Learning a language? Don’t let these 3 ideas hold you back

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In this video:
00:00 What is holding you back from learning English?
01:07 1. English is hard work.
06:04 2. "I have to"
09:08 3. Perfectionism
10:53 What about my accent?
13:21 Homework

[lavauk]

I'm Ukrainian, and i'm preparing to defend my science work on English. This video really helpful, I've studied English for 9 year, but even after this, this video reaaaally help me. Thank you

[angelogarcia]

I am a native English speaker, and this is still one of my favourite channels because of how James frames the process of learning. He transforms "work" into something enjoyable!

[patriquesantos]

I could listen to James talk for an entire day and I wouldn't get tired of hearing him. This video was absolutely amazing. I feel very happy to have his videos helping me during my journey learning English. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷.

[rogerdat]

Thank you James. I really needed that. I can speak English perfectly fine. But the algorithm still suggested me to your channel, and I subscribed anyways. You’ve motivated me to learn Spanish once more, and really replace “have to” into “get to”. I’m very grateful that I get to be young and have the opportunity to even learn this beautiful life lesson from this video. This changes my approach to life to whole new level. Thank you. I can’t thank you enough for that.

[ninapaz]

Yes, I agree 💯.
Engvid teachers are real and are the best on YouTube.
Even though learning English is hard and takes long time, it's worth doing it . . .
Thank you teacher James for that wonderful advice 🙏 👏.

[f.b.]

I've studied English for 14 years now.
It's one of the most useful skills in the world! If I didn't learn English, my live wouldn't be what it is nowadays.
I can completely agree, the beginnings are always very hard when you are learning a language. E.g. when I learn Japanese it's far more difficult than learning English.

[dorothywelsh]

James, I am overwhelming with the things I have learned from your videos and Mr E. Daily I'm finding a way to read 45 minutes and write simple sentences.
My muscle brain is getting stronger and healthy at 63 years of age. Thank you with all my heart.

[andreatalarico]

Thank you James . You made me cry .
I m from Brazil .
And I love learning English and French as well .
Those linguagens give me wings .. to fly wherever I dream …. Better wherever I want to be 💙💙 and you as been my English teacher is helping me a lot, improving it 🤓👏👏👏👏👏💙💙💙💙💙💙

[iloveyousavannahbut]

I’m from Chicago. I’ve lived here all my life. Thank you for this video, came right on time. I really want to speak Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and French.

[lucasvitor]

There are so many english teachers on YouTube saying that you have to talk like a native speaker, but this guy said that your unique voice turns your english beutiful, that was the best thing i heard today! Love from Brazil!🇧🇷

[td]

Hi James, I just wanna thank you for all your advices and recommendations when learning English. I never studied English like I've doing last 3-4 months with you, also, I've meet Hadar Shamash who practically helps me a lot with pronunciation confidence, but you remember me to have attitude when trying to learn grammar, idioms, etc. I've set a goal for this year to master English, the ironic part is that I've always worked and spoken English because of my work, but I never committed myself to study
and master it as well. However I finally set this goal for this year besides I'm still learning from your old videos. Thanks a lot James!!

[berlinkopftcuster]

I have been learning English almost for 8, 5 years. And this adventure helped me a lot. I learned coding from some English websites. I talk with myself everyday in english. After this great experience I will start another one with different language

[getawayunclejohn]

Yeah and these three points apply to pretty much everything you've been putting away for days/weeks/months/years. Just gotta finally go out and do something man. Thanks for reminding me to keep on improving

[magsikhalil]

Hello Teacher I am from Pakistan and I am passionate to learn the English language I do understand English but cannot speak English. You are the friendliest teacher.❤️

[emilyhuandwildart]

"what else are you going to do, you are going to alive anyway", that's the best idea for anxiety about time! Appreciate, James, you solved my problem!

[austinnguyen]

Personally I'm learning Chinese and am already a native English speaker but I still watch your videos to help improve my communication skills. Especially to hear these mindset tips because they apply to so much more than just learning English.

[binhminh]

I rarely share YouTube videos on my social media unless they inspire me and others. This is one of my postings. His advice can be applied in our daily life, not just in learning English. Thank you, James.

[PixelXuskey]

This video has to be translated to every language out there, so that the beginners who can not listen to English just yet, could understand it. Brilliant ideas! Great videos, please keep up the amazing work!

[reyoo_blahhhhh]

I speak, write, and use english. Thanks for the motivational lesson!

[alejandroescobar]

Thanks for all your content! I really really appreciate the effort you put here in your videos to help people to improve their English! Thank you so much! Thanks to you I can say now, I’m able to improve my English in so many ways!