Hi. Hi, I'm A.J. Hogue.

And I will teach you to speak English, powerful. Speak confidently, live fully, and never stop learning. Welcome to the Effortless English show.

Let's get started.

So hello everyone, hope you're doing well.

We are live from the United States and

today's show. We're supposed to have Sri as our guest.

Sri is a member, a VIP member from from Indonesia but haven't been able to connect with her so maybe not.

Maybe just me today.

It's early morning here in the west coast of the United States.

So today I'd just like to talk a little more about why you're learning English.

You know, one of the key, let me get comfortable here, one of the key things you should focus on.

The key idea you should think about is why.

Having a strong reason why you are learning English.

In other words, focusing on the deeper reason, the bigger reason.

Too many people focus on tests.

Oh, I've got to pass the IELs, oh I've got to get the Tofel test, all these kind of tests.

And I understand that these tests are required sometimes to get a certain job or to go and to study in a university in the United States or another country.

So people get very upset and worried about these exams.

But the problem is that an exam is a really bad motivation.

It does not really give you much energy. It doesn't give you much

excitement. Nobody gets excited and passionate about an exam.

Getting a little more comfortable here.

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