Hi Language Buddy!

I'd like to delve into an interesting aspect of language learning, one that I've touched on briefly in the past. It's the idea of using language learning as a tool for self-confidence.

As someone who typically shoots my videos in a single take, I can attest to the fact that my self-confidence has improved significantly through my language learning journey. This process has required me to communicate with language teachers, find workarounds, and explore new ways to express myself. These experiences have brought me to a point where I feel comfortable enough to film these segments without needing to chop up the video into smaller sections. All of these nuances and "uhms" and "uhhs" that you see? They're a part of this real, unedited process.

So, language learning can definitely serve as a valuable tool for building self-confidence. And, you don't necessarily have to be learning a language for its own sake to reap this benefit. Let me share an anecdote involving my wife, Wanda. She started tutoring a Korean woman in English through a community volunteer opportunity. Initially, this woman was quite shy, but as the lessons progressed, she became more outgoing and self-assured. By the end, she expressed to Wanda that the English lessons had helped her become more confident overall. That, my friends, is a wonderful by-product of language learning.

The increased self-assuredness that language learning can foster has definitely helped me feel more at ease with public speaking and comfortable in front of the camera. So, I hope that as you embark on your online language learning journey, you, too, will enjoy the confidence boost it can provide.

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