The Importance Of Learning English Language

I’ve been learning English language for the past 15 years and I still don’t feel proficient and often lack the confidence to speak and write in English. I believe that for some people, learning a new language comes more naturally than for others. I have definitely been one of those language learners who struggled with a second language every day.
When I first arrived in Canada, I only knew some vocabulary and phrases that I was studying from a textbook for a month prior my arrival. I was placed with a family with three small children for whom I became a nanny for the next three years and I soon discovered that my basic survival English skills are just not enough. Unfortunately, I was working long hours and could only take a few English courses during my first five years in Canada, so my English was improving at a

Many English language learners might lack the confidence to speak first and need to be constantly encouraged that making mistakes is OK and that native speakers don’t get frustrated while they’re trying to understand them. Frustrating others is often just in our heads, and we are misreading people if we think that most of them will laugh at us. Embarrassing mistakes happen and we simply shake them off. Any frustration that could occur is more likely the result of our nervous body language, which has nothing to do with our language level. Another important thing I learnt is that as a teacher of English language learners, I have to be flexible. One particular approach never works for every student even if it has worked for others. It’s not about finding the one true method, it’s about experimenting and discarding whatever doesn’t work until we find what does. For every student, when the right approach is applied, it will lead to a positive mentality geared towards success, refusing to give up, and moving forward constantly after minor bumps in the