1 alphabet of advice

Avoid your off-buttons 

Build an English world 

Carry out kaisen 

Do a stock take 

Enlist support

Find your passion

Generate mistakes 

Have fun with English

Individualize your system

Journal your journey

Keep going

Let learning happen 

Minimize grammar 

Notice—don’t ‘study’

Organize a routine 

Practice holistically 

Question your beliefs 

Reward progress 

Select what you like 

Try authentic text 

Understand your psychology

Vary your routine,  

Work with whole sentences

eXpect no quick fiX 

You take control 

Zoom ahead boldly

In 1 sentence

Start a routine, 

make sure you don't stop, 

and then improve what you do over time.

In 3 words

Start

Continue

Improve

 

English Coaching 2

On June 30, we had the second of 6 coaching sessions. Three people out of six managed to come. The session's title was: Take charge/Know yourself.


I wanted to begin with 3 surprising facts:

1. No one can teach you a language - you learn it on your own
2. You already know enough English - you just need to practice it
3. There is only one mistake - which is to avoid making mistakes

We talked about Mistake Phobia (mentioned in the previous post).

I also asked you to answer 2 things, if you have time:

1. What are your off-buttons? That is, which things do you dislike doing when you study English (for example, I dislike classrooms and exercises)
2. What do you think about the 10 following beliefs? Children learn better than adults. Women learn better than men. Quiet people learn more slowly than people who love to talk. Grammar is important. Mistakes should be avoided. The harder you try, the faster you improve. If you go more slowly and carefully, you learn more. Some people have a talent for language. It takes years to learn a language well. It's best to learn English in an English-speaking country.   

By the way, So . . . , is Siddhartha one of the books you have? The audio for the whole book is here on Youtube.
Also,  Jane, I found the audio for Alice in Wonderland too.