Now I am an English teacher in cram schools to teach senior high school students

我是個高中補習班的英文老師

how to prepare for the college entrance exam.

專門教高中生如何準備學測、指考

Besides, I teach English at Taipei Broadcasting Station and Chinatimes.com.

除此之外，我也在台北廣播電台及中時電子報教英文

Today I feel so happy to be here to share some ideas of learning English with you.

很高興今天能在這裡跟你們分享一些學英文的技巧

Since I was a little girl,

從小開始

I have been very interested in English.

我就對英文非常感興趣

Therefore, I asked my mom to hire a foreign teacher as my tutor to teach me English.

所以就請媽媽幫我找一個外國家教來教我英文

The teacher, who is a British,

那個老師是個英國人

came to my house to have conversations with me.

他會到我家與我練習英文對話

At that time, I thought I could improve my English ability

當時，我以為只要請外國人和我說英文

by having a foreigner speaking English with me.

就可以增進英文能力

However, I was totally wrong.

但我真的大錯特錯

WHY?

為什麼？

Because I didn’t have sufficient vocabulary in my mind.

因為我的單字量還不足夠

I didn’t have excellent listening comprehension

英文聽力也不夠好

to understand what he was talking about.

以至於無法理解他在說什麼

At that time, each time he came, I was collapsed.

他每次來上課我就會崩潰一次

I didn’t know what he was doing most of the time.

大部份時候我都不懂他在說什麼

Some embarrassing conversations even happened to me.

甚至還因此發生了些尷尬的對話

For instance, he asked me,

例如，他問我：

“What does your father do?”

「你爸爸是做什麼的？」

I said, “My father is a businessman, and she is….”

我說：「我爸爸是個商人，她是⋯⋯」

The teacher responded with astonishment,

老師非常驚訝——

“What? Is your father ‘a woman’?”

「什麼？你爸爸是女的嗎？」

Oh my goodness, how could I make that mistake?

我的天，我怎麼能犯那種錯？

I felt so embarrassed and disappointed.

我感到非常尷尬與失望

I spent a lot of money to learn English, but I could hardly answer a simple question.

我花那麼多錢學英文，卻連一個簡單的問題都答不出來

After that, I made up my mind to practice English by myself.  

在那之後，我下定決心要自己練習英文

When I walked and saw people on the street,

當我走在路上看到人們時

I would whisper with a low voice and speak to myself,

我會低聲的跟自己說

“Oh, she is a woman, and he is a man. She is beautiful, and he is ugly.”

「她是個女人，他是個男人。她很美，他很醜。」

By doing so, I could easily distinguish the difference between “he” and “she”,

這麼做我就能輕易的分辨「他」和「她」

and I succeeded.

而且我成功了

From then on, I always looked for some English words that were alien to me,

從那時起，我總是會尋找一些我看不懂的英文

such as the priority seat on the MRT

像是捷運上的博愛座

or the instructions on a bottle and so on.

或是寶特瓶上的使用說明

Any new word, any new information about English,

任何一個新單字、任何新的英文資訊

would be absorbed by my brain.

都會被我記到腦海裡

That’s the way I obtained the sense of achievement in learning English.

這就是我如何從學英文獲得成就感的方法

As for my teaching technique,

而關於我的教學技巧呢

the core competency of my teaching

我教學的核心能力是

is that I like to inspire my students to have passion for English.

我喜歡啟發我的學生，使他們對英文產生興趣

For example, I would teach my students the longest word in the dictionary,

舉例來說，我會教我的學生字典裡最長的單字

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

超微粒矽酸鹽塵埃沉著症

or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

或是「奇妙的、難以置信的」

The reason is that

原因是

I want to induce their curiosity and encourage them to have a try.

我想要激發他們的好奇心，然後鼓勵他們試試看

Whether the students like English or not,

不論學生喜不喜歡英文

they are all willing to give it a try.

他們都會想嘗試開口說說看

That’s how I draw their attention and trigger their inquisitive mind.

這就是我如何吸引他們的注意力跟觸發他們的好奇心

However, I insist that all Taiwanese students should learn English grammar.

不過，我堅持所有的台灣學生都要學習英文文法

It’s because we are not native speakers.

因為我們不是母語人士

If you want to speak correct English fluently,

如果你想要流利的說正確的英文

you have to learn English grammar thoroughly.

你必須透徹的學習文法

Maybe it sounds like a cliché,

也許聽起來像成腔濫調

but I know the significance of that.

但我知道它十分舉足輕重

On the other hand, if you want to learn speaking and listening,

另一方面，如果你想要學習口說及聽力

there are a wide range of methods offered to you.

其實有非常多種方法

Take Voicetube as an example,

以 VoiceTube 為例

you can learn by yourself to cultivate your listening ability

你可以透過自己學習來培養聽力

and speak the words loudly with the subtitles.

或是跟著字幕大聲的唸出來

With such good methods,

透過這麼好的方法

you can improve your capability to learn English well.

你就可以增進英文能力

I believe that English is beautiful as long as you love it.

學英文的關鍵就是要愛上它

Don’t miss any opportunities that you can learn English.

別錯過任何可以學英文的方式

Are you ready to learn English well?  Let’s go!

準備學好英文了嗎？開始吧！