Saying Goodbye, Creating A New Life & Learning To Belong Again | Life As An Immigrant

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Accent's Way English with Hadar


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Hey everyone, it's Hadar.
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Thank you so much for joining me.
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Today we're going to do something slightly different.
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Because today I want to share with you, what is the project that we are going to
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focus on in 2022 to help you speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom.
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And this project is going to deal with immigrant experience.
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Let me explain.
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Over the years, I've worked with thousands of students from around the world, and
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usually people have different needs for why they want to improve their English,
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whether it's for personal reasons or just for fun, or because they have to
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work in English and they want to improve.
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Maybe it's for school.
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And sometimes it's needed for survival, especially in the case
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of immigrants who have immigrated to an English-speaking country.
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Now, over the past few months, I've noticed that in my signature
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program, New Sound, there were a lot of students who have immigrated
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to an English-speaking country.
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Now, all of those students had, of course, different stories, but they
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also shared a lot of similarities in their experience in the new place that
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they have moved into - new, sometimes not so new place - but also similar
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challenges in their English communication.
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And this is what we realized: that English is never just detached
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from your entire experience as an individual and a human in this world.
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And when we understand those connections, it's much easier to solve a lot of the
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challenges that we experience in different aspects in our lives and, in this in
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this case, in English communication.
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So, what I want to do in the Immigrant Experience project,
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is to go a little deeper and try to understand that experience.
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Because at the end of the day, you know, each immigrant has a story to tell.
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Whether it's about what they had to leave behind, what it took for
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them to get to the new place, the challenges that they're facing, their
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bravery stories, and so much more.
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And what I've come to learn is that those experience impact immediately on the
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person's ability to communicate in English or the person's beliefs about their
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capabilities in communicating in English.
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And I think that we need to open up that discussion and try
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to understand that a bit more.
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Now, the way we're going to do this is throughout the year, we are going to
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share stories of immigrants that will talk about their challenges and how they
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were able to overcome those challenges.
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We will bring guest experts to help you understand how to deal with
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microaggressions and micro inequalities - things that immigrants often experience
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when they move into a new place.
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That need to belong, how to be a powerful communicator, how to
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get a better job or to interview better, and so many other things.
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And to do that, I actually need your help.
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If you're an immigrant or maybe you're thinking of immigrating to a
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new place, I want to hear your story.
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I want to hear, what are your obstacles?
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What are your challenges?
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What are your success stories?
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Because, first, I would love to give you the stage to share that
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on this platform, whether it's on my YouTube channel or the InFluency
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Podcast, the InFluency community, or on Instagram at @hadar.accentsway.
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But also, I want to see if you have any questions for me, or share with me what
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you think we should talk about within this discussion #The Immigrant Experience.
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Now, if you're not an immigrant or you're not thinking of immigrating
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and you just want to improve your English for work or fun, do not worry.
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We are definitely going to continue talking about learning strategies,
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and effective practice, and mindset, and pronunciation, of course.
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But we definitely wanted to add that element and start that conversation
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about the immigrant experience.
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So, I'm really looking forward to this.
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I can't wait to hear what you think.
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Thank you so much for being here.
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And I will see you next week in the next video.
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Bye.
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