Category: Master your Mindset

Introduction When you’re learning a new language, it can be easy to get discouraged. You might feel like you aren’t making enough progress and think that the time you put in isn’t worth it. This is especially true if your goal is something big or difficult to achieve, like using English in professional contexts or reaching a C1/C2 level. The solution? Celebrate your small wins along the way! People tend to focus on their big goals. People tend to focus on their big goals. They want to get the job, climb the ladder and be successful. But it can be ... Read more

Do you ever feel like your brain just doesn’t have enough “processing power” to speak English fluently? Or feel like you have to focus really hard to understand what people are saying to you? Does you mind go blank when you start to get nervous or frustrated? All of this is very natural, because speaking another language has a high cognitive load. What is cognitive load? Cognitive load is a way of describing how much information your brain has to process at any given moment. It’s basically the amount of mental resources you’re using to process and store information, as ... Read more