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

Hey everyone, it's Hadar.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Today we're going to do something slightly different.

Because today I want to share with you, what is the project that we are going to

focus on in 2022 to help you speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom.

And this project is going to deal with immigrant experience.

Let me explain.

Over the years, I've worked with thousands of students from around the world, and

usually people have different needs for why they want to improve their English,

whether it's for personal reasons or just for fun, or because they have to

work in English and they want to improve.

Maybe it's for school.

And sometimes it's needed for survival, especially in the case

of immigrants who have immigrated to an English-speaking country.

Now, over the past few months, I've noticed that in my signature

program, New Sound, there were a lot of students who have immigrated

to an English-speaking country.

Now, all of those students had, of course, different stories, but they

also shared a lot of similarities in their experience in the new place that

they have moved into - new, sometimes not so new place - but also similar

challenges in their English communication.

And this is what we realized: that English is never just detached

from your entire experience as an individual and a human in this world.

And when we understand those connections, it's much easier to solve a lot of the

challenges that we experience in different aspects in our lives and, in this in

this case, in English communication.

So, what I want to do in the Immigrant Experience project,

is to go a little deeper and try to understand that experience.

Because at the end of the day, you know, each immigrant has a story to tell.

Whether it's about what they had to leave behind, what it took for

them to get to the new place, the challenges that they're facing, their

bravery stories, and so much more.

And what I've come to learn is that those experience impact immediately on the

person's ability to communicate in English or the person's beliefs about their

capabilities in communicating in English.

And I think that we need to open up that discussion and try

to understand that a bit more.

Now, the way we're going to do this is throughout the year, we are going to

share stories of immigrants that will talk about their challenges and how they

were able to overcome those challenges.

We will bring guest experts to help you understand how to deal with

microaggressions and micro inequalities - things that immigrants often experience

when they move into a new place.

That need to belong, how to be a powerful communicator, how to

get a better job or to interview better, and so many other things.

And to do that, I actually need your help.

If you're an immigrant or maybe you're thinking of immigrating to a

new place, I want to hear your story.

I want to hear, what are your obstacles?

What are your challenges?

What are your success stories?

Because, first, I would love to give you the stage to share that

on this platform, whether it's on my YouTube channel or the InFluency

Podcast, the InFluency community, or on Instagram at @hadar.accentsway.

But also, I want to see if you have any questions for me, or share with me what

you think we should talk about within this discussion #The Immigrant Experience.

Now, if you're not an immigrant or you're not thinking of immigrating

and you just want to improve your English for work or fun, do not worry.

We are definitely going to continue talking about learning strategies,

and effective practice, and mindset, and pronunciation, of course.

But we definitely wanted to add that element and start that conversation

about the immigrant experience.

So, I'm really looking forward to this.

I can't wait to hear what you think.

Thank you so much for being here.

And I will see you next week in the next video.

Bye.