I’m ashamed of my English 🙈

30 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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Short YouTube video by Hadar Shemesh addressing shame and low confidence among English learners. The speaker identifies common negative beliefs (e.g., “I’ll never be good enough,” “I’m not smart enough,” “It’s better if I stay quiet”) and frames them as untrue, emphasizing that changing these beliefs requires time and appropriate tools to build speaking confidence.

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Ashamed of your English, Lack of confidence, Fear of making mistakes. If you identify with any of these things, listen up. There is nothing wrong with you. Your brain is currently wired to believe certain things about your English that might not necessarily be true. Things like, I'll never be good enough. I'm not smart enough to learn English. It's better if I stay quiet. These are beliefs and they are not true. But it's not as simple as telling yourself, okay, I'm going to stop believing these things. If you want to feel freedom and confidence when you speak, it takes time and the right set of tools to get there.