Name: Feeling bad about your English? 18 solutions!
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Gerund

Man, that's it, I've had it, thrown in the towel, I quit English, I'm done, nope, I'm not doing it anymore, I can't, I just can't, I hit a wall, okay?

Have you ever felt this frustration learning English?

I have, not learning English, teaching English, for sure.

Learning another language, I've tried to learn Portuguese, I've tried to learn Spanish, I learned Japanese because I went there to Japan, hung out, sat on the floor, ate some food, but it's going to happen to all of us.

And this lesson is called, oh my god, Ronnie, help me, what to do when you hit a wall learning English.

Now, as I said before, when you hit a wall, you're not actually, like, physically like bam, bam, banging your head against a wall.

It basically means that, hey, do you know what?

You're like, I'm done, no more English for me, I'm here to help you, I'm here to save you.

I will be your saviour, hallelujah, Ronnie's in the house.

So, here are some phrases that we can use that can describe when we want to quit or when we hit a wall.

People have been working at their jobs, a lot of teachers, you'll say, oh, what happened to Mrs. MacDonald, oh, you know what?

She had a mental breakdown, she burned out, she's like, is she on fire?

No, nobody's on fire here, you're just, you just can't go on anymore.

I'm done with this teaching thing, I'm done with sitting in front of a computer 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.

It just means that they can't do it anymore and they have to change their job or whatever they're doing.

I don't know what you're doing, what are you doing?

As I said in the beginning of the lesson, if you throw in the towel, I think that's more of a sports reference because you're like, oh, doing your sports, you're done, take a shower, take a shower, throw in the towel, means you're finished.

So, you throw in the towel, you want to quit.

Learning a language, especially English, because that's what we're speaking in, it's not something that you can do for, oh, you know, I'm going to study English for like a year, and then I'm going to be fluent, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, no, learning a language is a lifetime journey.

It's like you're on that choo-choo train, choo-choo, for life.

And each step, you're going to get better, and it's going to get worse, and it's going to get better.

So, when you lose motivation, what are you going to do?

This word, I love this word, brain farts, so, let's say you're having a conversation in English, or you're in your English class, and all of a sudden you're like, yeah, so yesterday it was really great, I went to the...

And your brain's like, you're not going to remember the word, where did you go?

You got it in your language, you're like, yeah, and your brain just gives up.

Just means you completely forget maybe what you were talking about, or the word you want to use.

And we all get these, it doesn't matter what language you're speaking, our brains are just like...

Maybe what you're learning is really fucking boring, okay?

And the teacher's just like, alright, class, today we're going to learn about the simple present tense, open your books to page number seven.

Of course you're going to lose motivation.

If you're studying someone, someone, hmm, studying something or with someone that doesn't motivate you, it's boring.

You're like, oh, okay, well, how about I just stare at the floor?

That's more exciting than this English class.

Brain farts are more like you forget everything, but a vocabulary word is like, oh yeah, so yesterday, you know, something in my house broke, and I'm trying to describe it, so you just can't pull out the thing and go, oh yeah, it's a wrench, because you don't have tools with you.

It's a wrench, by the way, so you're going to forget vocabulary.

You talk about the object, even though you don't know what it is, so, oh yeah, it's a tool, it's made of metal, I use it to pull out teeth, no, you don't use it to pull things out, you're like, oh, oh, oh yeah, a wrench, yeah, pliers, good.

So if you talk about the word, that's how to solve your forgetting vocab problem.

You talk about the word, so the person gets it.

Overwhelmed basically just means, hey, do you know what, mm-mm, it's too much.

Too much information, too much pressure, too much homework, too many vocabulary words, too much to remember.

I remember I was in university, and like, every day, they're like, read these 300 pages.

Okay, so in one day, you want me to read 500 pages?

So you're overwhelmed, you're overloaded, you just, you can't do it.

I'm going to teach you how to get over this wall, how to smash down the wall, how to pick that towel back up again, mm-hmm.

So to get back on track means you are finished with your temper tantrum, no, I can't do it.

Go outside, go for a walk, have some food, drink a cup of coffee, tea, have some drugs.

Throw it down, throw it away, and come back to it.

Get back on track means take a break and go back to it.

You're going to have good days and bad days, okay?

This is where the brain farts comes in, okay?

Some days, you are going to be an English-talking maniac.

You can talk about politics, you can talk about your pet dog's poo, you can talk about, like, elephants' tusks.

And another day, somebody will say, hey, where do you live, and you're like, oh, yeah, it's a building, a house.

We all have good days and bad days, not only learning English, but some days you wake up and you're having a terrible day.

Another thing that we say in English, this is fun, I like this, it's like your phone, right?

You also need to recharge yourself, recharge your batteries.

Now, most of us don't have batteries, because again, we are human, not robots, but recharging your batteries means going out, walking in nature, doing all the things I mentioned, taking a break, having something to eat.

Yeah, okay, so learning English can be super, super, super boring.

Hey, I know, I'm an English teacher, and I know it can be really boring, oh, my god, but that's your fart.

I tried to say fault and problem at the same time.

That's your fart, people, that's your problem, that's your fault.

You need to look at how you are studying English.