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  • What percent chance do you think you have

    你認為你能夠

  • of accomplishing your English language learning goals this year?

    達成今年的英語學習目標的機率有多高?

  • 10%?

    10%?

  • 50%?

    50%?

  • 100%?

    還是100%?

  • How likely is it that you're going to succeed?

    達成年度目標的可能性有多大呢?

  • Well, if you're like most people, you're probably going to fail.

    嗯,如果像大多數人,你最後可能會失敗

  • According to a recent article in Forbes magazine,

    按照富比士雜誌最近的一篇文章

  • only 8% of people who set goals at the beginning of the year

    年初設定目標的人中,只有8%

  • actually achieve those goals.

    能真正達成目標

  • That's less than 1 out of 10 people.

    這數字還不到十分之一

  • So what are all these people doing that causes them to fail?

    這些人到底做了什麼導致他們最終失敗

  • And what can you do to make sure that you are part of that 8%

    而你又能做些什麼讓你躋身那成功的8%

  • when achieving your English language learning goals?

    在你努力達成英語學習目標的時候呢?

  • In this video, I'm going to talk about some ways that you can make sure

    在這段錄影中, 我將告訴你一些能確保你

  • you are more successful at achieving your language learning goals.

    能成功達成英語學習目標的方法

  • Now the first thing you neefd to do is have the right mindset.

    首先,你要做的是必須擁有正確的心態

  • You know, I get students coming to me all the time

    你知道嗎?常有學生來找我

  • and they say things like, "Aaron, I'm no good at speaking English,"

    他們告訴我說,「Aaron,我不太會說英語咧」

  • or, "Aaron, I have no confidence when speaking English."

    或是「Aaron,說英文我不太有把握」

  • And my response is, "Of course. Of course you don't.

    而我的回答則是「 不會啦,你肯定不會啦」

  • That's what you believe and that's what you keep saying to yourself."

    其實那是你一廂情願的想法,加上你不斷這樣告訴你自己

  • So that's not a really good mindset to have

    這其實不是一個正確的心態

  • because it closes you off from opportunities

    因為它會讓你關上機會之窗

  • and to move forward towards achieving your goal.

    也會阻斷你邁向目標

  • So what you need to do is examine your mindset

    而你所要做的是檢查你的心態

  • and change it to a more positive one because with a positive mindset,

    把它調整成正面思考。因為具有正面心態

  • you can really believe in your potential to succeed.

    你就會相信自己有潛力可以達成

  • Everybody's got a potential to succeed

    每個人都有成功的潛力

  • and you need to change that mindset to something more positive and more open.

    而你只需要把心態調整到更正面與更開放

  • So after you have the right kind of mindset,

    在你調整好心態之後

  • then you need to learn how to set the right kind of goals.

    接著你必須學著設定正確目標

  • So many people set goals in the wrong way

    很多人搞錯了目標設定方式

  • and they set themselves up for failure.

    導致他們最後會失敗

  • So what can you do to make sure you're setting the right kind of goals?

    你該如何確保目標設定正確無誤呢?

  • Well, the first thing you can do is set language learning goals that are realistic.

    嗯,首先你要讓你的英語學習目標非常真實

  • Think about it.

    想一想

  • Some people say things like, "Oh, I want to become fluent in English in 6 months."

    有些人會說,喔, 我要在六個月內讓英語講的很流利

  • Well, for a lot of people 6 months is difficult to achieve fluency.

    嗯,對大多數人來說,半年內英文要流利其實很難

  • It might take longer than that.

    可能得再花多一點時間

  • Think about where you are and what your ability level is.

    想一下,你目前身處何處,你的英語能力又在哪一級

  • What is realistic for you?

    什麼才是你的真實情況?

  • Maybe a more realistic approach would be to say something like,

    也許,真實的情況應該好比說

  • "My goal in the next 6 months is to increase the amount of time

    未來6個月,我的目標是增加

  • I spend studying English and practicing English everyday."

    學英文和每天練習英語的時間

  • Or, "I'm going to increase my ability to meet people and speak with them in English

    或者, 我將增加和人們接觸並用英語和他們對談的能力

  • and increase my confidence."

    並且加強我的自信心

  • Those are more achievable. They're more doable

    它們容易達成,就會比

  • than becoming completely fluent in such a short time.

    要在六個月內英語變流利更可行

  • So the goal has to be realistic.

    所以,目標必須是真實可行的

  • Also, goals need to be specific.

    此外,目標也要很具體

  • General goals are no good.

    泛泛的目標並不是好目標

  • For example, some people say,

    例如,常有人會說

  • "Oh, in the next 6 months I'm just going to study English more.

    喔,未來六個月我要學更多英文

  • I need to study English more."

    我必須學更多英文

  • And that's really, really general.

    它真的,真的很空泛

  • That's not a good kind of goal.

    這也不是好目標

  • The best goal is something that is time-bound and measurable.

    最佳的目標是有時間限制,而且可以衡量。

  • For example, "In the next 6 months, I'm going to make sure that I study English

    打個比方,「未來六個月,我要確保我學英文

  • for one hour a day, everyday, 7 days a week."

    每天一小時,每週七天絕不中斷」

  • Okay, now that's much more specific.

    好的,現在目標比較具體了

  • We're talking about time and it's something that you can measure.

    我們講時間,而它也可以量測的

  • So think about specific goals.

    再回想一下什麼是具體目標

  • And finally, not only should your goals be realistic and specific,

    到最後,你的目標不僅要真實且具體

  • but they should also be meaningful.

    它們也得有意義

  • These should be the kind of goals that are meaningful to your growth,

    它們應該也得是對你的成長

  • your development, your health and your happiness,

    你的發展、你的健康和你的快樂具有意義的目標

  • and especially to those around you.

    尤其是身處你週圍的人

  • For example, if you like video games and you set a goal

    舉例來說,如果你喜歡打電動,你可以設定

  • that you want to get the highest score in a video game,

    你要在這個遊戲拿到最高分

  • well, that only benefits you and it's really not that meaningful.

    不過,那只對你個人有利,而它意義也不大

  • But imagine if you achieved English fluency over time.

    反之,想像一下,如果未來隨著時間,英文越發流利

  • Wow, the benefits are amazing!

    哇, 好處可是很驚人

  • It opens up so many opportunities

    它會打開很多機會之窗

  • and you can communicate with people all over the world.

    而你也可以和全世界的人溝通

  • That brings good things to you and it also shares that with other people.

    它會帶來好處,並且能與人分享

  • So that's meaningful.

    意義非凡

  • Now, once you have your goal set you need to write it down.

    現在,一旦你設定完成你需要的目標,就把它寫下來

  • This is very important.

    這一點非常重要

  • And I'm not talking about writing it on your computer.

    我不是說把它寫進你的電腦裡

  • I'm talking about taking an actual pen and a piece of paper.

    我的意思是拿出真正的筆和紙

  • You know what those are, right?

    你知道什麼是筆和紙,對吧?

  • We don't use them as much these days but for this exercise it's very important.

    現在我們不常使用到,但是在這個練習,紙筆很重要

  • Write it down in bold ink.

    用墨跡把它真的寫下來

  • And this process of writing it down helps you to take your idea

    書寫的過程,會讓你把你的想法

  • from the mental and bring it into the physical world,

    從心裡銘刻在真實世界

  • and that's important.

    它非常重要

  • And that process of doing it helps you focus.

    整個過程也讓你聚焦

  • It makes your goal clear, concise, and concrete.

    讓你的目標更清晰、簡潔和確實

  • And then you need to take that goal and you need to put it somewhere visible,

    接下來,把這個目標放在觸目可及之處

  • somewhere that you see frequently everyday.

    你每天都能看得到的地方

  • It could be the refrigerator or near the toilet or near your computer

    貼在冰箱上或者靠近廁所或者電腦旁

  • or in all three places.

    或者三個地方都貼

  • You need to keep seeing it, that physical manifestation of your goal.

    你必須不斷地看到它,因為它可以真實放大你的想法

  • And finally, you need to take action,

    最後最後,你得起而行

  • immediate action towards reaching that goal.

    立刻朝著目標採取行動

  • As soon as you write it down, what can you do right away

    一旦你把它寫下來, 你應該立刻做什麼

  • to start moving towards that goal?

    去朝著目標前進呢?

  • You see, the process is very important.

    你看,過程真的很重要

  • And one way to help focus on the process is to make daily goals.

    過程中要幫助你聚焦的方式,就是設定每日目標

  • For example, if your long term goal is to achieve greater fluency in English,

    例如,如果長期目標又回到讓英語更流利

  • then what you can do is make sure that today you start.

    你可以做的便是從今天開始執行

  • Today you set a goal to do some listening or some active speaking

    像是今天開始做些英文聽力訓練或著主動對談

  • or something that's going to move you in that direction.

    或是那些能讓你朝終極方向前進的事

  • So with all of these together,

    或者全部一起做

  • having the right mindset,

    擁有正確心態

  • setting the right kind of goals,

    設定正確目標

  • writing down those goals,

    把這些目標寫下來

  • and taking immediate action,

    並且立刻採取行動

  • you are going to be one of those 8% of people

    你就會成為那8%的人

  • that actually achieve the goals that they set for their English language learning.

    可以真正達成成功學習英語目標的人

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