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minutes okay today's topic is how to
fight language learning failure you're
going to learn one why people fail at
learning a language to the two questions
smart learners ask themselves so they
can succeed and three proven ways to
overcome language learning failure but
first listen up here are this month's
new lessons and resources first the new
400 everyday phrases for beginners ebook
you'll love this new book because you'll
be able to talk about your daily life
from morning tonight you'll learn 400
practical phrases for your daily
routines like waking up getting ready
for work even brushing your teeth and
getting ready for bed
second do you know the 40 most common
adjectives our new useful adjectives PDF
cheat sheet gives you the 40 most common
adjectives this is a great review tool
for beginners third the 30 most useful
pronouns I you she he it yours
you all you'll learn how to say all the
pronouns with this quick lesson fourth
20 must know phrases for the phone learn
how to say who's this what's your phone
number and much more with this
one-minute lesson you'll quickly learn
20 phrases for the phone to get these
free lessons and resources just click
the link in the description below okay
let's jump into today's topic
how to fight language learning failure
let's jump into the first part one what
is language learning failure just to be
clear failure is quitting or giving up
learning in a very slow pace taking a
break
making pronunciation mistakes or failing
a language test are not real failures so
don't worry real failure is when you
quit completely so what causes failure
simply put weak spots and pain points
what do I mean by that think about it if
you're learning a language you're
probably aware of your weak spots for
example most beginners can read but
can't speak well so not speaking as well
as you hoped that's a weak spot or a
pain point for you
others have problems with motivation no
time they don't stick with resources and
jump from one to another or maybe they
have trouble sticking with goals leave a
comment right now and tell me what your
weak spot is whatever it is if you don't
address it now this weak spot or pain
point may become the reason you fail and
if you think about it most people quit
directly because of these pain points no
time no motivation can't stick to goals
not fun enough or they're just not
speaking as well as they dreamed so they
quit on their dream but you're a smart
language learner so what should you do
differently part two the two questions
smart learners ask themselves so they
can succeed just a quick warning if
you're happy with your learning routine
or if you've just started you don't have
to ask these two questions now but you
will need them later here they are you
should ask one what are my weak points
and two what am I going to do about them
so let's do the first one one what are
my weak points and the answers to this
question are fairly common
not enough time not enough motivation
can't speak the language well I can't
stick to goals I can't stick to a
resource and I tend to jump around so
answer this question once you've
identified your needs and problems ask
yourself the second question
- what am I going to do about them pay
close attention here because this
question is what separates the
successful language learners from the
rest everyone knows their weak points
and yes it's good to identify problems
but it's much more important to have
solutions because it's one thing to spot
problems and feel smart but it's another
thing to actually take action and fix
them so that's where the real smarts are
how do you take action what are some
learning tactics that actually work part
3 ways to beat language learning failure
let's attack some common weak spots that
cause people to fail and quit by the end
you'll start to see how to resolve
common problems you'll come up with your
unique approaches and you'll get into
the habit of coming up with solutions so
one common weak spot is you're low on
time if you're low on time the easiest
thing you can do is learn for only 5
minutes a day set a timer listen to a
lesson and shut it off after 5 minutes
this will help you get used to learning
and at some point you'll want to
increase your time that's why our
lessons are 3 to 15 minutes long to make
learning easy and to make it so time is
not an issue another thing you can do is
learn on the go with our free app if
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you're low on motivation next if you're
low on motivation maybe you'd do better
with a teacher someone who will interact
with you and encourage you to succeed
you can learn with one with our Premium
Plus program you can't speak well if
speaking is your weak point the best
thing to do here is just practice more
if you're taking our lessons read the
lesson dialogue out loud reading out
loud is the quick and easy way to
practice speaking on your own or write
down or memorize a lesson dialogue and
practice it out loud 3 times a day for a
week you can't stick with goals if you
can't stick with a 5 minute a day
routine
maybe you need someone else to take
charge and teach you so you should get a
teacher or join an actual language class
where you have no choice but to show up
you don't know enough grammar if you
want to learn grammar take our audio
lessons on the site in every lesson
you'll get a conversation afterward our
teachers explain every word and grammar
rule used inside so you actually get to
see how the grammar is used instead of
just reading about rules you can also
use learning pathways to get courses and
lessons that are specifically dedicated
to improving your grammar these are just
a few ways to address your weak spots
and pain points there's a lot more we
can cover but the most important thing
you need to remember is to ask yourself
what are my weak points and what am I
going to do about them asking and acting
on that second question is what will put
you on a track to fluency and will help
you avoid language learning failure so
what are your weak points what are you
going to do about them alright everyone
in the last monthly review we asked you
to submit a video or audio file of
yourself speaking the language telling
us why you're learning the language so
thank you to all of you that sent in
submissions you've all received a
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now let's take a look at some of the
submissions
okay so I'm gonna have a listen to the
audio files that were sent by you this
month I'm gonna start hi Alicia
my name isn't good I am my arm India
I am University student I have fun learn
English speaking because English is a
global language for communication home
business for job I want a job in
multinational company for this I need to
improve my English speaking skill and
and the English class 101 dot-com is a
past community for learning English I
love learning English here they make
everything easy and understandable for
everyone thank you for English 101 calm
and thank you awesome that was great so
this person wants to learn English for
their job opportunities to work in an
international company I think that's a
really good goal to have so thank you so
much for sending this and thanks for
studying with us thank you for sharing
your feedback that was great
okay on to the next one what's up
everyone hi Alicia howling hi I'm going
round two my name is Claudia so Melanie
from Mozambique in Africa dianna
Mozambique Alicia I'm making this
because I love meeting new people in new
cultures I learned a lot from the
materials on this channel and I have to
say thank you very much English class
101.com
Thank You Alicia and yes bye bye see you
cool that was nice that was really nice
yes I do know Mozambique thank you for
talking about where you're from I'm
interested in hearing where everyone's
from but that was great yeah that was
really like kind of cheerful and
positive and smoothly delivered
introduction thanks very much for
sending that along okay I'm going to go
to the next one
hi Alicia
my name's Daniel and I am from kakuzu a
city in Brazil okay I study English
because there is much more information
about almost everything in English than
in Portuguese for example topics like
science and engineering and because I am
really curious about England and United
States history any culture I would like
to thank you guys for everything you
have made available on the Internet cool
that's a really interesting point
actually like wanting to study English
because there's more information
available about a lot of topics in
English that's a really good point so
that's very cool thanks very much for
sending this and good luck with your
continued studies awesome okay so those
are all the files that we have for this
month thank you everybody who took the
time to send us something we really
appreciate it I look forward to more
next month
so which entry did you like the best
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