13. What is your English for?
Why do you want to improve your English?
Perhaps you want to practice your English so you can:
feel more calm and confident when speaking.
get more English-speaking clients.
understand songs/shows/online content in English.
connect with people from around the world.
get a job that requires English.
If English is the key that will open doors for you… what rooms will you be able to enter?
What opportunities might arise when you reach your goals in English?
And here we see why this is not such a comfortable question. We may discover that here is where we may feel fear.
For if our English were no longer “the obstacle” that stood between us and what we want… what might happen? How might we have to live?
Sometimes we feel stuck because we’re afraid of what’s behind the door that the key of English could open. We don’t know if we will feel ready once we have that key in our hand.
This is one of the reasons why it’s so important to FEEL GOOD WHILE working on our English. If we BUILD OUR CONFIDENCE as we move forward, we will be ready to greet new opportunities as they arise. New possibilities will feel exciting. Though we might feel afraid, we will feel READY.
So, with all that in mind, I invite you to think, write, or speak into your phone about these questions.
What’s your English for?
Why are you learning English?
Where do you want your English to take you?
Who do you want your English to help you become?