Before You Give Up Learning English: An Inspiring Video for English Learners

(car noises)

Yesterday, I spent 2-3 hours working on a

video that I can't use. I had left the

memory card for this camera in my office

and, therefore, I had to use my other camera. So, I

went out filming - I filmed my morning, I

filmed driving to work; I filmed myself in

the office, in the coffee shop; out and

about on the streets; I filmed myself in a

meeting as well, but i couldn't use any

of the footage. You see, I used the wrong

settings on my camera and everything

came out looking really ugly and it was

footage that I couldn't really use for a

YouTube video. So, basically I had spent

23 hours working on something that was

completely wasted. I was, obviously, really

annoyed about this situation. I just

wasted all that time and I wasn't going

to get that time back. When things like

this happen,

you can go one of two ways: you can let

it get you down or you can learn from it

and come back stronger. Learning English

is a huge goal.

Not many people reach that C1 level -

not many people reach that level of

fluency that they want to have. As an

online English teacher, I face many

obstacles on my journey to helping as

many learners as possible. My computer

crashes, I forget my memory card, I get

sick, my wife gets sick. And the key for me

is overcoming these obstacles. As someone

who is learning English, you're going to

face obstacles too. You're going to have days

when you don't feel like learning

English; you're going to have days when

you feel shy; days when you make mistakes;

days when you watch TV shows and can't

understand a single word. So, know that

you're going to make mistakes; know that

you're not going to have a perfect

day; know that they're going to be

obstacles in your way and things that

might stop you. But if you stay

consistent with it, do the right

things and keep progressing, then you are

successful English learner.

This is Jack from

tofluency.com. Thank you for watching