Learning a language? Speak it like you’re playing a video game - Marianna Pascal at TEDxPenangRoad

Source: Learning a language? Speak it like you’re playing a video game | Marianna Pascal | TEDxPenangRoad
Summary by: Luis Francisco Montero

• How well someone communicates in English has very little to do with their English level.
• It has a lot to do with their attitude towards English.
• There are people who has very low English level and they can communicate very well.
• The fear about making mistakes make that you can not enjoy speaking English, and have a bad attitude about speaking English.
• Attitude for just do it smoothly, calmly and with confidence.
• No feeling of being judged, not feeling of being embarrassed, in fact the opposite.
• When you are in an English conversation, don’t feel judged.
• No self-awareness, no thought about your own mistakes.
• Speak English like you were playing a computer game.
• Don’t feel that your interlocutor is judge you and notice your mistakes.
• Don’t feel fear when you are speaking English, even if your English level is low.
• Don’t focused on yourself and getting right.
• Instead, focus on your interlocutor and get a result.
  ++* English is not an art to be mastered, it’s just a tool to use to get a result. ++
• English is just a tool to play around with to get a result like a game.
• If you are worried when you speak English, your brain multi-task and can not do two things at onces.
  ++* If you want to speak English with great confidence, when you speak, don’t focus on yourself, focus on the other person and the result you want to achieve. ++