25- Learn English with Your Heart – Inspiration for Language Study
Lindsay: This is an All Ears English Podcast, Episode 25: Deep Thoughts Thursday.
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Gabby: Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, where you'll finally get real, native English conversation. Now here are your hosts, Lindsay McMahon, the ‘English Adventurer' and Gabby Wallace, the ‘Language Angel,' coming to you from Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
In today's episode, we're going to share a quote and talk about why you may not be as successful in English yet as you want to be. [Instrumental] Gabby: Hey Lindsay!
Lindsay: Hey Gabby. What's up?
Gabby: Not much.
Lindsay: All right. So today we have a quote.
Gabby:
We do. We have an awesome quote. “You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.” Nice.
Lindsay:
Well first of all, what does ‘wholeheartedness' actually mean?
Gabby:
Well it comes from – we have two root words. We have ‘whole' and we have ‘heart.' So basically put your ‘whole' self, your ‘whole' effort into doing something.
Lindsay:
Yeah. And so today we would just invite you to ask yourself a question, (like) to what extent are you ‘wholeheartedly' going into your English practice, into your English study?
Gabby:
Right.
Because honestly it does take incredible focus and effort to really delve into a language and see improvements.
Lindsay:
Right.
Gabby:
So if you're just doing it, (you know), just a little or because you feel like you have to, or (you know), you're just maybe saying you want to improve your English, but not doing anything about it, it's not going to work out, it's not going to improve.
Lindsay:
Exactly. Are you saying you want to improve because your friends are saying the same thing? Or do you really, really want to improve because I see that there's a difference between the students that succeed and that don't succeed. The ones who really want it from the bottom of their hearts succeed. They actually do.
Gabby:
Yeah. And it's – doing is very important. I, I hear a lot of people say, “Oh, I'm trying to improve.” But what are you doing?
Lindsay:
Right.
Gabby:
I mean, let's take an honest look at what are you doing to improve your English. (Um), you're listening to this podcast… Lindsay:
Hey!
Gabby:
…which is awesome.
Lindsay:
Good choice.
Gabby:
Yeah. Absolutely. (Um), but yeah, just think about how you can use your, your heart, your mind, just and focus and really see improvements because that's going to be so rewarding.
Lindsay:
Absolutely. So take a day or two to kind of go inside and think about that.
Gabby:
Cool.
Lindsay:
Great.
Gabby:
All right. So good quote Lindsay and I will see you on Monday next week. (Um), we're gonna (going to) talk about Christmas.
Lindsay:
Christmas is coming.
Gabby:
And (you know) how to celebrate when you're in the US and you might be away from your family.
Lindsay:
All right. I'm looking forward to that one.
Gabby:
Cool.
See you then.
Lindsay:
Have a good weekend.
Gabby:
You too. Bye.
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Gabby: Hey. So I've heard that a lot of students get stuck at the intermediate level and they're looking for a way to push through, break through to that advanced, fluent level of English. One of the best ways that you can do this is to listen to the podcast we have here but then also check your listening by reading our transcripts. (Um) it's the best way to get the most out of your All Ears English experience. So you can find all of our transcripts, everything we say, word for word, on our website. It's www.allearsenglish.com/conversations.
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