So I'm goingtogiveyou a fewgeneraltipsonwhatyoucandotobecomebetterenglishspeakersandkeepinmind, thisappliestoanylanguageyou'regoingtolearnifyou'relearninghowtospeakspanish, thiswillhelpyoubecomebetterspanishspeakers.
Okay, tipnumberone, ifyouwanttobecome a betterenglishspeakerorbetterenglishwriter, readeretcetera, relax, learnhowtorelaxwhenitcomestousing a differentlanguage.
Now I knowthat a lotofpeopleand I'veexperiencedthiswithtonsandtonsofstudents, a lotofpeoplethinkthatsomebodywho's notspeakingwellmightbeanidiot, that's notthecase.
A lackoflanguagedoesnotequal a lackofintelligence.
言葉がないことは、知能がないことと同じではありません。
Okaynowif I gotochinaand I trytospeakchinesetopeople, I'm goingtosoundlikeanidiot.
これで、もし私が中国に行って中国語を話そうとしたら、バカみたいに聞こえるでしょうね。
Doesthatmean I'm anidiot?
それは私が馬鹿だということですか?
No, itmeans I don't knowchinese, I canlearnchinese, I canpracticechineseandeventually I willbe a goodchinesespeaker, butatthebeginning I'm goingtosoundlikeanidiot.
Butagain, theveryimportantknowyouraudienceknowwhoyou'retalkingtonow, ifyou'regonnatrytobasicallyputtogether a goodsentence, ifyou'regonnatrytoimproveyourenglish, therearepeopleyou'regoingtotryhardtohave a goodsentencewithandtherearepeopleyou'rejustgoingtotrytogetanideaacross.
I liketotravelaround, youknow, I liketogogetlostinthecityandfindmywayback, so I wouldgogetlost.
僕は旅をするのが好きで、街で迷子になって帰り道を探すのが好きだから、迷子になりに行くんだよ。
I hadveryfewwordstheninjapaneseand I gotlostinthisonelittletowninyouknowlikeoneofthelittlesuburbofTokyoand I wasgetting a littlebittiredand I wantedtogohomeso I didn't knowwherethetrainstationwas, I didn't knowwhichwaytogo.
There's nosuchthingasnortheastsouthwest, it's justeverythingis a bigsprawl.
北東部南西部なんてものはなく、すべてが大規模なスプロールになっている。
So I wentlookingfor a japaneseperson, youknowonewhowouldn't runawayfrommebecausetheydidn't wanttopracticetheirenglish.
そこで私は、英語の練習をしたくないという理由で私から逃げない日本人を探しに行きました。
I found a Japanesepersonwhowouldstopandlistentomeand I wouldsayassumingmysonthensadako, that's all I wouldsayexcuseme, trainwhereandofcoursethispersonwouldpointoutthewayorevenwalkmetothetrainstation, I getonthetrainand I gohome, I take a nap, I'm happy, right?
Butif I weresoworriedaboutgetting a fullsentence, likesayingthefullsentenceperfectly, excuseme, canyoutellmehow I cangettothetrainstation?
しかし、もし私がフルセンテンスを完璧に言うような心配をしていたら、Excuse me, can you tell me how I can get to the train station?
I wouldstillbelostinthatlittlesuburbtoday.
私は今でもあの小さな郊外で迷っているだろう。
I went I gotmymessageacross, I gothome, so I'm actuallygonnajumparoundwithallthesetips, buildvocabfirst, vocabularyisthemostimportantthingyoucandointermsoflearningenglish.
A lotofpeopleworrysomuchaboutthegrammarthattheycan't puttogether a sentenceandtheygetpanickedandtheygetnervous, soletmeactuallystickontothevocab a littlebit.
I wanttogiveyouananalogy, okay, like I'm goingtocomparelearningenglishtodoingsomethingelse, let's sayyouwanttobuild a modelhouseandyouhaveyouknowthoselotofthepopsiclesticks, littlesticks, youhavesomeglueandyou'regonnaglueallyourstickstogetherandyou'regonnabuildyourself a house.
Okay I wantyoutothinkofthesticks, thelittlewoodensticks, okaythereyoukindayouknowyouhaveallthesesticks, youcan, thedoctorhasthemandyourpopsicleshaven't youhaveallthesethings, thesticksarevocabulary, Theglueisgrammarnowimaginetryingtobuild a houseandallyouhaveisglueandyou'reputtingglueeverywhereandallyouhaveislike a stickyfingersofstickyhandsand a bigmess.
Nowthething I findverycommoninlanguageschools, you'llhavealltheBrazilianstudents, youhaveallthekoreanstudentsandyou'llhaveallthewhateverstudentsandthey'reallstayinginthelittlegroupsandthey'respeakingtheirlanguages.