Name: 英語を学ぶための4つのヒント - 英語を学ぶ方法 (4 Tips to Help You Learn English - How to Learn English)
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Hi, I'm Oli. Welcome to Oxford Online English.
In this video I'm going to tell you a little about

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my language learning experiences and I'm going
to share with you some things I wish I'd known

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I really hope you'll find these ideas interesting
and useful and you can use them to help you

learn English or even maybe another language!

First, let me tell you a little about myself
and why I do what I do, and why I'm making

I was always fascinated by foreign languages.
I remember the first time I went to a foreign

country. I was nine, and I went to Holland.

The thing that I liked best was hearing all
of these foreign sounds. I'd never really

heard people speaking other languages before.

Even then, I thought that speaking another
language would be a really cool thing to be

Being able to open your mouth and produce
all of these foreign words and actually be

understood… That seemed almost like magic
to me as a child!

My Mum bought me a 'How to learn Dutch'
book. It didn't work! I didn't learn any

But, I did study French and German at school
for many years. They were always my favourite

When I was around 20, I set myself a goal.
I would travel the world, and by the time

I was 30, I would speak four foreign languages
fluently.

I don't know why. There wasn't much logic
to it. It doesn't seem like the most coherent

life plan, even now. But, that's what I'd
decided to do, so that's what I did.

I lived in Russia, and studied Russian to
quite a high level. Then, I moved to China.

I studied Chinese, including written Chinese.

By the time I was 30, had I reached my goal?
Kind of. I could speak Russian, French and

Chinese well, and I could still speak some
German, though not so well.

Anyway, I made so many mistakes along the
way. I got so many things wrong. I wasted

lots of time and energy on things that didn't
work.

There are so many lessons I had to learn the
hard way.

I remember my first few Russian lessons. They
were bad. I couldn't do anything. I didn't

Why? Because I had just graduated from university,
and in my head, I was still at school.

When the teacher asked me a question and I
got it right, I thought: “Great! I achieved

something!” I thought this even if I just
guessed the answer.

If I got a question wrong, I thought, “I
feel bad!” I felt embarrassed.

If we did an exercise or a test, I thought,
“If I get a high score, I've succeeded!”

Worst of all, I thought that just turning
up to class was enough. After all, I wasn't

responsible for my learning. The teacher was
responsible. That's the teacher's job.

I hope, I really hope, that you realise that
I'm saying these things because they're

totally wrong, not because they're how you
should think.

Getting a question right or wrong in class
means nothing by itself.

Getting a high score in a test means nothing
by itself.

Going to five classes, ten classes, or 500
classes means nothing by itself.

There's only one thing that matters: what
have you learned?

What can you do that you couldn't do before?

Teachers can make a big difference, sure.
One of the best teachers I've had (Hi Lola!),

Instead of feeling embarrassed about making
a mistake, I realised that mistakes are a

Instead of worrying about getting things wrong,
I started to experiment and play with language.

Instead of seeing tests and exercises as targets
for someone else, I saw them as opportunities

to express myself and explore my own strengths
and weaknesses.

I put this at number one because it's the
most important thing to learn.

It's the biggest mistake I see English learners
making. I see adults, many of whom are older

than me, very professionally successful, acting
like they're still at school, just because

I've seen people copying their homework
from the answer key. I see people—full-grown,

successful adults—really caring about whether
they get a question right or wrong in class.

None of this matters by itself. All of this—questions
in class, exercises in your textbook, tests

and exams, English courses, certificates—they're
just steps; they're tools.

What's your goal? To get a piece of paper
that says you speak English, or to actually

If you start at lesson one and finish lesson
100, is that enough? Have you finished?

Do you want to get a high score in an English
exam, or do you want to speak such good English

that you never need to take an English exam?

So, get these old ideas from school out of
your head. Classes, exercises, tests and certificates…

All of these things can help you; these things
can give you structure and motivation, and

that can be important, but they aren't the
end goal.

These things aren't important in themselves;
they're important for what they can help

When I first moved to Russia, I was planning
to stay for six months.

After six months, I thought my Russian was
okay. But it certainly wasn't good enough.

I thought that with six months more study,
my Russian would be where I wanted it to be.

After six months, I thought, “My Russian's
alright, but if I just studied for another

I thought, “Yeah, my Russian's not bad.
You know what I need? Six months' more study.

It'll be really good with another six months.”

There were a few more like this, but you can
see where this is going, I think.

Even when I left Russia, and I could speak
to a high level, I didn't feel completely

You never feel like you've finished. You
always feel like there's more to do, and

I promise you, this will be the same for you
with English. You'll never feel like, “I'm

Often, students ask me things like, “How
long will it take to get fluent?” “How

No one wants to hear, “Forever!” It's
not a popular answer! But, it's true.

The first is that there is always more to
learn. I'm still learning things about English,

by teaching, writing and editing other people's
work. I haven't finished learning English,

just like you haven't finished learning
English, because you never do.

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