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The Effects of Confidence on Language learning

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  Confidence plays a major role in language learning. In simple terms, the more confident you are the faster you're able to speak in your target language.  Now let's imagine this scenario together. There are 2 different students taking the same Egyptian Arabic class. However, there is a huge difference in confidence between those 2 students. One of them is confident and is not afraid of making the inevitable mistakes when he tries to speak Egyptian Arabic.  It's an inevitable mistake, since there's absolutely no way to avoid mistakes when speaking a new language.  Worrying too much about being made fun of when speaking a new language or seeming silly in front of people shouldn't be on your list of worries at all. On the contrary people mostly would be encouraging and praising you for trying to speak their language. This is very true especially in Egypt. if you try to speak Arabic with Egyptians no matter how simple, they would always complement your efforts and w