I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for your awesome messages! The main reason I wanted to do this talk was to help you and others like you all around the world to feel the confidence you deserve to feel. I know that you've spend years and years studying English at school, and all you really wanted to do was speak, communicate, listen and understand and have others understand you. TED gave me this opportunity to tell you just trust yourself, whatever your level is, because with the right attitude you have what it takes right now. Please feel free to reach out to me if you need more support. Thank you again for watching.
I loved this talk! I’m from Argentina (Spanish is my first language). I’m a certified English teacher. So, you can imagine that, being a non-native English TEACHER, I always struggle with the feeling that I need to sound perfect and make no mistakes in English (even though I make mistakes or don’t remember words in my own language but that feels totally normal). So, whenever I have to communicate with a native English speaker, I feel anxious because I focus on how I’m supposed to perform. Now, you gave me something to think about!
Omg huge thanks to you, I'm currently learning to speak English and I have the same problem I'm too focusing on my grammar and afraid that I will make a mistake. Then ended up not saying anything...
this is the fourth time i listened to your talk. How interesting it is. i love it And you help me a a lot with my English . In the past i was too shy to talk in English but now I feel more confident ( i still make mistakes :< ) THANK YOU A LOT 33333 Love from Viet Nam
I love this ted talk video im frm india and i have been trying to get fluent in english but the fear of judgement holds me back i always get conscious about what mistake and grammatical errors im making while speaking or do i structuring the sentences in the right way coz i think im getting judged by my english vocab and all those grammatical stuff but what i need to focus on was told in this video and i think if anyone who can read and write in english can definitely be able to speak in it else they weren't been able to write or read as well so thank you for your outstanding and practical speech its sort of raised my confidence level up im extremely flattered that i found out this ted video
yeah! sometimes I don't know a word in my first language (Portuguese) but I know it in English and I feel happy because I know it in the other language, but when it happens the opposite I feel frustrated.
yeah, that's true. i am fluent in english which is suppose to be my second language but idk much in my native language (urdu/hindi) and yet i wanna learn japanese (any fellow weebs/otaku here?). wow! i think i filled my plate with more than i can eat!
Iam a non-native English speaker and I am in English learning process. And this is my first video of TED helps me relize that t can fully understand without subtitle ♥️. Thanks a lot.
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i agree, sometimes we lose the main goal, and get punched by side effects, so we need to remind this video and focus on main goal! it's really important life attitude!
that's a pretty common advice for people who have social anxiety actually. it turns out that learning style in schools is merely damaging your mental health
From that video i can get conclusion, if someone want to speak English language fluently don’t be afraid to show you language skill and stop worrying about how you sound. It’s okay to make a mistake, it’s makes you better when you learn it
She is really right. Many people focus on their pronunciation and grammar. They don't focus on the listeners. Languages are to communicate not need to be flawless.
But if your pronunciation is wrong , how can you make sense to the listener ? I agree that the accents and grammar is not a big deal in English or any other languages but the correct pronunciation does matter. ( Just my personal opinion )
@@oliviawilson485 yes, you are right. Your pronunciation should be correct but you don't need to be have a perfect accent. Because language are just for communicate with each other. If you have a your country's accent but your accent can communicate with people, it's ok. Right?
Don't focus on yourself, focus on the person you're having a conversation with. It's not about you, it's about them and the message you want to come across.
1. "Don't focus on yourself, focus on result that's you want to achieve." 2."English not art to be masterd, English just a tool to use to get result." These are best advice for me to changing my English learning life. Thanks.
I should have this thought about my Japanese, once I have the opportunity to go to Japan my hopes are that I'll be in company with people who only want to communicate in Japanese. Many people in Japan like to take the chance of speaking English with foreigners.
Right, and this is true not only in connection to speaking a foreign language, but in any given context; when communicating, focus on the other person, and on the desired outcome. Not on yourself.
I learned English by myself because I liked it,I didn't care about grammar or being perfect I just talked and talked until I learned it...I'm learning Korean now 😄 trust yourself I'm sure you can do it
I am thirty years old. From vietnam. I have been learning english for a long time. i started learning english when i am in high school. But my english was not improved very much. I have ever thought about giving up learning english. Until two years ago, i found the greatest method to learn english. My english is improving every single day. That method is to watch videos and films in english as much as possible. Today i still do not believe that i can say and listen english . that is a miracle for me.
cool. I found the method that works for me. and it's playing a game. kind of strategic game that creates stress for me to speak and write during the war. deal with people, make an agreement, etc
We are the same. I have been learning English since I was in elementary school and now I am taking English as my major in college, but I still afraid of being judge by people. I am overthinking, and afraid of my grammar, my spelling, and my pronunciation too much, so it makes me lack of practice. Since I am in holiday I try to spend my time watching video in English like talk show of Jimmy Fallon, and force my self to drop a comment in English.
This is the natural way we need to learn English in the academy. It's hard for a student don't get bored when a teacher's speech is about grammar or theoric. So, I've been grateful to you and this channel.
As a Malaysian, she express the accurate situation in Malaysia while speaking English, we just scare our grammar is wrong, our accent is weird, and afraid of speaking English. Now I know that I should focus on the results and effectiveness of English communication, Thanks Marianna!
@@Adnan25048 Me, I having difficulties to understand slang from Bangladesh, India and Arab country. Im a customer service and I have to deal with customer from here
I am Chinese, the same as most of other chinese students. We have learn English for more than 10 years. But we still can't speak or write Englisn. Because we are afaid of mistakes. Now because of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, I can't go back to work. I have stay in hometown for 30 days. so I decided to catch this opportunity to improve my English reading and writing skills. Inspired by the Japanese friend, So I try to write down this words in English
And speaking skills? what if you create a wpp group with people that wants to improve their english and don't know people to practice with? i need something like this.
"Language is not an art to be master,it's a tool to use to get result, that tool belongs to you."..we studied in linguistic that language is a means or tool of communication we express our emotions, feelings, and thoughts through it.
Во и я так же окружающим говорю, когда они начинают придираться к мелким грамматическим ошибкам и прочим неверно употребленным формам, будто они real native speakers. =)))
That's a fact. When I talk to someone without doing something else at the same time, i get nervous, I'm afraid of making mistakes. But whenever i talk to someone while i play, i don't care about my mistakes, i don't care, i just talk and i can see I'm much better at talking when I'm playing than normally.
I studied the English language for 12 years during my whole childhood education and still I wasn't able to communicate, let alone write a single coherent sentence. It all changed when I made a friend from the UK and she kind of made me comfortable with speaking English. Before I realized it, I graduated college (Bachelor's Degree) and when I gave my interviews for Software Developer jobs (they are usually held in English), I was speaking more fluently and comfortably than my interviewer which was so surprising for me because even now, I don't know a single grammar rule and yet I can clearly process my thoughts in English. It has become more of an intuitive thing rather than something that I need to study for or something. After realizing all of this, I have decided to start learning Italian and I am going to replicate this whole process again so wish me luck xD PS: I have started providing English content writing services and it's been awesome since then. My clients are usually from English speaking countries and they are happy with what I provide. I never thought I would get so far in English so if you feel stuck, always remember you can do it
I studied Spanish my whole education (11 years, 1 year I was required to learn French). It wasn’t until after graduating with my bachelor’s degree when I started speaking with patients who spoke Spanish when I actually got to exercise speaking it with people. And speaking slang because in school you only learn what is taught in the textbook! I’m going to keep trying to get better at speaking it because it feels like a whole new world now. Though I’ve been impressed that I still know all the words I learned growing up!
10:07 "This language belongs to you. It's not an art to master, it's just a tool for you to get the result." Amazinggg!! This idea actually changes my mindset in my journey to learn languages.
I'm from Indonesia. I learn english since i was in elementary school. I can remember a lot of words, but can't speak well. The teaching method in my school or course don't teach us how to confident to speak and write in english, they teach us how to remember a hundred words in a week and what's the grammars. Till i'm in the last year of high school, i found a course that really teach me how to speak confidently I also learn how to write and speak in english by give comment and watch/ listen something from internet 😂 Sadly, my friends affraid to try. I always ask my friend to practice speak english with me when they told me they wanna improve their english but, we never do it because they too afraid that me or somebody else will judge them. I think this situation not only happen in my circle, I hope people can't stop to feel judged or judging someone who try to learn other leangue. My grandma ever said, you only practice how to speak, it can't kill you, why you being afraid 😂
I'm Brazilian and I live in the United States, after this video, I will never be afraid to speak english, she's right what is most important is to be understood, the result of what you want to achieve. Thank you for this great video!
Seu inglês era +- do básico? Pq tô pensando em ir para a Austrália passar 1 mês estudando , but tenho medo de não me dar bem. *Eu tenho uma noção do inglês* mas n muita...
@@isabellima3495 se joga! Tendo alguma noção sua adaptação vai ser muito boa, estudando 1 mês imersa no idioma vai te ajudar muito a absorver mais o inglês. Quando estiver nas ruas da Austrália presta bem atenção no povo nas ruas falando, você vai aprender algumas expressões típicas de lá. Vê como a pessoa da sua frente na fila pede comida quando for num restaurante, como o atendente responde, essas coisas. Boa sorte
My friend is Brazilian too and we communicate in English our levels are not that good but we still understand each other (the language is a tool for communication )
She’s describing Jackson from GOT7...people say it doesn’t matter that he makes mistakes when he’s speaking Korean because his attitude is just “whatever” and he’s not afraid of speaking. He also has no problem getting his point across. I admire that so much and its a goal for me😂
Omg ahgase💚🥺 same here with me!! I wanna follow his steps, don't be afraid of making mistakes and try not to take it too seriously when it happens, makes the experience more enjoyable 💚
Yesss He keeps saying I'm not fluent at any of the languages i know, i just know as much as i need to make people understand what I'm talking about And that's what it's all about
Yup but try to connect phrases more Like hi I'm from mother Russia ,her speech was so amazing, so inspirating I enjoyed it, keep going Putin with u, Russians are with u 😂😂
I learn Russian. That is a hard one to learn! But the principles still apply. I visited Moscow speaking maybe 10 phrases and had lots of fun communicating in Russian. It also gets easier the more languages you speak
I'm a Malaysian English-learner, this video is really helpful for me to improve my confident ! Every time I speak English to my friends, I always like"Is my expressions well? Did I have any grammar mistakes?"I just cannot control myself to not be thinking negatively.But after watching this video ,I will definitely change myself to be a more confident . Terima kasih!
I love this talk. I agree, learning English should be fun. It’s okay if it’s not perfect. I love English and I learn it not for the perfection, but for the human interaction.
Wow, I am a french english-learner and this goes right into my heart. I always focused on my grammar and syntaxe etc... And I've never thought this way... The language is not only an art to be mastered but a tool to play and have fun with. True inspiration !
Hello, how's your English now? I'm trying to learn french, I could teach you a bit of English or speak with you and then you can teach me french if it's OK.
As an English professor teaching ESL at the high school level for the first time, well, you just blew my mind with this. You NAILED it!!! I cannot WAIT to share this with my students, and to figure out ways that we, together, can speak English/Spanish like we are playing a video game...Fearlessly and focused on the recipient, not ourselves. My students are practicing English and I'm practicing Spanish and this video, your ideas, are a game-changer. THANK YOU Marianna Pascal!!
You might find very useful Italiano Automatico, by Alberto Arrighini. He also mentions quite frequently Stephen Krashen's theories about learning languages naturally, not by getting bored to death with grammar.
I speak 5 native Indian languages. Whilst in the learning process, a lot of people laughed, mocked, even ridiculed me for not using the grammar, the tune, expressions, so on and so forth. But in time within a few years, i was able to interpret, translate and even make business deals with people. And when these once critics saw me doing all well, they're speechless and hiding in pure jealousy. What I'm trying to say is that learning a language is all about mistakes and confidence. And yes, Ma'am just pointed out the importance of focusing on that person whom we're talking to. That added, you'll fare in learning a new language. People will judge you and that's okay. All the best. Thank you for your time reading this.
I have learned English for 11 years, but now i cannot communicate with ppl fluently. At my school, i were taught only grammar and vocabulary, so my listening and speaking skills were so weak. As I become a freshman at a university specializing in languages, i think that i have to try my best and i'll practice English more. Thanks for your motivating speech. I love this so much!
Focus on the person you're speaking to. Focus on clarity. Don't worry too much about the mistakes you've made or you'll make. Treat English like a tool. As long as you can use the tool right, don't worry about mastering it.
One more tip I would like to give off. Don't try to sound like a native speaker if you know that you cannot because if you try so hard, maybe you'll end up making no sense at all. I am not a native speaker and I notice this a lot from me myself. Whenever I communicate with my friends who are natives or whenever I struggle to write an essay or a report, I always want to sound as native as possible. I may want to use a lot of slangs, expressions, idioms, everything that could make me sound like a native speaker. However, after I've finished my talking/text and I reflect/look back at it, I realize that I don't even understand the information that I have given off and I end up re-explaining the idea in simpler language. "Cố quá thành quá cố", an expression in Vietnamese, my mother tongue :), that explains these situations. However, this doesn't mean that you could slack off and not try to improve your English, especially if you're surrounded by an English-native-speaking community like the one I'm in now (and I'm still struggling with my daily conversation in English). So, try your best, try your hardest, but not to hard or you'll end up making no sense.
I am from Vietnam. I have listened this speech many many and many times. It is really encouraged me a lot. Thank for giving me motivation to be more confident when speaking a language is not my mother language.
The higher your level in any language the higher your concern and need to speak it flawless. When you know your level is low you know the other person is not expecting much from you...
What an encouraging speech. I've been learning Mandarin from about 5 months and was inhibited to speak it with native speakers. Immediately after listening to this talk, I called up two native speakers from China via WeChat and I spoke with them the first time in Mandarin. I did a pretty good job. :)
I’m in the same position with Japanese. I just arranged my first language exchange for next week because I know the language won’t stick in my head unless I practice!
Saya adalah seorang mahasiswa di Universitas swasta, FKIP Bahasa Inggris. Saat ini berada di akhir semester 2. Sementara UAS. Setelah nonton video ini saya merasa sangat beruntung. Ketika diingat kembali proses-proses, pengalaman-pengalaman yang saya lalui dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris selama SMA hingga di bangku perkuliahan ini saya terlalu fokus kepada diri saya ketika berbicara. Dimana, ketika saya mencoba berbicara Bahasa Inggris atau memberikan tanggapan dalam Bahasa Inggris, saya akan sangat fokus agar saya tidak salah, dan fokus mengingat setiap grammar. Saya tidak memikirkan orang yang mendengar, dosen, guru, atau lawan bicara. Alhasil, kadang mereka tiidak mengerti apa yang saya katakan walaupun saya berusaha semaksimal mungkin menjelaskan yang saya maksud. Berusaha panjang kali lebar menjelaskan tapi orang yang mendengar tidak mendapat point penting dari hasil pembicaraan saya. Sangat sedih dan memalukan jika diingat kembali. Tapi saya sangat beruntung bisa menonton video ini. Dengan adanya video ini, saya punya pemahaman tentang belajar bahasa baru lebih terbuka. Dari beberapa poin di atas, itu sangat bermanfaat untuk saya. Dimana dari beberapa kutipan diatas, "Bahasa adalah milik anda, ini bukan seni untuk dikuasai, itu hanya alat badi anda untuk mendapatkan hasilnya." Terima kasih sudah berbagi😊
I can TOTALLY feel this! So glad that this was not only me, and lots of ppl were struggling with similar feelings when speaking English. YES, we were taught to make less mistakes as possible, and it was not about 'communicating' even with simple words, but about creating 'perfectly structured' sentences when we didn't even have chances to actually speak with our mouths, or write with our hands. Schools just taught us to check the right boxes out of 5 choices, where one of them had teeny tiny grammar mistakes that even native speakers would sometimes make.. and head on to the next question.. This is ridiculous. INEFFECTIVE.
Whenever you speak English, don't focus on yourself. Focus on the other person and result that you want to achieve!! The best advice for English learner to obtain confidence! thanks a lot :D
i was learn english about 10 years but until right now. I don't know how to start speak english. I always dread to start and waiting to be a master. But, today I realize I was wrong. English is tool to communicate and focus on other people to get result. I think my english so bad, but in this time I don't want to apologize because I just want to talk with you. Thank you Marianna, this video is very good.
"English is not an art to be mastered; it's just a tool to use to get a result." Perfectly explained. Students are judged by correctness than on clarity
Before watching this video, I thought that grammar is very important in English, but I learned that you don't have to worry about only grammar when speaking.
This gave me lots of confidence. Language is not about perfection, it's about communication and there's no such a thing as right language or wrong, it's all about acceptable or unacceptable.
Thank you for letting me realize the important things :) I'm Japanese, and I'm abroad in Australia now to study English！ I'm still learning English every day. Recently, I lost my confidence because I sometimes can't understand what the people are saying clearly. Also, I embarrassed when I couldn't say what I'm thing in proper English :( Then, I thought my English level is very very terrible. However, I realized that English is just a tool to communicate, when I watched the video. I realized how nice to communicate in English with foreigners who live in all over the world ！ In the future, I have to totally focus on the person who I'm talking to. Just believe in myself:) Just speak！Have a go！
The improvement is inevitable as long as you keep trying Like the river that flows everyday after years it makes the rocks smooth and round The mistakes will slowly disappear All you have to do is keep using English everyday
Im korean, Im also language learner like you. I think I`ve got a problem sth like you these days. Sometimes It can discourage me but all we have to do is just keep trying everyday. We can do it! Please don`t give up !
This is so inspiring, most of Taiwanese students do very good on English writing, listening and reading but they totally ignore the speaking. The main result is we are afraid of making mistakes, it's time to change.
As someone from the US, this is true! Every immigrant and international student I know who puts aside shame and speaks up manages to communicate effectively. Those who befriend natives wind up learning "correct" speech naturally anyhow. This TED talk also applies to my own studies in Spanish and French... I have force myself to speak when I have the chance or I'll lose both the chance and the ability!
In America you really have to keep yourself focused when learning a language; there isn't as much of a "need" to learn a different language because English is so widespread. You really have to force yourself out of your comfort zone and connect with why you love the language you're learning to stay committed and make progress.
Ielts is use for a original english speaker like Britain, the lady in this video want everyone know how important to use English in proper way and flexible way. Not just using english like the way you study at school. It’s important “how much you know English”, it’s more important “how much you know others English “.
I am a language teacher and trainer and I recently did a masterclass related to international English. I was surprised at how positive the response was. How much of a 'lightbulb moment' it was for language learners. Your talk is along the same lines, so well done for getting it on to TED so that many other people can learn from it!
*I do speak 5 languages.* And I couldn't help myself from relating to this video on everything she said... While learning all of the languages that I do speak today, I had the same fear she's talking about every single time, but eventually I overcame it. What I did in order to do so was to find my self a friend that was native on that certain language that I was aiming to learn (I found myself using this tactic more than ever especially with English) and just talk to them about anything that came to my mind at the time. In the beginning like any other beginning it was always difficult, but I knew that they wouldn't judge me for trying, so I kept going, until eventually I gained the sufficient confidence and courage to the point that I didn't even cared anymore if I committed any mistakes or not. And from that point on, there is only one way to go, and that's improvement! Turns out I already had the vocabulary and the knowledge but I was lacking the confidence. I made a major improvement in these last few months and the video on my channel is a prove of that, in case any of whom might read this comment want to check how bad my English used to be and compare it to this comment which took me like 3 minutes to write.
2024 and I'm from Panama and I want to say that this is the best video I ever watched about the way to learn English I learned the language back in 2022 in Boston Massachusetts I had 6 months to learn and come back to my country and I'll say the key to keeping pushing yourself is never stop to practice even if you don't have someone to talk 💯🌟
"English is not an art to be mastered, it's just a tool to use to get a result like a computer game." It impressed me a lot. To consider English just to be a tool, I think that I need to use English as a tool of the thing that makes me pleased, such as listening to music, watching videos, and studying science.
Excellent speech. A big clap to her. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 She talks about what happens in a real world. She is a natural speaker. I could understand her perfectly.
Amazing stage presence and oratory skills…truly shows that she practices what she preaches. She is not afraid to make mistakes when communicating with others (in fact, I didn’t notice a single stutter or mistake in her speaking!), and in turn, her public speaking is immaculate. Amazing presentation❤
I can totally relate to what you say! You just blew my mind! ‘English is not an art to be mastered, it’s just a tool to get a result’, this is so powerful. I need the confidence like Faizal has, and I’ll try to do my best working on it. Thank you for sharing!
I watched this after taking an online Spanish lesson where I felt all three of those symptoms of the brain shutting down. If there had been a panic button, I would have been ready to push it. I needed to hear all of this, even at 41 years old as a seasoned teacher. I teach English as a second language and I want my students to make mistakes so that they have the ability to answer and get practice in speaking. It's hard to be as gracious with yourself.
I agree with all the things that make it impossible to have effective communication, it is important to first listen to be able to respond even if it is in a simple but concrete way.
Yeah, the most important when you're trying to learn a new language is not only the knowledge but also the attitude. So, don't be afraid about having mistakes. Never give up trying 😊!!! Excelent comment Yes.
her voice is very attractive and makes me feel more confident. I impressed the most sentence: "language is not an art to be mastered. it's just a tool to use to get a result".
I'm a TED university student in Turkey and I feel under pressure in school because of my teachers. They judge us a lot so I am afraid of to speak english but after this video, I'll try to speak more English. Thank you 💙
I'm Brazilian and here in Brazil we have much fear to comment mistakes in English learning. This video helps me to keep focused in my studies... Thanks a lot!
I’m Polish and I have learnt English since I remember. Now I’m going to start new job where I have to comunicate in English. That’s scare me. Why? I was judging my whole life. By teachers, by schoolmates etc. This movie motivates me so far. I hope that I will be more „relaxed” in English speaking. :)
Just a helpful correction: this is not a movie, this is a 'video'. Rest you are doing well! I hope I haven't offended you. All the best in learning. I am trying to learn French and learning another language is tough. Cheers and stay healthy. :D
I have seen this presentation at least 50 times and still find it so valuable and downright fascinating. There is so much truth in it. Marianna is a brave and smart person! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and ideas with us!
Some years ago, I went to an end-of-term party at my daughter's school, and recognized an ex-student of mine among the parents. Being a little shy, I first waited to make sure she'd seen me. When I realized she remembered me, I said 'hi'. Then, she said my name and the word 'toolbox'. That's because she remembered that, when I taught both her and her sister, I usually said English was a tool they'd add to their toolbox, the box they'd use to find a way to happiness in life. Thanks for sharing your Talk.
It's so like it in Brazil! When I saw this video I set a goal in my life: "Even though my English isn't that good, I hope one day I'll make some videos to help Brazilians with this amazing knowledge." After almost 3 years I came back to watch this video and to let you know that I've started my channel less than a week ago! We study English in Brazil for about 7 years before university, basically just the "verb to be" , and we enter in the University not knowing even that. Some people study in private schools up to ten years and still can't have a natural conversation in English. Only 3% of the entire population can speak English. I wanna make some "Faizals" here and hopefully one day this numbers are going to be different. Thank you so much for this exceptional inspiration Marianna Pascal :)
That's so strange I had no idea that Brazil or portuguese speakers struggle so much with learning English Putting emphasis on how both culture love football should already help a lot
Don't focus on yourself ,focus on your results that's you want to achieve. What a beautiful line that's brought me near to my dream. Some thoughts are always help to keep us on track to our dream.
Striving for perfection but not worrying too much about your mistakes and trying to communicate is not necessarily mutually exclusive. The better your language skills the better you can communicate. This kind of advice is given within the context of Malaysia (and just Asia in general) where most students are unbalanced in their mindset (too much striving for perfection but not enough “not caring” about mistakes and working on communication).
El Rilla Nice comment, most of the people in the comment section seem to be native speakers using this as validation for why they shouldn't bother using proper grammar.
I really love the message of this talk. That being said, I think it's also worth mentioning that there's a segment of the population for whom doing anything they're bad at is very very hard. To use the video game analogy: if they had been playing this game for a while and they keep being bad at it, they will stop because they don't have the capacity or the tools to deal with failure. If your self-worth is *wrongly* tied with what you produce, you will feel terrible being bad at a video game or speaking a language. Unless this is addressed or, at least, acknowledged, no amount of uplifting ted talks will make someone change their attitude towards long-term progress vs. chasing the instant gratification of doing something right this one time.
I've been watching English videos on UA-cam about how to improve my English because I really thought I needed to be a master speaker, so with this video my thinking changed absolutely. Thanks so much
I'm a medical student in Viet Nam. I've studied English since I was 9. But day in and day out, my English level isn't improves. It stuck at a very low level. I'm so shy, extreme fear, and sold on. When I take part in some social activities at my university, I realize that I would improve my English, and I believe I can do it. I try to a lot of methods to do that. And when I watch this video, I really understand what she said, It gives me a lot of movitations, a lot of confidence. I practice every day, listening, speaking, writing, all over the day, all the time. it become my hobbies, it become to a part of me life. I've never been better. Thank you very much
"English is not an art to be mastered; it's just a tool to use to get a result." Perfect!
I am learning English to share my knowledge worldwide
Master anything to a point where it eventually becomes an art
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my English philologyst's heart is hurt🤧
*Every language* is just a tool of culture.
I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for your awesome messages! The main reason I wanted to do this talk was to help you and others like you all around the world to feel the confidence you deserve to feel. I know that you've spend years and years studying English at school, and all you really wanted to do was speak, communicate, listen and understand and have others understand you. TED gave me this opportunity to tell you just trust yourself, whatever your level is, because with the right attitude you have what it takes right now. Please feel free to reach out to me if you need more support. Thank you again for watching.
I loved this talk! I’m from Argentina (Spanish is my first language). I’m a certified English teacher. So, you can imagine that, being a non-native English TEACHER, I always struggle with the feeling that I need to sound perfect and make no mistakes in English (even though I make mistakes or don’t remember words in my own language but that feels totally normal). So, whenever I have to communicate with a native English speaker, I feel anxious because I focus on how I’m supposed to perform. Now, you gave me something to think about!
Omg huge thanks to you, I'm currently learning to speak English and I have the same problem I'm too focusing on my grammar and afraid that I will make a mistake. Then ended up not saying anything...
this is the fourth time i listened to your talk. How interesting it is. i love it
And you help me a a lot with my English . In the past i was too shy to talk in English but now I feel more confident ( i still make mistakes :< ) THANK YOU A LOT 33333
Love from Viet Nam
I love this ted talk video im frm india and i have been trying to get fluent in english but the fear of judgement holds me back i always get conscious about what mistake and grammatical errors im making while speaking or do i structuring the sentences in the right way coz i think im getting judged by my english vocab and all those grammatical stuff but what i need to focus on was told in this video and i think if anyone who can read and write in english can definitely be able to speak in it else they weren't been able to write or read as well so thank you for your outstanding and practical speech its sort of raised my confidence level up im extremely flattered that i found out this ted video
Hii maam,
I need to improve my grammar. I am unable to express, wht I meant to. Please give some ideas.
Most people aren't even perfect in their native language but for some reason, we think we should be perfect in another one.
yeah! sometimes I don't know a word in my first language (Portuguese) but I know it in English and I feel happy because I know it in the other language, but when it happens the opposite I feel frustrated.
yeah, that's true. i am fluent in english which is suppose to be my second language but idk much in my native language (urdu/hindi) and yet i wanna learn japanese (any fellow weebs/otaku here?). wow! i think i filled my plate with more than i can eat!
@@imaaniswki1288 Bro same, fluent in English, fairly bad in my own language (I can comprehend a lot but not speak much), and I'm learning Japanese.
What the fvk is that profile picture 🤮
@@peter1135 lol it's an eye. it's just having some issues that it needs to work out
Iam a non-native English speaker and I am in English learning process. And this is my first video of TED helps me relize that t can fully understand without subtitle ♥️. Thanks a lot.
me also cant understand without subttiles😅
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending"
Hii dear
👌❤️
Welcome india
That was deep❤️🇧🇷🇺🇸
Perfect!
" English is not an art to be mastered ,it's just a tool to use to get results "
Thank you so much for this quote !
I hope that you will participate in my motivational channel in English. There is a great translator in Arabic. May God reward you.
English is not an art to be mastered ,it 's just a tool to use toget results
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Language is for using, not for being perfect. Mistakes make perfect. Keep trying.
yep. i think so too
Exactly
👏
Mistake cannot make men perfect .the correction of mistake make men perfect
You're 100% correct. Keep making mistakes, keep learning, keep growing. ❤
English is not an art to be mastered, it’s a tool to be used . Well said 👏🏻
I’d say it’s both 🥰 Love from Spain 💕🌷
Can you help in learning English
@@anamat5025 Only if your goal is perfection. Otherwise, perfection is not necessary to be understood.
This is not about languages; this is about life attitude.
Yeah, this is not just about a language, it is about the key to SUCCESS, i.e. to be focused in what we want.
i agree, sometimes we lose the main goal, and get punched by side effects, so we need to remind this video and focus on main goal! it's really important life attitude!
awesome .. "here's the one thing you can do , when you speak, don't focus on yourself , focus on the other person and the result you want to archive"
*achieve
Achieve*
👍awesome
It is curious that these answers reflects what was said in the vídeo. He hit the target as Faizal!
Awesome 🤣🤣🤣
"Don't focus on yourself, focus on the results you want to achieve". It's a really good advice
Hi
Yes it's right
Focus on yourself, not your results
If you alive then your results are alive
yeah it is so good advice for who wants to improve their english
that's a pretty common advice for people who have social anxiety actually. it turns out that learning style in schools is merely damaging your mental health
From that video i can get conclusion, if someone want to speak English language fluently don’t be afraid to show you language skill and stop worrying about how you sound. It’s okay to make a mistake, it’s makes you better when you learn it
She is really right. Many people focus on their pronunciation and grammar. They don't focus on the listeners.
Languages are to communicate not need to be flawless.
if only someone had told me that when I was in college studying Italian. I overthought everything and was too much in my head
But if your pronunciation is wrong , how can you make sense to the listener ? I agree that the accents and grammar is not a big deal in English or any other languages but the correct pronunciation does matter. ( Just my personal opinion )
You're godamm right!
@@oliviawilson485 yes, you are right. Your pronunciation should be correct but you don't need to be have a perfect accent. Because language are just for communicate with each other. If you have a your country's accent but your accent can communicate with people, it's ok. Right?
what for those who are preparing for Ielts or any English Language test??? 😕😔
"When speaking, don't focus on yourself, focus on another person" -> Thanks for your advice :)
How long have you been learning English?
@@truongtruong817 maybe 10 or 15 years :))
@@BreakNAV why do you think that?
@@BreakNAV ??
@@BreakNAV how did you improve your English skills?
She is absolutely right. Fear of being judged don't let people speak their hearts out.
Hi,my names aydin , I am from Iran, I am also learning the language, can I communicate with you? Please enter your email
Don't focus on yourself, focus on the person you're having a conversation with. It's not about you, it's about them and the message you want to come across.
1. "Don't focus on yourself, focus on result that's you want to achieve."
2."English not art to be masterd, English just a tool to use to get result."
These are best advice for me to changing my English learning life.
Thanks.
I should have this thought about my Japanese, once I have the opportunity to go to Japan my hopes are that I'll be in company with people who only want to communicate in Japanese. Many people in Japan like to take the chance of speaking English with foreigners.
I agree with you 👌
Thanks for the notes, very helpful
Could you please help me to learn
And your result depends on your mastery of the language. Don't kid yourself.
Its important fact: When you speak, don't focus on yourself, focus on the other person and result from you want to achieve.
I agree with you! I recommend to learn English with us.
Right, and this is true not only in connection to speaking a foreign language, but in any given context; when communicating, focus on the other person, and on the desired outcome. Not on yourself.
I learned English by myself because I liked it,I didn't care about grammar or being perfect I just talked and talked until I learned it...I'm learning Korean now 😄 trust yourself I'm sure you can do it
Where are you from
반갑습니다.
This is exactly how I'm learning Korean now!
Korean? That's really cool, now you can explain to the korean guy that the cheese is inside the hot dog
Just kidding😅
From Myanmar?
Who watched this video in 2024?
me😂😂😂😂😂
Me😅 trying to learn german 💔
Me
Me!
As you can see I
I am thirty years old. From vietnam. I have been learning english for a long time. i started learning english when i am in high school. But my english was not improved very much. I have ever thought about giving up learning english. Until two years ago, i found the greatest method to learn english. My english is improving every single day. That method is to watch videos and films in english as much as possible. Today i still do not believe that i can say and listen english . that is a miracle for me.
You are doing well! That is a good idea. But can you find someone to speak with also?
cool man! I agree that this is a very good method. im trying to learn english too
cool. I found the method that works for me. and it's playing a game. kind of strategic game that creates stress for me to speak and write during the war. deal with people, make an agreement, etc
We are the same. I have been learning English since I was in elementary school and now I am taking English as my major in college, but I still afraid of being judge by people. I am overthinking, and afraid of my grammar, my spelling, and my pronunciation too much, so it makes me lack of practice. Since I am in holiday I try to spend my time watching video in English like talk show of Jimmy Fallon, and force my self to drop a comment in English.
@@dama5682 could you provide me with more information with this game please ..I need it 😥
"English today is not an art to be mastered. It's just a tool to use to get a result."
Thank you for your sharing. It's really helpful for me
ng việt hem😁😁
I can't understand anything!
We are being mastered to get the results but mastering is also a tool.
ok
This can be applied to almost anything you want to learn. Don't be afraid of mistakes and have fun learning.
Arvid Always!
Arvid Does it apply to seduce girls too?
Not exactly, especially when you're driving a car or you're a surgeon who is carrying out operation.
Yes, I just get the same idea of IT coding learning.
I want to improve my speaking. So, looking for someone with I can speak.
This is the natural way we need to learn English in the academy. It's hard for a student don't get bored when a teacher's speech is about grammar or theoric. So, I've been grateful to you and this channel.
As a Malaysian, she express the accurate situation in Malaysia while speaking English, we just scare our grammar is wrong, our accent is weird, and afraid of speaking English. Now I know that I should focus on the results and effectiveness of English communication, Thanks Marianna!
Sorry to say but Malaysian need to work on pronunciation too. I faced a lot of understanding problems while speaking to most of the Malaysian.
Same in Brazil. Her quote was like a slap in the face of brazilian educative-system
@@Adnan25048 Me, I having difficulties to understand slang from Bangladesh, India and Arab country. Im a customer service and I have to deal with customer from here
Well, your writing is very good! I hope I can learn to write another language as well as you can.
@@Adnan25048 most of Desi speakers Pronounciate so poorly. Especially those who studied from regional language medium schools.
I am Chinese, the same as most of other chinese students. We have learn English for more than 10 years. But we still can't speak or write Englisn. Because we are afaid of mistakes.
Now because of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, I can't go back to work. I have stay in hometown for 30 days. so I decided to catch this opportunity to improve my English reading and writing skills.
Inspired by the Japanese friend, So I try to write down this words in English
come on you can do it🦾
@@kimgiangthuyvo9334 thank you !
And speaking skills?
what if you create a wpp group with people that wants to improve their english and don't know people to practice with? i need something like this.
Hi I'm Chinese too. I'm from Malaysia. I wish you all the best in the English learning and China 加油！
@@nicolasduqueosorio7570 Good idea！but I don‘t know what is meaning of "wpp group"~~
Schools taught us alphabets
TED is teaching us facts
THE GLORY so true
Tactics, skills, strategies, too
No the schools taught us how to get good marks 😅😉
THE GLORY well said mahn
Ohhh yeah they are !
"Language is not an art to be master,it's a tool to use to get result, that tool belongs to you."..we studied in linguistic that language is a means or tool of communication we express our emotions, feelings, and thoughts through it.
English today is not an art to be mastered it's just a tool to use to get a result and that tool belongs to you. Love this. Well done!
it's true for speaking not for writing.
JAMES KRAMER Exactly! I totally agree with you about writing.
Debora Nestal right
Debora Nestal agreed
Во и я так же окружающим говорю, когда они начинают придираться к мелким грамматическим ошибкам и прочим неверно употребленным формам, будто они real native speakers. =)))
That's a fact. When I talk to someone without doing something else at the same time, i get nervous, I'm afraid of making mistakes. But whenever i talk to someone while i play, i don't care about my mistakes, i don't care, i just talk and i can see I'm much better at talking when I'm playing than normally.
Same
I studied the English language for 12 years during my whole childhood education and still I wasn't able to communicate, let alone write a single coherent sentence. It all changed when I made a friend from the UK and she kind of made me comfortable with speaking English. Before I realized it, I graduated college (Bachelor's Degree) and when I gave my interviews for Software Developer jobs (they are usually held in English), I was speaking more fluently and comfortably than my interviewer which was so surprising for me because even now, I don't know a single grammar rule and yet I can clearly process my thoughts in English. It has become more of an intuitive thing rather than something that I need to study for or something. After realizing all of this, I have decided to start learning Italian and I am going to replicate this whole process again so wish me luck xD
PS: I have started providing English content writing services and it's been awesome since then. My clients are usually from English speaking countries and they are happy with what I provide. I never thought I would get so far in English so if you feel stuck, always remember you can do it
Wish you get it
Good luck
so perfect, i wanna speak english fluently like you
I studied Spanish my whole education (11 years, 1 year I was required to learn French). It wasn’t until after graduating with my bachelor’s degree when I started speaking with patients who spoke Spanish when I actually got to exercise speaking it with people. And speaking slang because in school you only learn what is taught in the textbook! I’m going to keep trying to get better at speaking it because it feels like a whole new world now. Though I’ve been impressed that I still know all the words I learned growing up!
So hearing that you were able to learn English makes me hopeful I can learn Spanish!
I watched it like 3 years ago... and now, I am learning Japanese, I can say... this video is not about language, it's about confidence.
She's exactly right
Communicate with confidence,dont be afraid of being judged
agree, and the way to get that is to try and try and do not be sad of failure
Hi bro
Easy to say "Don't be afraid"..🤣🤣 There is only one Thing to master, how even to lose this fearnes (?)
10:07
"This language belongs to you. It's not an art to master, it's just a tool for you to get the result." Amazinggg!! This idea actually changes my mindset in my journey to learn languages.
I'm from Indonesia. I learn english since i was in elementary school. I can remember a lot of words, but can't speak well. The teaching method in my school or course don't teach us how to confident to speak and write in english, they teach us how to remember a hundred words in a week and what's the grammars. Till i'm in the last year of high school, i found a course that really teach me how to speak confidently
I also learn how to write and speak in english by give comment and watch/ listen something from internet 😂
Sadly, my friends affraid to try. I always ask my friend to practice speak english with me when they told me they wanna improve their english but, we never do it because they too afraid that me or somebody else will judge them. I think this situation not only happen in my circle, I hope people can't stop to feel judged or judging someone who try to learn other leangue. My grandma ever said, you only practice how to speak, it can't kill you, why you being afraid 😂
Thanks for your comment. I am from Russia and your speech inspires me to practice my English with my friends without fear
Al salam alaykum.
hi im from the same country like you, may i know what course that you took?
@@YassuYasen Alaykum Salam
Which app did you use
"English is not a art to master but a tool to use to get result "...👏real and true meaning of English is clearly explained..quite impressive speech ..
I'm Brazilian and I live in the United States, after this video, I will never be afraid to speak english, she's right what is most important is to be understood, the result of what you want to achieve.
Thank you for this great video!
Seu inglês era +- do básico?
Pq tô pensando em ir para a Austrália passar 1 mês estudando , but tenho medo de não me dar bem.
*Eu tenho uma noção do inglês* mas n muita...
Isabel Lima My English was intermediate, I was able to speak a little.
But don’t be afraid just go! Good luck!
Good.. i agree !
@@isabellima3495 se joga! Tendo alguma noção sua adaptação vai ser muito boa, estudando 1 mês imersa no idioma vai te ajudar muito a absorver mais o inglês. Quando estiver nas ruas da Austrália presta bem atenção no povo nas ruas falando, você vai aprender algumas expressões típicas de lá. Vê como a pessoa da sua frente na fila pede comida quando for num restaurante, como o atendente responde, essas coisas. Boa sorte
My friend is Brazilian too and we communicate in English our levels are not that good but we still understand each other (the language is a tool for communication )
She’s describing Jackson from GOT7...people say it doesn’t matter that he makes mistakes when he’s speaking Korean because his attitude is just “whatever” and he’s not afraid of speaking. He also has no problem getting his point across. I admire that so much and its a goal for me😂
And ..me: want to know the first word he learn
💚😆
Omg ahgase💚🥺 same here with me!! I wanna follow his steps, don't be afraid of making mistakes and try not to take it too seriously when it happens, makes the experience more enjoyable 💚
Yesss
He keeps saying I'm not fluent at any of the languages i know, i just know as much as i need to make people understand what I'm talking about
And that's what it's all about
Hi,my names aydin , I am from Iran, I am also learning the language, can I communicate with you? Please enter your email
@@aydin8078 hello i noticed that you are in a lot of replies, are you needing help with english or something? آیا شما نیاز به کمک با زبان انگلیسی؟
I'm Russian
I understood her speech 😅she is so right
she is amazing and funny person !
Hey
Im Mongolian and we are working relly great to be good english speaker. keep going guys
Yup but try to connect phrases more
Like hi I'm from mother Russia ,her speech was so amazing, so inspirating
I enjoyed it, keep going
Putin with u, Russians are with u
😂😂
I learn Russian. That is a hard one to learn! But the principles still apply. I visited Moscow speaking maybe 10 phrases and had lots of fun communicating in Russian. It also gets easier the more languages you speak
Me too & im from azerbaijan but here is the problem :) i can't write and speak good enaough in english :p
I'm a Malaysian English-learner, this video is really helpful for me to improve my confident ! Every time I speak English to my friends, I always like"Is my expressions well? Did I have any grammar mistakes?"I just cannot control myself to not be thinking negatively.But after watching this video ,I will definitely change myself to be a more confident . Terima kasih!
I watched from Japan.
I hated English because learned academic English.
I will learn conversation English from now.
Thank you grate video!
Same thing with French
Wait do you wanna learn English !?
I want to learn Japanese, and I am an English speaker
Maybe we could share our language knowledge, what do you think?
I wanna learn Japanese ❤️ m from Nepal 🇳🇵 love Japan and Japanese people! Cam u help me?
I love this talk. I agree, learning English should be fun. It’s okay if it’s not perfect. I love English and I learn it not for the perfection, but for the human interaction.
Wow, I am a french english-learner and this goes right into my heart. I always focused on my grammar and syntaxe etc... And I've never thought this way... The language is not only an art to be mastered but a tool to play and have fun with. True inspiration !
Hello, how's your English now?
I'm trying to learn french, I could teach you a bit of English or speak with you and then you can teach me french if it's OK.
@@nadiah868 hello , i'm a french speaker and would like to learn english , if you're interested ..
"English is not an art to be mastered; it's just a tool to use to get a result." Perfect, Wonderfull! I can see your point.
"English is not an art to be mastered; it's just a tool to use to get a result."
schools: I will ignore that
🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
As an English professor teaching ESL at the high school level for the first time, well, you just blew my mind with this. You NAILED it!!! I cannot WAIT to share this with my students, and to figure out ways that we, together, can speak English/Spanish like we are playing a video game...Fearlessly and focused on the recipient, not ourselves. My students are practicing English and I'm practicing Spanish and this video, your ideas, are a game-changer. THANK YOU Marianna Pascal!!
You might find very useful Italiano Automatico, by Alberto Arrighini. He also mentions quite frequently Stephen Krashen's theories about learning languages naturally, not by getting bored to death with grammar.
@@rodrigomontero8258 Well, grammar is natural and important...Maybe you mean about the standardized tests that we have to take
@@rodrigomontero8258 , best natural system is Berlitz.
Hello
I speak 5 native Indian languages. Whilst in the learning process, a lot of people laughed, mocked, even ridiculed me for not using the grammar, the tune, expressions, so on and so forth. But in time within a few years, i was able to interpret, translate and even make business deals with people. And when these once critics saw me doing all well, they're speechless and hiding in pure jealousy. What I'm trying to say is that learning a language is all about mistakes and confidence. And yes, Ma'am just pointed out the importance of focusing on that person whom we're talking to. That added, you'll fare in learning a new language. People will judge you and that's okay. All the best. Thank you for your time reading this.
Where are you from am from india
Which of them? What are the languages? You speak Naga, Kashmiri, etc?
I have learned English for 11 years, but now i cannot communicate with ppl fluently. At my school, i were taught only grammar and vocabulary, so my listening and speaking skills were so weak. As I become a freshman at a university specializing in languages, i think that i have to try my best and i'll practice English more. Thanks for your motivating speech. I love this so much!
Focus on the person you're speaking to. Focus on clarity. Don't worry too much about the mistakes you've made or you'll make. Treat English like a tool. As long as you can use the tool right, don't worry about mastering it.
Exactly
This is called the Growth Mindset, the focus is on progress rather than perfection 😁 Thanks for sharing!
One more tip I would like to give off. Don't try to sound like a native speaker if you know that you cannot because if you try so hard, maybe you'll end up making no sense at all. I am not a native speaker and I notice this a lot from me myself. Whenever I communicate with my friends who are natives or whenever I struggle to write an essay or a report, I always want to sound as native as possible. I may want to use a lot of slangs, expressions, idioms, everything that could make me sound like a native speaker. However, after I've finished my talking/text and I reflect/look back at it, I realize that I don't even understand the information that I have given off and I end up re-explaining the idea in simpler language. "Cố quá thành quá cố", an expression in Vietnamese, my mother tongue :), that explains these situations.
However, this doesn't mean that you could slack off and not try to improve your English, especially if you're surrounded by an English-native-speaking community like the one I'm in now (and I'm still struggling with my daily conversation in English).
So, try your best, try your hardest, but not to hard or you'll end up making no sense.
You certainly write the language really well. No-one would know from your writing that you're not a native speaker.
That's right! I am strong agree with you! So it's waste time when try to speak like native English!
Victor Nguyen thank you!
Cố quá thành quá cố. Hihi
I must agree you’re writing is pretty good for not being a native English speaker
I am from Vietnam. I have listened this speech many many and many times. It is really encouraged me a lot. Thank for giving me motivation to be more confident when speaking a language is not my mother language.
Can you help me in learning your language
@@tapankumarnayak5931 oh. It s ok. Are you in VN?
@@annieannie3467I am from India
@@annieannie3467 what's your native language
@@tapankumarnayak5931 I am from Vietnam. So, of course, my mother language is Vietnamese. Why do you want to learn Vietnamese?
I got the point, When u speaking English "don't focus on yourself but focus on listener"
*Noted*
The higher your level in any language the higher your concern and need to speak it flawless. When you know your level is low you know the other person is not expecting much from you...
This is true and I agree with you.
You’re so wrong. Just keep that attitude and you will feel how harsh life is.
What an encouraging speech. I've been learning Mandarin from about 5 months and was inhibited to speak it with native speakers. Immediately after listening to this talk, I called up two native speakers from China via WeChat and I spoke with them the first time in Mandarin. I did a pretty good job. :)
it's been a year, so how about your mandarin?
Could you help me to learn english ?
I’m in the same position with Japanese. I just arranged my first language exchange for next week because I know the language won’t stick in my head unless I practice!
Saya adalah seorang mahasiswa di Universitas swasta, FKIP Bahasa Inggris. Saat ini berada di akhir semester 2. Sementara UAS. Setelah nonton video ini saya merasa sangat beruntung. Ketika diingat kembali proses-proses, pengalaman-pengalaman yang saya lalui dalam belajar Bahasa Inggris selama SMA hingga di bangku perkuliahan ini saya terlalu fokus kepada diri saya ketika berbicara. Dimana, ketika saya mencoba berbicara Bahasa Inggris atau memberikan tanggapan dalam Bahasa Inggris, saya akan sangat fokus agar saya tidak salah, dan fokus mengingat setiap grammar. Saya tidak memikirkan orang yang mendengar, dosen, guru, atau lawan bicara. Alhasil, kadang mereka tiidak mengerti apa yang saya katakan walaupun saya berusaha semaksimal mungkin menjelaskan yang saya maksud. Berusaha panjang kali lebar menjelaskan tapi orang yang mendengar tidak mendapat point penting dari hasil pembicaraan saya. Sangat sedih dan memalukan jika diingat kembali. Tapi saya sangat beruntung bisa menonton video ini. Dengan adanya video ini, saya punya pemahaman tentang belajar bahasa baru lebih terbuka.
Dari beberapa poin di atas, itu sangat bermanfaat untuk saya. Dimana dari beberapa kutipan diatas, "Bahasa adalah milik anda, ini bukan seni untuk dikuasai, itu hanya alat badi anda untuk mendapatkan hasilnya."
Terima kasih sudah berbagi😊
I can TOTALLY feel this! So glad that this was not only me, and lots of ppl were struggling with similar feelings when speaking English.
YES, we were taught to make less mistakes as possible, and it was not about 'communicating' even with simple words, but about creating 'perfectly structured' sentences when we didn't even have chances to actually speak with our mouths, or write with our hands.
Schools just taught us to check the right boxes out of 5 choices, where one of them had teeny tiny grammar mistakes that even native speakers would sometimes make.. and head on to the next question.. This is ridiculous. INEFFECTIVE.
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Whenever you speak English, don't focus on yourself. Focus on the other person and result that you want to achieve!! The best advice for English learner to obtain confidence! thanks a lot :D
I completely agree with this!!
i was learn english about 10 years but until right now. I don't know how to start speak english. I always dread to start and waiting to be a master. But, today I realize I was wrong. English is tool to communicate and focus on other people to get result. I think my english so bad, but in this time I don't want to apologize because I just want to talk with you. Thank you Marianna, this video is very good.
"English is not an art to be mastered; it's just a tool to use to get a result." Perfectly explained. Students are judged by correctness than on clarity
Before watching this video, I thought that grammar is very important in English, but I learned that you don't have to worry about only grammar when speaking.
This gave me lots of confidence. Language is not about perfection, it's about communication and there's no such a thing as right language or wrong, it's all about acceptable or unacceptable.
Thank you for letting me realize the important things :)
I'm Japanese, and I'm abroad in Australia now to study English！
I'm still learning English every day.
Recently, I lost my confidence because I sometimes can't understand what the people are saying clearly. Also, I embarrassed when I couldn't say what I'm thing in proper English :( Then, I thought my English level is very very terrible.
However, I realized that English is just a tool to communicate, when I watched the video. I realized how nice to communicate in English with foreigners who live in all over the world ！
In the future, I have to totally focus on the person who I'm talking to.
Just believe in myself:) Just speak！Have a go！
The improvement is inevitable as long as you keep trying
Like the river that flows everyday after years it makes the rocks smooth and round
The mistakes will slowly disappear
All you have to do is keep using English everyday
I was just started to learn 日本語 to study abroad in 日本！
great wrok!
Im korean, Im also language learner like you.
I think I`ve got a problem sth like you these days.
Sometimes It can discourage me but all we have to do is just keep trying everyday.
We can do it!
Please don`t give up !
@@tpsam Your saying gives me a lot of energy thank you!
I will keep that in mind!
The best quote in this video is" English isn't an art to be master it's a tool to use to get result.
This is so inspiring, most of Taiwanese students do very good on English writing, listening and reading but they totally ignore the speaking. The main result is we are afraid of making mistakes, it's time to change.
As someone from the US, this is true! Every immigrant and international student I know who puts aside shame and speaks up manages to communicate effectively. Those who befriend natives wind up learning "correct" speech naturally anyhow. This TED talk also applies to my own studies in Spanish and French... I have force myself to speak when I have the chance or I'll lose both the chance and the ability!
In America you really have to keep yourself focused when learning a language; there isn't as much of a "need" to learn a different language because English is so widespread. You really have to force yourself out of your comfort zone and connect with why you love the language you're learning to stay committed and make progress.
definitely incorporating this into my language learning. speak with no fear, make mistakes, learn from them, read to increase your vocabulary.
No one will judge your English is good or not when you speaking. English is just a tool for communication. Don't be afraid to express.
Unfortunately, the IELTS examiners dont feel that way
True
Ielts is use for a original english speaker like Britain, the lady in this video want everyone know how important to use English in proper way and flexible way. Not just using english like the way you study at school. It’s important “how much you know English”, it’s more important “how much you know others English “.
Same
Exactly
Cindy. ...
are you from Hanoi !
I am a language teacher and trainer and I recently did a masterclass related to international English. I was surprised at how positive the response was. How much of a 'lightbulb moment' it was for language learners. Your talk is along the same lines, so well done for getting it on to TED so that many other people can learn from it!
Please, start online classes on UA-cam 🙏🙏
Hi. Would you like to teach English online to those who are not privileged
*I do speak 5 languages.*
And I couldn't help myself from relating to this video on everything she said...
While learning all of the languages that I do speak today, I had the same fear she's talking about every single time, but eventually I overcame it.
What I did in order to do so was to find my self a friend that was native on that certain language that I was aiming to learn (I found myself using this tactic more than ever especially with English) and just talk to them about anything that came to my mind at the time.
In the beginning like any other beginning it was always difficult, but I knew that they wouldn't judge me for trying, so I kept going, until eventually I gained the sufficient confidence and courage to the point that I didn't even cared anymore if I committed any mistakes or not.
And from that point on, there is only one way to go, and that's improvement!
Turns out I already had the vocabulary and the knowledge but I was lacking the confidence.
I made a major improvement in these last few months and the video on my channel is a prove of that, in case any of whom might read this comment want to check how bad my English used to be and compare it to this comment which took me like 3 minutes to write.
Love this comment! Thank you!
2024 and I'm from Panama and I want to say that this is the best video I ever watched about the way to learn English I learned the language back in 2022 in Boston Massachusetts I had 6 months to learn and come back to my country and I'll say the key to keeping pushing yourself is never stop to practice even if you don't have someone to talk 💯🌟
Language is just a means of communication. It is all about expressing yourself no matter how
"English is not an art to be mastered, it's just a tool to use to get a result like a computer game." It impressed me a lot. To consider English just to be a tool, I think that I need to use English as a tool of the thing that makes me pleased, such as listening to music, watching videos, and studying science.
Excellent speech. A big clap to her. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 She talks about what happens in a real world. She is a natural speaker. I could understand her perfectly.
Debora Nestal
Debora Nestal very simple👌🕺
Yes me to about that.
Make some noise for her guys.. yeah, nice speech
Thank you love. Glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing stage presence and oratory skills…truly shows that she practices what she preaches. She is not afraid to make mistakes when communicating with others (in fact, I didn’t notice a single stutter or mistake in her speaking!), and in turn, her public speaking is immaculate.
Amazing presentation❤
This speech is going to change the way I teach my students. Thank you so much!
Marta Czajka NJ..
When you speak, dont focus on yourself, forcus on the other person and the result you want to achieve
I can totally relate to what you say! You just blew my mind! ‘English is not an art to be mastered, it’s just a tool to get a result’, this is so powerful. I need the confidence like Faizal has, and I’ll try to do my best working on it. Thank you for sharing!
"your brain ok or not?"
very inspirational quote :)
I watched this after taking an online Spanish lesson where I felt all three of those symptoms of the brain shutting down. If there had been a panic button, I would have been ready to push it. I needed to hear all of this, even at 41 years old as a seasoned teacher. I teach English as a second language and I want my students to make mistakes so that they have the ability to answer and get practice in speaking. It's hard to be as gracious with yourself.
Hi,my names aydin , I am from Iran, I am also learning the language, can I communicate with you? Please enter your email
English is not to be mastered, its tool to get result, that tool belongs to you... wow, what a motivation 👏
I agree with all the things that make it impossible to have effective communication, it is important to first listen to be able to respond even if it is in a simple but concrete way.
Yeah, the most important when you're trying to learn a new language is not only the knowledge but also the attitude. So, don't be afraid about having mistakes. Never give up trying 😊!!! Excelent comment Yes.
What an amazing speech. I was so confused my whole life about why I can’t speak. Now I see.
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are you Kyrgyz
her voice is very attractive and makes me feel more confident. I impressed the most sentence: "language is not an art to be mastered. it's just a tool to use to get a result".
I'm a TED university student in Turkey and I feel under pressure in school because of my teachers. They judge us a lot so I am afraid of to speak english but after this video, I'll try to speak more English. Thank you 💙
Rose I'm prashant from India I'm English lecturer, don't afraid English, its speak like our mothertoung,my what's up 7020098877 ,I will help u fraind
Hello. I'm from India.. I want become fluent in english.. I can't speak good English.. How can i improve
I am an English teacher and i hate that kind of teacher.
Go ahead no matter what. Nobody is perfect and you'll learn English making mistakes.
Bende ankaradayim malezyaliyim ingilizce praktik yapariz😊
I didn't know TED had a university
I'm Brazilian and here in Brazil we have much fear to comment mistakes in English learning. This video helps me to keep focused in my studies... Thanks a lot!
I´m Brazilian too, and I´m training my listening here! "kkkkk" Don´t go fear on our way!
Me too, i'm afraid, but it's fine.
Focused on* ;)
I’m Polish and I have learnt English since I remember. Now I’m going to start new job where I have to comunicate in English. That’s scare me. Why? I was judging my whole life. By teachers, by schoolmates etc. This movie motivates me so far. I hope that I will be more „relaxed” in English speaking. :)
Just a helpful correction: this is not a movie, this is a 'video'. Rest you are doing well! I hope I haven't offended you. All the best in learning. I am trying to learn French and learning another language is tough. Cheers and stay healthy. :D
Tamanna Chandel thank you 🙂
I need partner for spoken english
English isn’t an art to be mastered, it’s a tool to use to get the result. 👌👌☺️👍👍beautiful
I have seen this presentation at least 50 times and still find it so valuable and downright fascinating. There is so much truth in it. Marianna is a brave and smart person! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and ideas with us!
Some years ago, I went to an end-of-term party at my daughter's school, and recognized an ex-student of mine among the parents. Being a little shy, I first waited to make sure she'd seen me. When I realized she remembered me, I said 'hi'. Then, she said my name and the word 'toolbox'. That's because she remembered that, when I taught both her and her sister, I usually said English was a tool they'd add to their toolbox, the box they'd use to find a way to happiness in life. Thanks for sharing your Talk.
Hey excuse me...Tell me why do uou honestly learn languages? What motivates you to learn Persian or Korean everyday? Are you going there someday?
Don't forget your purpose. Correctness is just a means, not an end. Sometimes it's the wrong solution entirely.
truth bro
that right
It's so like it in Brazil!
When I saw this video I set a goal in my life: "Even though my English isn't that good, I hope one day I'll make some videos to help Brazilians with this amazing knowledge." After almost 3 years I came back to watch this video and to let you know that I've started my channel less than a week ago!
We study English in Brazil for about 7 years before university, basically just the "verb to be" , and we enter in the University not knowing even that. Some people study in private schools up to ten years and still can't have a natural conversation in English. Only 3% of the entire population can speak English. I wanna make some "Faizals" here and hopefully one day this numbers are going to be different. Thank you so much for this exceptional inspiration Marianna Pascal :)
Hopefully we will be waiting. Good luck!
That's so strange
I had no idea that Brazil or portuguese speakers struggle so much with learning English
Putting emphasis on how both culture love football should already help a lot
Don't focus on yourself ,focus on your results that's you want to achieve.
What a beautiful line that's brought me near to my dream.
Some thoughts are always help to keep us on track to our dream.
Striving for perfection but not worrying too much about your mistakes and trying to communicate is not necessarily mutually exclusive. The better your language skills the better you can communicate.
This kind of advice is given within the context of Malaysia (and just Asia in general) where most students are unbalanced in their mindset (too much striving for perfection but not enough “not caring” about mistakes and working on communication).
El Rilla Nice comment, most of the people in the comment section seem to be native speakers using this as validation for why they shouldn't bother using proper grammar.
Attitude over Articulation
Same with everything in life:
You need good Attitude before good Application
I really love the message of this talk. That being said, I think it's also worth mentioning that there's a segment of the population for whom doing anything they're bad at is very very hard. To use the video game analogy: if they had been playing this game for a while and they keep being bad at it, they will stop because they don't have the capacity or the tools to deal with failure. If your self-worth is *wrongly* tied with what you produce, you will feel terrible being bad at a video game or speaking a language. Unless this is addressed or, at least, acknowledged, no amount of uplifting ted talks will make someone change their attitude towards long-term progress vs. chasing the instant gratification of doing something right this one time.
Good point!
I'm very high level in English and I'm always confident speaking to native English speakers. Actually, I LOVE it.
Hi Jessica,I'm Omurgul,help me please to learn English,if you have free time
@@КорольАлинур you'll have better luck using an app such as "duolingo" or something similar then asking someone on youtube
I've been watching English videos on UA-cam about how to improve my English because I really thought I needed to be a master speaker, so with this video my thinking changed absolutely. Thanks so much
I'm a medical student in Viet Nam. I've studied English since I was 9. But day in and day out, my English level isn't improves. It stuck at a very low level. I'm so shy, extreme fear, and sold on.
When I take part in some social activities at my university, I realize that I would improve my English, and I believe I can do it. I try to a lot of methods to do that. And when I watch this video, I really understand what she said, It gives me a lot of movitations, a lot of confidence. I practice every day, listening, speaking, writing, all over the day, all the time. it become my hobbies, it become to a part of me life. I've never been better. Thank you very much
Nice bro, keep going!
Good luck
Mistakes make perfect! :) You should keep trying.
you have been doing a great job