How to reduce stress when learning the language?

Loads of students every now and then face certain psychological issues, fears or barriers when acquiring a new language. Personally, I believe that the environment and teaching methods do not have to be stressful at all. Pleasant and friendly atmosphere combined with authentic relatable material can be the answer to that. Remember, that language acquisition is a process, and thus be gentle to yourself. We all develop and grow at our own speed. Everything will have turned to the best as long as you keep moving. You have to simply keep going at your own pace.

At the first lesson when I have an interview with my potential student, I frequently ask them about their hobbies, what they do for fun, how they relax. It is a working tool to include English into your hobby. It can be listening to English songs or watching films or TV shows, watching videos about your favourite athlete or interviews with celebrities, attending virtual lectures or webinars of professors or gurus who appeal to you. There are infinite opportunities here. From reading blogs, watching vlogs or listening to podcasts to whatever you are into. This way your headway would be more significant and noticeable even to you. It is a scientific fact we tend to excel at what we enjoy doing.

Another universal piece of advice that might lower the level of cortisol in your system when learning English is reading jokes or puns, known mostly as memes. Our brain relaxes when we are genuinely having fun. Of course, our enses of humour vary, but I'm sure you'll find something that will make you smile. This way we can kill two birds with one stone – doing something immature ( so our brain feels relaxed) and combine it with learning new words or phrases in English – win-win, right?

These few pictures in the text I found linguistically useful and hopefully funny. I am sure you can do way better than me - there are so many hilarrious memes that are created daily in the web - use them to your advantage and keep smiling - it prolongs your life and changes its quality for the best!

Photos are curtey of https://ru.pinterest.com/mohammedshafrandj/english-memes/