{"id":584,"date":"2018-05-02T09:06:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T09:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sitrakaratsimba.com\/?p=584"},"modified":"2023-09-04T16:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:04:16","slug":"when-thinking-in-english-makes-us-successful-the-case-of-madagascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sitrakaratsimba.com\/fr\/when-thinking-in-english-makes-us-successful-the-case-of-madagascar\/","title":{"rendered":"When thinking in English makes us successful: a story in Antananarivo Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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      Does English make us rich?<\/span><\/h1>\n

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      \u201cDoes English make us rich?\u201d, \u201cCan it change our life for the better?\u201d Success is not an accident and I had the chance to check this again with this story. The US Embassy in Antananarivo Madagascar<\/a> interviewed a dozen of young Malagasy, all of whom were awarded a six-week training in the USA (the YALI 2017: Young African Leaders Initiative). At the end of their interview, each student shared a message to inspire their country mates. Their level of English agreaably surprised me and on top of that, the common mindset that they have.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Therefore, we could hear: \u201cDream big\u201d, \u201cit\u2019s possible<\/a>\u201d, \u201ctry to make your dream come true even if it\u2019s difficult\u201d, and \u201cIf you don\u2019t work hard on your dreams, you would be working for somebody else to make their dreams become a reality\u201d. Rarely did I meet Malagasy students having this mindset. Little did I know I could hear \u201cTony Robbins\u201d, \u201cLes Brown\u201d or any American coaches\u2019 quotes from my peers here in Madagascar.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Yet, maybe it could be a confirmation bias, a cognitive bias that filters what we perceive, and focuses only on what we want to see. But, I think these future leaders won this award because of these\u00a0winner-mindsets<\/strong>\u00a0they have. I even believe that they would be successful, because of what they believe now. It\u2019s a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we believe we can learn a new foreign language, chances are, we would end up mastering it. On the other side, if we don\u2019t believe we can make it, we would give up quickly or wouldn\u2019t even try. As Confucius once said: \u201cHe who says he can and he who says he can\u2019t, are both usually right\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      What is the best language: A better language than the others?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

      First, I wouldn\u2019t argue if there is a better language or not. But there are a certain mindsets that are prevalent to a language than the others. English and the Anglo-Saxon culture in general tend to promote a positive attitude. This mentality encourages entrepreneurship, self-reliance and proactivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Second, \u201cDream big\u201d is a widespread expression and accepted within the English-speaking community. It\u2019s even a daily expression and isn\u2019t pejorative whatsoever. It would be less used in French \u201cVoyez les choses en grand\u201d or literally \u201ctry to see things in big\u201d. It\u2019s even less common in Malagasy, the language spoken in Madagascar. \u201cAza manofy eo!\u201d or \u201cDon’t even dare dreaming!\u201d. That\u2019s the expression we would hear the most when an atypical idea is shared. On the contrary, here in Madagascar, we perceive dreaming as a bad thing. \u201cTry to confront the hard reality, the real world\u201d, as if the real world is nothing but negativities and scarcity, just as if pessimism is the only way to live.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Finally, in Chinese for example, we would endorse hard work and material success among other things. Many chengyu \u6210\u8bed illustrate this (an idiomatic expression composed with 4 characters extremely used in daily conversation.)<\/span><\/p>\n

      \"Motivation<\/p>\n

      Knowledge and action are power: the advantage of learning English<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

      To answer the question, we must realize that mastering English is already a huge asset. In the information era, English remains the most used language on the Web. In the information era too, ignorance is a choice. It is now possible to get free access to the MOOCs offered by the best universities around the world such as Harvard, MIT or Oxford. Learning English online for free, the vocabulary, the pronunciation, the grammar, it can all be for free.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      For instance, frustration motivated me at first to learn English. I remember I wanted to learn the basics of Photoshop. Unfortunately, I couldn\u2019t find any interesting tutorials; most of them were in English. It was the same when I searched for free books. I recently heard that the best seller \u201cThe E-myth, why most businesses don’t work and what to do about It\u201d a book by Michael E. Gerber was finally published in French, over 30 years later!<\/span><\/p>\n

      Finally, as long as a way of thinking triggers a certain behavior, no matter where it comes from, it is most welcome. My point here is that there are many untranslatable concepts that only exist in one language. Yet, they can make us successful. I can now say that learning English was one of the best decisions<\/a> I’ve ever made so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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