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Shh! I have a secret to tell you. But you cannot tell your English teacher!

In this episode, I\\u2019m going to share the five things that you should never say to your English teacher, even if you\\u2019re thinking them. So is it okay? Can I share them? Can we keep it a secret? Okay. Awesome!

Just before I share these five phrases, I want to let you know that you can come to gonaturalenglish.com and I have a free training for you. The Seven Steps to Fluency Training will help you start improving your English \\u2013 now, today, immediately! So, be sure to check that out.

Now, I want to share these five things to never say to your English teacher.

First of all, never, ever, ever say, \\u201cI\\u2019m too busy to study.\\u201d Why? Maybe it\\u2019s true. Maybe you\\u2019re really busy. But why should we not say this? \\u201cI\\u2019m too busy to study.\\u201d Well, we\\u2019re all busy. Teachers, especially, are super busy. So, I\\u2019m not sure if your teacher would feel sorry for you. Maybe. But the thing is, we make time for our priorities. So, if you do want to improve your English, you have to make it a priority and give it some time in your day.

Okay. Number two: Never ever say, \\u201cYes, I understand,\\u201d if you don\\u2019t understand. This is very important for you because it doesn\\u2019t help anyone to lie. If you don\\u2019t understand something, it\\u2019s much better to say, \\u201cI don\\u2019t understand. Could you explain? Could you help me?\\u201d Teachers usually like to help their students and, of course, it\\u2019s better for you to have a full understanding of the point or the phrases that you didn\\u2019t really understand. So, I know it can be a little embarrassing sometimes to say, \\u201cI don\\u2019t understand,\\u201d but it\\u2019s okay. Just understand it\\u2019s a good thing to ask for help. So, don\\u2019t be shy to do that.

Okay, the third thing that you should never say to your English teacher is anything not in English. I\\u2019ve had students come up to me and ask me questions in their native language \\u2013 like in Japanese. And my Japanese is not very good and I couldn\\u2019t respond in Japanese to my students\\u2019 question. Actually, English class is a time for English. So do everything in English. Do not revert to your native language. This is a time for you to try out new things, to make mistakes. So go ahead and even if you\\u2019re not sure or you\\u2019re not comfortable about how to say something in English, just try it in class. It\\u2019s a great time to experiment.

Okay, next. Another thing that you should never say to your English teacher is, \\u201cI\\u2019ll never use this tense.\\u201d Okay, a lot of people don\\u2019t like to learn grammar, right? It can be boring. It can be dry. But just understand that your English will sound so much better if you use the compound tenses. So, you can probably communicate just fine if you use simple tenses, but if you want to sound like a professional in English, like you\\u2019re fluent in English, then you need to know all the tenses and you\\u2019ll definitely find times when you can use them.

Finally, the last thing that you should never say to your English teacher is, \\u201cSince I only need to write emails, I don\\u2019t need to learn how to speak in English.\\u201d Or it could be vice versa. Maybe you might say, \\u201cOh, I only want to learn to speak, so I don\\u2019t need to learn how to write.\\u201d Well, this is not really a good idea to tell your English teacher, because your English teacher wants to help you with your all-round fluency. And in order to have really good English fluency, you need to know all the skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking. Now, if you\\u2019re doing more speaking than writing, you could focus more on those skills. Like at Go Natural English, I focus mainly on listening and speaking because those are the skills that help you to connect with people on a daily basis. Of course, you want to use writing and reading every day, too. But it\\u2019s really important to know each skill and then you can focus on learning what you like according to your goals.

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