speaking English if you've learnt it as a foreign language. Coming from someone who's learnt English

說英文這件事上，如果英文是你的外語的話。對於學習英文的

as a foreign language, I know it's not easy and you constantly doubt yourself

人而言，我知道這件事不容易，而且會讓你持續懷疑自己

especially if you feel like your level of English is still not where you want it to be.

尤其是當你覺得你的英文程度不如自己所願時

And I've struggled with it for a while, whilst I built up my confidence to speak English,

當我在建立說英文的自信時，我也曾為此掙扎了好一陣子

but nowadays I find that I can communicate and I can speak to other native speakers of English

但是，現在我發現我已經可以和英文母語人士溝通

without feeling too intimidated. I still would feel intimidated if I had to go and have

也不會覺得太過膽怯。我仍然會有點害怕，如果我需要去和

a conversation with the Queen or Prime Minister, but I think that, overall,

女皇或首相說話，但我認為

on day-to-day life, day-to-day situations I feel very confident speaking English

對於日常生活的情況，我已經對說英文很有自信

The only times where I struggle still is talking on the phone, because although

我仍然會感到比較緊張的情況是透過電話說話，因為雖然

I understand everything and I know that people understand me, I still feel that

我能懂所有內容，而且我也知道對方聽得懂我講的，但我仍會感受到

pressure that I can't see the person that I'm talking to.

壓力，因為我無法看到我正在說話的這個人

So I'm hoping to give you some tips and maybe kind of point you in the right direction

所以我希望能提供大家一些訣竅，也許能給予一些正確的方向

of helping you build your own confidence and to feel like you've got this,

幫忙大家建立說英文的自信心，並讓你覺得你可以做得到

that you don't have to be scared, you don't have to be afraid.

你不必恐懼、也不必再害怕

Just by sharing some of my experiences and things that have helped me.

藉由分享我的一些經驗希望可以幫助你們

So if you don't know anything about me and you just stumbled upon this video,

如果你完全不知道我這個人，只是不小心點開這支影片

my name is Ysis, I'm originally from Brazil and I live in the UK, I've been living here for the last

我的名字是 Ysis，我來自巴西，現居英國，我已經住在英國

nearly seven years now and I learnt English as a foreign language in Brazil,

快要7年了，我在巴西時開始學英文

so when I came here I already knew I'd say ninety percent of the English

所以當我來到英國時，當時的我已經會了

that I know now, but I've spoken about my story and my background on previous videos before,

現在會的英文的九成。因為我在先前的影片已經提過我的故事和背景

so I won't bore you with the details again. I'll just leave my English Language playlist here

所以我不會再重述這些讓你感到無聊的細節。我在這邊放上我的影片播放清單

for you to go and have a look at my previous videos, and they have helped a lot of people out there

供你們回顧我之前的影片，而這些影片也已經幫助了許多人

which I'm really happy about, so I'm hoping to make some more videos

我真的覺得很高興，所以我希望在拍更多的影片

which will be even more helpful to you all.

能帶給你們更多的幫助

My first kind of general tip to help build your confidence to make you

我的第一個秘訣幫助你建立自信，讓你在

feel more comfortable speaking English as a foreign language is to remember

講英文時感到很自在，就是記住

that everybody is going to make mistakes in every language, either it be English

每個人在講每種語言時都會犯錯，不管是英文

Spanish, Portuguese. If you're a native

西班牙文或葡萄牙文。無論你是母語

speaker, if you're a foreign speaker, if you are

人士、外語人士

student, if you are teacher, even if you're

學生，或是老師，即使你

the most professional speaker of a

對某一個語言極其專業

language, you will still make mistakes,

你仍然會犯錯

and so you're not gonna be the only

所以你不會是唯一那個

person in that conversation in that

會在對話時，在面對

situation making mistakes. Making grammar

不同情況時犯錯的人。犯了文法

mistakes, making speaking mistakes,

錯誤、犯下口說錯誤

making kind of like pronunciation

或犯下發音這類的

mistakes. I make mistakes all the time,

錯誤。我總是在犯錯

and if they were to stop me from feeling

如果這些錯誤讓我覺得不再

confidence and carrying on a

自信，不再想要

conversation, I would never have become

在任何對談，那我永遠不會

fluent in English, and that is something

讓我的英文更流利，所以這是

that I think I had to accept before I

在持續前進前，要先自己去接受的一點

moved on and decided “You know what?

並下決心跟自己說：「你知道嗎?

even though I'm making some mistakes, it

即使我犯錯，這

doesn't mean that I have a bad level of

不代表我的英文程度很差

English, it doesn't mean that I can't

這也不代表我不會

speak English.

講英文。」

It just means that i will get over these

這只是說明了我要在未來去克服這些

mistakes and the people that I'm talking

錯誤，而跟我對話的這些人

to, they still understand me, and they will.

他們還是能理解我的意思，以後也會

I think you have to remember as

我認為大家必須記住

well that people are not as critical and

人們其實並沒有對你的英文這麼地挑剔和

judgmental of your own english as you are.

愛批評，跟我們自己相比的話

That was a huge problem for me. I'm a big

這對我來說是一個大問題。因為我自身是一個超級

perfectionist, so it was a big issue for

完美主義者，所以對我來說是一件很嚴重的事情

me when I knew had made a mistake. When I

當我知道我犯了錯。當我

knew that I didn't know something, I felt

瞭解到我不知道某些東西，我會覺得

as though people were judging me just as

人們將會嚴厲地批評我

harshly as I judged myself.

就像我在批評我自己那樣

So just remember that the majority of people are

所以記得大部分的人

not going to judge you for your mistakes.

不會像你自己一樣批評你的錯誤

Also if you make YouTube videos, and you

同樣的如果你製作 YouTube 影片，而你

put yourself out there, and you're

把自己變成了公眾人物，你

worried that people are mocking you or

會擔心人們嘲笑你或

that they are talking about your accent

談論你的口音

as being funny or weird, or that they

很好笑、很奇怪，或者他們

don't think you know enough English,

不覺得你懂得足夠多的英文

just remember that you're the only person

所以記得你才是那個唯一一個

that has the right to analyze your level

有資格評斷你的英文程度的人

of English, that other people's

其他人

perception of your English doesn't

對你英文的瞭解，不是

matter as much as long as you're happy,

最重要的，重點是你要開心

that you're progressing, that you're

你正在進步，你

doing well that you're being understood,

做的很棒，而且別人也可以聽懂意思

and that's all that matters.

這才是最重要的

I get a lot of lovely comments from you

我收到許多來自大家的暖心留言

guys on my english videos, complimenting

在我的英文學習影片下，稱讚

me on the level of my English and my accent, and all

我的英文水平和我的口音之類的

of these things which are all really

這些真的

nice to hear and really important to me,

都很棒，而且對我來說很重要

because I put a lot of effort and time

因為我付出了很多的努力和時間在這上面

and money into learning English as a

也花了金錢去學習英文

foreign language and becoming fluent, so

讓我變得更加流利，所以

it means a lot to me when people say

這些留言對我來說意義重大，當人們說

your English is really good. And, but I

你的英文很好。但我

also get a few comments from people here

也有收到一些留言

on YouTube saying that my English is

在 YouTube 上說我的英文

nothing special, that my accent is

一點也不突出、我的口音很

rubbish, that... you know, just people

糟糕，還有其他等等的批評，人們

criticizing basically the way that I speak.

基本上就是批評我說話的方式。

I know it's their opinion and

我知道這只是他們的評論，

they're entitled to it, but it doesn't

他們也有權利表達，只是這不

mean that I have to agree with them, and

表示我必須去同意他們的意見

it doesn't mean that their opinion is

這也不代表他們的意見是

the truth, or that it's more important than

真實的，或者是比我

what I think about myself. So, don't let

對我自己的看法更重要。所以不要

the fear of being judged knock you down

讓害怕被批評的恐懼擊倒你

and feel like you can't progress with

並且覺得你無法在更精進於

your English level, if you know what I

你的英文水準，如果你知道我想

mean. My second tip is to stop treating

傳達的意思。我的第 2 個訣竅是停止把

yourself as a student, and that's

自己當成學生，這也是

something that I still do till this day,

我直到現在都在執行的一件事

and I've got to kind of like... stop myself

我有時要阻止我自己

when I'm doing it because it's really

這樣做，因為這樣真的

counterproductive, and what I mean by

會產生學習的反效果，我說的意思是

this is that sometimes when I'm talking

當你在講話

to someone about something that I don't

向別人說一些你不是

have a great knowledge of, I kind of give

很懂的事情，我有時候會先

people a bit of a disclaimer, and I say

打預防針，說：

oh English is not my first language, and...

英文不是我的母語，而且...

you know, if I make a few mistakes here

你知道的，所以如果我在這裡犯錯

and there... and although that does lighten

和那裡犯錯...，雖然這可以緩和

up the mood of the conversation,

對話的氣氛

it already brings my own confidence down,

但這已經讓我的自信心大為降低

because I feel like the person that I'm

因為我覺得跟你對話的這個人

talking to is that a higher level than me

英文比你高一層級

If I just believed in myself,

我所做的是相信我自己

that conversation would have flowed a lot

這樣對話就可以處在一個相對

more equally. It's not so much about how

更平等的狀態。重點的不是

the person feels, it is about how I feel

對方怎麼想，而是關於我自己怎麼想

towards the person that I'm talking to.

在跟我對話的這個人

So, I mean general day-to-day

所以我的意思是日常的

conversations it's fine to be humbling

生活對話，可以謙虛地

to say: oh I don't know this or I don't

說：「我不知道這是什麼或我不太

know much about that or my English is

了解這個，或我的英文

not very good in that particular field

在某個領域不是很懂。」

but I think it's kind of like a way to

但我認為這個方式

bring your own confidence down, is not a

會讓你的自信下降，並不是

good thing to do. Don't kind of discard

好的方式。不要丟棄

your own level of English just because

你自身的英文能力，只因為

you're a student and you're a foreign

你是個學生或你是個外國

speaker. My third tip is to not play it

人。我第 3 個秘訣是不要打

safe.

安全牌

Try your best to use those words that you're

試著去多用那些字彙，是你

not confident about, because they are the

不太確定如何使用的，因為它們正是

ones that are going to give you the

未來可以帶給你

confidence that you need. Get stuck into

自信的那部分。你需要的是把自己

the difficult conversations. Don't shy

放入困難的對話當中。不要刻意

away from them

逃避它們

You'll have plenty of everyday basic

你將擁有許多每日的基本

conversations with things like "how you

對話，內容像是「妳近來如何?」

doing?" and "what's your day been like?" and

「你今天過得如何?」

"what's the weather like?" and "what's your

「今天天氣怎樣?」、「你的名字

name?" and "where are you from?" You need to

是什麼？」，「你來自哪裡？」等等。你需要去

step up and get out of that kind of

提升你的水平，並走出你的

comfort zone and going to questions

舒適圈，然後開始去討論

there are a little bit trickier. To me it

有一點難處理的問題。對我來說

was talking about things that I knew

是去講一些我可以用

really well in Portuguese but I wasn't

葡萄牙文高談闊論的事情，但我不太

confident I knew enough of my vocabulary

有自信自己的字彙夠不夠能用英文來討論

in English. Things like talking about law,

像跟法律有關的

which is my background and talking about

也就是我的背景，或是

politics and something that I'm really

政治，和一些我真的

interested in. I used to shy away from

很有興趣的事。我以前會躲避

those conversations, because I thought my

這類談話，因為我認為我的

level of English wasn't good enough to

英文程度沒有好到可以去

carry on a conversation on that topic.

談論這類主題

But now I find that if I just push

但現在我發現只要我激勵

myself and I fight... just dive into the

自己，然後不要想太多地去投入

deep end and ask a question on that

更深的對話，問一些問題

topic, and just see how I go, that, I feel

關於那個主題，然後看看我是怎麼表現的，我覺得

a lot more confident. I know that i've

更多地自信。我知道我

already had seven years living in the UK,

在英國已經住了7年

which has obviously boosted my

很明顯地這增強了我的

confidence a lot, and boosted my fluency

自信心，也加強了我的流利度

a lot, but I'm giving tips based on the

但我給出的這些秘訣是基於

the things that I think helped me the

一些我認為最能幫助我

most to feel confident. My next tip is

感到自信的部分。我的下一個祕訣是

to pay a great deal of attention to the

投入很多的專注力在

questions that you're being asked,

你被問的問題上

because often the answers to these

因為通常這些問題的答案

questions will be in the questions themselves.

就是問題本身

If you're talking to someone

如果你跟某個人

for the first time and they're asking

第一次說話的時候，他們問

your questions about yourself, about your

你一些關於你的問題，關於你的

work about general things,

工作，或一些事情

and you're kind of like having a mild panic attack,

你會覺得有些輕微的恐慌

because you're thinking, "oh my god what

因為你在想著，天啊

if i don't know the answer to what

如果我不知道他們問我問題的答案怎麼辦

they're asking me, especially if it's

尤其如果是在

something important like a job interview

一些重要的事情像是工作面試

Just a really great attention to the

其實就是要非常專注在

questions, and you'll be able to find

那些問題，然後你就可以去找到

usually a little bit of the answer or a

通常是跟答案有點相近或

clue of what the answer is with within

跟答案有關的線索在問題裡面

the question. And to keep this short and

為了讓這個影片簡單明瞭

sweet, I'm going to move onto my last tip,

接著講到最後一個祕訣

because i don't want to bore you any longer,

因為我不想讓大家覺得無聊

this video is going to be too long otherwise.

否則這個影片可能會時間太長

And so my last tip is to

所以我的最後秘訣是

not worry too much about grammar, and

不要太在意你的文法，然後

I've touched on this probably on all of

這個重點我在過去我所有的

my previous English tips videos, because

英文教學影片中都有題到，因為

I think it

我認為這

so important to remind ourselves as

是很重要的，去提醒我們自己，作為

students of english as a foreign

一個學習英語的外國人

language, that grammar is important for

文法非常重要

building up your vocabulary, for building

可以累積你的字彙，也可以建立

up your language in your head but

你腦中的外語知識，但是

grammar is not the most important thing

文法並不是最重要的

of a conversation in English. I think a

當你在用英文對話的時候。我認為

good understanding good listening skills

有好的理解力、好的聽力技巧

good pronunciation, all of these things

好的發音，這些都跟

go hand in hand with grammar. If you get

文法息息相關。當你

too stuck on your grammar and wanting to

太過專注在文法上面，並想去

get every single sentence perfectly,

讓每個句子變得很完美

you're not going to flow in a

那你永遠無法很流暢地

conversation. You're going to doubt

用英文溝通。你會時常懷疑

yourself a lot, you're going to think

你自己，你會想到

that people are not understanding you

人們無法理解你的英文

because you kind of like misplaced or

只因為你有點錯置字詞或

mispronounced something. I still

讀錯發音。我依舊會

struggled a lot with the in on at, and

搞不太清楚 in, on, at 的用法，並且

make a lot of mistakes when it comes to

犯許多的錯誤。當要用到

these three.

這三個字時

It's just a block on my brain that

這是我腦袋裡的一個阻礙

prevents me from learning. They used to

阻饒我的學習。這幾個字以前

kind of like give myself such a hard

常常給我許多的苦頭

time for not knowing those three

因為不知道如何把這幾個字用得

perfectly

完美

Nowadays, I know I've probably made about

到目前為止我大概犯了

20 mistakes in this video with regards

20 個錯誤在這個影片中，有關

to in on and at, and with regards to other

in, on 和 at，或者是其他

things as well, but I'm sure that the

文法錯誤，但我確信

majority of you have been able to

大部分的人可以

understand me, and even thought that I

聽懂我所表達的，甚至覺得我的

have a good level of English, even though

英文程度不錯，雖然

I know I made those mistakes.

我知道我會犯這些錯誤

So don't get stuck on your grammar thinking that

所以不要陷在文法裏頭

that is the most important or the one

把它看成是最重要的或者是

thing that you've got to get right in.

你一定要把它用的很準確

Most everyday situations you're not

大部分你每天會碰到的情況，不會

going to need perfect grammar to feel

需要用到完美的文法，你就可以覺得

confident and be understood in English

很有自信，而且別人也可以理解你的英文

So that wraps up my tips on building up

所以那就總結了我去建立