LIVE on YouTube Happy Expressions in English 500 000 subscribers

hello hello YouTube hi this is Emma here

from English I’m really really excited

to be here a little nervous this is my

first time live on YouTube so please

please please be patient with me if the

technology is a little bit beyond me hi

I can see Ezra is here and honeybee and

oh my goodness hello hello hello hello

I’m trying to keep up with all of your

messages it’s amazing to see you all

here it’s nice to finally have someone

some of you here live amazing hi this is

Emma from English very very excited but

a little bit nervous this is my very

first youtube live so I’m really really

excited to be here with all of you from

all over the world I can see Thailand I

can see Colombia Indonesia woof oh my

goodness Wow guys it is so cool to see

Romania Morocco it’s great to see you

all here live whoo-hoo okay you give me

a little boost of energy now I am so

excited that you’re all here I know that

lots of you have been asking for a long

time can I come live into the into my

YouTube channel and say hi and give

lessons and that kind of thing and I

thought 500,000 subscribers is the

perfect time to to come in to celebrate

to say hi properly introduce myself to

meet you all you are amazing it’s lovely

to see you oh hi I have to pinch myself

knowing that each time I make a lesson

there are 500,000 people watching it’s a

little bit

crazy to even imagine how many people

that is I can’t even picture that in my

head but it’s so wonderful that that all

of my my hard work and my lessons are

appreciated by all of you amazing it’s

so good to see you

so I’ve seen lots of different different

countries coming through Ukraine Turkey

everyone hi wonderful let me know where

you’re all from and what you’re all

doing at the moment I can see China Wow

India woohoo

fantastic it’s wonderful wonderful to

see you all personally I want to say

thank you to all of you I know you guys

are so supportive and encouraging of me

and my teaching here on YouTube I’m

really really excited to have the

opportunity to see you all here like

it’s so distracting I can see so many

people saying hello hello hello

so in this video and in this live video

I want to to do a couple of things I’m

going to hang around for about half an

hour or so but I want to talk to you

about a few different English

expressions that I’ve been using over

the last 24 hours or so because I just

found out you know about the the number

of subscribers reaching 500,000 so I’ve

been talking to my friends and family

and students about it and I’ve been

using so many different English

expressions that I wanted to share with

you then I’m gonna talk for a few

minutes just about the history or a

little bit of information about in

English and how it kind of started and

and what’s happening on the channel at

the moment and hopefully I’ll answer

such a hopefully I’ll I’ll answer a few

of your questions as well though

is some time for that at the end so you

can listen to as much or as little as

you like it’s it’s quite different being

live instead of being here for a lesson

that I usually prepare for you

so we’ll see how we go Hey but I am

really really excited that that we’ve

reached that number and I think so far

I’ve already used one expression that I

want to talk about which is I I have to

I have to pinch myself which means a

pinch is like when you you get a piece

of skin and you go like this

this is called a pinch and the

expression I have just have to pinch

myself means like I can’t believe that

it’s real it seems like a dream and so

often you know to see if you’re dreaming

or not you pinch yourself to see see if

you can feel it then you know it’s not a

dream and so this expression is really

common in English I have to pinch myself

I couldn’t believe it

it was amazing so I’ve already used that

expression right over the moon I even

saw someone writing about this the other

day and just in the comments here I’m

over the moon

it means I’m really really happy or

delighted excited you know to have this

news and over the moon really really

happy people often you know use that

expression when they’re talking about

their you know maybe they just got a job

or they just had a baby and they’re

really excited you know they might say

we’re over the moon we’re so happy I

also have been saying a lot I’m thrilled

which is another way to say that you’re

really really excited so for those of

you who like to practice your th

pronunciation this is a great word

because it’s that th sound with the r

consonant so it’s like through three and

thrilled it’s the same sound thrilled

I’m thrilled

with my news fantastic

now another expression which is similar

to I need to pinch myself where I have

to pinch myself is I can’t believe it

I’m so surprised I’m shocked and it can

be said in in a positive way and a kind

of negative way as well for me obviously

I can’t believe it it’s a really

positive way of saying that and another

really common expression idiom is blown

away and I’ve definitely been saying

that a few times over the last couple of

days I’m blown away which means I’m just

really really impressed really surprised

in a good way now colloquially as well

there’s a few different things that I’ve

been saying colloquially means like very

informal

relaxed casual language that you would

use with your friends

so one thing that’s really common and

guys if any of you are unsure about

where I’m from I’m from Australia so I

speak with an Australian accent and one

thing that we that is very very common

in Australia to say when you’re excited

is I’m pumped I’m really excited I’m

pumped like the past tense firm form of

the verb pump okay I’m pumped and

another one that lots of my friends have

been saying you know when they’re when

they’re saying oh wow congratulations

they’ve been saying you’re killing it

you’re killing it which sounds really

really bizarre because it doesn’t sound

very positive at all but what that means

in that context is you’re doing really

really well you know you’re you’re

successful you’re you’re doing a good

job so lots of people can say you know

they might say to you wow you’re killing

it or you might say

if you passed your English exam with Wow

you got like an eighth in your IELTS or

something like that

then some of your friends might be like

whoa you’re killing it that’s awesome

that’s really good thanks guys I can see

a few of you I see you’re killing it

you’re killing it

excellent you’ve got a new expression

now in English I am and a couple of you

are saying you know please don’t kill

please don’t kill but just to clarify

that in that context it’s a positive

thing it doesn’t sound like it it’s a

little bit weird but it’s an expression

that’s really really common in in in

English especially well colloquially so

you know you wouldn’t say that at work

to your colleagues that kind of thing

but to your friends definitely okay

lovely lovely it’s so good to see so

many of you wonderful over the moon is

your favorite you chew it’s nice yeah

killing is not polite no no but this is

an expression this is an expression

fantastic to see you all here hey

Columbia hey Pakistan fantastic there is

no subtitles because this is live guys

this is my very very first live YouTube

video so I’m still working it out myself

so be patient with me I’m having a lot

of trouble keeping up with all of the

comments over here Spain India Cambodia

Brazil Somalia Iraq oh my goodness I

have to stop Wow it’s great to see you

all here there are so many different

ways to explain how excited I’m feeling

in English in you know when you’re

learning a new language or you’re

learning another language you’re often

you know you learn

and full of words a small number of

words and then you just keep reusing

them so it’s a really good opportunity

to sort of expand some of your English

expressions now and use some different

types of expressions when you’re really

happy excited really surprised so any of

the ones we were just talking about

those are perfect now do me a favor

every one and write for me how you know

I’ve been talking about how excited I am

that my channel just hit 500,000

subscribers I want you to write in your

own language now one sentence that could

say the same thing in your language you

know so in my limited Spanish estoy muy

emocionado try to write in your own

language right one sentence for me that

expresses the same thing I just saw the

Miller go past it’s nice to see you

wonderful that you’re here

fantastic anyway so lots of you have

also been asking through Facebook

through lots of the comments that you

leave on my youtube videos through my

Instagram account you often ask you know

tell us about you know your journey why

did you become a teacher how did you

start teaching on YouTube so I thought

I’d answer a few of your questions now

right it’s very very hard at the moment

for me to even read the comments as

you’re writing them people so I won’t be

able to answer any questions just yet

well I can see some of you are writing

in Polish in Chinese in Spanish in wow

it’s fantastic

Portuguese woohoo very cool I’m gonna

have to go through these comments after

I finish this live video and check it

out guys

awesome

anyway so I’ll give you a little bit of

background to me I haven’t always been

an English teacher when I studied at uni

University I studied to be an urban

designer which is similar to an

architect term planner designing cities

that kind of thing and I loved it I did

it for about six years and but I started

feeling like I wanted to you know travel

and live in a few different countries so

I thought I’d take a break from that and

I trained to be a teacher and then I set

off to to go and teach and live in

Vietnam and Malaysia for a while and I

absolutely loved it from the instant

that I started teaching I knew that I

wouldn’t be going back to my previous

career and and so I continued to teach

for a few years and I started the

channel I was working in a language

school and in a university and I started

the channel because I kind of I wanted

to challenge the way that we learn

languages in classrooms and you know

we’ve all had that experience right

we’ve been learning languages in a

classroom and some people are really

good at that and lots of people

including me it just it doesn’t work so

I started the channel thinking that I

would try to teach English by cooking

and some of you who have been around for

a long time you would know that I I

started by always being in the kitchen

and cooking recipes or you know meeting

a friend in a cafe and that kind of

thing so um that’s that’s exactly where

the name English came from when I first

started this channel because mmm it’s

about being

about food being really delicious and so

it’s kind of you know my channels

evolved or it’s become a little

different since then but the name kind

of stuck and I haven’t changed it but

it’s quite interesting mmm is a bit of a

well it’s an interjection and it can

mean lots of different things it can be

used when you say something’s delicious

like mmm this pastas delicious it’s so

good that you can also use it you know

when you’re it’s a really common one

when you’re thinking and you’re like hmm

a little bit like um and it’s kind of

it’s different for every language

everyone has these different kinds of

into interjections and in english mmm is

really common so if someone asks you a

question and you’re not sure of the

answer hmm that’s the way to do it in

English and it can also mean sort of

like yes when you’re responding to

someone if someone said hey Emma mm-hmm

that means yes I’m listening so there’s

lots and lots of different ways that

those three letters mmm can be

interpreted in English depending on tone

intonation that kind of thing so it’s

very very cool very cool little way of

expressing English I think it’s stuck

anyway it’s the name of my channel now I

don’t do a lot of cooking anymore but I

I do like talking a lot about food so I

think that the most important thing is

that you know language is about words

and vocabulary and grammar but it’s also

about so much more than that it’s about

expressing yourself through tone

intonation facial expression all of

these things that help you to become a

really good communicator in English it’s

not just about it’s not just about the

words but it’s also about how you say

those words as well and there’s lots of

different different ways that affect the

way that you speak in English so on this

channel and through my my Facebook

groups I I spend a lot of time trying to

to motivate and encourage my students to

to keep feeling excited and inspired and

interested in in English and motivated

to keep doing it that’s why I call

myself you know I’m I don’t like to say

that I’m your English teacher but I

prefer to say that I’m your English

coach and one of the the biggest

problems that we all have and I say we

because I’m learning a language - I’m

learning Spanish and one of the biggest

problems that we all have some of you

are saying hi coach

some of you are writing lots and lots of

comments and I’m so sorry that I’m

missing a few of them hopefully you can

help each other out if you see anyone

asking a question that you can answer

I’d go for it help them out so yeah I

spend a lot of time motivating and and

helping people to feel confident using

English I think that’s one of the the

biggest challenges that we all face when

we’re learning a language is it’s about

that confidence and the belief in

ourselves to be able to use it and to

try it and so I think I teach a little

but I I coach a lot the it’s great thing

so many of those lovely comments guys

it’s really really nice to see to see

all of you lots of you are saying that

you have self-esteem and and motivation

issues

that can be generally in life but of

course it’s it’s so common when you’re

learning a new language right you know

that in your own language you can

express your espresso yourself cleanly

and clearly and easily and in English it

takes a lot of work right I have the

same when I’m trying to express myself

in Spanish so but the idea behind my

channel is that you know to become

fluent in English you need to become a

good speaker the other skills are really

important and it’s what all of you are

working on at the moment you’re building

your vocabulary you’re trying to

understand and get the grammar right the

next step and the thing that will take

you towards fluency is being able to

speak confidently in English and that’s

something that takes a lot of extra work

and practice as well it’s not just about

being perfect with the grammar in fact

forget the idea of perfect English it

doesn’t even exist for native English

speakers confidence does though

confidence exists for native speakers

absolutely if if you guys are at the

moment sitting behind your grammar books

or behind the computer screen learnt

screen learning you know grammar and

vocabulary and watching YouTube videos

that’s awesome that’s all fantastic the

next step is to step into English

conversation and there are so many

different ways to do that particularly

because we are all learning languages

online now it’s an amazing thing about

being here and alive in the year 2017

we’re all learning online which means

we’ve all got access to amazing free

material it’s good and it’s bad right

because there are amazing opportunities

to connect with lots of people like we

are here

and also to study more flexibly I guess

you know to our own schedule I’m really

busy you’re really busy some of us have

family some of us has jobs we are all

super busy we need flexibility to be

able to learn and practice at our own

time excuse me everybody

but I guess the thing that’s most

important about about learning online is

controlling your learning you know you

haven’t got a specific teacher saying

listen you need to do that now and you

need to hand it in tomorrow you’re in

charge of of your work of your study and

you’re in charge of motivating yourself

to do to do what you need to do to

improve some people are really good at

that and some people would just rather

be at the beach excuse me

anyway I think that one I guess one of

the biggest tips that that I can give

for becoming more confident as an as an

English speaker is surrounding yourself

with the the right kind of people so

this can be you know interpreted in a

few different ways but what I mean is

surrounding yourself with people who

encourage and support you you know some

of us are lucky enough to have families

and friends who do that and some of us

maybe not but we need to find those

people who help to give us that

confidence that motivation that support

that we need to keep pursuing our dreams

and our goals right surrounding

ourselves and the right people even

surrounding yourself with people who are

willing to help

pew and willing to to support you and

the reason why the reason why I am

saying this is because there are so many

different it’s not a very good thing to

hmm to have happen on a live call anyway

um I might need to get I might need to

get a little drink everyone you might

need to come for a walk with me to the

kitchen I should have had a cup with me

lots of you are saying drink the water

drink the water here we go mm-hmm thank

you everyone I am fine I have a little

tickle in my throat that will save that

will save me anyway and back on the

couch now nice to see that you’re all

still here and still watching lovely

great to see you all still here and

still watching guys I would love to let

you I just saw someone asked do you know

des Percy - yes I do I love that song

it’s helping me - I’m learning it - set

to sing it in Spanish okay now let me

see who is here AG work yes who is here

and who what countries would you like to

visit someone just asked me um mm-hmm

well at the moment I’m actually visiting

Spain but I have never been to South

America and that is definitely on my

list of places to visit I would love to

visit Colombia Brazil

Peru Chile Argentina I would love to

visit South America

I would love to also visit Indonesia I

am I live in Australia so it’s very very

close to home I’ve been several times

Chile as well Jala yes yeah China I’ve

visited definitely Vietnam I used to

live in all of these wonderful places

anyway very very cool to see all of you

here wonderful um so guys I might finish

up here since I have ended up with a

cough and a tickle in my throat thank

you for being so patient with me and

thank you for being so wonderful and

kind with all of your comments there are

a few kind of rude and random ones in

there which I will go through and block

after this because I don’t really

appreciate that but for everyone else

who was here watching live I’m really

really pleased to meet you and to be

able to to say thank you and I hope that

I can do it again very soon when I don’t

have a cold all right bye everyone

thanks so much for watching thanks so

much for loving in English - bye for now

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