Start before you're ready

6 Feb 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube excerpt by Hadar Shemesh advising English learners to take risks and use English in real-world settings (notably job interviews and the workplace). The speaker argues that actively working in English and passing interviews can accelerate improvement more effectively than waiting to "perfect" language skills first.

Don't be afraid of taking risks because English improves when you need to use it. When you work in English, that is the thing that is going to help you massively improve. A lot of times people say, I'm going to first improve my English, then I'm going to find a job. A lot of times I tell my students, if you can communicate, if you can pass the interview, have a conversation that you can sustain in a job interview, you can probably do the job and improve yourself on the go.