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DISCUSSION TASK 3

When I started learning English, I was a very insecure student. I was afraid of asking questions, taking risks because I thought exposure would harm somehow. I don`t know how it would affect me, but I had always felt I would be the nagging student in the class. However, everything changed. When I was 16, my very first English teache showed me that it is okay to take risks. It is okay to ask questions, and yet not be nagging. So, I am pretty sure this teacher of mine had planted the seed of knowledge that one fine day would grow. It grew. It`s been very fruitful. Thanks to her advice, I was able to change my mindset and became secure. I truly believe one of the keys to succeed as a language learner, it is to have someone who believes in your. Someone who sees your true colors and invest time in you, knowing that this investment will pay off one day. My first EFL teacher invested in me. She offered me an internship at the English school she was working at, and from that experience, I decided I would become an English teacher and I would study languages at university and so on. She was instrumental in my becoming who I am today

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  1. Juan UribeApril 23, 2016 at 9:39 AM

    Hey Danilo! 

    The words that called my attention when reading your lines were mindset, believing, and true colours. There is so much emotion and beauty in these concepts and how they influence one's learning. That's why I believe it is so important for us to listen to students talking about their experience learning English. 

    Saying that a teacher changes the life trajectory of students is a cliche that we listen over and over. But it is very true, specially when we have the intention and the availability of being present, listening, sharing, and most importantly, believing. 

    I am very happy you have met this great teacher in your path, Danilo. I am certain you have become a lot like her as well. Isn't that simply beautiful?

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