Только что я прослушал на чистом английском философию любого языка и его предназначение. Спасибо за увлекательные ролики с особо-спокойной манерой подачи. Впервые с общением на иностранном языке столкнулся в школьные годы, когда катался на лыжах. Все эти сложноподчинённые обороты и 20+ времён ни разу не понадобились - общались на Simple English.
@user-ky5dy5hl4d Firstly, because English is the lingua franca and number one among non-native speakers. The number of people communicating in English outcomes the population of natives. And secondly, he is a teacher of English. Why should he speak about Japanese or Chemistry or anything else he is not an expert? ))
When I was being trained as a teacher of Japanese, a senior lecturer of applied linguistics in an Australian university told us "Be a communication teacher, not a language teacher." He always emphasised that it is neither right nor realistic to try to become like "a native speaker".
Thank you for this video! It blowed my mind. I've been studying English for more than 4 years and I don't feel confident speaking with natives. I struggle in listening them a lot, and when I try to speak ordinary stuff that I don't need to think in Portuguese that is my native language. This video made me a little bit emotional, because I wonder how much effort I spent studying and how long I try to improve my communication skills in English, and sometimes I only need to accept and feel that I don't need to speak perfect like a native. Maybe, if I relax a little bit more, I can enhance my communication seamlessly. Thank you again for this video!
I have a Ukrainian mother and her teenage son staying with us (in the UK). I remember when she first arrived, she was excited to improve her English so that she would 'sound English'. I told her she will never sound British, although her son might. She was upset with me, but I tried to explain that as an adult she might not be able to replicate all the British sounds - and in any case are we talking SSE like I speak - or West Country, or Brummie, or Welsh, or Scottish (etc). There is no 'one' English / British dialect or sound. What is more important is the ability to communicate, and to be understood. And in any case, an accent is charming to our ears. What's wrong with the following sentences: 'We was there the other day.' 'She done that well good'. 'I could of been an astronaut'. Someone born in the East side of London / Essex / Kent would see no problem with any of those sentences. We Brits don't always speak 'proper' English. Be proud of who you are, and your ability to converse in English. If anyone in an English-speaking country criticises your English, just remember you're able to speak at least two languages. How many languages do THEY speak? ;-)
I am a native English speaker, and I find your videos so inspiring and meaningful. I feel as though you are talking to me about Spanish and German, the two languages I've been learning. At least, I hope to apply what you are saying to my learning. Thank you so much for doing what you do!
I am a native Spanish speaker and I'm just curious, does that feel of shame also happens in a classroom where people learn Spanish? Or is it another feeling?
@@HelderGriff i dont think so. In the uk years ago a Newsreader was criticized for pronouncing latin names correctly. Make your deductions. Por mi parte, pienso que el español es cierto sentido es visto como un idioma de gente inferior
@HelderGriff I started learning Spanish 36 years ago. I only remember being excited. But, I don't feel I am like most Americans I know. I went on to use it at work, speaking to immigrants who were my coworkers while living in different cities here and gained confidence. Many Americans take it as a subject in high school but then forget it all. I can hold conversations in Spanish because I LOVE Spanish and I love the feeling of speaking to a native and having that connection. Perhaps I am not typical here. I am not even sure if I addressed your question. If not, let me know. I would love to discuss more.
I am a foreign English teacher and I have to give you my compliments. Honestly, it was the best video I've ever seen. Your worlds are wise and thoughtful. When I was younger and I moved abroad, I felt everything you said. I was frustrated, I felt that I was a dump student, embarrassed until I found out that there was nothing wrong with me. I realized that making mistakes is part of our lives. I am 40 years old now, and I am still studying English and helping people not to learn English but to enjoy the process of learning. Learning a second language is not just about speaking but also to understand other cultures. And the funny thing is when I go to London the native speakers always say I speak well, my brother in law call me the Brazilian cockney. Although in Brazil I have difficulty to get a job in some schools because of my accent. I had 2 experience that I wasn't hired because they said they were looking for teachers that speaks american English. Which is sad. Because students should learn a global English and understand all kind of accent.
Thank you so much for this video, I’m Mexican and have never been to an English speaking country but learned the language by myself, I’ve had interactions with English Native Speakers and married one three years ago, and it has been hard to realize the power English has in so many levels, it’s not just a language but a social tool to discriminate, in my city we are very welcoming but more and more the people use English to escalate in society or to look “fancier or better” unfortunately the world has given too much power to accents, to being “native” and even we replicate it when we prefer to have classes with native speakers, it’s good to improve I can confirm but it also leaves us non native English speakers somewhere below, being less paid even tho we are bilingual or multilingual, so videos like yours help to spread the knowledge that English is evolving but needs to be taken with responsibility
Dear Christian, I'm a Latin Man I have been listening to your videos for 2 months, And believe me, they have been useful for Learning English and understanding it, your focus is simple but straightforward Thanks for your time, I appreciate it.
I'm a non native English teacher. I spent years studying and training in the language and every aspect of it. I have an excellent level and yet, I'm not hired abroad because "we only want native speakers from the USA, UK, Australia, South Africa and NZ". And that's the way it is, even if they're smiling at a camera from a very poorly written sign. Thanks for your video 😊
That is so true! I'm sick and tired of being systemically underpaid, scrutinized over every minor detail of my over-a-decade teaching career and, in the end, rejected for a teaching position overseas just because I don't have 'the right passport', while a college dropout who can't build an error-free sentence or teach a lesson with some semblance of methodology gets the standing ovation for doing the bare minimum.
@@hadhramawty Exactly. Some of them just take some crappy course that gives them a piece of paper passing for a teacher's license and they get the bucks. Others, don't even do that. While we, who are specifically trained to teach, get nothing. It's unfair to us and bad for the students, but employers just care about the money and the myths.
@@Mindyourlanguagedear your obnoxious correction is probably wrong because it's likely that it was meant training for professional development as a teacher, the training was done in English but English is not what's being trained.
I love your message! But first you have to convince employers of that. Statistics: candidates with a British accent have better chances. Most employers admit they discriminate on accent. Language can often dictate your social mobility, and when teachers tell students "keep your accent, don't try to imitate natives", even though they have good intentions, they are helping throw their students' job applications in the trash. The academia is also very hypocritical: they repeat everything you've said here... in theory... but in practice, they choose educators with "the best accent". Working at job recruitment, I've heard numerous times from employers: "We can't hire someone with that accent". I think learners have the right to know that: the better you can imitate the language of the elite, the better your chances are - perhaps in most societies, for any language. Teachers must educate against discrimination... but they can't deprive students of tools they can use for social mobility and to avoid being victims of discrimination.
It's like that with any language. In Danish even for some Danish regional accents I've heard other Danish people complain that fellow Danish people with those Danish accents sound "like farmers", "primitive", or just "dumb". If you just want to learn a language for fun, go for it, speak however you can. If you want to be part of a society and not seen as an outsider, you better pretend you're one of them.
@@matt92hun Yes, language is power. Sociolinguistics says that the prestige accent and the dominant language tend to be the accent and the language of the dominant people. It's a way to tell people apart and maintain privileges. If I can convince society that my way of speaking is superior, my group will have advantages over all other groups (we'll have better opportunities and be more respected). In Linguistics, the technical term used for discrimination against regional accents is "linguistic prejudice", and discrimination against foreign accents is "native speakerism" connected to "linguistic imperialism" (you can find lots of materials if you google that). That's how society works. Teachers have to work against that, against any form of discrimination. But I think most language teachers confuse that and think a way to address the problem is to tell learners not to imitate the language of the elite. This is happening even in the teaching of native speakers: schools have been telling poor students that they can keep their "farmer" language. It's totally ok to keep and be proud of that for certain situations, it's part of their identity, but poor people must also be empowered to use the elite language so they can have better chances. Making your students more vulnerable to discrimination is not the same as fighting discrimination.
@@professorsilva9388 There's a paper titled "Second language learners of Danish as the linguistic other", which highlights this pretty well. There are many similar papers for many languages, it's just that most teachers seem to prefer to ignore those.
There's a difference between accent and pronunciation. Of course both concepts are not completely divided. But for example, I know a British person who lived in France for a loooong time and he speaks with a french accent even though his pronunciation is perfect. Have you ever struggled to understand a foreigner in your mother tongue ?
Thank you so much, Christian! Yes, at school and many years afterwards, my feeling about my English was: Shame. And I never before heard that other people feel the same. But I already learned that people will try to communicate, and if it's difficult they don't have the time to think about judging my English. An Irishman taught me that. His German was at least as bad as my English, and his English - well, hard to understand. So, when we spoke with each other, I always wanted to know what he is saying, and I didn't have time for any judgement and no interest in doing something like this. And after living with him together (in a group of eight) for half a year, I had lost the shame.
That feeling of shame is something that MANY language learners feel deep inside. It's great to hear that your experiences have helped you get over that feeling!
@@Canguroenglish Thank you, Christian! I think our teachers should have talked about it, like you do! In my opinion the most important thing a language learner has to learn that it's okay to be a learner. 🌻
Gosh, the last part is a gem. I remember it was a CELTA course in St.Petersburg. We had a teacher in our study group, who spoke perfect Russian (I wouldn't be able to say she was born and grew up in Azerbaijan and got her first degree there) but the moment she switched to English, it was like listening to Sheherazade in one thousand and one nights... It was so beautiful and so unique... her signature tones and the way she finished sentences... the body language and all those gestures that came to live the moment she stopped speaking perfect sterile Russian. I don't want my students to try and pick up this sterile English thing. Speaking a foreign language is like having your own handwriting. If it's readable and people get the message, there is no need to turn it inside out in search for perfection... And.. yep... then some of my students share how much they hate their handwriting... but 'they get the message')))
All my life I felt stupid not to learn enough English for communication. Thank you for your gentle words! Greetings from a proud Portuguese language native speaker!
Anyone learning English only needs the language to communicate and receive information in English. They don't need to be absolutely precise in the language, they just need understanding. In order to be absolutely grammatical in a language, you need to spend a huge amount of time studying and practicing. Even native speakers aren't absolutely correct in a language.This is the work of linguists, not ordinary people, ordinary people spend time studying their business, which feeds them.
Thanks❤ today I was browsing on the pinterest looking for "school under the sky" and find the sentence white realise me why I like English "the Earth without art is just eh" laconic. I live in Lviv, Ukraine right now and find my voice and a communication methods to be heard in my town, country and in the world. You are Great teacher🎉
No language is a barrier, but a way to express yourself. I'm Spanish and I feel glad when somebody's trying to speak spanish with his non native accent.
As a non-native English teacher, that hits me right in the feels. I mean, I’ve never noticed how I kept perpetuating elite concepts as I teach my students the smallest of the details regarding the so treasured “perfect pronunciation”. Indeed there are many whose language abilities are poor,but seeing accents&concepts alike as “not ideal” is supporting an “ideal English” that sustains most of our prejudice in between the lines. Language and culture are one single thing. I have to be careful about that. Great video,really great.
There are no poor language abilities. It is the number and type of phonemes your native language has (44 for English, 24 for Spanish, 25 for German, etc.) that determina the limitations to have "perfect" pronunciation of ANY foreign tongue.
Hello, I want to tell out my story to all, I'm thirty-five years old, I have been learning English for one year, currently I think that I am level B1, but I haven't well speaking, I live in Cali, Colombia and used apps for learning English, I lovely your theories of democracy of English in the world.🎉
Wow, Amazing. I have been studying English now for more than ten years . What you have said in this video is very true. Now these days there are so many online english teachers who are the ones who spread this myth, you have to be like a native speaker if you want to be a good english speaker. They are simply trying to sell their english courses to students and earn more money.
Thank you for making us feel part of English 😊 I do not remember when I started watching your videos, perhaps like 5 years ago and I felt included since day one. I remember when I had my firts job interview in English I could not even finish it because the questions were too complicated, however, I did not stop learning and I had more and more job interviews in english, until one day I was not worry about my english anymore even if I made mistakes. And here I am, I have been working and using english on a daily basis for 3 years.
Hi, Christian! It's really nice to watch your videos! They transmit knowledge and spirituality at the same time! Thank you very much for that! I met your videos in a "casual" ad from RUclips, and it was one of the best surprises I've ever had in my way of feeling the communication. As a Brazilian student, I consider that I made a mistake by choozing American English instead of British English. The sounds of British English are more similar to Brazilian Portuguese sounds, mainly "T" and "D" sounds. In the same way, the sonority of european english is more beautiful, in my opinion. But this is a personal preference. The principal is what you've always teaching and tell us in your videos. We need to quit feeling less important or smart than English natives. We're all able to get the best of life and communicate with the world. Really grateful! Have a nice experience on Earth!
@@AlanMoreiraMusic possivelmente pq vc está mais acostumado... mas se vc for analisar, para quem está iniciando os estudos no inglês, o inglês britânico tem mais semelhança com os sons usados pelo português brasileiro. O uso do "t" e do "d" é mais natural para nós, sem tanta necessidade de fazer "flap T" ou "flap D" com o som do "r" do rá-ré-ri-ró-ru! E além de parecer ser muito mais cognoscível e palatável para brasileiros, o inglês britânico é bem bonito, no meu entendimento. Apesar que cada um tem sua opinião, mas eu quando comecei a estudar não percebia isso. Hoje, com inglês mais intermediário, percebo.
I think more people should take this to heart. Language is first and foremost about communication. Will a native speaker always know you're not native, maybe, maybe not, but as long as they're a respectful human being they won't see it as a bad thing. You took the time to learn our language. You put in the time. You're awesome. Also, I feel this could apply to someone learning any language not just English. Yes, English is special in there are more non-native speakers than otherwise, but every so, no matter the language, foreign speakers should be respected and admired. Accents should be seen as a part of their history, not something to look down on. Language is communication, and if they can do that, they've succeeded.
HI Christian! I like very much your personal and professional style, not about teaching but about learning English! Your thoughts are very similar to mine! I really enjoyed the story of the monk "I don't see myself outside. Why enter?". I select you as a mentor and not as a teacher!
This is the second video from your Channel I'm watching, and I already love you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I feel like I'm not un the club, because I'm so Italian! You made me feel so comfortable ❤
In the seventies, I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Education, with a mention in Modern Languages (English and French), in my country, Venezuela. I taught English for over 30 years at both the high school and college levels. Last year I emigrated to Chile and here I have had difficulties getting a job because many institutions require a native level of English and, even more so, with a certificate that demonstrates a C1/C2 level or similar. The automation of these processes segregates many people with my professional profile from the start. A change in employers' perspective would be required; but that threatens the industry of language teaching and certification programs.
Thank you so much for speaking about this issue, this is exactly what non-native speakers feel like, it's that psychological barrier that prevents them from improving their speaking skills, your words are very helpful, and l will not feel ashamed next time I speak English.
Hi, thank you so much for the video, love watching it. It's easy to understand pronunciation and vocabulary, as for a beginner. I'm from Ukraine, moved to Norway six months ago. And before I started to learn Norwegian, I learnt English. Even though I had A1+ -A2 level. And it's very cool that even being 3k kilometres away from home I can communicate with any person!
I agree with this. English is my first language, but also I speak a second language with few L2 speakers and I learned one beautiful thing in English was how open it was to L2 English speakers compared to many other languages. There are so many unique accents and dialects in English even within English speaking countries, and you should look at your unique English as its own dialect, not an incomplete version of a native speaker’s English. As long as you communicate and can be understood and learn how to adapt to your listeners, your English is perfect.
This is pretty much what I keep repeating my Students of English as a foreign language in Italy. Personally, as a non-native English teacher, I´ve always been quite annoyed by the use of the same old British and American imagery on textbooks and I always find the time to remind my students that they are going to interact with Eastern European, Asian, African, Middle-Eastern English Speakers a lot more than they are with Americans or Britons. Thank you for sharing this refreshing view!
Hi Christian, you have once again given me a big shot of dopamine drugstore motivation, and like music, when it hits you you feel no pain, long May you run ! Serge from France.
Thank you for sharing this video. It's so encouraging for teachers and non-native speakers in general. When the main goal of an English learner is to speak like a native, a lot of time is spent on pursuing that goal. That leads to frustration often times. Your words are very motivating.
Bravo! I do not need to sound like a native English speaker if I am actually NOT a native Speaker. I only need to be myself. Make my best in my own circumstance. Thank you for this beautiful and powerful message! A big hug from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mr Christian, I am grateful to you by your words. How come no one has ever told us such things ? Thank you, God bless you and your family. I am writing to you from Brazil.
Without getting philosophical I found the flow is more important than the accent. That is, the up and down in tone and the rhythm are more important to ease of understanding to the listeners than the pronunciation of each word
Perfect. A long time ago, a very talented engineer and project manager I had the pleasure of working with urged, in an email, the team members to “Do the needful”. It was simultaneously unquoloquially strange to me yet clear in intent. I'm British/English but do not own this utterly beautiful language.
This video is the one I was unwittingly waiting for. Thanks a lot!
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Omh. You have just helped me smash one of my barriers to starting my own youtube channel. For some time now i wanted to start my own channel about houseplants, but one of things stopping me was shame that i will make mistakes or dont know the words. Now time to smash other barriers like shooting video and learning dreadful editing. Thank you for this video!
Gosh, my eyes are wet right now. This video was the deepest and most wonderful thing someone has said about the journey of learning English. I can’t thank you enough!
I'm Brazilian and I'm leaning English. I can express myself and understand a lot of what I kisten too. So, I'm happy for it. My first language is Portuguese and I believe that the hardest part of speaking like a native is just the sounds of speech and the "waves" of the rhythm. I nean, someone can speak perfectly and correct following the grammar or the informal ways of expressing ideas like the contractions or slangs, the point is the pronunciation, this is the hardest part. So, I believe that we just need to try to pronounce in a form oeiple understand us, it's all. No matter if it sounds bery foreign, we just need to be understood and understand others. 🎉❤
One thing my english teacher used to do was pick up a word that caused some confusion in the class and take 10 minutes to write synonyms for it on the black board and explain the subtle differences between them. There's plenty of words I would never know if he hadn't taken that time and I appreciate the good teaching I have had.
I used to be that kind of person who strove to do just that and be fortunate to find a way to learn English early enough in my life that I don't have much of an accent. I used to look down on people until I visited Great Britain for the first time. I couldn't understand jack shit! I forgot to train my ears on British accents entirely and London is a very diverse city! I also met a lot of Indians through my partner's job and he had most of his interactions in English with them, giving him a weird "French-Indian" accent! Between that and studying Finnish in college, I realised exactly what you're trying to teach in this video : I know now that I've caused harm. But thankfully now I know and I also have your video to help spread the word !
Thanks Christian! you have truly motivated me with this video. You're absolutely right. Whenever I think about my ideal English speaker, some random British guy comes to my mind! All those years in school still affect a lot of people in this part of the world. Love and respect for you from Pakistan!
I figured out what message you want to give us with “English is a language of communication”. Even if we know that English is American and British people. 😅 Anyway, I never wanted to develop my skills in English like an American even because I probably achieved a level that can be compared to the fifty percent of natives and maybe I communicate better than them. I just wanted to keep developing my pronunciation to be like an American native and I almost succeeded in reaching them. This is not impossible and can arrive after five or six years of practice. Although I think so and I have no need to watch this video, I appreciate your video and how you explain your viewpoints. ❤ Keep going!
I'm trying to learn English in order to communicate with people around the world and make friends from different countries. I've never had shame about my English skills. Even if my English skills are limited right now, I know I'm constantly leveling up :D the only people who tried to put me down were sadly my English teachers at school... I couldn't learn English at school because I wasn't interested in grammar and the only thing teachers taught me was pure grammar..... with a few words. None of my friends, or anyone who I have spoken to ever put me down because my English skills even if my English wasn't or isn't that good.
I am a native English speaker but RUclips thought I would like this video. It wasn’t wrong. Most of what you said could apply for learning any language. I definitely feel shame anytime I speak a language I lack experience speaking I’m proud of my Japanese with all its mistakes but I feel shame when I speak Spanish or Korean because I’m just not happy with my ability. It doesn’t help that I am always comparing myself to native speakers. Even though speaking like a native is NOT my goal, it’s the only benchmark I have to measure myself 😂. It’s one thing to say don’t try to be like a native, you don’t need to and you can’t be a native. But you really need to talk to other learners at the same level as you too will get rid of that shame I think. Well, after you’re happy with your language ability I think but that takes years.
any tips for learning languages in general lol I can barely do it, given that the language I was born with isn't as attached to other target languages of mine :P
The biggest thing is to put in a lot of time and use it as much as possible. Make it part of your identity. Think of yourself as a Spanish/Japanese speaker or whatever even if you're not really yet because attitude is really important. By using it of course speaking but reading, watching videos, all sorts of activities. Immersion basically. And while 5 minutes per day is better than nothing if you can do several hours that's much more on point. Hopefully you're highly motivated because if you're not this isn't going to work.@@deedeeen
So, @@paulwalther5237, are you saying these? 1. Just spend time learning and absorbing what is natural & effective; 2. Actually dedicate energy and time, even if there isn't much; 3. Believe that one is able to?
Funny that, I did Japanese too and never felt too nervous. Now anytime I have a session in French I'm always nervous beforehand. It does help living there. Though I was more conversationally fluent in Japanese, in French I can address more complex issues. No two language learning experiences are the same.
Languages don't belong to specific groups of people, they have been created for everyone's benefit. I love English and I love making mistakes, that's how I can be the best version of myself.
I do want this though. I really do. Currently I am busy with learning French, and I really want to become so fluent in French that no one in France could tell I am no Frenchman.
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Только что я прослушал на чистом английском философию любого языка и его предназначение. Спасибо за увлекательные ролики с особо-спокойной манерой подачи.
Впервые с общением на иностранном языке столкнулся в школьные годы, когда катался на лыжах. Все эти сложноподчинённые обороты и 20+ времён ни разу не понадобились - общались на Simple English.
@user-ky5dy5hl4d Firstly, because English is the lingua franca and number one among non-native speakers. The number of people communicating in English outcomes the population of natives. And secondly, he is a teacher of English. Why should he speak about Japanese or Chemistry or anything else he is not an expert? ))
''Good English users are not born, they are made''
What an incredible sentence!
Thanks a lot CHRISTIAN
Totally agree. But, couldn't it be applied to other languages as well? "Good language users are not born, they are made" 😊
@@LauLau-ws6uk of course, yes
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Thank both of two for the recall
merry Christmas.
Love it!! I got to say that to the next person I think is good at their language, "You were not born, you were made!" xD
When I was being trained as a teacher of Japanese, a senior lecturer of applied linguistics in an Australian university told us "Be a communication teacher, not a language teacher." He always emphasised that it is neither right nor realistic to try to become like "a native speaker".
Good teacher!
Thank you for this video! It blowed my mind. I've been studying English for more than 4 years and I don't feel confident speaking with natives. I struggle in listening them a lot, and when I try to speak ordinary stuff that I don't need to think in Portuguese that is my native language. This video made me a little bit emotional, because I wonder how much effort I spent studying and how long I try to improve my communication skills in English, and sometimes I only need to accept and feel that I don't need to speak perfect like a native. Maybe, if I relax a little bit more, I can enhance my communication seamlessly. Thank you again for this video!
I have a Ukrainian mother and her teenage son staying with us (in the UK). I remember when she first arrived, she was excited to improve her English so that she would 'sound English'. I told her she will never sound British, although her son might. She was upset with me, but I tried to explain that as an adult she might not be able to replicate all the British sounds - and in any case are we talking SSE like I speak - or West Country, or Brummie, or Welsh, or Scottish (etc). There is no 'one' English / British dialect or sound. What is more important is the ability to communicate, and to be understood. And in any case, an accent is charming to our ears. What's wrong with the following sentences: 'We was there the other day.' 'She done that well good'. 'I could of been an astronaut'. Someone born in the East side of London / Essex / Kent would see no problem with any of those sentences. We Brits don't always speak 'proper' English. Be proud of who you are, and your ability to converse in English. If anyone in an English-speaking country criticises your English, just remember you're able to speak at least two languages. How many languages do THEY speak? ;-)
She was very lucky to meet such a supportive person! "What is more important is the ability to communicate, and to be understood." 💪♥️
Exactly!
I agree, the most important thing is being able to comunicate no matter if you are fluent or not.
Exactly!
I’ve never claimed to speak perfect English, but those sentences made me cringe 😂
I am a native English speaker, and I find your videos so inspiring and meaningful. I feel as though you are talking to me about Spanish and German, the two languages I've been learning. At least, I hope to apply what you are saying to my learning. Thank you so much for doing what you do!
I am a native Spanish speaker and I'm just curious, does that feel of shame also happens in a classroom where people learn Spanish? Or is it another feeling?
@@HelderGriff i dont think so. In the uk years ago a Newsreader was criticized for pronouncing latin names correctly. Make your deductions. Por mi parte, pienso que el español es cierto sentido es visto como un idioma de gente inferior
@@HelderGriffcan't speak for Spanish, but I certainly feel that way with French.
@HelderGriff I started learning Spanish 36 years ago. I only remember being excited. But, I don't feel I am like most Americans I know. I went on to use it at work, speaking to immigrants who were my coworkers while living in different cities here and gained confidence. Many Americans take it as a subject in high school but then forget it all. I can hold conversations in Spanish because I LOVE Spanish and I love the feeling of speaking to a native and having that connection. Perhaps I am not typical here. I am not even sure if I addressed your question. If not, let me know. I would love to discuss more.
Me too. Native English, but striving for good communication in all my languages. Found his words inspiring
I am a foreign English teacher and I have to give you my compliments. Honestly, it was the best video I've ever seen. Your worlds are wise and thoughtful. When I was younger and I moved abroad, I felt everything you said. I was frustrated, I felt that I was a dump student, embarrassed until I found out that there was nothing wrong with me. I realized that making mistakes is part of our lives. I am 40 years old now, and I am still studying English and helping people not to learn English but to enjoy the process of learning. Learning a second language is not just about speaking but also to understand other cultures. And the funny thing is when I go to London the native speakers always say I speak well, my brother in law call me the Brazilian cockney. Although in Brazil I have difficulty to get a job in some schools because of my accent. I had 2 experience that I wasn't hired because they said they were looking for teachers that speaks american English. Which is sad. Because students should learn a global English and understand all kind of accent.
Thanks so much for sharing your story!
Thank you so much for this video, I’m Mexican and have never been to an English speaking country but learned the language by myself, I’ve had interactions with English Native Speakers and married one three years ago, and it has been hard to realize the power English has in so many levels, it’s not just a language but a social tool to discriminate, in my city we are very welcoming but more and more the people use English to escalate in society or to look “fancier or better” unfortunately the world has given too much power to accents, to being “native” and even we replicate it when we prefer to have classes with native speakers, it’s good to improve I can confirm but it also leaves us non native English speakers somewhere below, being less paid even tho we are bilingual or multilingual, so videos like yours help to spread the knowledge that English is evolving but needs to be taken with responsibility
Dear Christian, I'm a Latin Man I have been listening to your videos for 2 months, And believe me, they have been useful for Learning English and understanding it, your focus is simple but straightforward Thanks for your time, I appreciate it.
I'm a non native English teacher. I spent years studying and training in the language and every aspect of it. I have an excellent level and yet, I'm not hired abroad because "we only want native speakers from the USA, UK, Australia, South Africa and NZ". And that's the way it is, even if they're smiling at a camera from a very poorly written sign.
Thanks for your video 😊
That is so true! I'm sick and tired of being systemically underpaid, scrutinized over every minor detail of my over-a-decade teaching career and, in the end, rejected for a teaching position overseas just because I don't have 'the right passport', while a college dropout who can't build an error-free sentence or teach a lesson with some semblance of methodology gets the standing ovation for doing the bare minimum.
@@hadhramawty Exactly. Some of them just take some crappy course that gives them a piece of paper passing for a teacher's license and they get the bucks. Others, don't even do that. While we, who are specifically trained to teach, get nothing. It's unfair to us and bad for the students, but employers just care about the money and the myths.
@Cygnus75: I don't understand what this means: ". . . even if they're smiling at a camera from a very poorly written sign. "
@@kennethwdcin fact, you can’t say “training in English” either. This is why people want native speakers - to avoid this kind of nonsense
@@Mindyourlanguagedear your obnoxious correction is probably wrong because it's likely that it was meant training for professional development as a teacher, the training was done in English but English is not what's being trained.
I love your message! But first you have to convince employers of that. Statistics: candidates with a British accent have better chances. Most employers admit they discriminate on accent. Language can often dictate your social mobility, and when teachers tell students "keep your accent, don't try to imitate natives", even though they have good intentions, they are helping throw their students' job applications in the trash. The academia is also very hypocritical: they repeat everything you've said here... in theory... but in practice, they choose educators with "the best accent". Working at job recruitment, I've heard numerous times from employers: "We can't hire someone with that accent". I think learners have the right to know that: the better you can imitate the language of the elite, the better your chances are - perhaps in most societies, for any language.
Teachers must educate against discrimination... but they can't deprive students of tools they can use for social mobility and to avoid being victims of discrimination.
It's like that with any language. In Danish even for some Danish regional accents I've heard other Danish people complain that fellow Danish people with those Danish accents sound "like farmers", "primitive", or just "dumb".
If you just want to learn a language for fun, go for it, speak however you can. If you want to be part of a society and not seen as an outsider, you better pretend you're one of them.
@@matt92hun It's probably the same all over the world.
@@matt92hun Yes, language is power. Sociolinguistics says that the prestige accent and the dominant language tend to be the accent and the language of the dominant people. It's a way to tell people apart and maintain privileges. If I can convince society that my way of speaking is superior, my group will have advantages over all other groups (we'll have better opportunities and be more respected). In Linguistics, the technical term used for discrimination against regional accents is "linguistic prejudice", and discrimination against foreign accents is "native speakerism" connected to "linguistic imperialism" (you can find lots of materials if you google that). That's how society works. Teachers have to work against that, against any form of discrimination. But I think most language teachers confuse that and think a way to address the problem is to tell learners not to imitate the language of the elite. This is happening even in the teaching of native speakers: schools have been telling poor students that they can keep their "farmer" language. It's totally ok to keep and be proud of that for certain situations, it's part of their identity, but poor people must also be empowered to use the elite language so they can have better chances. Making your students more vulnerable to discrimination is not the same as fighting discrimination.
@@professorsilva9388 There's a paper titled "Second language learners of Danish as the linguistic other", which highlights this pretty well. There are many similar papers for many languages, it's just that most teachers seem to prefer to ignore those.
There's a difference between accent and pronunciation. Of course both concepts are not completely divided. But for example, I know a British person who lived in France for a loooong time and he speaks with a french accent even though his pronunciation is perfect. Have you ever struggled to understand a foreigner in your mother tongue ?
Very encouraging speech. It's does much more for non natives' confidence than any classes.
Thank you so much, Christian! Yes, at school and many years afterwards, my feeling about my English was: Shame. And I never before heard that other people feel the same.
But I already learned that people will try to communicate, and if it's difficult they don't have the time to think about judging my English. An Irishman taught me that. His German was at least as bad as my English, and his English - well, hard to understand. So, when we spoke with each other, I always wanted to know what he is saying, and I didn't have time for any judgement and no interest in doing something like this. And after living with him together (in a group of eight) for half a year, I had lost the shame.
That feeling of shame is something that MANY language learners feel deep inside. It's great to hear that your experiences have helped you get over that feeling!
@@Canguroenglish Thank you, Christian! I think our teachers should have talked about it, like you do! In my opinion the most important thing a language learner has to learn that it's okay to be a learner. 🌻
Gosh, the last part is a gem. I remember it was a CELTA course in St.Petersburg. We had a teacher in our study group, who spoke perfect Russian (I wouldn't be able to say she was born and grew up in Azerbaijan and got her first degree there) but the moment she switched to English, it was like listening to Sheherazade in one thousand and one nights... It was so beautiful and so unique... her signature tones and the way she finished sentences... the body language and all those gestures that came to live the moment she stopped speaking perfect sterile Russian.
I don't want my students to try and pick up this sterile English thing. Speaking a foreign language is like having your own handwriting. If it's readable and people get the message, there is no need to turn it inside out in search for perfection...
And.. yep... then some of my students share how much they hate their handwriting... but 'they get the message')))
Such a beautiful story ❤
I'm from cuba , now i live in england and i need learn english... never before i had a nice class like with you.. thanks.
Thanks Ricardo. Little by little, you'll continue learning the words you need. It takes time, but keep going!
All my life I felt stupid not to learn enough English for communication. Thank you for your gentle words! Greetings from a proud Portuguese language native speaker!
A good way to learn English is to read your favorite books in English. I have family in Portugal and noticed that Fnac has a good selection
Anyone learning English only needs the language to communicate and receive information in English. They don't need to be absolutely precise in the language, they just need understanding. In order to be absolutely grammatical in a language, you need to spend a huge amount of time studying and practicing. Even native speakers aren't absolutely correct in a language.This is the work of linguists, not ordinary people, ordinary people spend time studying their business, which feeds them.
Thanks❤ today I was browsing on the pinterest looking for "school under the sky" and find the sentence white realise me why I like English "the Earth without art is just eh" laconic. I live in Lviv, Ukraine right now and find my voice and a communication methods to be heard in my town, country and in the world. You are Great teacher🎉
Slava ukraini ❤ from poland
No language is a barrier, but a way to express yourself. I'm Spanish and I feel glad when somebody's trying to speak spanish with his non native accent.
As a non-native English teacher, that hits me right in the feels. I mean, I’ve never noticed how I kept perpetuating elite concepts as I teach my students the smallest of the details regarding the so treasured “perfect pronunciation”. Indeed there are many whose language abilities are poor,but seeing accents&concepts alike as “not ideal” is supporting an “ideal English” that sustains most of our prejudice in between the lines. Language and culture are one single thing. I have to be careful about that. Great video,really great.
There are no poor language abilities. It is the number and type of phonemes your native language has (44 for English, 24 for Spanish, 25 for German, etc.) that determina the limitations to have "perfect" pronunciation of ANY foreign tongue.
Hello, I want to tell out my story to all, I'm thirty-five years old, I have been learning English for one year, currently I think that I am level B1, but I haven't well speaking, I live in Cali, Colombia and used apps for learning English, I lovely your theories of democracy of English in the world.🎉
Saludos desde Barranquilla.
Wow, Amazing. I have been studying English now for more than ten years . What you have said in this video is very true. Now these days there are so many online english teachers who are the ones who spread this myth, you have to be like a native speaker if you want to be a good english speaker. They are simply trying to sell their english courses to students and earn more money.
Thank you for making us feel part of English 😊 I do not remember when I started watching your videos, perhaps like 5 years ago and I felt included since day one. I remember when I had my firts job interview in English I could not even finish it because the questions were too complicated, however, I did not stop learning and I had more and more job interviews in english, until one day I was not worry about my english anymore even if I made mistakes. And here I am, I have been working and using english on a daily basis for 3 years.
Hi, Christian! It's really nice to watch your videos! They transmit knowledge and spirituality at the same time! Thank you very much for that! I met your videos in a "casual" ad from RUclips, and it was one of the best surprises I've ever had in my way of feeling the communication. As a Brazilian student, I consider that I made a mistake by choozing American English instead of British English. The sounds of British English are more similar to Brazilian Portuguese sounds, mainly "T" and "D" sounds. In the same way, the sonority of european english is more beautiful, in my opinion. But this is a personal preference. The principal is what you've always teaching and tell us in your videos. We need to quit feeling less important or smart than English natives. We're all able to get the best of life and communicate with the world. Really grateful! Have a nice experience on Earth!
Engraçado, pois acho o inglês americano muito mais fácil de entender 😅
@@AlanMoreiraMusic possivelmente pq vc está mais acostumado... mas se vc for analisar, para quem está iniciando os estudos no inglês, o inglês britânico tem mais semelhança com os sons usados pelo português brasileiro. O uso do "t" e do "d" é mais natural para nós, sem tanta necessidade de fazer "flap T" ou "flap D" com o som do "r" do rá-ré-ri-ró-ru! E além de parecer ser muito mais cognoscível e palatável para brasileiros, o inglês britânico é bem bonito, no meu entendimento. Apesar que cada um tem sua opinião, mas eu quando comecei a estudar não percebia isso. Hoje, com inglês mais intermediário, percebo.
I think more people should take this to heart. Language is first and foremost about communication. Will a native speaker always know you're not native, maybe, maybe not, but as long as they're a respectful human being they won't see it as a bad thing. You took the time to learn our language. You put in the time. You're awesome.
Also, I feel this could apply to someone learning any language not just English. Yes, English is special in there are more non-native speakers than otherwise, but every so, no matter the language, foreign speakers should be respected and admired. Accents should be seen as a part of their history, not something to look down on. Language is communication, and if they can do that, they've succeeded.
HI Christian! I like very much your personal and professional style, not about teaching but about learning English! Your thoughts are very similar to mine! I really enjoyed the story of the monk "I don't see myself outside. Why enter?". I select you as a mentor and not as a teacher!
This is the second video from your Channel I'm watching, and I already love you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I feel like I'm not un the club, because I'm so Italian! You made me feel so comfortable ❤
Amazing!!! Thanks for helping us to never give-up from our learning journey.
In the seventies, I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Education, with a mention in Modern Languages (English and French), in my country, Venezuela. I taught English for over 30 years at both the high school and college levels. Last year I emigrated to Chile and here I have had difficulties getting a job because many institutions require a native level of English and, even more so, with a certificate that demonstrates a C1/C2 level or similar. The automation of these processes segregates many people with my professional profile from the start. A change in employers' perspective would be required; but that threatens the industry of language teaching and certification programs.
I'm inspired by these words, as hundreds others in different countries. Thank you, Christian!
you"re my one of my favorites people that I watching here, you comfort me
Thank you so much for
speaking about this issue, this is exactly what non-native speakers feel like, it's that psychological barrier that prevents them from improving their speaking skills, your words are very helpful, and l will not feel ashamed next time I speak English.
You're improving, man. Keep it up and keep expressing yourself with those unique ideas and thoughts you appear one day after another.
This is the best vídeo I've ever seen about to speak English. You are giving me confidence and taking my fears away. Thanks a lot.
Christian, you are a Great Motivator! You inspire me to learn English more! Thank you for your beautiful words!
Keep going! One little step by one little step 💪
I make your words my own. Thank you Christian for everything.
Hi, thank you so much for the video, love watching it. It's easy to understand pronunciation and vocabulary, as for a beginner.
I'm from Ukraine, moved to Norway six months ago. And before I started to learn Norwegian, I learnt English. Even though I had A1+ -A2 level. And it's very cool that even being 3k kilometres away from home I can communicate with any person!
I agree with this. English is my first language, but also I speak a second language with few L2 speakers and I learned one beautiful thing in English was how open it was to L2 English speakers compared to many other languages. There are so many unique accents and dialects in English even within English speaking countries, and you should look at your unique English as its own dialect, not an incomplete version of a native speaker’s English. As long as you communicate and can be understood and learn how to adapt to your listeners, your English is perfect.
thanks dear God bless you
This is pretty much what I keep repeating my Students of English as a foreign language in Italy. Personally, as a non-native English teacher, I´ve always been quite annoyed by the use of the same old British and American imagery on textbooks and I always find the time to remind my students that they are going to interact with Eastern European, Asian, African, Middle-Eastern English Speakers a lot more than they are with Americans or Britons. Thank you for sharing this refreshing view!
The best English lesson I have ever seen! Thank You so much!
Thank you, but way too nice! ☺️
this video really pumped me up to start learning English again
Hi Christian, you have once again given me a big shot of dopamine drugstore motivation, and like music, when it hits you you feel no pain, long May you run ! Serge from France.
Thank you so much for these videos 🩷
That's a wonderful sentence that moved me, thank you dear
I'm from Argentina, really I understand you when you speaking to us, thanks for every small/ big thing that you tech to us
Thank you for sharing this video. It's so encouraging for teachers and non-native speakers in general. When the main goal of an English learner is to speak like a native, a lot of time is spent on pursuing that goal. That leads to frustration often times. Your words are very motivating.
Bravo! I do not need to sound like a native English speaker if I am actually NOT a native Speaker. I only need to be myself. Make my best in my own circumstance. Thank you for this beautiful and powerful message! A big hug from Buenos Aires, Argentina
I am Brazilian and an English teacher in my country. Simply loved this video!!
Mr Christian, I am grateful to you by your words. How come no one has ever told us such things ? Thank you, God bless you and your family. I am writing to you from Brazil.
Without getting philosophical I found the flow is more important than the accent. That is, the up and down in tone and the rhythm are more important to ease of understanding to the listeners than the pronunciation of each word
I like your teory about don't be worrry about my perfect english. The main point is be sure to speak and be understandable.
thanks sir for this inspiring video. I am fed up of feeling a shame of myself. Keep it up i am sure you are helping many people with these videos
Perfect. A long time ago, a very talented engineer and project manager I had the pleasure of working with urged, in an email, the team members to “Do the needful”. It was simultaneously unquoloquially strange to me yet clear in intent. I'm British/English but do not own this utterly beautiful language.
What a great speech! Thanks a lot!
OMG, I remember your interview with Juan Fernandez aka Español con Juan about 3 years ago. Great points as always, Chris!
Refreshing way to see the topic
This video is the one I was unwittingly waiting for. Thanks a lot!
Omh. You have just helped me smash one of my barriers to starting my own youtube channel. For some time now i wanted to start my own channel about houseplants, but one of things stopping me was shame that i will make mistakes or dont know the words. Now time to smash other barriers like shooting video and learning dreadful editing.
Thank you for this video!
What a nice message! Make that RUclips channel 💪
A very important video. Thank you, Christian!
Gosh, my eyes are wet right now. This video was the deepest and most wonderful thing someone has said about the journey of learning English. I can’t thank you enough!
I'm Brazilian and I'm leaning English. I can express myself and understand a lot of what I kisten too. So, I'm happy for it. My first language is Portuguese and I believe that the hardest part of speaking like a native is just the sounds of speech and the "waves" of the rhythm. I nean, someone can speak perfectly and correct following the grammar or the informal ways of expressing ideas like the contractions or slangs, the point is the pronunciation, this is the hardest part. So, I believe that we just need to try to pronounce in a form oeiple understand us, it's all. No matter if it sounds bery foreign, we just need to be understood and understand others. 🎉❤
I totally agree with you!!! Well said!!❤
have English I it way many learn I accept year my it speak you - I am glad you are appreciative of MY way of speaking English
One thing my english teacher used to do was pick up a word that caused some confusion in the class and take 10 minutes to write synonyms for it on the black board and explain the subtle differences between them. There's plenty of words I would never know if he hadn't taken that time and I appreciate the good teaching I have had.
This video is so on point. You are speaking the truth about the feeling of billions of non native English speakers.
I used to be that kind of person who strove to do just that and be fortunate to find a way to learn English early enough in my life that I don't have much of an accent. I used to look down on people until I visited Great Britain for the first time. I couldn't understand jack shit! I forgot to train my ears on British accents entirely and London is a very diverse city! I also met a lot of Indians through my partner's job and he had most of his interactions in English with them, giving him a weird "French-Indian" accent! Between that and studying Finnish in college, I realised exactly what you're trying to teach in this video : I know now that I've caused harm. But thankfully now I know and I also have your video to help spread the word !
I have almost forgotten how I love your ideas and your videos ❤
Thanks Christian! you have truly motivated me with this video. You're absolutely right. Whenever I think about my ideal English speaker, some random British guy comes to my mind! All those years in school still affect a lot of people in this part of the world. Love and respect for you from Pakistan!
This video is so important, learn one new language like the english can be difficult an a moment of discouragement
Thank you very much for your videos. I like to watch them when I feel down. When I feel insecure in my English
Keep going 💪 ♥️
Thank you for your speech, I'd like it!
That was beautiful. Thanks
Absolutely right. Things I thought about. No need to be native speaker, but just good talker with your own particular identity.
CONGRATULATIONS. I like a lot your videos and your message. My best wishes from Spain😊
Such an inspiration❤ Thank you
I figured out what message you want to give us with “English is a language of communication”.
Even if we know that English is American and British people. 😅
Anyway, I never wanted to develop my skills in English like an American even because I probably achieved a level that can be compared to the fifty percent of natives and maybe I communicate better than them. I just wanted to keep developing my pronunciation to be like an American native and I almost succeeded in reaching them. This is not impossible and can arrive after five or six years of practice.
Although I think so and I have no need to watch this video, I appreciate your video and how you explain your viewpoints. ❤
Keep going!
Nice approach sir, thanks!
Love you, mate. Language should unite, not separate
Thank you for this video!
Thanks, I needed this video in my life ❤
I'm trying to learn English in order to communicate with people around the world and make friends from different countries. I've never had shame about my English skills. Even if my English skills are limited right now, I know I'm constantly leveling up :D the only people who tried to put me down were sadly my English teachers at school... I couldn't learn English at school because I wasn't interested in grammar and the only thing teachers taught me was pure grammar..... with a few words. None of my friends, or anyone who I have spoken to ever put me down because my English skills even if my English wasn't or isn't that good.
Thank You, sir. I love this channel
This is encouraging and moving at the same time. Thank You.
I am a native English speaker but RUclips thought I would like this video. It wasn’t wrong. Most of what you said could apply for learning any language. I definitely feel shame anytime I speak a language I lack experience speaking I’m proud of my Japanese with all its mistakes but I feel shame when I speak Spanish or Korean because I’m just not happy with my ability. It doesn’t help that I am always comparing myself to native speakers. Even though speaking like a native is NOT my goal, it’s the only benchmark I have to measure myself 😂. It’s one thing to say don’t try to be like a native, you don’t need to and you can’t be a native. But you really need to talk to other learners at the same level as you too will get rid of that shame I think. Well, after you’re happy with your language ability I think but that takes years.
any tips for learning languages in general lol
I can barely do it, given that the language I was born with isn't as attached to other target languages of mine :P
The biggest thing is to put in a lot of time and use it as much as possible. Make it part of your identity. Think of yourself as a Spanish/Japanese speaker or whatever even if you're not really yet because attitude is really important. By using it of course speaking but reading, watching videos, all sorts of activities. Immersion basically. And while 5 minutes per day is better than nothing if you can do several hours that's much more on point. Hopefully you're highly motivated because if you're not this isn't going to work.@@deedeeen
So, @@paulwalther5237, are you saying these?
1. Just spend time learning and absorbing what is natural & effective;
2. Actually dedicate energy and time, even if there isn't much;
3. Believe that one is able to?
Funny that, I did Japanese too and never felt too nervous. Now anytime I have a session in French I'm always nervous beforehand. It does help living there. Though I was more conversationally fluent in Japanese, in French I can address more complex issues. No two language learning experiences are the same.
The most meaningful thing that I have done in recent months is my participation in canguro academy.🎉
Very inspiring video, thank you very much
Wow, thank you so much!
Thank you very much for the video!
Very interesting video. Thank you very much!
Languages don't belong to specific groups of people, they have been created for everyone's benefit. I love English and I love making mistakes, that's how I can be the best version of myself.
Hi! Very powerful message. Thanks.
Jérôme from France
Amazing video, simply amazing and seminal.
Thank you for your job
Uh, starting the video with a Chomsky quote. I'm sold.
Native speaker is not a level of English, it is a description of identity ❤❤❤.
Very well said
Oh Lord you re amazing man I liked this video very much believing it must help me a lot
I do want this though. I really do. Currently I am busy with learning French, and I really want to become so fluent in French that no one in France could tell I am no Frenchman.
I love the way you communicate with us. God bless you
Nice words...thanks sir
This video is a masterpiece and it's the best one I've ever seen concerning learning English as a second language 😮❤
Wonderful video!