The Wonder of English Grammar

Hi!

Okay, let’s be honest here. What’s the one thing about the English language that really stops you progressing to where we want to get to?

Easy question – GRAMMAR of course.

Just the mention of the word “grammar” can cause many students pain. There is a widely held belief that before you can start to speak a language fluently, you must spend days, weeks and months learning the fundamentals of English grammar.

This by itself can create limiting beliefs –

“I can’t learn English until I learn the grammar”
“I will never speak English because the grammar is just so difficult”
“It is going to take me forever before I can speak English confidently”

This reason by itself can stop many aspiring English students in their tracks. The initial desire and motivation to learn Englishis lost. After a few false starts, the student gives up. Okay, I was there! I was in the very same position. You wouldn’t believe the number of English grammar books and courses I have been on, trying and overcome this limiting belief.

And then one day it dawned on me. At the time it was a revelation. It created a huge shift in my thinking. To explain, let me ask you this simple question?

“Do you ever see a small child reading a grammar book?”

The answer is clearly no! So how do we learn a language as a child? It’s through listening, learning phrases, understanding, speaking and continual practice. Sounds simple right? Well clearly the execution is not quite as easy as it sounds, but the principle certainly is.

So how do I apply this to my spoken English development? There are various learning techniques that are available that avoid you going through the torture of learning the fundamentals of grammar. I really believe this. More on this in later posts.

There is nothing more frustrating than seeing potentially great English speakers giving up because of grammar. Continue to follow these updates and I will share with you some of the readily available techniques to speak English with confidence and have fun along the way.

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Take care, Poppy

Tags: English grammar, grammar, limiting belief, spoken english