english with Lucy. Today I'm going to talk to you about confidence.

English with Lucy。今天要聊聊自信。

Confidence is something that a lot of language learners lack.

自信是許多語言學習者缺乏的。

i know because i myself

我會知道是因為我自己

speak some other languages and when i

也會講其他語言

was learning them i really felt quite shy at times.

當我在學習其他語言時，我真的經常感到害羞。

And I could have used a video by someone to give me a boost.

我會利用別人的影片來激勵自己。

So this is what I want to do for you.

所以這就是我現在要為你做的事。

Today I've got five tips that I can give

今天我要給你 5 個小訣竅

you that will help you learn to speak more confidently more fluently.

可以幫助你更自信更流利地說英文。

And I really hope that my tips will motivate

我真的希望我提供的小訣竅

you a bit more so that you can really

能稍微激勵你，這樣你就能

learn English with lots of enthusiasm.

更有學英文的熱誠。

Now I've got an Instagram account and i

我已經辦了 Instagram 帳號

like to chat with my students on there.

我喜歡在那個平台跟我的學生聊天。

And this morning I posted a video asking

而在今天早上，我貼了一則影片

my current students what made them feel

詢問我現在的學生，是甚麼讓他們

more confident when speaking english and

在說英文的時候感到更有自信

i got lots of replies and at the end of the video.

有很多人回應我，所以在影片的最後。

I'm going to show some of

我會讓大家看看

those replies to you and see if you can

那些回覆，並且看看你是否

relate with them see if you disagree or agree.

符合那些回覆內容，看看你同意或不同意。

I think it's really important to get opinions and information from people who are learning English right now.

我覺得從正在學英文的人那獲得建議與資訊真的很重要。

They're just like you in the same situation.

他們也正處於相同情況。

So a little bit about me first.

首先，有關我的一些事。

So obviously i am English with Lucy, I am

很明顯地我是 English with Lucy 的頻道主，

an English teacher and I have been

我是個英文老師

teaching for over three years now.

我已經教英文超過 3 年了。

Its my love it's my passion it's what I want to

這是我愛的工作，我的熱情所在

do for the rest of my life.

是我想做一輩子的事。

Now part of the reason that I enjoy teaching so much

我如此喜歡教學的一部份原因是

is because i have also been through the language learning experience.

我也經歷過語言學習的過程。

I've been through it with Spanish I now speak fluent spanish.

我經歷過學習西班牙文的過程，現在我可以講得很流利。

y si me quereis ver hablando en pues podeis ver este video aqui que grabe hablando de los errores que he cometido en español.

如果你想看我講西班牙文的影片，可以看看這支影片(西班牙文)。

Right so let's get started with the tips.

好，我們開始看今天的小訣竅吧。

The first and most important tip i can give you is

第一個也是最重要的訣竅是

laugh at yourself,

對你自己一笑置之，

have a sense of humor,

要有一點幽默感，

don't take it too seriously.

別把它看得太嚴肅。

On this channel I like to laugh I like to have

在這個頻道，我喜歡笑

fun and sometimes I will sort of make fun of the errors that my students normally make

我喜歡有趣一點，有時我會用我的學生常犯的錯誤開點玩笑

and this is because I want them to get used to laughing at their own errors.

這是因為我想要讓他們習慣對自己犯的錯誤一笑置之。

Enjoy your errors your errors are not bad

享受犯錯的樂趣，犯錯沒甚麼大不了

and if you can laugh at them,

如果你能輕鬆看待它們

it will make the learning experience so much more pleasant.

這會讓你的學習經歷更愉快。

Now my teaching methods aren't for

我的教學方法

everyone, for every 99 positive comments

並非所有人都通用，大概每 99 個正面評論

I will receive a negative one saying you

我就會收到 1 個負面評論

shouldn't laugh at your students.

說我不應該取笑自己的學生。

You're a terrible teacher. Now I can laugh at your

你是個很糟糕的老師。我可以用你的錯誤開玩笑

errors but i can also laugh at mine and

但我也會對我犯的錯誤開玩笑

I do so frequently. So that's why I include

而且我很常這麼做。所以那就是為什麼

the outtakes at the end of some of my videos

我會在某些影片最後放一些花絮

and that's why i filmed my perra choriza video which is actually in Spanish

那也是我為什麼會拍「perra choriza」這支影片的原因，這支影片其實是西班牙文的影片

but it's of me talking about

但這是我在說有關

these stupid ridiculous hilarious errors that i made in Spanish.

我講西班牙文時犯下的愚蠢、荒謬、滑稽的錯誤。

I once asked for a penis Caesar salad. I once also made an

我曾點過「陰莖」凱薩沙拉 (peanuts 口誤為 penis)。我也曾經

awful mistake in an ice cream shop.

在冰淇淋店犯下一個可怕的錯誤。

The word for a cone of ice cream is un cono

一球冰淇淋在西班牙文的說法是

de helado and the word for vagina in spanish is coño.

un cono de helado，而西班牙文中陰道的唸法則是 coño。

And I think you can probably

我想你應該可以想像

imagine what i asked for un coño de helado.

我那時候點的是，一份用陰道裝的冰淇淋。

yeah I was kind of embarrassed in the moment.

沒錯，那時我真的蠻尷尬的。

But now i can laugh about it and

但我現在可以拿出來開玩笑

it's a great story to tell.

而且這是個還不錯的故事。

I always find that if you're finding it

我總是覺得，如果你發現

hard to have a good conversation with someone that's also learning another

要跟某個同樣在學其他語言的人開啟一個好的對話不容易

language while a really good way of starting a conversation is

然而一個開啟對話的好辦法是

by talking about the errors that you've made with learning languages.

聊聊你在學語言時犯過的錯誤。

It's always a really good conversation starter for me.

對我來說這總是一個開啟對話的好方法。

Now number two is all about your mistakes again.

第二點又是跟你所有的錯誤有關。

So we're not just laughing about them.

我們不只是拿錯誤來開玩笑。

We are intentionally making them.

我們是有意的製造錯誤。

I want you to make mistakes. I know many

我想要你犯錯。我知道

students that would go long periods of

很多學生一直以來

time avoiding making certain mistakes.

都在避免犯錯。

They are trying to achieve 100-percent perfection.

他們都努力要達到百分百的完美。

I want you to laugh at your mistakes,

我想要你取笑自己的錯誤

learn from them and move on.

並從中學習，再繼續前進。

Mistakes are essential even in English.

犯錯是一定要的，即使是英文。

I make mistakes and you guys love pointing them out.

我也會犯錯，，而且你們很愛指出那些錯誤。

So you need to accept your

所以你必須接受

mistakes learn from them love them and move on.

你自己的錯誤，從中學習，樂意犯錯，且繼續前進。

Okay number three is pretend that you are confident.

好，第三點是假裝很有自信。

When i started teaching english,

當我剛開始教英文時，

i was only nineteen and I remember walking into

我才 19 歲，我記得那時我在西班牙

classrooms of 20 to 30 adults nervous

走進教室時，教室內有 20~30 名成人

low-level adults in Spain.

又緊張、英文又不好的成年人。

And just thinking wow I am the youngest person in this room.

然後我心想，哇，我是這個教室裡最年輕的人。

I have to get this group of

我必須讓這群

scary scary adults to trust me and

擔心害怕的人信任我

believe what I'm saying and and listen

相信我說的，還有聽我的話

to me and also to respect me. And I never

還要尊重我。而我在這之前

really felt truly nervous before in my

從沒有真正感到緊張過

life but walking into big classrooms

但走進大教室

especially on the first day was nerve-racking.

特別是第一天的時候，真的超緊張。

It was ... it made me really

這讓我真的

nervous and really anxious. And I found

很緊張、很焦慮。然後我發現

that the best way of gaining confidence

要感到自信的最好辦法

was to pretend I was confident.

就是假裝我很有自信。

I hadn't been teaching for long.

我教書的時間還不久。

I didn't have much experience but I

我還沒有很多經驗

tried my best. I prepared hard and I

但我努力做到最好。我準備很多

walked in held my head high and I spoke

我抬頭挺胸的走進去

to everyone confidently and I really

我有自信地對大家說話

pretended that I knew what I was doing

而我真的假裝我知道自己在做甚麼

more than I actually did.

實際上並不然。

And this actually created real confidence not

這真的讓我產生了自信

only in me but in my students.

不只是我自己有自信，我的學生也有。

I looked as if I knew what I was doing and they

我看起來就像那麼一回事

trusted me and respected me.

他們也相信我、尊重我。

And once I'd spent enough time pretending I was confident,

一旦我花費夠多的時間來假裝自己很有自信，

I actually started feeling genuinely confident.

實際上我真的開始感到很有自信。

Though I had real confidence but it came from that initial

雖然我真的有自信，但最初是來自

fake confidence. So how can we apply this

虛假的自信。所以我們要怎麼

to your language learning.

應用到語言學習中呢。

Well when you're speaking English hide those

當你在說英文的時候

nerves body language is key. Pretend that

把緊張藏起來，肢體語言是關鍵

you know what you're talking about,

假裝你知道自己在說甚麼，

don't be arrogant but show that you are

不要有傲慢自大的樣子出現，但表現出

not afraid and people will trust you,

無畏的樣子，人們就會信任你，

listen to you. Pretend that you're confident

聽你說話。假裝你很有自信

Ok number four and this is something that I really really believe in.

第四個，我真的相信它是有用的方法。

And this is talk to yourself. I always talk to

就是自言自語。我常常

myself in the language that I'm learning.

用我正在學習的語言自言自語。

And it really serves as a preparation

這就像個準備工作

for when you're in situations in which you will need to use the language.

是為了當你真的要用到那個語言的情境而做準備。

The main things that I like to practice on my anecdotes,

我最主要練習的東西，就是我的奇聞軼事，

the stories that you typically tell to each new person, you meet

通常你碰到新朋友時都會說的故事，

things that you generally say on a weekly or daily basis.

你每天或每週基本都會說到的東西。

It's also good to practice funny stories that you think will make people laugh.

練習說一些你覺得會引人發笑的有趣故事也不錯。

Because you want them to come out in the right way.

因為你想要好好的表達出來。

So if you're a lower-level make sure you

所以如果你的程度還不高，你務必要

practice your daily conversations.

好好練習日常對話內容。

How are you, how's the weather, what your hobbies are,

你好嗎、天氣如何、你有甚麼嗜好

what you do for a living.

你的工作是甚麼。

And if you're a more advanced learner

如果你程度還不錯

make sure you talk to yourself about funny

一定要跟自己講一些有趣的軼事，

anecdotes, your life story, things that

你的人生故事，

happened to you that were interesting,

在你身上發生的趣事，

observations about other people's cultures.

觀察其他人的文化。

When you give a presentation for university or for work.

當你在學校或在職場發言時。

You don't just wing it you don't just walk up and speak.

你不是上去即興表演，你不是直接走上去就開始講話。

You practice it so it should be

你會練習過，所以應該要

the same for these stories as well.

跟那些故事一樣。

Number five immerse yourself .

第五點，讓自己沉浸在其中

And you can take whatever you want from this immersion.

不論你要用甚麼方式讓自己沉浸在語言環境裡都可以。

In my case would be going to the country

以我來說，我會去到

of the language you're learning and living there,

正在學習該語言的國家，然後住在那裏

integrating yourself into the society,

讓自己跟當地社會、

into the culture just absorbing the language

文化融為一體，吸收那裏的語言

and the feeling and the in the atmosphere

感覺、氛圍

that for me is the best form of immersion.

這種沉浸式學習的方法對我來說是最好的。

Now that isn't possible for everyone.

但不可能每個人都這麼做。

Immersion for you might be a narrow week

你的沉浸式學習方法或許可以是

in a language academy, it might be a

一週的語言學校、或許可以是

language exchange with a native speaker,

跟母語者的語言交換、

it might be an online language exchange with another English Learner,

或許可以是跟其他英語學習者的線上語言交換

it might be watching an episode of your favorite TV

或許是每天晚上看一集你最愛的英語電視節目

show in English with english subtitles every night.

不過是看英文字幕。

But in order to build your

但為了建立你的

confidence you need to get used to

自信，你必須習慣

listening in English. So you need to find

聽英文。所以你需要找到

the right immersion technique for you

符合你的沉浸式學習方法

There is always a solution.

總是會有解決方案。

We have a brilliant saying in English called:

英語中有句名言是這麼說的：

where there's a will there's a way.

有志者事竟成。

So when you intend to do something

所以當你打算做些事時

there's a way of doing it.

總是會有方法去做。

And if you want to find a way of

而如果你想要找到一個

immersing yourself into english or the

適合自己的沉浸式英語學習方法

language that you're learning, there is a way.

或是你正在學習的語言，總是會有辦法。

Now I want to read a few of these

現在我想要唸一些

suggestions from my students on Instagram.

Instagram 上我學生給的建議。

And one I really like and not

其中一個我很喜歡

all of you are going to like this.

但不一定你們所有人都會喜歡。

This is from Ilich from Venezuela and he says

這一個是來自 Venezuela 的 Ilich，他說

hello, I believe that drinking is the way to get more confidence.

哈囉，我相信小酌是個產生自信的方法

I went to Brighton for a year and the best classroom was the pub.

我之前去了 Brighton 一年，最好的教室就在酒吧

Brilliant! Look, Ilich has really made the most of his situation.

太棒了！各位，Ilich 真的充分利用他的處境。

He was in brighton he immersed himself and he found native speakers

他就在 brighton，他將自己沉浸在那，跟母語者聊天

Micarla from Brazil that she likes watching movies without subtitles.

來自巴西的 Micarla，她喜歡不靠字幕看電影。

Again it's that immersion technique i was talking to you about.

再說一次，這是我們剛剛提到的沉浸式學習法

Alejandra for a mexico has a really good piece of advice.

來自墨西哥的 Alejandra 有個很棒的建議。

People should not be afraid to ask natives when they don't know how to say something.

當人們不知道某個詞該怎麼說時，不應該害怕詢問母語者

It's the way that I've increased my

這是我增進字彙量

vocabulary and improve my pronunciation.

還有改善發音的方法。

And of course your videos help.

還有妳的影片當然也有幫助。

Haha! That's sweet and yeah I had that is absolutely right.

哈哈！真貼心，對，這完全正確。

Muhammad has also got some really good advice.

Muhammad 也有一些很棒的建議。

He says speak English with your close friends.

他說，跟你的好朋友講英文

Yeah you can speak English with people you trust.

沒錯，你可以跟你信任的人講英文。

He also says to imagine yourself in different daily situations in which you have to speak English.

他也說到，想像你自己處於各種不得不說英文的日常情境中。

Again it's that talking to yourself technique that i mentioned before.

再說一次，這是剛剛提到的自言自語法

Paco says the more he speaks with natives the more confident he feels.

Paco 說，他越是跟母語者講英文就越感到自信

And yes it's the immersion again.

沒錯，這也是沉浸式學習法。

Roy says get a girlfriend who is a native speaker.

Roy 說，交個母語者女朋友。

Yes if you can manage that that's fantastic but make

沒錯，如果你可以好好經營，那是個很棒的經驗

sure you're with her for the right reason.

但要確保你們是因為合適的原因而在一起。

Hectore says speak slowly at first and then build up.

Hectore 說，先慢慢說再開始加快。

Absolutely i completely agree with Hectore.

我完全同意 Hectore。

Ok guys that is it for today's

好啦，大家，今天的課程就到此

class I really hope that it's helped you

我真的希望這能幫到你

and I really hope that you feel slightly more motivated.

我也希望你稍微有被激勵到的感覺。

Now don't forget to

別忘了

connect with me on all of my social

到我所有的社群媒體上看看

media and I will see you again soon for another lesson.

我們很快就會在其他課程見面。

Alright big kiss and I will see you soon.

給你一個大飛吻，我們很快就會再見。