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Repetition Main Text Hi this is AJ. Welcome to the seventh lesson. Let's begin. This one is called "Repetition with Intensity." Intensity means power,
Repetition Main Text
Hi this is AJ. Welcome to the seventh lesson. Let's begin. This one is called
"Repetition with Intensity." Intensity means power, concentrated power, really, is what it
means. Of course, repetition means doing something again and again and again and
again and again. So maybe this is the bad news or the good news, I don't know, but the
truth is to learn English, to learn any language, to learn any skill, to be a master you
have to have a lot of repetition. And this is something that a lot of people don't like and
they go "Oh my god, I'm bored. I don't want to listen to this again. I don't want to do
this again and again and again."
l'll give you a small example. I've recently started taking singing lessons and every
lesson we do the same thing. We do these scales, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah,
nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Every single time. Every day, same scales, same exercises.
And anyone who wants to get really good at singing, and I do want to get good, has to
do this. You have to repeat. You can't just say "Oh, I already know this. I did it 10
times so l'm finished and let's do something new."
Unfortunately a lot of people have this idea with language learning for some reason.
Most people understand if you learn a sport you have to repeat the same basic actions
again and again and again. If you want to be great at basketball, you probably know
you have to practice dribbling, [which] means bouncing the ball, passing and shooting
the ball, again and again and again and again. Michael Jordan practiced these same
basic skills from a child until he finished his career. What, 20 years maybe, every day
practicing the same skills, again and again. And not just practicing, practicing with
emotion, practicing with power, practicing with energy, every day for 20 years or more.
We've already mentioned Tiger Woods a lot, same thing with golf. He practices the
same skills again and again and again and again, every single day, years and years and
years.
So why, when we're learning English or learning a language, do we say "Oh, I don't
want to study this any more, I already know it. I already know the present tense. I
already know these words. I already know this grammar. I already know this lesson."
What, maybe you listened to it 7 times, 5 times? It's not enough. We need a lot of
repetition, a lot of repetition with power, with intensity. Your whole life, that's why babies
learn so quickly and so well, that's why I'm a master of English and not a master of
Spanish. Because every day for 40 years I have been listening to English, the same
basic English.
When I was 5 years old I didn't tell my mom “Mom, I already know the past tense so
stop using it. Let's learn something more difficult now. I'm bored with the past tense."
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Repetition Main Text
Hi this is AJ. Welcome to the seventh lesson. Let's begin. This one is called
"Repetition with Intensity." Intensity means power, concentrated power, really, is what it
means. Of course, repetition means doing something again and again and again and
again and again. So maybe this is the bad news or the good news, I don't know, but the
truth is to learn English, to learn any language, to learn any skill, to be a master you
have to have a lot of repetition. And this is something that a lot of people don't like and
they go "Oh my god, I'm bored. I don't want to listen to this again. I don't want to do
this again and again and again."
l'll give you a small example. I've recently started taking singing lessons and every
lesson we do the same thing. We do these scales, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah,
nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Every single time. Every day, same scales, same exercises.
And anyone who wants to get really good at singing, and I do want to get good, has to
do this. You have to repeat. You can't just say "Oh, I already know this. I did it 10
times so l'm finished and let's do something new."
Unfortunately a lot of people have this idea with language learning for some reason.
Most people understand if you learn a sport you have to repeat the same basic actions
again and again and again. If you want to be great at basketball, you probably know
you have to practice dribbling, [which] means bouncing the ball, passing and shooting
the ball, again and again and again and again. Michael Jordan practiced these same
basic skills from a child until he finished his career. What, 20 years maybe, every day
practicing the same skills, again and again. And not just practicing, practicing with
emotion, practicing with power, practicing with energy, every day for 20 years or more.
We've already mentioned Tiger Woods a lot, same thing with golf. He practices the
same skills again and again and again and again, every single day, years and years and
years.
So why, when we're learning English or learning a language, do we say "Oh, I don't
want to study this any more, I already know it. I already know the present tense. I
already know these words. I already know this grammar. I already know this lesson."
What, maybe you listened to it 7 times, 5 times? It's not enough. We need a lot of
repetition, a lot of repetition with power, with intensity. Your whole life, that's why babies
learn so quickly and so well, that's why I'm a master of English and not a master of
Spanish. Because every day for 40 years I have been listening to English, the same
basic English.
When I was 5 years old I didn't tell my mom “Mom, I already know the past tense so
stop using it. Let's learn something more difficult now. I'm bored with the past tense."
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