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For many language learners, the process of learning a new language
involves a lot stress.
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We feel incompetent.
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We are impatient with ourselves.
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We are no longer in our comfort zone.
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We compare ourselves to better students and we
feel envy.
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We have doubts about our own memory.
On the other hand, you can use foreign languages to obtain a
therapeutic effect.
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You develop a feeling of self-efficacy. You feel
that you are able to achieve great things.
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You become more disciplined and more oriented
towards long-term goals.
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You become more capable of being emphatic with
other people. You will become more capable of understanding the viewpoints of
other people.
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You can write a personal diary/journal where you
express all your emotions and secrets - in the language that you are learning. Nobody
should have access to it, of course. If you want, you can burn your pages later
on. You can write with mistakes and with incomplete sentences. James Pennebaker
is a professor of Psychology at the University of Texas. For decades, he has
researched the health benefits of Expressive Writing Therapy. Check out the link here, if you want to read his scientific articles.
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Thinking and talking in another language can help
you develop a new personality. Almost all our emotions and thoughts are
connected to our native language. The entire negative self-talk in our head is
in our native language. When we discipline ourselves to think in another
language, we have the freedom to think new thoughts. All the negative messages
from our teachers or parents are in our native language. When we switch to
another language, those negative thoughts will have a harder time to come through.
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The words in the foreign language do not have
any emotional connection to our childhood and adolescence. Therefore, we can
allow ourselves to express ourselves differently, with words that we would
consider silly in our native language.
The GO Method
“I have been living in
Germany for years. I have gone through all the levels and sustained the
necessary exams. Nonetheless, I still make too many mistakes as to get a
serious employment in my profession.”
It is easy to start a foreign language. It takes only
practice and living abroad to get fluent. To learn the last (!) 5% and to speak
without mistakes, however, you will need completely different approach.
The GO Method helps you get rid of your chronic grammar and
pronunciation mistakes by applying psychology and principles of quality management.
We offer corrective courses for some languages, as well a
general system for improving your use of any language. We support companies in
improving the language proficiency of key employees.
Gerhard J. Ohrband
Has helped more than 1200 students advance their studies and
professional career by obtaining excellent German and Spanish skills.
Psychologist and language teacher, from Hamburg /Germany
(*1979). Married, one son. MA in psychology from the University of Hamburg.
More than 15 years of experience as a university lecturer in psychology as well
as a consultant for UNICEF, Terre des Hommes, IOM, the EU and private
companies. Speaks 21 languages.
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If you want to save time in learning a foreign language
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