Hey guys, I'm Gabby Wallace, and this is go natural English in this video. I want to talk about something
[that's] not really an English lesson, but it's going to help you. Maybe even more than an English lesson
[I] want to talk about how to make English learning more inspiring because I think after
We've been studying for a while. [it's] easy to
feel like maybe
uninspired maybe you get tired of studying English, but you have to be able to
Motivate yourself and inspire yourself to keep going to develop your skills. So how do we do that?
I have three really practical tips that will help you to stay inspired with your language learning
So let's start out with the first one
To be inspired to continue to improve your English [language] skills you need to choose
meaningful materials to practice with
Personally I don't find most textbooks very inspiring
they focus a lot on
The language itself and not on what [you] can do with the language so I want you to use English as a tool
To read about and listen to materials that you find inspiring so personally
I really like Ted talks te d [tops]
You can find a lot [of] very interesting inspiring and practical information on Ted talks online
so if you're interested in [self-help]
You can listen to some self-help topics if you're interested in science
Listen to Science Topics the Idea Here is to choose materials that are meaningful and interesting to you now
There's a second part to this. I want you to choose materials that are at a level that's comfortable for you
Sometimes choose easy materials and sometimes choose materials that will challenge you a little bit
it's important to have a mix because if you always choose very challenging materials you might get tired and
Unmotivated very quickly, so may
60% of the [time] she was materials that are easy for you, and
40% of the time choose materials that will challenge you the easy materials will help you to
Keep your English skills up to [keep] them steady, but the challenging materials will help you to improve your language skills
Alright, so point one choose
Meaningful materials
to
Set a clear [goal]
When you have a clear goal, it's going to motivate you because you know what you're working towards
So everyone says I want to be fluent in English and yes, that's a great goal
And I'm here to help you with that, but I want you to pick a more specific
Clear goal for example. I want to
read an article in English
[everyday], maybe an easy article if you're reading every [day] or I want to
Listen to the English News or listen to an English
presentation like on a Ted talk every day or
Once a week if you don't have that much time I do recommend to spend a few days a week
Minimum with English in order to see improvement with your skills, but set a clear goal in one of my videos
I talked about how to set a smart goal, which is specific measurable attainable and
reasonable and timely so you have to set
Parameters you have to set a limit on your goal
Fluency is not a clear goal
Because even native speakers are continually improving their fluency in the language we can always learn new vocabulary
words and new ways to Express ourselves through idioms and
Different kinds of structures or phrases so really that's the beauty of learning a language is you can always improve it
it's a lifelong goal, so set a clear goal a
Short-term goal that you can reach within a month's time, okay?
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Use English to help others really what's so motivating about learning a language for me at least
For many of you, I know
Is your going to be able to connect with people so I want you to?
Use English to help others
How can you do this well find people who are interested in the same things that you're interested in and you can exchange?
helpful information
you could share articles with each other or maybe if you live in a city like tokyo where I am right now and
You can use English to help international tourists if you see someone who looks lost you can ask hey. Do you speak English?
Do you need help?
[can] I help you with directions? [are] you looking for something?
[so] use your english to help people and only you know really how you can do that
But use English as a tool [to] connect with others and to make the world a better place
Really, it's a bigger goal than just learning English we want to use English as a tool
Help you live the [life] that you've dreamed of and to make the world a better place [so] [again]
three tips to make learning English more inspiring is
One choose materials to listen to and to read about that are
meaningful to you to set a clear goal that you can achieve in a month's time or less and
Three use English to connect with and to help others alright
So I hope that this lesson has been useful and inspiring to you
I want to encourage you to keep [going] keep developing
Your english language skills because it will make a difference in your life, and in other people's lives
Thanks so much for watching [go] natural English make sure to subscribe to the [channel] leave a comment
Tell me what you think and also come visit me at gonaturalenglish.com
For a full English course that you can become a member of with me alright guys
Thanks so much for [watching] and I hope to see you again in another
lesson soon bye [for] now