- Hi, Bob, the Canadian here.
If you recall, I am doing a series of English lessons
called The Why Series.
In part one, two and three,
I looked at why reading, writing,
and listening practice are important
when you are learning the English language.
This is part four.
In this English lesson,
I'm going to talk about why conversations are important.
Why speaking practice, why having English conversations
with an English speaking partner are cool, awesome,
and so important when you're learning the English language.
(smooth music)
Well, hey, welcome to part four of The Why Series
where we're going to talk a little bit
about why English conversations are so important
when you're learning the English language.
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So why should you have English conversations?
The first reason why I think it's important
to have regular English conversations
is because it can set up your week.
It can create a routine for you
around which you can build a whole bunch of other things.
Here's what I mean by that.
Usually if you are going to have an English conversation
with another person, usually you set a time
and it's usually the same time and the same day every week.
What that does is it creates a rhythm.
It creates a routine around which
all of the rest of your English studying can happen.
For me, as a French learner,
I meet with a French speaking partner every single Tuesday
at the same time.
Because I meet with them regularly,
it's like the corner post,
it's like the main event in my week
when it comes to learning that language.
I think the same could be true for you.
So the first and coolest part
about having an English speaking partner is that
it sets up a routine and it helps you stick to a routine
when you're learning English.
The second cool thing about English conversation practice
is that it can boost your confidence.
When you are finished having a 30 minute
or one hour English conversation with someone,
you feel really good about yourself.
In some ways, an English conversation
is a lot like playing a sport.
If you think about it, everything else you do
is like practicing for that sport.
But the English conversation
is like playing an actual game in that sport.
So for me, I know that because I'm a French learner.
Whenever I finish having a French conversation with someone,
I just have this rush of positive emotions
and I think the same could be true for you.
Have an English conversation with someone
and just look and think about how you feel when it's over.
It's just an amazing feeling and it boosts your confidence
and makes you feel really good about yourself.
The third thing that's just really awesome
about English conversation practice is that
it gives you feedback from someone who speaks English.
You don't get this with reading or writing necessarily.
I mean, you can write something and send it to someone
and get it back from them.
You certainly don't get it
when you are doing listening practice.
But when you are having an English conversation,
there is someone who speaks English right there with you.
They can make corrections immediately.
They can help you with your pronunciation immediately.
So the third cool thing
and awesome thing about an English conversation
is that there is a person right there
who can give you immediate feedback
on the things that you are saying.
The fourth thing that's kind of cool
and awesome about English speaking practice is that
it's something you can brag about, but in a good way.
It's something you can be proud of.
When you have an English speaking conversation with someone,
it's fun to tell your friends later that week
that you had an English conversation
or that you are meeting with someone regularly
to have English conversations.
Even more importantly,
it looks really good on a job application.
If you finish 50 or 100 hours
of English conversation practice with someone
and if you are applying for a job,
if you are able to put down on the job application
that you have spent that many hours
having real English conversations with someone,
that is impressive
and it will probably help you get the job.
The fifth thing about English conversation practice is that
it is practice that you do when you're under stress
and when you are nervous.
And I think that's actually a good thing.
When you have nervous energy when you do something,
when you are a little bit stressed when you do something,
all of your feelings and emotions
are heightened when you do it
and you might remember things more.
When you have and English conversation with someone
and you have nervous energy
and you're a little bit stressed and worried about it,
it makes it it's an exciting event during your week.
And that excitement will probably help you remember
a lot more of the words and phrases that you use
or that you learned during that conversation.
So I think this is a really cool aspect
of English conversation.
You don't get nervous energy when reading a book
or when listening to a song in English,
but certainly when you are meeting with someone
and you are having an English conversation,
it's exciting and awesome,
and you're a little bit nervous and stressed,
and all of that can actually help you remember a lot.
The sixth thing that's kind of neat
about English conversation is that
it sort of helps you organize the rest of your week.
And it motivates you to do more reading,
writing, and listening.
This is similar to the first thing I said
that it helps you set a routine.
But I want to stress the fact that
when you know you're going
to be having an English conversation,
you are or likely to work harder the rest of the week.
You're more likely to do more reading
and more writing and more listening practice in English
because you want to be able
to tell your English speaking partner
about your accomplishments.
You'll want to be able to tell them
that you read three more chapters
in the book that you're reading in English.
You'll want to be able to tell them
that you watch two more episodes of a television show
that you are watching in English.
And you'll probably just want to say
that you listen to a ton of music
since the last time that you have taught.
So just another cool thing.
The sixth thing is when you know
that you're having a regular English conversation
maybe each week,
it really helps you be motivated to study a lot
and to work hard on the other aspects
of learning the English language.
The seventh thing that's just really awesome
and cool about English conversation
is that it will connect you to the English speaking world.
When you have a conversation once a week
with an English speaking person,
they will probably be someone who is very familiar
with the English speaking world.
They will connect you to that world.
They will tell you about the latest cool song,
the top selling book that's out right now.
They will tell you about
the most recent movie that they've seen.
They will have this nice connection
to the English speaking world.
In addition, because they have that connection,
they can answer some of your questions.
When you're learning a language like English,
there's a whole bunch of weird and crazy things
that you read or hear
and you just don't quite know what they mean.
So when you are connected to the English speaking world
with an English speaking partner, they can help you.
They can tell you the answers to those questions you have
about this crazy language we call English.
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