3 simple lessons to get perfect English | How to get fluency

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Summary

TLDRDans cette vidéo, Christian de Canguro English présente trois leçons essentielles sur l'apprentissage des langues. Il commence par utiliser un piège à doigts chinois comme métaphore pour souligner que souvent, pour réussir, il faut agir à l'encontre de ses instincts. Ensuite, il questionne la notion d'objectifs dans l'apprentissage des langues, affirmant que l'apprentissage est un processus continu et que l'atteinte d'un niveau de compétence tel que la fluidité ne se produit pas de manière statique. Christian insiste sur l'importance de valoriser ses capacités actuelles et de ne pas se mesurer aux autres. Enfin, il conclut que la clé du succès réside dans l'abandon des attentes rigides pour apprécier ce que l'on est aujourd'hui.

Takeaways

  • 🌀 L'apprentissage est un processus continu.
  • 🎯 Les objectifs ne définissent pas votre valeur.
  • 💡 Évaluez vos compétences dans le présent.
  • ✨ La valeur est absolue et ne se compare pas.
  • ⬆️ Réussir peut nécessiter de faire l'opposé de ce que l'on pense.
  • 🌟 Votre anglais est parfait maintenant.
  • 🤔 Le succès vient de l'abandon des objectifs rigides.
  • 📚 Utilisez vos capacités actuelles pour progresser.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:08:16

    Christian, l'hôte de Canguro English, introduit trois leçons importantes concernant l'apprentissage des langues, en commençant par un exemple du piège à doigts chinois, symbolisant comment l'apprentissage peut parfois être contre-intuitif. La première leçon consiste à redéfinir la perception des objectifs d'apprentissage : au lieu de se concentrer sur l'atteinte d'une certaine compétence linguistique (comme la fluidité ou le niveau B2), il s'agit de comprendre que l'apprentissage est un processus continu, et que les objectifs fixés peuvent sembler sans signification sans un cadre temporel clair. L'importance d'avoir un objectif comme source de motivation est reconnue, mais l'orateur remet en question la valeur de ces cibles traditionnellement perçues et cite une citation sur la nature du temps pour souligner que notre expérience est toujours ancrée dans le présent.

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Video Q&A

  • Quel est l'objectif principal de la vidéo ?

    L'objectif principal est de comprendre que l'apprentissage des langues est un processus continu et que la valeur personnelle ne doit pas être comparée à celle des autres.

  • Pourquoi l'hôte utilise-t-il un piège à doigts chinois ?

    Il l'utilise comme métaphore pour illustrer comment nous devrions parfois agir à l'encontre de nos instincts pour échapper à nos limitations.

  • Quel rôle jouent les objectifs dans l'apprentissage des langues ?

    Les objectifs peuvent donner une direction, mais l'apprentissage est surtout un processus présent que l'on doit apprécier au lieu de se concentrer uniquement sur des résultats futurs.

  • Comment évaluer ma progression en anglais ?

    En évaluant votre capacité actuelle et en appréciant ce que vous savez faire maintenant.

  • Quel est le lien entre le zen et la valeur personnelle ?

    Le zen enseigne que la valeur est absolue et ne doit pas être comparée aux autres.

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  • 00:00:00
    Hello and welcome to Canguro English
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    My name is Christian and today is Saturday,
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    the best day of the week
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    Now today I want to teach you three important lessons
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    about language learning
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    And we are going to start with this
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    This is a Chinese finger trap
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    and the way it works is very simple
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    You put your fingers inside
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    and then when you try to pull them out
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    ...well you can't
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    There is only one way to escape
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    and it goes against all of our instincts
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    but it teaches us something really profound
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    about learning
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    But before I show you how to escape
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    I want to talk about objectives
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    and get ready because this is going to be
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    a little bit deep
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    Let's start with a question
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    What is your language learning objective?
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    For almost all language learners it's something like
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    "I want to get fluency"
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    or "I want to be B2"
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    or "I want to speak like a native speaker"
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    Now i want you to just close your eyes
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    and imagine the moment
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    when you reach that objective
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    Maybe it happens in the middle of a conversation
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    or maybe you go to bed one night
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    and then you wake up the next morning and BOOM
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    Objective achieved
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    But is that really how it works?
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    Is there a moment when you become fluent?
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    Is there a day when you move from B1 to B2?
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    Well maybe I'm just looking at time the wrong way
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    You know, maybe if i ask you to imagine a moment
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    or a day that's unfair
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    But maybe there is a month
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    or a year or a decade when you do become fluent
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    But that still leaves us with the question
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    How do you know when you've achieved your objective?
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    And if you don't know when you've achieved your objective
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    then what's the point of having it
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    And this is the first lesson
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    Learning is a process
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    Something like fluency is not something that happens
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    It is something that is happening
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    Objectives in language learning are meaningless
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    Now I know what you're thinking
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    You're thinking, Christian, we need objectives
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    How can anyone learn anything without objectives?
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    Objectives give us a target to work towards
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    Objectives motivate people
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    Christian, you think that you are a revolutionary
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    but you are soft
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    You are just encouraging people to accept
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    that they should be stupid and lazy
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    A goal is a dream with a deadline
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    A deadline
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    A date
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    A time
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    I want to read you a quote about time
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    from almost 2000 years ago
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    "Perhaps it might be said rightly that there are three times:
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    a time present of things past;
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    a time present of things present;
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    and a time presence of things future
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    For these three do coexist somehow in the soul,
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    for otherwise I could not see them
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    The time present of things past is memory;
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    the time present of things present
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    is direct experience;
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    the time present of things future is expectation"
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    The time present
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    we are so accustomed to viewing time in three ways:
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    the past and the present and the future
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    that we forget that we only ever experience time
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    in one way:
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    the present
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    Time is happening
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    Your past experiences and your future expectations
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    come together to make you
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    And now we get to a really big question
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    Who are you?
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    And more specifically, who are you right now?
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    And this is the second lesson
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    The only English ability
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    that you will ever have in your life
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    is your English ability in the present
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    If you don't value it and use it in the present
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    then you will never use it
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    I want to tell you a little zen story
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    One day a woman goes into a butcher's shop
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    and she asks the butcher,
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    "Please give me your best piece of meat"
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    and the butcher replies,
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    "All of my meat is the best
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    There is not one piece of meat that is better than another"
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    And in that moment the woman was enlightened
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    Zen teaches that there is no relative value,
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    only absolute value
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    and that we cannot judge the worth of something
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    by comparing it to something else
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    Each thing is a pure expression of itself
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    and it's the same for people
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    and this is the final lesson
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    Your value does not come from comparison
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    You cannot compare yourself to other students
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    or native speakers or even to some future you
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    that has perfect English
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    Your value is absolute
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    And now we are. finally ready to escape
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    from the trap
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    And the solution is really simple
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    Instead of pulling,
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    we need to do the opposite of what
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    our instincts tell us and we need to push
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    Our objective is to pull
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    but in order to succeed
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    we need to do the opposite
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    The path to success is never clear
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    Now some of these ideas might seem like pure fantasy
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    but they are all based on evidence
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    Research has shown that abandoning objectives
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    leads to more success
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    that pulling too hard leads to failure
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    There is only one thing that I want for you
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    and that is for you to understand
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    that your English is perfect now
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    Because you in the present is the only thing that exists
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    I'm Christian
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    This is Canguro English
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    I'll see you in class
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    (MUSIC)
Tags
  • apprentissage des langues
  • objectif
  • processus
  • valeur personnelle
  • présent
  • zen
  • motivation
  • comparaison
  • fluide
  • succès