Don't Quit Learning English!

Well, hi there.

You've probably noticed that learning

English can take a very long time,

and along the way you might

get frustrated and sometimes

you might think about quitting.

And I don't think you should quit.

I think that learning English

can be hard, but I think that

it's worth it in the end.

So in this English lesson, I'm going

to talk about five different things

you should think about to help

you stay motivated, to help you

stay excited for learning English.

So the first thing I want to say

to you about learning English is

that it's kind of like a sport.

And if you can use your imagination

for a moment, imagine that

you are playing a sport and that

sport is learning English.

And then imagine that I'm sitting

in the bleachers, I'm sitting in

the stadium and I'm cheering you on.

And imagine that seated around me

are all the people in your life who

are a positive influence, and they

are all cheering you on as well.

I think this is a good

mental image for what it's like

to learn a language.

You should imagine that there

are people like me and your other

loved ones who are

cheering you on to do well.

Maybe they don't say it, maybe they

don't call you regularly or send

you a text message, but I'm sure

there are people in your life who

just think it's cool that you're

learning English and want you to

do well.

So just in your mind, imagine

that as you learn English,

they're sitting there in the stands

saying, you can do it.

Go, go, go.

You've got this.

It's just a really good image

to imagine, and hopefully it

helps you to stay motivated.

The second thing that I wanted

to say to help you stay motivated

and to make sure that you don't quit

learning English is that

I respect you.

I respect you for doing

something that is so difficult.

I've said this before

in other videos where I try

to keep people motivated.

I do respect you, all of you that

watch my videos, all of you that are

learning English, you have decided

to do something really, really hard.

And I have an enormous amount

of respect for you for doing that.

It's not something

you can do in a day.

It's not something

you can even do in a week.

When you decide to learn

the English language.

You are committing many,

many months and years

to perfecting your knowledge.

So I respect you for doing that.

I just think you have chosen

to do something difficult, and I

personally think that is awesome.

So good job.

So we have a saying in English.

We sometimes say something is

a marathon, not a sprint.

So a marathon is

a very, very long race.

I think it's 26 miles long or

over 40 kilometers.

Correct me if I'm wrong

in the comments below.

And a sprint is only 100 meters

long or 200 meters long.

So when we say something is

a marathon and not a sprint,

we're basically saying this is not

something that you can do quickly.

But sometimes you get frustrated

because you aren't

learning things quickly.

And in those moments, I think

you should remember that saying,

it's a marathon, not a sprint.

And if you can maybe print that out

and hang it on your wall so that

when you feel frustrated, when you

want to quit learning English

because things aren't going fast

enough for you, you can look up at

that poster and read, it's a

marathon, not a sprint, and

hopefully be reminded that

it's gonna take some time.

So be patient, do the work that

you can do, and just remember

it's a marathon, not a sprint.

Sometimes it's easy to keep doing

something that's hard when you know

that someone believes in you,

someone believes that you can do it.

And I just want to say

that I believe in you.

I believe that everyone is capable

of learning the English language,

or other languages for that matter.

We as humans have developed this

ability to learn things, and I

think when it comes to learning

languages, everyone can do it.

So by extension,

I believe that you can do it.

I truly believe that wherever

you are in the world, that you

have the intelligence and you

have the ability and you are able

to learn this language.

It's just going to take time.

You're going to have to find

time every week in order to

do your English studies.

But I 100% believe that everyone

can learn to speak English.

So I believe that you can do it, too.

When you finish doing something,

you will have what's called

a sense of accomplishment.

And if you're doing something like

learning English along the way,

every once in a while, you will

feel a sense of accomplishment.

And I think that you should

keep learning English

because I don't want you

to miss out on that feeling.

The first time that you understand

a YouTube video without

the subtitles, you'll feel

a sense of accomplishment.

The first time you read a page

in a novel without having to look

up any words, you'll feel this

incredible sense of accomplishment.

So one of the reasons why I don't

think you should quit learning

English, one of the reasons why

I think you should stay excited

about it, is because you'll have

these moments where you have a

sense of accomplishment at all

of these different steps along

the way.

So don't quit learning English.

Look for that next thing that

you're going to master so you can

feel a sense of accomplishment.

Well, hey, thank you so much for watching

this English lesson, which was

really more of just a message

from me to you to encourage you

to keep learning English.

I hope my words help you

to stay motivated, and I hope you

can find the time this week

that you need to keep learning

this fun and cool language.

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I appreciate all of that.

Have a great week and I'll

see you next week with

another English lesson.

Bye.