Your environment in English

24 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube talk (by Hadar Shemesh) advising non-native English speakers to examine and, if needed, change their social and work environments because the people they practice with and the feedback they receive can significantly affect their confidence and progress. It emphasizes that environments—comments, criticism, or discouragement—can hinder growth but can be changed to create better conditions for success.

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Have you ever considered that maybe the people that you practice English with, or the people who are around you when you practice English, or the people in your work affect how you perceive yourself as a speaker of English as a second language? Whether it's comments that you've been getting or people deterring you from doing the work, or maybe people criticizing you a little too often, maybe this environment is not helping you thrive and you just take it for granted. You're like, this is my life. What am I going to do about it? There's a lot that you can do about it, and changing your environment and creating the best circumstances for you to succeed is critical for your progress.