about you what was the turning point for
you when you realized that you didn’t
need to study in a classroom and you
could study online on YouTube on skype
on Facebook on periscope this great
smartphone app what was the turning
point for you maybe you visited the u.s.
and you tried to communicate with people
and it didn’t go so well and you started
to research other methods you could say
the turning point for me was when I
visited the u.s. or the turning point
for me was when I started to watch
YouTube and I started to learn English
on YouTube here are some wonderful
examples and in the full free lesson
below this video I’m going to give you
some more examples and sample sentences
so that you can feel comfortable using
this so if you’re not on my website
right now click the link here or below
this video so that you can check out the
sample sentences and I want you to leave
a comment answering this question what
was the turning point for you when you
were learning English I’m looking
forward to seeing your sentences and
I’ll talk to you later
goodbye
you