Overcoming Barriers

The first and most difficult step is overcoming your own fears and barriers. Perhaps in the past you saw your classmates make fun of someone who mispronounced a word during an English lesson at primary school. Perhaps that person was you. The reasons why we experience blocks when performing certain activities in life are different. Feelings of embarrassment and uncertainty are natural when learning a new language. The question is how we deal with them moving forward.

You can either run away from challenges, just like a small child at primary school did because it felt safer, or you can face your fears and doubts head-on. Individual English lessons are not meant to humiliate you, but rather to motivate you to work independently and help you develop new language skills.

Talk About What Interests You

A common problem when learning languages in schools is that students often do not have enough space to express themselves. They frequently just memorize and repeat sentence patterns from textbooks, but that is not how languages are truly learned. Lessons should be tailored to what you actually need English for. For example, if you are a car mechanic who runs your own business and wants to communicate with partners abroad, it is natural to focus on topics that interest you most, especially if you have been working with cars from a young age.

This approach will help you feel more relaxed because you will know exactly what you want to say. Building vocabulary and mastering grammar require effort and practice, but this is essential to speak fluently without constantly stopping. At Czeska Strefa, we can help you with this. Our lessons are adapted to your goals, and we track your progress every step of the way.