This is huge this
is probably
The thing that bothers me the most and I want you to know it because you might be losing
friends over this one
Hello, welcome back to go natural English today
We are talking about how you can think more like a native English speaker in order to increase
Your English speaking skills. So if you're interested in how to speak English better
faster more native-like and more confidently then you are in the right place if this is your first time here then
Welcome. I'm thrilled. You're here. My name is Gabby Wallace and I am an American English teacher
My goal is to help you to understand English language and to reach fluency and confidence
to be able to speak in English with anyone in any
Situation. So today I'd like to share five ways that I've noticed that
Native English speakers, actually think differently than English learners
And I hope that this will be helpful for you now
If you are an English Learner, I would encourage you to turn on the captions in
English so that you can listen and watch this video and
Read along so if you're here on YouTube
make sure to turn those on and if you would be so kind and able to
Translate this video on youtube into your native language
There's a link in the description
Where you can click on the link and you can help to translate to help more people from your country to represent
Your language and as a thank you. I'll put your name in the description once you complete the transcription
all right, five ways that natives think different from
English learners
I've noticed that there are some differences in the ways that
You might think if you're an english learner and the way that a native English speaker might approach things
so the first one is how we
approach people this is huge this
It's probably
the things that bothers me the most and I want you to know it because
You might be losing friends over this one. This is really important. So a
An English Learner, let's start with English learners an english learner
often approaches native English speakers with the idea that oh if I
Speak with this person. It would only be my friend. I'll be able to improve my English with them
I'll be able to practice with them. This will be like a
free lesson
Well that may be true it very well may be true
actually
It is true
The more native speakers that you interact with and the more native speaker friends that you have the more you will improve your English. However
approaching a person with the mindset of oh this person is going to help me and
They're going to give me their time their energy
You know, they're going to correct my English for free. It just doesn't feel very good
to
The native English speaker now if you approach a native English speaker in a more organic way
Less as a student and more with the mindset of hey, I really like this person
Hey, we have a lot in common. Hey we can talk about
XY and Z because we share a mutual affinity or interest or passion
for these topics and
It happens to be that we both speak English and we'll both be using English to do so
This is a much better way to actually accomplish the same goal. So
Again, an English Learner might approach people thinking that they are a free ticket to English fluency
Whereas a native English speaker will approach people
with the mindset of
Let me get to know good people
For good reasons and it just so happens that we're using English
so I encourage you to think more about how you could approach people in the second way another way that
English learners
and think differently than native english-speakers is that you put yourself down when you make a mistake if you make a mistake in English you
Often say oh my English is so bad or I'm so sorry for my English and a native English speaker
Will usually just let it go or say Oh, oops. I made a mistake or maybe not even say anything. They might not even
Say oops I made a mistake. They might just correct themselves and keep going or not even correct themselves
Just keep going because a native English speaker is not as focused on perfection in
Their English speaking. They're often much more focused on the meaning or
Communicating or expressing themselves simply talking speaking
Having a good time talking with their friends and if they make a grammar mistake if they make a pronunciation
Mistake if they stutter. These are all
super
Normal things that happen every single day for most native English speakers, and we don't lose our self-esteem
Usually because of it. We just simply keep on going
So I encourage you to think more like a native English speaker and just let it go
Let it slide off if you make a mistake and keep going stay focused on your communication. Stay focused on
expressing yourself and connecting with other people
number three
language learners including
myself often
Consider not doing an activity
Because we're afraid that it might be too difficult to understand my own example is here in Brazil
I've been living here for several months and there was a
Stand-up comedian that I was interested in seeing I was interested in seeing the performance
But it was all in Portuguese and really fast speaking for native speakers and I almost didn't go because I was afraid I wouldn't
understand but I said
You know what if I'm going to improve my portuguese?
And if I want to be part of society, I have to get out and do things that I think might be fun
even if I'm a little worried I won't understand so I went and you know what I
didn't understand hardly anything, but that's okay because when we put ourselves in
Uncomfortable difficult challenging situations. It only helps us grow
It is difficult in the moment
but I think as long as we stay positive and understand that this is part of our journey part of our
Growth part of our experience. It's okay. Just be patient with yourself
So think more like a native speaker who might say, hey, you know
I am gonna go to this lecture on
astrophysics or this TEDx talk on
Technology
And I might not understand everything but that's okay because it will open my eyes and open my mind
To some new ideas new vocabulary and maybe new friends too number four
English learners often have this kind of cloud hanging over their heads an imaginary cloud
but they often feel I've noticed I've perceived that they feel like
they're not as good as native English speakers, and this is
actually quite
opposite quite
quite strange to me because the world actually has
many many times more
Non-native English speakers than native English speakers. So English has become your language
non-native English speakers English learners
English is now a global language or it should be it should be owned by the
Majority and so if you're thinking that you'll never be as good as a native speaker
just turn that thought around turn it on its head but think more like
This is a language that is shared with
Millions of people around the world and we need to make it work for all of us
So don't believe that you are in any way inferior, just because you didn't grow up speaking English as your first language
Finally as an English Learner
Sometimes to focus on or dwell on what you don't know yet
Oh, I don't understand the past perfect. So I just can't speak English at all
No, not at all native English speakers. Don't focus on what they don't understand in English grammar. In fact
many native English speakers don't understand the past perfect either and they don't use it correctly, but that doesn't keep us from
Speaking English every single day. So
you is what you do know and
Improve little by little each day on what you don't know
just to recap first of all try to approach people as
People and not just opportunities for practice
Stop thinking
My English is bad and just keep going if you make a mistake do everything you want to do
even if the English involved might be a little difficult believe that you are just as good as any native English speaker and
focus on what you do know and what you can use to communicate this can
include body language gestures a smile so you can actually communicate with very
little language and each day
We are improving little by little hope that you enjoy these English tips on how to think more like a native English speaker
To speak better English to have more confidence in English
I would love to have you subscribe here to go natural English
if you'd like to see
More English tip lessons like this and I am going to post the next lesson for you that I think would be super helpful
Right over there. You can click on it, and I will see you there. Thanks so much for watching. Bye for now