Why you DON'T need a teacher to become FLUENT (teacher vs. no teacher)

classes with a native speaking teacher  personalized feedback homework do we really  

need all of that to become fluent can we achieve  the same thing if we just study by ourselves I  

think it would be cool if we had the same person  trying both approaches in two separate realities  

within the same universe to test it anyway guys  even without the test there are some fundamental  

things that I would like to share with you  today so that you understand what works for  

you and what doesn't as someone who's learning  three languages I will share how my Approach  

changes depending on what language I'm learning  motivation if you're genuinely interested in a  

language you're probably already engaged with it  you might already be watching educational videos  

on YouTube you have your ankey cards you watch  TV shows movies you read in this language because  

you just love learning this language you love the  language you love learning it you love everything  

about it you understand why you're learning this  language and in this case this idea that you need  

a teacher might not even cross your mind because  you love the system you have it place and you  

don't think you need a teacher but what if you're  someone who doesn't really have a specific goal or  

strong motivation to learn a language you kind of  know you need to study this foreign language but  

you don't really know why you feel like you're  struggling with self-discipline you feel like  

you've been learning this language for the last  10 years well here you are you still can't speak  

this language I knew so many people who tried  studying online who tried programs and courses and  

yes they found a lot of value in those products  but at the same time there's still not practicing  

this language and their level is still exactly the  same they have not progressed at all or maybe just  

a little bit in this case if you're that second  person I think for you a teacher would not just  

be an educator but a person who could motivate  you and I think you would benefit a lot from  

having a teacher at the same time I think it's a  student you will have to be honest and tell your  

teacher look I love this language I need to learn  this language but I struggle with motivation and  

self-discipline I really want you to discipline me  or motivate me check my homework give me homework  

and make sure I stay on top of everything because  by myself I struggle it's really hard for me to do  

that if you can find that person that person who  can become your educator and motivator you will  

benefit a lot from that because this teacher will  be a ble to find the strategy and the plan that  

works for you and you will actually start seeing  your progress feedback the main role of a teacher  

is to give you valuable feedback but what comes to  your mind when you hear the word feedback what is  

feedback some people will say that it is all the  mistakes that your teacher corrects or maybe it's  

like those words of encouragements like you can do  it you do well or maybe it's a personalized plan  

something to listen to today something something  to read next Friday for other people it will be  

an assignment or a pep talk to work on your  confidence feedback can be both positive and  

negative and it can also be perceived positively  and negatively this is why communication is  

important and you have to be communicating your  thoughts and ideas to your teacher clearly you  

can expect them to guess everything for you and  to create a perfect plan for you just because they  

can reach your mind they can reach your thoughts  doesn't work like that if you know that you want  

a specific plan or you want specific feedback you  have to tell them look I would really appreciate  

if you did that can you do that for me let's  say for you if a teacher interrupts your train  

of thought and corrects every single one of your  mistakes you don't like it for you it's a negative  

experience because for me that's actually a  positive experience I love when my teacher  

interrupts me every single second every time I  make a mistake because I want to know every single  

mistake I make however I know so many people who  hate that and who tell me Veronica actually you  

know what I love when my teacher just Waits you  know I love when I can express everything I want  

to say and then my teacher is like okay you made  a mistake here here you could have said that but  

you said this so this is something that I prefer  for many people this structure will help them  

maintain the flow of conversation the flow of  communication and I completely understand that  

and that's why I think it is so important to talk  to your teacher and that's why many teachers at  

the very beginning of every class they ask you  okay do you want me to correct your mistakes how  

often do you want me to correct you you have to  be honest with them and you have to think about  

it too do I like being corrected how often do I  like being corrected and you have to have answers  

for all of these questions before your class so  that you can save time and start talking I also  

know so many people who perceive their teacher  as a mentor and for me it is a very big part it  

means a lot to me what I feel after class right  now I'm learning the American Sign Language and  

that's exactly what I feel about my American Sign  Language teacher because every single time I have  

a conversation with him after a class I feel so  empowered and inspired and I actually want to  

practice actually want to learn new signs just  because of him so guys first ask yourself how  

do you feel in the presence of your teacher do  you feel like this person helps you improve and  

values your efforts or maybe you want to give up  just because it just feels too overwhelming maybe  

your teacher share too much information with you  or they ask you too many things and you just feel  

overwhelmed if that happens please communicate  with them more often than not they're willing  

to change the way they structure the lessons and  unfortunately some people are now willing to do  

that if you see that nothing is changing of course  it's totally okay okay to change your teacher  

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and in my pin comment when to turn to a teacher  personally I think that in the early stages it  

would be better if you could experience the  language just by yourself let's say you want  

to learn Korean instead of immediately turning  to a teacher think about why you want to learn  

Korean what's your goal what's your motivation  and just start start with the basics there's so  

much information online right now usually at least  this is something that I struggle with at the very  

beginning is pronunciation so I would take maybe  a class or two at the very beginning to ask the  

teacher for some pronunciation advice to make sure  I'm pronouncing all the sounds correctly and then  

I move on by by myself because I understand that  it is my responsibility it is not my teacher's  

responsibility to teach me this language and to  make me learn this language because at the end  

of the day it is all on me how fast I progress  in this language is my responsibility I don't  

think there is a need for a teacher if you only  have a few questions because right now again we  

have so many resources you can ask chat GPT  and that's something that I do very often I  

have a question about the difference between two  words let say you can ask Chad gbt or maybe you  

can go online there's so many communities online  where you can ask real people if you think that  

the answer Chad GPT gave you is not enough I have  actually made a video on how to learn a language  

with Chad GPT so you can click right here and  check it out as you progress in the language you  

start forming your own picture of this language  you get some listening and speaking practice  

then you might want to track your progress I  think here you will be able to get more from  

your class because you have have already passed a  lot of beginner mistakes like I don't think there  

is a need for a teacher before you learned your  first 1,000 words in this language because you  

don't really want to spend your time and your  teacher time learning how to say cow let's say  

in the language you want to learn you can do  it by yourself it is so incredibly easy if you  

remember in one of my previous videos I said that  I kind of struggle with the pronunciation of this  

word in Spanish and yes I asked my teacher  about the pronunciation so even at the very  

beginning if you struggle with pronunciation  it is totally okay to book a class I just don't  

think this time should be spent learning all  of this new vocabulary because you can learn  

this vocabulary by yourself but of course asking  a lot of questions about pronunciation especially  

if you're taking a class with a native speaker  will help you a lot a teacher can become a person  

who observes you and who helps you to find the  best strategy for you right now previously we  

talked about motivation if you feel like you  need encouragement at the very beginning like  

for me for example every time I start learning  a new language at the very beginning I don't  

know why it's just so hard for me like the few  I would say the first two months are probably  

the hardest because I don't know anything about  this language yet and I feel completely lost so  

again if you need encouragement if you feel like  you need a little bit of help taking a class or  

two at the very beginning is completely okay too  and honestly at any stage of your journey even if  

you're advanced in this language and you feel like  you need encouragement you need someone to tell  

you how great your language skills are of course  you can take a class with a teacher advantages  

of practicing alone you can do all aspects of  language learning on your own and now you're  

prob going to ask me what about speaking how  do I practice speaking without a teacher first  

of all it is possible you don't technically need  an actual teacher to practice speaking there are  

so many great resources online or offline where  you can practice speaking you can download and  

use different apps to find speaking Partners or  you can attend a speaking club either online or  

in person I remember when I lived in Moscow back  when I was in college I attended so many different  

English speaking clubs and that's how I improved  my speaking skills I didn't have a teacher I did  

everything on my own because I understood that  I was responsible for my language skills I was  

responsible for my progress and so I had to create  everything for myself and not rely on one person  

who can give all of this to me right now ai is  developing like crazy so you can use different  

apps like Elsa to do role plays and practice  conversation that's why so many people right  

now feel like they don't really need a teach  future because maybe more often than not they  

just need a speaking partner a person who they  can speak with but also please keep in mind the  

fact that often times when we find a speaking  buddy we have to practice kind of our language  

with them too right because it's like a mutual  exchange let's say I teach you Russian and you  

teach me Turkish right so I have to spend an  hour of my time too teaching you Russian and  

if my goal is to learn Turkish like really fast  and I don't have time to teach anyone Russian this  

might not be a good option for me because yes  I understand that now I will probably have to  

pay money you know have classes with a teacher but  this way I will save my time and right now time is  

everything and a lot of people value their time  so much and they think it's the right thing to  

do so that's why taking classes with a teacher  in this case is recommended of course AI has a  

lot of great benefits but what it face to to do  is this like human to human connection right the  

teacher who help me learned the American Sign  Language actually knows a few words in Russian  

and it's not the connection I could ever build  with AI of course I know that AI knows all the  

different languages but it is not the same when  you start talking to someone and they ask you oh  

where are you from and you tell them oh I'm from  this city and this person's like oh my God I went  

to college there or oh my God my wife is from  there it's a completely different experience AI  

cannot understand or feel confusion frustration  fears insecurities or experience Joy of success  

and continuous Improvement for this reason  you do need a person to talk to maybe not a  

teacher maybe just a speaking buddy can you learn  sever languages without a teacher I learned three  

foreign languages in three completely different  environments I started learning English when I  

was a little kid I was probably like 6 years  old in school it was nothing too serious is I  

honestly hated English and I didn't practice much  but then once I started growing up I decided that  

I was responsible for my success and I started  practicing by myself of course throughout my  

journey I had some amazing teachers but at the  same time I did so much work by myself when I went  

to college I started learning Chinese so I would  say I learned Chinese in this academic environment  

when I graduated from college my Chinese was Upper  Intermediate like my Chinese was pretty good it's  

been 2 years since I graduated from college and I  haven't practiced the language much to be honest  

and I don't want to I don't want to because it  is not my priority right now I don't really know  

why I need this language right now so for now I am  you know relaxing a little bit in terms of Chinese  

but I would say that my experience was completely  different like I spent 5 years in college studying  

Chinese and I didn't know how to say duve or a  blanket or a pillow you know something that we  

use every single day just because my focus was  on Chinese economics and politics and uh it was  

not everyday Chinese in a way I understood that  but at the same time I really lacked vocabulary  

when I had to talk to a real Chinese person I  didn't know a lot of cultural things like edms  

that Chinese people often use or maybe slaying  and it was never taught that but again as I  

just said before it is so important to just tell  yourself that you're an adult so you are the one  

responsible if it was actually important for me  I would spend more time you know learning how to  

say do V cover in Chinese a pillow and Chinese  but I didn't so I guess it was not important  

for me right now I'm studying Spanish and I live  among native speakers and for me it is my first  

experience ever I have never been to China before  the first time I visited an English-speaking  

country I was 20 and by that age my English was  pretty good so when I moved to Mexico I knew zero  

like zero Spanish and now I'm learning so much I'm  learning so many cool things about the culture I'm  

learning so many slang words just because I live  here and I think this is something that I love  

about actually living in the country where your  target language is spoken because this way you can  

learn so many cultural things that otherwise you  would never learn the first time I heard someone

say way I was like oh yeah these are the words I  want to learn because they represent the culture  

and I knew if I was learning Spanish in a  classroom environment first of all I would  

probably learn Spanish from Spain there's nothing  wrong about that but my focus Focus was Spanish  

and Mexico and in Latin America and this is  connected with something that I talk about  

so much too it's so important to understand why  you're learning this language like if let's say  

you're learning Spanish from Spain probably you  want to move to Spain which is amazing but then  

probably you don't need to know what way like  all of those informal Mexican Expressions you  

probably don't need to learn them especially at  the very beginning cuz at the beginning we feel  

so overwhelmed already so I hope you found all the  answers you were looking for when you clicked on  

this video let me know down in the comments what  experience you have learning foreign languages  

and if you ever had a teacher if you think  you needed a teacher if a teacher played a  

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