The Biggest Myth About Language Learning (you can do it!).

The FIXED MINDSET says: Are you sure you can do it? Maybe you don't have the talent. The GROWTH MINDSET says: Maybe I can't do it now, but I can learn to with time and effort. The FIXED MINDSET says: What if you fail? You'll be a failure. The GROWTH MINDSET says: Failures pave the way to success. The FIXED MINDSET says: If you don't try, you can protect yourself and keep your dignity. The GROWTH MINDSET says: If I don't try, I fail automatically. Where's the dignity in that? I had learned to lean into the humbling experience of learning a language. I came to appreciate and embrace each mistake as a precious opportunity to improve. In fact, instead of measuring my language ability based on what other people said, I measured it based on how many mistakes I was making and learning from. When I exposed my weaknesses and corrected them, I had begun doing what's known as DELIBERATE PRACTICE. DELIBERATE PRACTICE is about practicing deliberately. It means thinking while you're practicing about how you're practicing. It means staying out of your comfort zone and working on things you can improve. It means thinking about your technique and not your "natural ability." It means persevering and avoiding the path of least resistance. In fact, it turns out that learning a language isn't all that different from other skills, like playing a sport or an instrument. It's why most people plateau, while others never stop improving and exceed all expectations. The conventional wisdom is that it takes youth or a special gift to learn a language to true fluency. It's a myth. Enux Education Limited