Why Do You Want to Learn English?
If you really want to speak English well, you should ask yourself this question: why do you want to learn English? I want you to come up with five reasons. (come up with something = think up s.t., find s.t. in your mind, list s.t., have an idea)
When you are trying to think up these reasons, ask yourself what will change in your life when you can speak perfectly. Will you make more money? Will you get a better job? Will you be able to travel more? Will you move into a nicer home? Will you be able to move to another country? What will change in your life?
Any time you want to make a positive change, it’s important to examine your reasons and find strong motivations to change. If you want to quit smoking, for example, you should think about your reasons. You might envision yourself (envision = see s.t. in your mind) hiking up a mountain with a strong body, breathing easily. Maybe you will see a sexy person at your side.
The important thing is that the reasons must be your reasons, not your wife’s reasons, not your boss’s reasons and not your friend’s reasons. You can’t ever do something for someone else. You will see it as a drudgery (a chore, a difficult thing) and you won’t do the work that’s required.
It’s tough to say, “I will do everything I can to speak English well.” It means that when you want to listen to the radio or watch TV in your language, you’ve got to turn it to the English station. It means that you have to go to English websites. You have to find opportunities to speak English and stop speaking your own language. You will have to study, even if it’s just for five minute periods several times a day.
In short, you will have to make some sacrifices (to make sacrifices = to give up things you like) in order to achieve your goals. Are you willing to do this? You’ve got to find reasons for these sacrifices or you will always find another excuse not to work toward your goal.
Find your reasons and you will succeed!
Kim