It’s okay to make mistakes when I speak English

It’s okay to make mistakes when I speak English

It’s okay to make mistakes when I speak English

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s OKAY to make mistakes with your English.

It is OKAY.
It is SAFE.

It is actually BRILLIANT, because it shows that you are are learning (and have learned), that you are brave, and that you are pushing yourself beyond what is known and what is comfortable.

As you increase the range of grammar and vocabulary you USE in English, your accuracy will decrease for a while.

If you’re not willing to make mistakes, you’ll never expand your range.

Mistakes are nothing to be worried about or ashamed of. They actually just show how AWESOME you are. True story!

Screen shot this, and repeat it 100 times a day if you need to:

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