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A1 English Listening - Why Learn English?
A1 English Listening - Why Learn English?
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15:38 · Jul 22, 2025
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Hey English learners, welcome to this A1 English listening practice video.
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Today, let's talk about some different reasons why people learn English.
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There are many reasons to learn English.
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You probably have one or two or maybe more reasons why you're learning English.
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I want to talk about different reasons to learn English today
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because this is important.
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It's important to have a good reason to learn
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because when you have a good reason,
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it helps keep you focused on your learning.
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It helps you continue to learn and not give up.
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And it motivates you.
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It gives you the motivation you need to learn English.
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So, that's what we're going to talk about today.
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And before we do that,
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I want to remind you
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that if you need my help to understand native English speakers
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when they speak fast,
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then make sure to join my membership
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so you can watch my listening practice seminars in
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which I help you understand fast English.
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So that link is down below.
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All right, let's talk about some different reasons why people learn English.
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The first one I want to talk about is entertainment.
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Many people want to learn English because they like English language entertainment.
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Maybe they like watching TV, TV shows or TV series in English.
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Maybe they like watching American movies, for example.
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Or perhaps they really like music
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and they want to listen to music in English.
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Or maybe they're interested in video games
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and they want to talk to other people
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while they're playing video games
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and they need to talk in English.
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So entertainment can be a really good motivator for people to learn English
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and it can also be really effective
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as well because when you enjoy something you do it more,
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right?
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When you like doing something, it's not that hard for you to do it.
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You enjoy it.
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So, you do it easily.
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And when you enjoy doing something,
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you focus more on it when you do it, right?
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And also you learn more when you enjoy something, when it's entertaining to you.
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You focus more and learn more.
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You probably remember more from what you watch or hear.
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So, uh I know people who have accidentally learned a language, maybe not fluently,
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but they've learned uh some language to uh a good level maybe
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because they're so interested in the entertainment from some country like for example uh
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they might really like Korean dramas
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and so they watch
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so many Korean dramas
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and eventually they start to understand Korean.
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I've heard of this before.
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Or maybe they're really interested in Japanese anime
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and they watch so much anime
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that eventually they start to understand Japanese.
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Maybe they can't speak it, but they can already understand a lot.
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This is pretty crazy
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because these people might not even care about the language of
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that drama or that anime,
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but they're so interested in that entertainment that they learn the language.
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That's pretty cool.
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So many people can learn English
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because they want to watch things in English
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or listen to things in English
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or maybe they get good at English
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because they like playing video games.
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This is common.
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So, this can be a good reason to learn English.
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I'm not saying that this is the best reason uh to play video games,
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but I'm saying that many people learn English because of this reason.
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So, that's one thing.
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Another reason why many people want to learn English is because they like traveling.
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Learning English makes traveling easier.
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So when you travel to an Englishspeaking country and you can speak English,
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this makes things a lot easier.
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This makes things simpler.
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And even if you're traveling to a country where the people don't speak English
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as a native language,
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many people probably speak English as a second language.
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So, you can also use English a lot
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when you travel to countries
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that aren't the US
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or the UK.
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Um, if you travel to other European countries perhaps, uh,
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you'll probably be able to speak English with many people there.
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So that can really help you when you travel.
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It can uh help you communicate with local people.
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Uh maybe uh read signs
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or websites or whatever you need
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when you're traveling or you're planning a trip.
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So, that can help.
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And you can also uh make friends when you're traveling.
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Uh, I've known people
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that have made friends
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when they travel to other countries
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because maybe they take a tour
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and in that tour group they speak English to the other tourists who are
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taking that tour.
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So that can help them make friends with other tourists
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or they can make friends with locals
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as well.
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So learning English can make traveling easier and funner, right?
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That's another good reason to learn English.
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Another reason why people might learn English is because of their career.
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This is a very common reason.
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Maybe you're learning English to help you in your career.
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So if you can speak English,
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maybe you can work with international clients or customers.
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Uh maybe you can work in an international company
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and you need English
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because your co-workers speak English.
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Um, or maybe if you speak English, you'll have more opportunities in your work.
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Or maybe you'll have the opportunity to work abroad, work in another country.
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So there are many opportunities
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that you uh can have
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if you speak English
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and uh also for academics for school,
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right?
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University.
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Um, knowing English can be very helpful
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because it can help you research things in English.
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Uh, the internet is full of information in English.
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So, if you can speak English,
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you have a lot of information
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that you can use. uh
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when you are doing um different types of school work uh
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when you're writing things for your university etc. right?
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You have a lot of information uh
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that you can use
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when you speak English.
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If this is your reason for learning English,
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you want to have more career opportunities
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or it helps you in your uh academics,
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your school.
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Um, this is great, but you should still have a reason that's more personal.
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Uh, you don't want to only learn English because you have to because uh,
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your boss makes you learn English or your school makes you learn English.
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It's also good to have a personal reason uh why you want to learn
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not because you have to learn
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but because you want to learn.
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If you have a more personal reason it will help you be more motivated.
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So, one more reason why some people learn English is because of love.
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Because they fall in love with someone who speaks English.
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Uh if you meet someone who speaks English and they don't speak your language,
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this is the greatest motivation to learn English
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because uh you love this person
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and you need to communicate with them
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and you can only do this in English.
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This is a great motivator.
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This is probably the top reason uh the reason
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that gives you the most motivation.
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So, uh I know this from experience.
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I learned Spanish because of love.
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because I fell in love with someone who speaks
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that language.
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So, uh this was uh the best uh motivator.
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This gave me the most motivation to learn.
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So, most of you won't do this,
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but it's a good lesson for you to know this.
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Even if you don't do this,
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it's good to know this
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because it shows you how important it is to have a good personal reason
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to learn a language.
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When you have this, it makes learning English much easier.
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You want to do it.
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You spend more time doing it.
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Uh it becomes easier to uh do the necessary things to learn English.
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So, even if you don't fall in love with someone who speaks English,
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you should still find a good personal reason to learn.
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Okay, I hope this video was helpful for you and for your listening.
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Remember that if you need my help to understand native speakers
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when they speak fast,
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join my membership and you'll get my listening training.
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Thank you all for watching this video
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and I'll talk to you in the next
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