Before You Give Up Learning English: An Inspiring Video for English Learners
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Yesterday, I spent 2-3 hours working on a
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video that I can't use. I had left the
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memory card for this camera in my office
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and, therefore, I had to use my other camera. So, I
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went out filming - I filmed my morning, I
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filmed driving to work; I filmed myself in
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the office, in the coffee shop; out and
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about on the streets; I filmed myself in a
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meeting as well, but i couldn't use any
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of the footage. You see, I used the wrong
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settings on my camera and everything
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came out looking really ugly and it was
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footage that I couldn't really use for a
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YouTube video. So, basically I had spent
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23 hours working on something that was
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completely wasted. I was, obviously, really
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annoyed about this situation. I just
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wasted all that time and I wasn't going
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to get that time back. When things like
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this happen,
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you can go one of two ways: you can let
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it get you down or you can learn from it
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and come back stronger. Learning English
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is a huge goal.
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Not many people reach that C1 level -
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not many people reach that level of
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fluency that they want to have. As an
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online English teacher, I face many
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obstacles on my journey to helping as
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many learners as possible. My computer
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crashes, I forget my memory card, I get
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sick, my wife gets sick. And the key for me
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is overcoming these obstacles. As someone
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who is learning English, you're going to
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face obstacles too. You're going to have days
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when you don't feel like learning
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English; you're going to have days when
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you feel shy; days when you make mistakes;
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days when you watch TV shows and can't
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understand a single word. So, know that
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you're going to make mistakes; know that
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you're not going to have a perfect
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day; know that they're going to be
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obstacles in your way and things that
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might stop you. But if you stay
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consistent with it, do the right
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things and keep progressing, then you are
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successful English learner.
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This is Jack from
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tofluency.com. Thank you for watching
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