Never Say These 5 Phrases to Your English Teacher | Go Natural English

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Shh!
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I have a secret to tell you.
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But you cannot tell your English teacher!
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In this episode, I'm going to share the five things that you should never say to your English
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teacher, even if you're thinking them.
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So is it okay?
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Can I share them?
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Can we keep it a secret?
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Okay.
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Awesome!
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Just before I share these five phrases, I want to let you know that you can come to
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So, be sure to check that out.
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Now, I want to share these five things to never say to your English teacher.
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First of all, never, ever, ever say, "I'm too busy to study."
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Why?
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Maybe it's true.
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Maybe you're really busy.
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But why should we not say this?
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"I'm too busy to study."
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Well, we're all busy.
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Teachers, especially, are super busy.
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So, I'm not sure if your teacher would feel sorry for you.
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Maybe.
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But the thing is, we make time for our priorities.
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So, if you do want to improve your English, you have to make it a priority and give it
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some time in your day.
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Okay.
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Number two: Never ever say, "Yes, I understand," if you don't understand.
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This is very important for you because it doesn't help anyone to lie.
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If you don't understand something, it's much better to say, "I don't understand.
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Could you explain?
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Could you help me?"
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Teachers usually like to help their students and, of course, it's better for you to have
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a full understanding of the point or the phrases that you didn't really understand.
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So, I know it can be a little embarrassing sometimes to say, "I don't understand", but
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it's okay.
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Just understand it's a good thing to ask for help.
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So, don't be shy to do that.
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Okay, the third thing that you should never say to your English teacher is anything not
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in English.
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I've had students come up to me and ask me questions in their native language - like
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in Japanese.
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And my Japanese is not very good and I couldn't respond in Japanese to my students' question.
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Actually, English class is a time for English.
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So do everything in English.
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Do not revert to your native language.
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This is a time for you to try out new things, to make mistakes.
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So go ahead and even if you're not sure or you're not comfortable about how to say something
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in English, just try it in class.
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It's a great time to experiment.
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Okay, next.
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Another thing that you should never say to your English teacher is, "I'll never use this
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tense."
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Okay, a lot of people don't like to learn grammar, right?
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It can be boring.
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It can be dry.
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But just understand that your English will sound so much better if you use the compound
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tenses.
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So, you can probably communicate just fine if you use simple tenses, but if you want
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to sound like a professional in English, like you're fluent in English, then you need to
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know all the tenses and you'll definitely find times when you can use them.
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Finally, the last thing that you should never say to your English teacher is, "Since I only
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need to write emails, I don't need to learn how to speak in English."
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Or it could be vice versa.
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Maybe you might say, "Oh, I only want to learn to speak, so I don't need to learn how to
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write."
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Well, this is not really a good idea to tell your English teacher, because your English
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teacher wants to help you with your all-round fluency.
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And in order to have really good English fluency, you need to know all the skills: reading,
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writing, listening, speaking.
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Now, if you're doing more speaking than writing, you could focus more on those skills.
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Like at Go Natural English, I focus mainly on listening and speaking because those are
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the skills that help you to connect with people on a daily basis.
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Of course, you want to use writing and reading every day, too.
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But it's really important to know each skill and then you can focus on learning what you
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like according to your goals.
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Alright!
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So I hope that you enjoyed these five points not to say to your English teacher.
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And remember, you can come visit gonaturalenglish.com to learn Seven Steps to Fluency, a free training
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that you can start right now.
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So, if you're ready to get fluent, let's go!
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I'll see you there.
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Bye for now!
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