Don’t Let Anyone Laugh at Your English 💪 | Speak Confidently with Simple Present Tense

[music] David, can I tell you something a little embarrassing? >> Of course. What happened? >> I tried to speak English with someone yesterday and I knew what I wanted to say. I had the sentence in my head, but then he looked at me, smiled, and laughed. >> And what did you do? >> I stopped

>> completely. >> Completely. Suddenly, even the easiest English disappeared from my mind. >> That's interesting. Did you forget English or did you forget your confidence? >> Probably my confidence. >> I think that's an important difference. >> Why? >> Because sometimes the problem isn't that you don't know enough English. The problem is that you're thinking about

how you sound while you're trying to speak. >> Yes, that's exactly what happens. I start thinking, is my grammar correct? Is my pronunciation strange? Are they going to laugh again? And while you're asking yourself all those questions, the sentence is waiting for you. >> That sounds painfully familiar. >> Let me ask you something easier. What do

you do every morning? >> Every morning? >> Yes. Don't search for difficult English. Just tell me about your life. >> I wake up at 7. >> Good. Keep going. I wash my face. I make coffee. >> I eat breakfast. >> And after breakfast, >> I go to work. >> There. You just spoke five sentences in

English. But they're very simple. >> Exactly. >> So that's good. >> That's very good. Simple doesn't mean bad. Simple means you can control what you're saying. >> I think I often make speaking harder than it needs to be. >> Most learners do. They know a few simple words, but when they want to sound

impressive, they reach for complicated words they aren't comfortable with. >> And then I get stuck. >> Right? Imagine someone asks you, "What do you do every morning?" I could say, "I wake up at 7. I take a shower. I eat breakfast. I go to work." >> Perfectly understandable. >> I don't need a long answer.