English Tips Motivation Confidence and Speaking in English

[Rachel] Hello and welcome to this special video on
Rachel’s English.

In this video, I have a special guest, Ibrahim
from zAmericanEnglish, the youtube channel.

Ibrahim is a brilliant English teacher from
Egypt with more than 12 years of experience

in teaching English in many different countries.

He’s interested in languages. Ibrahim speaks English, Arabic, Chinese and
Cantonese.

On his channel, zAmericanEnglish, he’s making
learning English fun for the first time in

the middle east.

Hundreds of thousands of people are enjoying
his youtube videos which leads his channel

to be the fastest growing channel in the middle
east.

Today, Ibrahim and I are going to answer five
very important questions every English learner

needs to know the answer to.

We’re going to tell you how to be more confident,
how to get more motivated, how to speed up

your learning progress, how to have a strong
grammar understanding and how to start thinking

in English today.

Let’s start with the first question.

Question 1:
Ibrahim, a lot of students want to learn English

fast.

Do you get this question from your students
as well?

What’s your advice to them in order to really
speed up their learning process?

[Ibrahim] A lot of people might have some recipes that
promise fast learning.

But the recipe you get from this video is
not found anywhere else.

In order to do something faster than others,
you must avoid other’s mistakes.

If you know the mistakes that slow down other
learners and you manage to avoid them, your

progress will be a lot faster than you ever
thought was possible.

I will briefly give you 4 solutions that Rachel
and I could explain more in future videos.

Number 1- Be organized
Have your own word bank notebook, grammar

bank notebook, Forget about all the PDFs and
write with your own hands.

Set a specific time for your daily study and
stick to it.

More details on how to be organized with your
study will come later.

Number 2- Set realistic goals
It will be wonderful if you can learn English

in a month but unless you’re a super human,
you’ll probably will not be able to learn

English in a month.

If your goal is unrealistic, you will give
up before reaching it, period.

Number 3- Eyes on the goal, feet on the ground.

What do I mean by that?

You should always keep your eyes on your goal.

No matter what life brings on to you.

Never lose sight of your goal but please,
take your goal step by step and realize in

order to reach your next step, you must first
enjoy the current one.

Number 4- Believe in yourself
Here’s what you need to tell yourself if you

ever get discouraged or feel less confident
in your own abilities, one sentence with great

powers, repeat this sentence to yourself.

Say to yourself: If others can do it, I can
too.

Which leads to a very important question that
I usually see students ask.

Question 2
Rachel, What do you tell your students who

feel less motivated to continue with the same
excitement they had when they first started?

[Rachel]

The biggest problem that faces anyone I know
with reaching any goal is motivation, and

it’s important not to neglect this.

If you feel that your fluency goals are out
of reach, or you feel discouraged about where

you are, it can be really hard to motivate
yourself.

My most successful students are the ones who
make small steps everyday.

Try this for one week: record yourself speaking
English.

It can be short, just 15 seconds.

Talk about what you did that day or you ate
for dinner, it doesn’t matter.

Don’t plan it ahead.

Then go back and listen to it.

What’s one thing that you know you could have
done better?

Was there was a word that you needed to know?

If so, look it up!

Learn it.

If there was a word you didn’t pronounce well
that was tricky for you, go to the internet.

Go to forvo or yougish, listen to native speakers
saying the word over and over and imitate

it, say it out loud 10 or 20 times.

It will get more comfortable.

This doesn’t take much time, and each day,
you’re learning something concrete.

That can really help with motivation.

Another question I often get asked is:

Question 3
I sometimes get confused as which grammar

tense to use.

Ibrahim, what’s the solution for this problem?

[Ibrahim]
This is a very important question that drives

many students crazy.

There is nothing I need you to know before
I tell you the answer.

RELAX.

You are not stupid.

They call it a foreign language for a reason.

It is foreign to you and you’re trying to
make sense of it.

There is nothing in the world that people
figure out without having a problem or two

so you shouldn’t let that get in the way.

Here is what you should do to overcome this
problem.

1- Put all the major grammar points in a simple
chart.

You can categorize them under 3 categories
either past, present or future.

This can work as your starting point.

After that, you can focus your effort on understanding
the difference between the tenses under the

same category.

Let’s take an example.

You have made a chart and you put past, present,
future.

Number 1 you should do is understanding the
difference between past, present and future.

After that, come to the present for example
you will see something as simple present or

progressive present.

They’re both under the present category.

Now, what you’ll have to do is try to really
understand the difference between the simple

and the proressive present.

What makes a sentence in simple present, what
makes the sentence in progressive present.

Once you understood that, then it will be
time for you to just play with it and make

sentences.

Don’t be afraid to try it out.

Only through trial and error will you get
better and form a more solid understanding

of the grammar point.

Step 2- After doing that, you will have a
good grasp on your weakness points.

Congratulations.

Now you know what exactly you need to focus
your energy on.

Study those points hard, use them in sentences,
write stories using them.

Work on them with all your might tell they
become solid in your brain.

Only then will you gain more confidence in
your own ability.

Speaking of confidence, here’s a question
that I think all of you would love to get

an answer for.

Question 4
Rachel, How do you help your students gain

more confidence in speaking English?

[Rachel] Many of my students struggle with feeling
confident in speaking English.

And I have this trick: Develop an American
version of yourself.

I noticed that actors are very skilled at
developing different accents.

Why?

They’re developing a character at the same
time.

They’re not just working with speech alone,
they’re working with their whole body, the

physicality of the character.

I noticed that when my students developed
an American character of themselves, an American

persona, that they started to have more fun
with it, look more relaxed and natural, and

confident when speaking.

Because part of learning a language is allowing
yourself to be playful.

You’re dealing with sounds and positions of
the mouth that are totally foreign to you.

Some people want to back away from anything
that feels strange.

With your American persona, you can invite
yourself out of your comfort zone, allowing

yourself to be a more accurate imitator of
Americans.

And when you can do this, when you can really
imitate Americans well, nothing is going to

stop you from sounding natural and confident
when speaking.

Which leads to the next and final question

Question 5
Ibrahim, How do you help your students think

in English?

[Ibrahim]
This is by far the most important question

in any language learning.

Books have been written for the sole purpose
of answering this question.

You are probably tired of all the big scientific
words on how your brain works and how you

can program it to form thoughts in a different
language.

You are absolutely right, It shouldn’t be
that hard to explain.

Here is what I believe the fastest way to
do it speaking from experience.

I think in four different languages and trust
me when I say it is not as hard as you think

it is.

Here’s what you should do starting today and
you will see results in no time:

Number 1- Make a brand new English notebook
and make it English only.

Nothing from your native language should ever
go there.

Number 2- Make this your wordbank meaning
every single word that you know, keep it there.

Number 3- Under each word in your notebook,
you will make a sentence using this word.

And if the word has multiple meanings, so
make multiple sentences.

Number 4- Review a page or two of this notebook
daily.

Number 5- Read English books, watch movies
without subtitles and most importantly: talk,

talk and talk.

And if you have nobody to talk to, no worries,
you will always have yourself.

Talk to yourself a lot.

And if those around you call you crazy, so
be it.

Be crazy.

When you have reached your goal, those around
you who once called you crazy, will suddenly

have a new name for you.

They’ll call you a genius.

[Rachel]
Thanks Ibrahim, and thank you for watching.

Don’t forget to like and share this video
with others.

If you’d like to see more videos like this
one, let me know in the comments below and

tell me what question you need us to discuss
in future videos.

Be sure to check out Ibrahim’s channel, you’ll
find the link in the description below.

That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s
English.

[Rachel] 大家好,欢迎收看这个关于
Rachel 英语的特别视频。

在这个视频中,我有一位特别嘉宾
,来自 youtube 频道 zAmericanEnglish 的 Ibrahim。

Ibrahim 是一位来自埃及的优秀英语教师,在许多不同国家
拥有超过 12 年的

英语教学经验。

他对语言很感兴趣。 易卜拉欣会说英语、阿拉伯语、中文和
粤语。

在他的频道 zAmericanEnglish 上,他
第一次在中东让学习英语变得有趣

数十万人正在欣赏
他的 youtube 视频,这使他的

频道成为中东增长最快的频道

今天,易卜拉欣和我将回答每个英语学习者都需要知道答案的五个
非常重要的问题

我们将告诉你如何更加自信,
如何获得更多动力,如何

加快学习进度,如何对语法有很强的
理解力,以及如何从

今天开始用英语思考。

让我们从第一个问题开始。

问题1:
易卜拉欣,很多学生都想快速学好英语

你是否也从你的学生那里得到这个
问题?

为了真正
加快他们的学习过程,您对他们有什么建议?

[易卜拉欣]很多人可能有一些
承诺快速学习的食谱。

但是您从该视频中获得的食谱
在其他任何地方都找不到。

为了比别人做得更快,
你必须避免别人的错误。

如果您知道会拖慢其他学习者的错误
并设法避免它们,那么您的

进步将比您想象的要快得多

我将简要地为您提供 4 个解决方案,Rachel
和我可以在以后的视频中进行更多解释。

第 1 号 - 有条理
拥有自己的单词银行笔记本、语法

银行笔记本,忘记所有 PDF 并
用自己的双手书写。

为你的日常学习设定一个特定的时间并
坚持下去。

有关如何组织学习的更多详细信息
将在稍后提供。

第二个——设定切合实际的目标
如果你能

在一个月内学会英语,那就太好了,但除非你是一个超人,
否则你可能

在一个月内就学不到英语了。

如果你的目标是不切实际的,你会
在达到它之前放弃,时期。

3号——眼睛盯着球门,脚着地。

我的意思是什么?

你应该时刻关注你的目标。

不管生活给你带来什么。

永远不要忘记你的目标,但
请一步一步地实现你的目标,并意识到

为了达到你的下一步,你必须首先
享受现在的目标。

第 4 点——相信
自己 如果你

曾经气馁或
对自己的能力缺乏信心,这就是你需要告诉自己的一句话,一句很有

力量,对自己重复这句话。

对自己说:如果别人能做到,我也能

这就引出了一个
我经常看到学生问的非常重要的问题。

问题 2
雷切尔,你对那些

觉得没有动力继续保持与
刚开始时一样的兴奋的学生说了什么?

[Rachel]

我认识的任何人
在实现任何目标时面临的最大问题是动力

,重要的是不要忽视这一点。

如果你觉得你的流利度目标
遥不可及,或者你对自己所处的位置感到沮丧

,那么你很难激励
自己。

我最成功的学生是那些
每天迈出一小步的学生。

尝试一周:记录自己说
英语。

它可以很短,只有 15 秒。

谈论你那天做了什么或者你
晚餐吃了什么,没关系。

不要提前计划。

然后回去听听。

你知道你可以做得更好的一件事是什么

有没有你需要知道的词?

如果有,请查收!

学习它。

如果有一个单词你发音不好
,对你来说很棘手,请上网。

去 forvo 或 yougish,听母语人士
一遍又一遍地说这个词并模仿

它,大声说 10 或 20 次。

它会变得更舒服。

这不需要太多时间,而且每天
你都在学习一些具体的东西。

这确实有助于激励。

我经常被问到的另一个问题是:

问题 3
我有时

对使用哪种语法时态感到困惑。

易卜拉欣,这个问题的解决方案是什么?

[Ibrahim]
这是一个非常重要的问题,让

许多学生抓狂。

在我告诉你答案之前,我不需要你知道任何事情

放松。

你不傻。

他们称它为外语是有原因的。

它对你来说是陌生的,你正试图
理解它。

世界上没有一件事是
人们在没有一两个问题的情况下就能解决的,

所以你不应该让它成为阻碍。

以下是您应该采取的措施来克服这个
问题。

1-将所有主要语法点放在一个简单的
图表中。

您可以将它们分类
为过去、现在或未来的 3 个类别。

这可以作为您的起点。

之后,您可以集中精力了解同一类别
下时态之间的差异

让我们举个例子。

你已经制作了一张图表,你把过去、现在和未来放在了一起

您应该做的第一件事是了解
过去、现在和未来之间的区别。

之后,以现在为例,
您会看到简单的现在或

渐进的现在。

他们都属于现在的类别。

现在,你要做的就是试着真正
理解简单

的现在和进步的现在之间的区别。

是什么使句子处于简单现在时,是什么
使句子处于进行时。

一旦你理解了这一点,那么
你就可以玩它并

造句了。

不要害怕尝试一下。

只有通过反复试验,你才能变得
更好,对语法点形成更扎实的理解

第 2 步- 这样做之后,您将
很好地掌握自己的弱点。

恭喜。

现在你知道你需要把
精力集中在什么上了。

努力研究这些要点,在句子中使用它们,
用它们写故事。

尽你所能地研究它们,它们会
在你的大脑中变得坚实。

只有这样,你才会对
自己的能力更有信心。

说到信心,这是
一个我认为你们所有人都希望

得到答案的问题。

问题 4
Rachel,您如何帮助您的学生

在说英语时更有信心?

[Rachel] 我的许多学生都
在为说英语感到自信而挣扎。

我有这个窍门:发展一个美国
版的自己。

我注意到演员们非常擅长
发展不同的口音。

为什么?

他们同时在发展一个角色

他们不只是单独处理语音,
他们正在处理他们的整个

身体,角色的身体。

我注意到,当我的学生们形成
了自己的美国性格、美国人的

性格时,他们开始从中获得更多乐趣
,看起来更加轻松自然,

说话时更加自信。

因为学习语言的一部分是让
自己变得有趣。

你正在处理
对你来说完全陌生的声音和嘴巴的位置。

有些人想远离任何
感觉奇怪的事情。

凭借你的美国人形象,你可以邀请
自己走出舒适区,让

自己成为更准确的美国人模仿者

当你能做到这一点,当你真正能很好地
模仿美国人时,没有什么能

阻止你说话时听起来自然而自信

这引出了下一个也是最后一个问题

问题 5
Ibrahim,你如何帮助你的学生

用英语思考?

[Ibrahim]
这是迄今为止

任何语言学习中最重要的问题。

编写书籍的唯一目的
是回答这个问题。

您可能已经厌倦了
关于大脑如何工作以及如何

对其进行编程以用不同语言形成思想的所有重要科学词汇

你说的对,
应该不难解释。 从经验来看,

这是我认为最快的方法

我用四种不同的语言思考,相信
我说这并不像你想象的

那么难。

这是您从今天开始应该做的事情,
您很快就会看到结果:

第一 - 制作一个全新的英文笔记本
并使其仅是英文。

您的母语中的任何内容都不应该
去那里。

数字 2- 把它作为你的词库,意思
是你知道的每一个词,把它放在那里。

数字 3 - 在笔记本中的每个单词下,
您将使用该单词造句。

如果这个词有多种含义,那就
多造句。

第 4 号——每天复习一两页这本笔记本

5号-阅读英文书籍,看
没有字幕的电影,最重要的是:说话,

说话,说话。

如果你没有人可以交谈,不用担心,
你将永远拥有自己。

多和自己说话。

如果你周围的人说你疯了,
那就这样吧。

疯狂吧。

当你达到目标时,
你身边那些曾经骂你疯了的人,会突然

给你取一个新名字。

他们会称你为天才。

[Rachel]
谢谢易卜拉欣,也谢谢你的收看。

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就是这样,非常感谢您使用 Rachel 的
英语。