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  • Have you been studying a language, but do you feel as if you're not making any progress?

  • In today's video I will go over four possible explanations for this

  • and I will try to solve your problem.

  • So, let's go!

  • The first problem may be that you're studying in the wrong way.

  • What does that mean?

  • Most of us don't learn in the same way.

  • In fact, most of us learn best in our individual learning styles.

  • So, a good place to start would be to find out what your style of learning is.

  • We all have our individual learning styles.

  • However, in general we can distinguish these forms of learner types:

  • The first one is thevisual learner”.

  • The visual learner prefers images or pictures when he or she is learning something.

  • The second one is theaural learner”.

  • If you're like this, you will find it helpful to listen to things or maybe hear music while you are learning.

  • The third learner type is theverbalone.

  • If you're a verbal type of learner that means that you benefit from hearing speech,

  • talking yourself, but also writing a lot of words.

  • The next learner type is thephysical learnertype.

  • If you are like this, you like to use your body and you like to touch stuff or you like

  • to use your hands.

  • The next learner type is thelogical learner”.

  • If you're like this you like systematic things

  • or you like to have rules or you like to benefit from logic.

  • So, systems like grammar explanations and so on would work for you.

  • The next one is thesocial learner”.

  • If you're a social learner you benefit from learning in groups

  • or learning together with other people and doing group work.

  • And the last type of learner is thesolitary learner”.

  • If you're like this you prefer to be on your own and you prefer self-study.

  • So, a good place to start is to know which learner type you are.

  • For example, if you are not an aural learner

  • you can listen to as many speed learning CDs as you want to;

  • You're probably not going to improve your English.

  • Likewise, if you are a verbal learner, and you've never ever written a word down while learning a language,

  • chances are that you might not really improve that much.

  • That said, a lot of us have combined learning styles.

  • So, maybe you don't fit in just one area.

  • Maybe you are both a verbal learner and an aural learner or something else.

  • Different combinations apply to different people.

  • If you want to find out what way works best for you

  • and you'd like to get personal advice,

  • please send us an e-mail to this e-mail address: english@huitsllc.com

  • All right. Let's go to the second problem. Problem number two.

  • The second possible problem is that you may have reached a “plateau”.

  • Especially people who have been studying a language for a longer time

  • reach this phase in which they feel that they're not making any progress anymore

  • even though they actually do.

  • And, so, if this is you, all you have to do is be patient. Hold on!

  • This phase could linger on for maybe a few months to up to even a year,

  • but you will find out that if you keep on going (if you don't give up),

  • at a certain point you are using words that you would've never been able to have used before.

  • Well, we all get to that point where you feel that you are not progressing, but you are actually.

  • So, keep on going! Don't give up!

  • Number three!

  • A third thing that might be going on is that you are not focusing on the right thing.

  • An example of this would be something that I find going on in a lot of Japanese schools,

  • where they try to teach English while focusing too much on grammar and grammar rules.

  • Although this may be beneficial for the logical learner, for almost any other learner type

  • there is no benefit in focusing on grammar rules so much if you're trying to learn a language.

  • So, for a lot of people it will be more beneficial to study words and focus on the vocabulary first.

  • That said, if you focus on the right type of vocabulary that will help you, but

  • if you focus on the words that you will never ever use,

  • again, there is no point in studying these words and you will not make any progress.

  • Let's look at it in this way

  • If you wanted to go on a diet, because you wanted to lose weight

  • you can study all you

  • want and you can read all these different books about how to diet and how to lose weight,

  • but if you never put in the time and the effort to actually lose weight

  • you will never really lose weight, would you?

  • So, study and focus on the right things that are actually important.

  • And that brings us to number four, which is the last point in this lesson that I would like to discuss.

  • Maybe you are not actually putting in the right amount of time and work.

  • This might not be something that you'd like to hear,

  • but I would like to compare studying any language to doing a sport.

  • We may not all be talented enough to become a professional athlete,

  • but we can all be at a level that we can enjoy a sport and that we can become even good at a sport, I think.

  • However, if you'd never ever put in the time how will you progress?

  • So, think about something that you are good at.

  • What is it that you can really do well?

  • And how did you get to this point?

  • Most likely you didn't get there overnight.

  • And if you are very honest to yourself, you probably spent a lot of time and effort

  • into acquiring the skill or nurturing it to a level that you are at now.

  • So, the thing is that you have to do the same if you want to become fluent at any language.

  • For example, if I wanted to run the marathon of New York

  • and I would say to myself, “OK, I'm going to run the marathon of New York tomorrow,”

  • it's not very likely that I would be actually be able to do it.

  • But if I set a more realistic goal

  • (for example, I would like to participate in the marathon of New York next year around this time)

  • and if I would actually put in the time and the effort to practice for it,

  • it is very likely that I would probably be able to do so.

  • So, how does this relate to languages?

  • Well, if you expect yourself to be fluent at English tomorrow

  • that's probably going to be very tough and you're probably not going to be able to do it.

  • But if you set a goal like "OK, by the end of this year I want to be able to speak 1,500 words

  • and use those words in communication"

  • (which actually also means that you would be pretty fluent already)

  • that is most likely going to happen.

  • Because that way you would only have to study

  • no more than five words a day, right?

  • So, you can definitely do that!

  • And if you keep on studying everyday and if you use your English every day

  • you will get to a point where you could actually be fluent in a year!

  • And that's all for today.

  • If you want more tips on how to study any language, please watch our other videos,

  • because we will put out a series of six episodes in total on this topic

  • and if you want to know how to learn any language within less than six months,

  • please subscribe to our channel,

  • so that you don't miss out on that video, which is coming up too very shortly.

  • All right. That's all for today.

  • See you again next time!

  • Thank you very much.

Have you been studying a language, but do you feel as if you're not making any progress?

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