I Learned English for 8 Years and Here is What I Found Out

I'm going to share with you my 8-year journey of learning English and discuss 3 important life lessons that I have discovered through the process of learning English.

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I currently work full-time in Japan as a "Salary Man" but I'm on my way to becoming a full-time creator and contribute to society through making content that I believe in and matter to me.

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[SenaShimotsuma]

This is such a long video but I hope you enjoy hearing my perspective on this topic!!!

[thean]

I only know English, honestly people who speak 2+ languages are amazing

[AhmetKaan]

*To all the dreamers out there, don't ever let the world's negativity disenchant you or your spirit. If you surround yourself with love and right people, ANYTHING is possible...*

[knockinonyourmusicchannel]

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[YoNorton]

I’m pretty sure you’re an old soul in a young body. Wise beyond your years.

[graceface.]

I'm an English speaker currently abroad learning Spanish. Realizing the layers there are to communication, it's so much more than words! You have to learn a whole culture inside and out to take understand what people are saying. Realistically it would take years, maybe lifetimes! Definitely not a means to any end, but it is learning just for the sake of your enjoyment and communication 🙏.

[antidepressant]

What an unpretentious, transparent, clear thinking, clear speaking young man. Wisdom beyond his years. Not screwed up by worldly distractions. This guy is truly a good influence on all of us.

[vca]

I'm here for flwg: 4. English 3. Inspiration 2. Legs/Muscles of Sena 1. Sena

[AhmetKaan]

*“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”*
_―Ralph Waldo Emerson_

The chances of you seeing this comment is pretty low, but if you did, *I hope you have an amazing day...* 🖤

[Jhadochan]

Your English is Rad! You are amazing ☺️

[breinich]

Thank you Sena for an excellent video, clear and insightful as usual. I have been teaching English as a Second Language in Hawaii for many years, mostly to immigrants from Asia. You should learn your second language as you learned your first: first listen, then speak, then read, then write. Using the immersion method and conversational style, you learn to speak before you work on learning from books and grammar. English is a very easy language to learn a little, but it is very difficult to learn well. I admire you, and wish you all the success you strive for in life.

[susie]

Years ago I went to South America to work and studied Spanish for four months and was so frustrated because it wasn't your enough to be fluent. So I went out and started to work and began to understand the language much better than being in a classroom. Even though I came back to the States and taught Spanish I'm not fluent I'm not good at it but I can teach it. I am amazed at how well you speak English. You not only speak it well but you know the nuances of the language and I applaud you for telling people to be realistic that you can't learn a language in 30 days ...it takes a lot of time and effort.

[mklam]

My experience in learning English is, don't be afraid of grammatical error when you converse. As long as you are able to deliver the message, that's fine already! In Malaysia, many of us tend to deliver the messages first rather than to care on the sentence structure/grammar. Ganbatte folks!

[greggschroeder]

I taught 中学校 in Japan. If you had been one of my students, I would have been so inspired by you. Keep up the good work.

[shatrunjaymall]

Thank you Sena for another nice and encouraging video! I am the inverse of you, because I started studying Japanese many years ago, and after some initial difficulties, even stopped studying it for a year. But I eventually returned to it, and have tried to work hard on it since. very happy that I overcame hurdles and difficulties at various stages of studying the Japanese language - even if it took time - to reach the point where I'm at today, and hope to continue improving my Japanese in the future, since it is a never ending process to master another language. 限界を乗り越えて頑張ります！

[terriem]

Those are nice pictures. I think you are a very nice person. Seeing your videos makes me feel calm.

[aryaya]

I'm Indonesian and now I still struggling to learn English actually, I was learning English when I was seven years old at elementary school, but until now my English is bad. Anyway, thanks to all videos Sena I was learning to improve my pronounce and listening skills from your channel on YouTube. I am happy because you have always added subtitles in your videos.

[savonnahsmith]

I love the animated facial expressions!😀

[scottpeterson]

I've lived in Thailand since 2005. I never had occasion for formal training to learn the Thai language earlier on as I was working.

I learned the numbers which was a tremendously helpful, but quick-learning programs never worked for me, gave me unrealistic expectations, subjective comparison to others along with jealousy and a sence of failure.

I still struggle, but hope to find the passion for learning language you describe. Thank you so much for this and all of your videos

[feylights]

As someone who has been trying to learn Japanese, I needed this!