連母語上台都會緊張的人，用英文說話時焦慮感加倍，完全正常。問題不在實力，在心態和方法。
🍉Be practical, not perfect.
很多人卡在「發音夠不夠好」、「這個字對不對」。真正重要的是你的觀點有沒有說清楚、結構有沒有讓對方聽懂。先有 clarity（清晰度）和 structure（結構），其他之後再修。
🥑Be kind to yourself.
Embrace mistakes 每一個說錯的句子都在告訴你下次怎麼說更好。語言學習是長期累積的，對自己的小失誤一笑置之，繼續說下去才是真正的進步。學習本來就是在錯誤裡前進的過程。對自己嚴格是好事，但過度嚴格只會讓你愈來愈不敢開口。
🍍定期練習，用對方式
定期、定量、有目的地練習，複利的關鍵是「持續」，不是「一次很多」。 Role play、模擬對話、甚至自言自語都算，重點是讓大腦習慣在英文環境下運作，練的不只是語言，是在真實情境下的反應速度和自在感。
🍓說英文的自信，不是等你真正準備好了才有
是在一次次開口之後，慢慢建立起來的。
🥑Be kind to yourself.
Embrace mistakes 每一個說錯的句子都在告訴你下次怎麼說更好。語言學習是長期累積的，對自己的小失誤一笑置之，繼續說下去才是真正的進步。學習本來就是在錯誤裡前進的過程。對自己嚴格是好事，但過度嚴格只會讓你愈來愈不敢開口。
🍍定期練習，用對方式
定期、定量、有目的地練習，複利的關鍵是「持續」，不是「一次很多」。 Role play、模擬對話、甚至自言自語都算，重點是讓大腦習慣在英文環境下運作，練的不只是語言，是在真實情境下的反應速度和自在感。
🍓說英文的自信，不是等你真正準備好了才有
是在一次次開口之後，慢慢建立起來的。
Questions
Do you feel nervous when speaking English?
Do you worry about making mistakes?
Do you feel nervous when speaking English? When? Why?
Do you worry about making mistakes? Why/why not?
Do you get anxious when you speak English? You're not alone.
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Do you feel nervous when speaking English?
Do you worry about making mistakes?
Do you feel nervous when speaking English? When? Why?
Do you worry about making mistakes? Why/why not?
Do you get anxious when you speak English? You're not alone.
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The fear of making mistakes can be related to the fear of judgement and personality traits like being a perfectionist.
I guess I'd say that my experience speaking English is full of dread and regret. I don't know why, but I cannot find the courage to speak to someone.
For me, it was very important to be good in English. And I was like thinking what people will think about me when I'm speaking the wrong way or my pronunciation is not correct.
Imagine that if you are able to sound very intelligent, very wise, very smart in your first language, but then in the second language, you are not able to do that.
It isn't about perfection, and it isn't about necessarily being very fluent. It's about communicating well.
As an English teacher, something my students used to ask me all the time was, "How can I get better at speaking?" And sometimes they mean they want to make fewer mistakes, but most often it's about confidence and wanting to stop feeling so nervous. They're worried about being judged for their mistakes. They're scared they'll forget their words, that people won't understand their accent. There are so many fears when it comes to speaking a foreign language.
Yes, it's something I struggled with too when I moved to the UK to work at the BBC. My English was actually pretty good, but having conversations with people, I found it really difficult. So when I first joined the BBC, the Learning English team made an assessment of my English level, which they used to do for all new joiners to see if they need any help or courses. My results were pretty good, and I was fluent, but on that very same day, leaving the building and going to get some coffee, I couldn't really understand what the barista was saying, and I felt pretty nervous to order coffee and was trying to stress every single word, hoping that my grammar is correct and I am pronouncing the words right.
Irrational beliefs can make us anxious. Irrational beliefs are beliefs that aren't based on things that are true. And Han says that learners worry about mistakes because they're scared of 'negative evaluation'. In other words, that people will judge them for their mistakes and think badly of them.
When people speak in another language, they worry about what other people might think about them. But Han says this judgement doesn't come from other people. It comes from within.
But in the moment when we try to speak, we're often not aware of what's causing the anxiety and stress. And so the first step to reducing the fear of making mistakes is to recognise that fear.
Often the beliefs that are making us anxious are implicit – we don't notice them, and we need to make them conscious so that we do notice them.
You realise it now – 'Oh, nobody will laugh at me, uh, if I make a mistake', because everyone is in the same boat, right? So when you realise this, you know, now, I tell you, "You don't have to worry about it". So are you able to just remove your anxiety, you know, and then your your beliefs are changed?
I love Barnaby's advice to just smile and laugh when things go wrong,
I think the best way to get comfortable making mistakes is to start in situations where you feel safe. So you could practise with someone you feel comfortable with.
🌸Vocabulary
dread (v./n.)
Often the beliefs that are making us anxious are implicit – we don't notice them, and we need to make them conscious so that we do notice them.
You realise it now – 'Oh, nobody will laugh at me, uh, if I make a mistake', because everyone is in the same boat, right? So when you realise this, you know, now, I tell you, "You don't have to worry about it". So are you able to just remove your anxiety, you know, and then your your beliefs are changed?
I love Barnaby's advice to just smile and laugh when things go wrong,
I think the best way to get comfortable making mistakes is to start in situations where you feel safe. So you could practise with someone you feel comfortable with.
🌸Vocabulary
dread (v./n.)
恐懼/極度害怕，對即將發生或可能發生的事感到恐懼
irrational beliefs (n. phr.)
irrational beliefs (n. phr.)
非理性信念，基於不符合事實的信念
implicit beliefs (n. phr.)
implicit beliefs (n. phr.)
隱性信念/潛在信念，我們沒有注意到、無意識的信念
conscious beliefs (n. phr.)
conscious beliefs (n. phr.)
有意識的信念，我們注意到、有覺知的信念
self-perception (n.)
self-perception (n.)
自我認知，你如何看待自己
in the same boat (idiom)
in the same boat (idiom)
處境相同/同病相憐，與他人面臨相同困難的情況