چگونگی مقابله با نگرانی در خصوص اشتباه کردن در انگلیسی

How to Stop Worrying about Making English Mistakes

Lindsay: This is an All Ears English Podcast, Episode 21: Deep Thoughts Thursday.

Gabby: Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, where you’ll finally get real, native English conversation. Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the ‘English Adventurer’ and Gabby Wallace, the ‘Language Angel,’ coming to you from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Lindsay: In today’s episode, you’ll get inspired to make more mistakes.

Gabby: Hey Lindsay. How’s it going?

Lindsay: Hey. All right. How are you?

Gabby: Good. So you have a great quote that’s really inspiring. Um, would you read the whole thing for, for our listeners?

Lindsay: Yeah. Absolutely. So here is the quote: “You’ve gotta (got to) dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.”

Oh yeah. So I, I always remember the line um, “dance like no one’s watching” because that’s I think the most popular line from this quote. I mean it’s a very famous quote. And who, who is it by?

Lindsay: So that’s by uh William W. Purkey.

Gabby: Okay. Cool. Yeah, “dance like no one’s watching.” I love that.

Lindsay: Absolutely.

Gabby: What does that mean to you?

Lindsay: Yeah to me that means being in a state of mind where you’re kind of living your life in a, in a sense of flow and you’re not so concerned about what other people think.

Gabby: Absolutely.

Lindsay: And I think that’s so key for language learning, isn’t it?

Gabby: Oh yeah. It has to do with being okay with making mistakes or looking silly in front of others. That’s the whole, the whole idea of “dance like no one’s watching.” Just move or do whatever it is you’re doing, maybe speaking English. Learning a language. Do it like no one’s watching. Do it like no one is going to critique you or say “Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you made that mistake.” Usually people don’t say that.

Lindsay: Yeah.

Gabby: But yeah. Just go for it and don’t be afraid to do something silly

Lindsay: Definitely. Last time we – A few weeks ago we talked about this idea of creating an alter ego and if you have to do that, you just create a new version of yourself and you go out there, um, and yeah, just, just try to enjoy the moments of life.

Gabby: Yeah. Absolutely. Be in the present… Lindsay: Mm-hm.

Gabby: …and um…

Lindsay: It’s not easy. We’re not saying it’s easy. Right?

Gabby: Right.

Lindsay: It’s definitely not easy, but it’s possible and it’s crucial if you wanna (want to) move to the next level…

Gabby: Yeah.

Lindsay: …with your English.

Gabby: Yeah.

Lindsay: All right.

Gabby: Cool. Great quote.

Lindsay: Cool.

Gabby: I love it. So we will talk to you guys next week. We have a great topic. If you are hoping to become a University student in the US, we’re going to share our top ten tips for getting into the college you wanna (want to) go to in the US. So stay tuned and, and come meet up with us on Monday for that episode.

Lindsay: Yeah. See you Monday.

Gabby: See ya’ (you).

Lindsay: Okay. So Gabby, what do you think would be the best way for students to use the All Ears English Podcast to actually move from the intermediate to the advanced level?

Gabby: Yeah. A lot of people get stuck at the intermediate level. I know in my own, uh, language learning, that listening and then reading the transcript of what I just listened to, like a radio program or a podcast, really helped me to push my language skills to the advanced level.

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