Learning from Mistakes in English | Easy English Conversation for Beginners — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello everyone and welcome back to Enjoy
2. 0:03English Talks, where every conversation
3. 0:05helps you learn. I'm Judy.
4. 0:08>> Hello Judy. Hello everyone. I'm Jake.
5. 0:11How are you today, Judy?
6. 0:12>> I am wonderful today, thank you. The sun
7. 0:15is shining and I am happy to be here.
8. 0:18And you, Jake?
9. 0:19>> Uh,
10. 0:20>> [sighs and gasps]
11. 0:20>> I am okay, but something happened
12. 0:23yesterday. I made a mistake.
13. 0:26>> A mistake? What happened?
14. 0:28>> I was at a coffee shop. I wanted to say,
15. 0:32"I want a cup of coffee." But I said, "I
16. 0:35want a cap of coffee."
17. 0:37>> A cap of coffee? Cap, like a hat?
18. 0:41>> Yes, a cap, like a hat. The woman looked
19. 0:44at me. She was confused.
20. 0:47>> Oh, Jake, that is okay. Everyone makes
21. 0:50mistakes.
22. 0:52>> I know, but I felt embarrassed. I felt
23. 0:55bad in front of other people.
24. 0:57>> I understand. But Jake, that one small
25. 1:00mistake is not a problem. It is a normal
26. 1:03part of learning.
27. 1:05>> Really?
28. 1:06>> Really. And that is actually our topic
29. 1:08today.
30. 1:09>> What is our topic?
31. 1:11>> Today, we're talking about mistakes and
32. 1:13why it's okay to make them.
33. 1:15>> It's okay to make mistakes?
34. 1:18>> Yes, it's okay to make mistakes. That is
35. 1:21our big message today. But first, we
36. 1:23have a small request.
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43. 1:38>> We love our listeners.
44. 1:40>> Okay, now let's start. First, let's talk
45. 1:43about an important word, mistake. Jake,
46. 1:47what is a mistake?
47. 1:49>> A mistake is when you do something
48. 1:51wrong, an error.
49. 1:53>> Yes, a mistake is an error, something
50. 1:56that is not correct, like saying cap
51. 1:59when you mean cup.
52. 2:01>> Like me yesterday.
53. 2:03>> Yes, but here's the truth, Jake.
54. 2:06Everyone makes mistakes. Every single
55. 2:09person in the world.
56. 2:10>> Even you, Judy?
57. 2:12>> Even me. I make mistakes every day, and
58. 2:15that is okay because mistakes help us
59. 2:18learn.
60. 2:19>> Mistakes help us learn. I like that
61. 2:22idea.
62. 2:23>> Let me show you what I mean. Think about
63. 2:26learning English. Many people are afraid
64. 2:28to speak English.
65. 2:30>> Afraid? That means scared, right?
66. 2:33>> Yes, afraid means you feel scared,
67. 2:36scared to try something. Many people
68. 2:39think, "What if I say the wrong word?"
69. 2:42>> Ugh, that is how I feel sometimes. My
70. 2:45brain says, "Jake, don't speak. You will
71. 2:48sound silly."
72. 2:49>> Your brain says that?
73. 2:51>> Yes, my brain says stay quiet. It is
74. 2:54safer.
75. 2:55>> Many people feel this way, but here's
76. 2:58the thing, Jake. If you stay quiet, you
77. 3:01don't practice, and if you don't
78. 3:02practice, you don't improve.
79. 3:05>> Improve? That means to get better at
80. 3:08something.
81. 3:09>> Yes, improve means to get better at
82. 3:11something, and the only way to improve
83. 3:14is to try. And when you try, sometimes
84. 3:17you make mistakes.
85. 3:18>> And that is okay.
86. 3:20>> Yes, it's okay to make mistakes. Think
87. 3:23about a baby learning to talk.
88. 3:26>> A baby?
89. 3:27>> Yes, a baby says "wawa" for water. Is
90. 3:31that wrong?
91. 3:32>> Well, yes, but the baby is learning.
92. 3:36>> Exactly. The baby is learning, and
93. 3:38nobody says, "That baby is bad at
94. 3:41talking." Nobody. Everyone smiles and
95. 3:44says, "The baby is trying."
96. 3:47>> And I am like the baby. I am learning.
97. 3:50>> Yes, you are learning, and your mistakes
98. 3:53are part of the journey.
99. 3:54>> Part of the journey. I like that. Judy,
100. 3:58can I tell you another mistake I made?
101. 4:01>> Of course, tell me.
102. 4:02>> Last week, I was talking to my friend. I
103. 4:05wanted to say, I went to the store, but
104. 4:08I said, I goed to the store.
105. 4:12>> I goed to the store. And what happened?
106. 4:15>> My friend smiled and he said, you mean I
107. 4:18went to the store.
108. 4:20>> And how did you feel?
109. 4:22>> I felt a little embarrassed. My face
110. 4:25turned red, but my friend was kind. He
111. 4:28was not laughing at me. He was helping
112. 4:30me.
113. 4:31>> That is what good friends do. They help
114. 4:33you.
115. 4:34>> Yes, and he said, don't worry Jake, I
116. 4:37make mistakes, too. Everyone does.
117. 4:40>> See, your friend understood you. He knew
118. 4:43what you wanted to say. The message was
119. 4:45clear.
120. 4:46>> The message was clear even with the
121. 4:47mistake.
122. 4:48>> Yes, and now you know the past of go is
123. 4:52went, not goed.
124. 4:54>> I will never forget that because of the
125. 4:57mistake.
126. 4:58>> Exactly. The mistake helped you
127. 5:00remember. That is the power of mistakes.
128. 5:03>> Mistakes have power. That is a very new
129. 5:06idea for me.
130. 5:08>> Now, let me give you another example,
131. 5:10not about English. Think about riding a
132. 5:13bicycle.
133. 5:14>> A bicycle?
134. 5:16>> Yes. Jake, do you remember learning to
135. 5:19ride a bicycle?
136. 5:20>> Yes, I was maybe six or seven years old.
137. 5:24>> Did you ride perfectly the first time?
138. 5:27>> No, I fell down many times.
139. 5:31>> What happened when you fell?
140. 5:32>> My knees were hurt, my hands were hurt,
141. 5:35and I was scared. I wanted to cry.
142. 5:38>> That is normal. Falling hurts. It is
143. 5:41scary.
144. 5:41>> Yes, and I thought, maybe I can't do
145. 5:44this. Maybe riding a bicycle is too hard
146. 5:47for me.
147. 5:47>> Your brain was telling you to stop.
148. 5:50>> Yes, my brain said, "This is too
149. 5:52difficult. Give up."
150. 5:53>> But did you stop?
151. 5:55>> No, my dad said, "Get up. Try again."
152. 5:58So, I got up. I tried again, and again,
153. 6:01and again.
154. 6:02>> And one day
155. 6:03>> One day, I could ride. I was riding my
156. 6:06bicycle, and I felt so free, so happy.
157. 6:09>> That feeling, that happy feeling, it
158. 6:12came because you did not give up. You
159. 6:14fell 10 times, 20 times, but you always
160. 6:18got up.
161. 6:19>> Yes, every time I fell, I learned
162. 6:21something. I learned how to balance, how
163. 6:23to turn, how to stop.
164. 6:25>> See, you made mistakes, but you got up
165. 6:28every time, and now you can ride a
166. 6:30bicycle. Nobody rides perfectly the
167. 6:32first time.
168. 6:33>> That is true. Falling was part of
169. 6:35learning. Without the falling, there was
170. 6:37no riding.
171. 6:38>> It's okay to make mistakes. That is how
172. 6:41we learn, on a bicycle and in English.
173. 6:44>> Just like English. When I make a mistake
174. 6:47in English, I fall down, but I get up
175. 6:49and try again.
176. 6:50>> That is beautiful, Jake. Falling in
177. 6:53English is not dangerous. It does not
178. 6:55hurt your knees.
179. 6:57>> No, it only hurts my pride a little.
180. 6:59>> Pride, that means the feeling of being
181. 7:01good at something. When you make a
182. 7:03mistake, your pride hurts a little.
183. 7:06>> Yes, but pride heals fast, faster than
184. 7:09knees.
185. 7:10>> Yes, much, much faster. Now, one more
186. 7:13example. Last month, I tried to cook a
187. 7:15new recipe.
188. 7:17>> What did you cook?
189. 7:18>> Soup, a vegetable soup, but I put too
190. 7:21much salt.
191. 7:22>> Too much salt?
192. 7:23>> Uh yes, way too much. The soup was
193. 7:27terrible. I could not eat it.
194. 7:29>> Oh, no. That is sad.
195. 7:31>> It was sad. I was disappointed.
196. 7:34Disappointed means I felt sad because
197. 7:36something did not go well.
198. 7:38>> Disappointed, I know that feeling. Like
199. 7:41when I said cap instead of cup.
200. 7:43>> Yes, that feeling. It is not a good
201. 7:46feeling, but it is a normal feeling.
202. 7:48Everybody feels disappointed sometimes.
203. 7:51>> What did you do after the bad soup?
204. 7:53>> I wanted to give up. My brain said,
205. 7:56"Judy, you are not good at cooking. Stop
206. 7:58trying."
207. 7:59>> Your brain said that?
208. 8:01>> Yes, but I did not listen. I said, "No,
209. 8:04I will try again."
210. 8:06>> Good for you, Judy. You are brave.
211. 8:08>> Thank you, Jake. So, the next week I
212. 8:10tried again, the same recipe, and this
213. 8:14time I put less salt.
214. 8:16>> And?
215. 8:16>> It was delicious.
216. 8:18>> The mistake taught you.
217. 8:20>> Exactly. The first mistake taught me.
218. 8:23Now I know how much salt to use. My
219. 8:26mistake was my teacher.
220. 8:28>> So, mistakes are like teachers.
221. 8:30>> Yes, exactly. Three examples: English, a
222. 8:34bicycle, and cooking. Three very
223. 8:36different things, but the lesson is the
224. 8:38same.
225. 8:39>> The lesson is the same. Mistakes help us
226. 8:42learn.
227. 8:43>> It's okay to make mistakes. They teach
228. 8:45us important things every time.
229. 8:48>> Every time.
230. 8:49>> Now, Jake, I want to share three
231. 8:52secrets. Three secrets about mistakes.
232. 8:55>> Three secrets? I love secrets. Tell me,
233. 8:57Judy.
234. 8:58>> Secret number one. Don't be afraid to
235. 9:01try.
236. 9:01>> Don't be afraid to try.
237. 9:04>> Many people don't try because they are
238. 9:06afraid of mistakes. Fear says, "Don't
239. 9:09speak. People will laugh at you."
240. 9:11>> Fear says that. I can hear it in my
241. 9:13head.
242. 9:14>> But courage says, "Try. You will learn
243. 9:16something new."
244. 9:18>> Fear says, "Don't try." Courage says,
245. 9:20"Try."
246. 9:21>> Yes, and being brave is not about being
247. 9:24perfect. Being brave means you try even
248. 9:27when you feel afraid.
249. 9:28>> Brave, that means I try even when I am
250. 9:31scared.
251. 9:32>> Yes, that is exactly what brave means.
252. 9:35And Jake, you are brave.
253. 9:37>> Me, brave?
254. 9:38>> Yes, you speak English every week on
255. 9:41this podcast. That takes courage.
256. 9:43>> Um, I never thought about it that way.
257. 9:46Thank you, Judy.
258. 9:47>> Think about it. The first time you spoke
259. 9:49English on this podcast, were you
260. 9:51afraid?
261. 9:52>> Yes, very afraid. My hands were shaking.
262. 9:55>> But you did it. You spoke, and every
263. 9:57week you get better.
264. 9:59>> Because I keep trying, even when I am
265. 10:01afraid.
266. 10:02>> That is secret number one. Don't be
267. 10:04afraid to try.
268. 10:06>> Don't be afraid to try. I will remember
269. 10:08that.
270. 10:09>> Good. Secret number two, every mistake
271. 10:12is a lesson.
272. 10:13>> Every mistake is a lesson.
273. 10:15>> Your mistakes are not your enemies. They
274. 10:18are your teachers. When you say cap
275. 10:20instead of cup, now you know the
276. 10:23difference forever.
277. 10:24>> That is true. I will never say cap of
278. 10:27coffee again.
279. 10:28>> See, the mistake taught you. Your
280. 10:30mistake was a gift.
281. 10:32>> My mistake was a gift. I never thought
282. 10:34about mistakes that way before.
283. 10:36>> Think about all the words you know now.
284. 10:39Many of those words you learned from
285. 10:41mistakes. You said them wrong once,
286. 10:43someone helped you, and now you
287. 10:45remember.
288. 10:46>> That is true. Mistakes put the words in
289. 10:48my brain deeper than a textbook.
290. 10:51>> Deeper than a textbook. I love that,
291. 10:53Jake.
292. 10:54>> What is the last secret?
293. 10:55>> Secret number three, try again tomorrow.
294. 10:58>> Try again tomorrow.
295. 11:00>> One bad day is not the end. One mistake
296. 11:03is not the end. Tomorrow is a new day.
297. 11:06You can always try again.
298. 11:08>> Tomorrow is a new day. I like that a
299. 11:10lot.
300. 11:11>> Many famous people made many, many
301. 11:13mistakes. Scientists, musicians,
302. 11:16writers, they all made mistakes, but
303. 11:19they did not stop. They kept trying, and
304. 11:21they got better.
305. 11:22>> Really? Even famous people?
306. 11:25>> Yes, every good English speaker was once
307. 11:27a beginner, just like you. And every
308. 11:30beginner makes mistakes. The important
309. 11:32thing is to keep going, to get up after
310. 11:35you fall, just like the bicycle.
311. 11:37>> Just like the bicycle. Get up and try
312. 11:40again.
313. 11:41>> Think about this. Maybe today you tried
314. 11:44to speak English and it did not go well.
315. 11:46Your brain says, "See, you are bad at
316. 11:49this. Stop trying."
317. 11:50>> My brain does say that sometimes.
318. 11:53>> But you can say back to your brain, "No,
319. 11:56I am learning and tomorrow I will try
320. 11:59again."
321. 12:00>> I will try again. That is powerful.
322. 12:02>> Yes, the people who learn the most are
323. 12:05not the people who never make mistakes.
324. 12:07They are the people who never stop
325. 12:09trying.
326. 12:10>> The people who never stop trying. Wow.
327. 12:13>> And nobody is perfect. Perfect means no
328. 12:16mistakes, 100% correct, but nobody is
329. 12:20perfect.
330. 12:21>> Nobody?
331. 12:22>> Nobody. Not me, not you, not your
332. 12:25teacher, not anyone. And that's okay
333. 12:28because perfect is not the goal.
334. 12:30>> What is the goal?
335. 12:32>> The goal is to improve, to get a little
336. 12:35better every day. Not perfect, just
337. 12:37better.
338. 12:38>> A little better every day. That is a
339. 12:40beautiful goal.
340. 12:42>> And every mistake you make is one step
341. 12:44closer to that goal, one step closer to
342. 12:47speaking English well.
343. 12:49>> One step closer. I like that.
344. 12:52>> So let's remember our three secrets.
345. 12:54Secret one,
346. 12:55>> don't be afraid to try.
347. 12:57>> Secret two,
348. 12:58>> every mistake is a lesson.
349. 13:00>> And secret three,
350. 13:02>> try again tomorrow.
351. 13:03>> Very, very good, Jake.
352. 13:05>> These are very good secrets. I feel
353. 13:08better about my mistakes now.
354. 13:10>> I'm glad. And now I want to say
355. 13:12something to our listeners.
356. 13:14>> Yes, please listen, everyone.
357. 13:16>> If you are listening right now, we are
358. 13:18so proud of you. You are learning
359. 13:20English and that is amazing.
360. 13:23>> Yes, we are proud of you.
361. 13:25>> You are doing something difficult and
362. 13:27that takes courage.
363. 13:28>> We know it is not easy.
364. 13:30>> If you made a mistake today, that's
365. 13:32okay. If you forgot a word, that's okay.
366. 13:35If you said something wrong, that's
367. 13:37okay.
368. 13:38>> It's okay to make mistakes.
369. 13:40>> Because every mistake brings you closer
370. 13:43to your goal.
371. 13:44>> You are not failing. You are learning.
372. 13:46>> You are brave. You are strong and you
373. 13:49are getting better every single day.
374. 13:51>> We believe in you.
375. 13:52>> You don't need to be perfect. You just
376. 13:55need to try.
377. 13:56>> Try one new word this week.
378. 13:58>> Try one new sentence.
379. 14:00>> Say hello to someone in English.
380. 14:02>> Write a comment in English.
381. 14:04>> Read one page of a book in English.
382. 14:06>> Small steps every day.
383. 14:09>> And if you make a mistake, that's okay.
384. 14:11>> Because mistakes are your friends, not
385. 14:14your enemies.
386. 14:15>> You can do it. We know you can.
387. 14:17>> Okay, let's review.
388. 14:19>> Yes, let's see what we learned.
389. 14:21>> Today we talked about mistakes and why
390. 14:23they are okay.
391. 14:25>> Yes, mistakes help us learn and improve.
392. 14:28>> Good. And we learned three secrets.
393. 14:30>> Don't be afraid to try. Every mistake is
394. 14:33a lesson. And try again tomorrow.
395. 14:36>> Perfect. You remembered everything.
396. 14:38>> I learned a lot today.
397. 14:40>> And I am so proud of you for trying,
398. 14:42Jake. Well, that's all the time we have
399. 14:44for today.
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408. 15:03>> Tell us, what is one small thing you
409. 15:05will try in English this week? Maybe say
410. 15:08one new word or write one sentence.
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