20 Reasons to be a Proud ESL Student

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I am so proud of the ESL students I teach every day. They are brave, intelligent individuals who have taken a huge risk to come to the United States to study another language. Learning English is a long, difficult process, and people who embark on the journey of language learning should be proud of themselves.

That’s why I put together this list of “20 Reasons to Be Proud of Being an ESL Student”. This list is for those students who feel like they are outsiders. It’s for those kids who feel too different from the native speakers around them. It’s for the learners who want to give up.

Be proud of learning a second language!

20 Reasons to be Proud of Being an ESL Student

  1. You can dream in multiple languages.
  2. You know more about English grammar than most native speakers know.
  3. You can read more of the internet than your monolingual friends.
  4. Your perspective of the world is wide.
  5. You can understand life from multiple perspectives.
  6. You have changed the way native speakers think about your native culture.
  7. You understand more of your native language.
  8. You are more flexible in your thinking.
  9. You are comfortable being around people who look different than you do.
  10. You speak more than one language, and most people can’t say that.
  11. You are more perceptive than others (according to a study by the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain)
  12. You can identify sounds better than those who only know one language, according to this study.
  13. You are brave enough to reach beyond the limits of your own language.
  14. You know how to speak short phrases in several different languages, because of your classmates from different countries.
  15. You can translate for your parents.
  16. You have developed an even stronger sense of pride for your native country.
  17. You can pretend to not understand English if you’re ever in a situation where that would benefit you.
  18. You use more of your brain than a monolingual person.
  19. You know what being an outsider is like, so you have the ability to have compassion on those who feel marginalized.
  20. You’re incredibly strong for taking the risk of learning a second language.

I hope this helps! If not, you can always read this post about Speaking English with Confidence.

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