Eric's English Lounge 到底在做什麼啊?是補習班嗎?
Recently, I have gotten quite a few emails asking if I do private tutoring. Some have asked if I have a bushiban or run the page with a team. While our readers know we publish English learning posts, what exactly is it that we do?
最近,我收到一些信件,詢問我是否有提供私人家教,也有人問我是否為補教業者或有一個團隊在經營這個頁面。我們的讀者都知道,我們在粉專上發布英語學習的貼文,但我們究竟是做什麼的?
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To be completely honest, I am not sure if there is a category suitable for our page. My current positions are a doctoral student and an educational consultant for e-learning companies and policy makers. In addition to hosting my classes, I use the page mainly to provide free resource and perform charitable activities.
坦白說,我不確定是否有相關的類別適合我們的粉絲專頁。目前我是一位博士生,也是網路公司的教育顧問。除了我開設的課程之外,我主要透過本專頁來提供免費的英語學習資源,並執行慈善計畫。
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I started the page in 2012 as a lecturer and the general manager of an overseas study company, and the aim was to share learning materials with my students. I would occasionally compile information online, edit them, and publish them for free. I started investing more time around 2014 and 2015, and we had about 20K fans at this point. I did not commercialize the page, so people did not know what I was doing (they literally wrote and asked me). I left my position as the general manager, and I was unsure of my next move.
起初,我以海外留學公司總經理兼講師的身份,於2012年設立了這個粉專,以便與學生們分享資訊。我偶爾會整理網路上的資訊並加以編輯,免費與大家分享。在2014年與2015年期間,我開始投入更多時間,當時我們約有2萬名粉絲。我並沒有將粉專商業化,所以很多人確實不清楚我在做什麼。之後,我辭去了海外留學公司的所有職務,但不確定自己的下一步是什麼。
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I did not want to open a test prep center like many suggested. I did not want to sacrifice my ideals to meet business goals, and I felt I could do more to make use of my experience and strengths as a curriculum writer and teacher. I started consulting educational organizations and worked on my own online classes. It was a difficult path because there was simply very little demand for “educational consultants” in Taiwan. I had to carve my own path, and worked with numerous organizations such as ETS-Taiwan and the British Council to do so. Meanwhile, I kept writing and compiling information on our page, and it became arguably one of the largest databanks of free bilingual learning resources in Taiwan.
我知道自己並不想如許多人建議那樣,開設一間補習班。我不想犧牲自己的理想來實現商業目標,而我也覺得可以發揮身為課程編寫者及老師的經驗與力量,做更多的事。因此,我開始為教育機構提供諮詢,並開設自己的線上課程。這是一條艱難的路,因為臺灣對「教育顧問」的需求非常少。我必須開闢自己的道路,並與許多機構合作,像是「ETS-臺灣」以及「英國文化協會」。同時,我持續在粉專上撰寫與整理資訊,而這似乎也讓粉專成為臺灣最大的免費雙語學習資料庫之一。
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It was around late 2016 when I started regularly posting news in English (https://bit.ly/36o3Z1e). I felt that students need to be aware of current events and think critically rather than focusing only on basic linguistic features. While vocabulary and grammar are undoubtedly important to second language learners, there are already ample resources in these domains. Given my interest in international news and years of experience living and working in both Taiwan and the US, I aim to offer language learners a unique perspective in learning. My posts began to cover the news, social issues, and educational editorials. We reached about 30K subscribers around 2018 with this approach.
大約在2016年,我開始定期用英語發布新聞 (https://bit.ly/36o3Z1e)。我覺得學生需要關注時事,並能從不同的角度思考,而非只是專注在語言本身。儘管詞彙與文法對第二語言學習者而言無疑是重要的,但在這一方面已經有相當多的資源。鑒於我對國際新聞的興趣,以及在臺美兩地生活與工作多年的經驗,我想為語言學習者提供獨特的觀點。我的貼文開始涵蓋了新聞、社會議題與教育觀點。藉由此一方式,我們的粉專約於2018年突破了3萬名的追蹤人數。
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Early 2020, we broke 50K fans on FB, and I knew it was time for me to post more regularly. I added two people to my team of one, and we started regularly posting bilingual news, education editorials, posts on empathy, and of course, free English learning resources. We also have periodic giveaways of books and educational materials. Our subscribers now include students, parents, and teachers primarily from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the US.
2020年初,我們的追蹤人數突破5萬,我便知道是時候定期發布貼文了。我邀請了兩位成員加入這個原本只有我一人的團隊,我們開始發布雙語新聞、教育評論、翻轉視界的系列貼文,當然還有免費的英語學習資源。我們也定期贈送書籍與教育資料。現在,我們的訂閱者包含了學生、家長與教師,主要是來自臺灣、香港與美國。
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Some have advised me to just completely turn the page into a business since we have significant following. However, I have held back from doing so because I view myself more as a teacher and not a business owner or a social media influencer. It is not all about traffic flow and commercialization. In fact, I place many restrictions on commercial cooperation, turning down opportunities to advertise and work with many large language edu companies.
有些人建議我將這個粉專完全轉為商業用途,畢竟我們擁有可觀的追蹤人數。然而,我之所以不這麼做是因為,我認為自己是一位老師,而非公司的老闆或網紅。並非所有的事物都關乎流量與商業化。事實上,我為自己以及商業合作設下許多限制,婉拒了諸多廣告宣傳以及與許多大型語言教育公司合作的機會。
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Currently, Eric’s English Lounge is not a company. I do have online classes through VoiceTube and other platforms, and I do have a team of two editors. However, all other sources of income from collaboration with businesses and influencers on my page are donated to charities in a transparent manner: https://bit.ly/3fKytik. I started this project (http://bit.ly/3990snT) this past year and plan to move the page in a sustainable, non-profit direction.
目前,Eric’s English Lounge 並不是公司。雖然我在 VoiceTube 確實有線上課程,也有一個團隊(我與兩位小編),但其餘與企業或具有影響力的人(influencers)合作所帶來的收益,均以透明的方式捐贈給慈善機構:https://bit.ly/3fKytik。
去年,我開啟了公益講座計畫(http://bit.ly/3990snT),並計劃讓粉專朝著可持續且非盈利的方向發展。
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I hope to provide as much free resource as I can. You might have noticed that I am in my 40s, a tad older than most online influencers. I come from a low-income, divorced family, and I started working when I was in junior high. I became independent when I turned 18, and took numerous jobs just to make ends meet. I am already fortunate compared to many, as I had some remarkable teachers and received aid and scholarships from the government. Nevertheless, it has been a long climb, and this has allowed me to empathize and connect with some disadvantaged students.
我希望竭盡所能地提供免費資源。也許你已經注意到我40幾了,比多數在網路上有影響力的人(online influencers)要稍年長一些。我來自一個低收入的單親家庭,國中時便開始打工。18歲那年我開始獨立自主,從事許多工作以維持生計。與多數人相比,我已非常幸運,因為我遇到許多非常傑出的老師,也獲得政府的補助與獎學金。這無疑是段漫長的過程,但也正因如此,讓我得以更加瞭解那些缺乏資源與引導的人,並與他們有所連結與擁有同理心。
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Thus, this is the general background of the page. In all honesty, our page is still growing and evolving. It is used to provide free resources, to spread ideals of empathy, to do charity, and to sustain myself. I aim to continue using the page to provide educational resources, raise awareness of social issues, and offer students diverse perspectives. These are my current goals for this page. After eight years, Eric’s English Lounge is still going strong. May we all continue to learn, think, and grow together.
以上便是粉專的基本背景。老實說,我們的粉專仍在持續成長。粉專旨在提供免費的資源、提倡同理心、做慈善,並維持我個人的生活。我的目標是繼續藉由粉專為各位提供教育資源,提升社會議題的關注度,並為學生帶來不同的觀點。這些都是我當前對粉專的期許。歷經八年的風風雨雨,Eric’s English Lounge 仍屹立不搖。願我們繼續學習、持續思考,並且共同成長。
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P.S. You know that ERIC stands for Education Resources Information Center, right?
It is an online digital library of education research and information sponsored by the US Department of Education: https://bit.ly/2TzYF5L
Vision & Mission 宗旨與目標: https://bit.ly/2Uo9sAK
Equity in Education 教育公平: https://bit.ly/36qYor4
Developing Empathy 同理心的發展: http://bit.ly/3990snT
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公益講座計畫:http://bit.ly/3990snT
慈善機構捐贈:https://bit.ly/3fKytik
英文學習資源大全: http://bit.ly/2klC66h
同時也有2部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過373萬的網紅Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约,也在其Youtube影片中提到,For the first week of my 30-day Spanish challenge, I decided to try and learn to speak conversational Spanish in one week from scratch. Before startin...
one on one tutoring online 在 謙預 Qianyu.sg Facebook 的精選貼文
【加減乘除的人生】
I have been very broke and very broken before.
(60 cents in bank, hello!)
In those dreadful days of brokenness, I spent countless long nights binge watching Youtube and blog surfing. From midnight all the way to dawn.
I lamented at how many other people are more successful, eloquent, smarter and better-looking than me.
Influencers, bloggers, content creators, Youtubers...
The more I watched and read, the more broken and stupid I felt.
My failed businesses have knocked the wind out of me and I lost the confidence to be a Feng Shui practitioner, despite Shifu and my husband egging me on.
I assumed I would suck at it, just like how I failed at everything else.
I hid for a very long long time in my eggshell, refusing to tell people that I know Metaphysics or the Dharma to help them with their life problems.
I can't even help myself. How am I qualified to help them?
Fast forward 5 years later, I am blessed with a growing audience through my writing and FB Livestreams.
That I am able to monetise what I have been learning for the past 11 years and changing people's lives, one Bazi at a time.
What's more astonishing was I self-taught myself into doing up videos on the topics that matter most to my heart.
Watching YouTube make my dreams come true. #yesmumthatstrue
You may have read that I produced a Vesak Day video, a Mothers' Day video, a Summer Health Guide and a Father's Day video for Shifu in the last 2 months. Their combined total views are over 3000.
It felt bittersweet to hear from my husband he liked my videos.
You see, years ago, when I was crippled by my business, I asked the Husband if his company needed a marketing person for their social media.
I thought they could do better in their FB marketing and gave him a lot of ideas.
The husband brushed me off, saying that his boss was unlikely to have the budget to take me in. I tried bargaining for just $200/mth for trial. But was turned down flat. #stingy
I was forced to come out and do something on my own. #女人當自強
Life feels like a Ferris wheel of deja vu sometimes.
2001. My first attempt in doing videos started in NUS Buddhist Society. I was sought to be the Vice-Chairperson in the Freshmen Orientation Camp committee. At that time, my mum bought a Sony camcorder and somehow we came up with the idea of doing a video, introducing Buddhism to the freshies, modelled after the 城人雜誌 variety show.
We went to a few temples in Singapore, of Tibetan, Mahayana and Theravada linages, showcasing the difference in various styles of prostration and offerings. My Chairman Vincent Kwan and another Comm. member starred in the video, while I did the voiceover and shooting.
I had to beg my Bizad friend who was a whiz in IT stuff, to help me edit. I parked like an owl at his home for several nights till after midnight.
Despite all the efforts we put in, the video wasn't well-received by the freshies. They felt Buddhism is one complicated maze after watching it. But the seniors liked it.
I learnt the importance of understanding my target market and perceived customisation.
Not that I understood that better when I did businesses.
I only got it after I became a Feng Shui practitioner and marketing online for a year through more trial and error.
Before the few videos I did this year, I had produced videos for Shifu a few years back. They received generally good response on his budding FB page. Despite being very low key, he has major underground Peach Blossom Luck and much goodwill among his clientele after all.
But nothing like these recent videos that get shared 11-13 times, with reach over 500-600% of the page's fan base.
I don't know what clicked inside me this year, to be able to produce videos that people like.
To be able to do FB Lives that get shared, reacted and commented, and be told that I'm natural on screen, when I used to have onscreen fright.
Feels like Disney magic at work, doesn't it? (Okay, I admit I used Feng Shui.)
I look back and discover life is a game of arithmetic.
My story-telling competitions in primary school.
A librarian in secondary school.
My leadership roles in JC and NUS.
My key role in project presentations in Uni.
Door-to-door and telephone surveys.
A barista in Coffee Bean.
Modelling for Carrie's.
A banquet waitress at Royal Scotts (where the fish head flew onto the table, sauce and fish eyeballs and all, as I was cutting up the fish)
Tutoring children.
Meeting tens of thousands of passengers in SQ.
Being the merchandiser, photographer and graphics designer for my failed blogshop business.
Tagging along the generous and strict Shifu, who taught me for free all these 11 years.
Knowing Sam Choo and Tavia Wong, in 2015 July, opened up my eyes to the IM world and learnt branding + FB marketing knowledge that my NUS professors miss out.
The rejections, the failures...
Take out any one of these, and I would lose that courage, gungho-ness, eloquence, marketability and skilfulness in handling people and trying new things, that you see now.
I sometimes see clients who lament about their less-than-desirable family backgrounds.
Or their companies who do not give them the pay and environment they crave.
Or their partners who always hold them back.
They tell me their dreams and ask me what they can do.
I would eagerly tell them their favourable elements and industries to work in.
Over time, I observed clients can know how to use their favourable elements, and yet have massively different results.
The difference lies not just in their attitude towards life, but what skills they have amassed over the years.
People have dreams, but few make serious effort to gain a skill that will push them an inch closer to their aspirations.
Or they get so caught up in life's dramas that they forgot they can.
I have seen too many clients resigned to tough life. Especially those with children.
It's like they have bid farewell to Life, before they even get near the coffin. #趕去投胎嗎
My Bazi indicated that I would be doing what I studied as a career.
I was telling Shifu, strange that I wasn't.
He told me, I was. With all the heavy duty articles I post on FB, the copywriting I learnt, landing pages, 50 over FB Livestreams, 11 workshops, I am marketing Chinese Metaphysics and Dharma.
Derrick, my web designer, remarked that he had never seen a geomancer who does marketing online the way I did. Very different from what he had seen.
I realised they are right. I am very marketing-slanted in the way I do things. NUS Bizad will be so proud of this alumni.
On my down days, I would think it is too late for me to be doing all these when I'm hitting 40.
On my up days like today, I would think if not now, when?
The more you practice, the more polished you get at doing something.
You have seen me at my most amateurish on FB, writing and doing Livestreams.
I hope it had inspired you in one way or another. If not for the better, at least don't make the same mistakes I did. Make better ones. 😄
If you wish to join me on my journey, as I take my baby step into Youtube, you can subscribe to me at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCweF0iGnkE2kxMlMDcDvnqA
There is only one video uploaded so far. No channel art. No fancy words. No custom URL as I would need 100 subs before I qualify.
That 4-minute video was my very first video on Chinese Metaphysics and got me over 1459 views on Facebook, since 2016 June.
I only have 350+ friends now. Does that mean each of you watch it thrice? 😍
I will gradually edit my FB videos, throw in the subtitles, and upload them on Youtube. It won't be monetised so that next time, you can binge watch my videos with no interruption.
While I have a couple of videos in the pipeline, I do not have concrete plans what I wish to do for my Youtube channel.
But life is a game of arithmetic. As long as I am moving in my favourable direction, I am going to grow into a health stocky broccoli. Non-GMO.
Stay with me, my friend. Let's see how high we can soar together.
My barebone channel -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCweF0iGnkE2kxMlMDcDvnqA
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Fun fact: I'm still using a Sony camera for my videos.
📸: The man who didn't want to employ me
one on one tutoring online 在 Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约 Youtube 的最佳解答
For the first week of my 30-day Spanish challenge, I decided to try and learn to speak conversational Spanish in one week from scratch. Before starting this challenge I spoke almost no Spanish, and my goal was to see how much I could learn in just 5 days solely by putting maximal effort into conversational practice. Can you learn to speak Spanish in just one week by abandoning traditional language classes? By disregarding textbooks? Even without memorizing vocabulary? You can judge for yourself the results!
Thanks so much to my friend Nate for helping out with this video! Be sure to check out his channel at: http://www.youtube.com/c/NatesAdventures
Here are links to some of the resources I used to learn Spanish this week as mentioned in the video (none of these are sponsored and I’m not making any affiliate money if you sign up for these services):
For online tutoring I used Baselang, which offers unlimited Spanish tutoring with teachers based in Latin America (mostly Colombia and Venezuela). There are occasional hiccups with Internet connectivity but overall I quite enjoyed the quality of the teachers and the Baselang curriculum itself. https://bit.ly/3oIStFk
The course I used initially to give me a good foundation in Spanish was called “Spanish Uncovered” by the polyglot Olly Richards, which is a way to learn Spanish naturally through stories. I really enjoyed it, and it seems to be an excellent way to get a good foundation in a new language. http://bit.ly/3pPB0we
For finding Spanish speakers to do language exchange with, I used a great app called Tandem, which lets you find people from around the world to practice languages with (not just Spanish). https://www.tandem.net/
For finding random strangers to video chat with in Spanish (like Omegle or Chatroulette), I found a website called Bazoocam, which has a Spanish section. https://bazoocam.org/es/ (WARNING: this site is definitely not safe for work or for children. Like Omegle you will almost certainly encounter people exposing themselves — along with plenty of people who just want to chat!)
The game I was playing in where you can talk with people from around the world is called VRChat. It’s a really fun game and great for language practice, but note that you may encounter some NSFW stuff or sexual content here as well. https://www.vrchat.com/
Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLNoXf8gq6vhwsrYp-l0J-Q?sub_confirmation=1
Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xiaomanyc/
Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xiaomanyc/
If you guys like the music in my videos, you can check out all the AMAZING music Epidemic Sound has at my affiliate link here: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xiaomanyc
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one on one tutoring online 在 網頁設計x廣告行銷 Youtube 的精選貼文
❤預約報名上課❤
https://178gogogo.wixsite.com/janet-english
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Hi my name is Janet Lee and here's my short video to hopefully give you guys a better idea of my teaching experience as well as my teaching approach.
各位朋友你們好,我叫JANET 希望可以透過這部2分多鐘的介紹短片,讓您了解我的英語教學經驗及我的教學方法。
My teaching journey first began in high school when I was helping my own grandparents pass their US citizenship test.
我的首次教學經驗是我在美國讀高中的時候開始,當時為了幫助我的祖父母通過美國公民考試。
For this I downloaded materials online, I was creating lesson plans and also was doing a lot of recordings explaining everything in both English and Chinese.
為協助他們更容易通過公民考式,我在網路上搜集整理了資料,並且創建了一套適合他們學習的課程規劃。並且耐心的用英語及中文解釋一切。
From here, they ended up spreading a lot of the curriculum I was making for them to their own friends and so naturally I began leading a class.
自此爾後我的祖父母也將這套適合華人學習的英語教程分享傳遞給他們的朋友,所以我自然而然的開始帶領他們學習英語。
This lasted for two years and this is where I really truly fell in love with teaching.
這教學經歷持續了有兩年之久,這也是我愛上教學的原因所在。
Another large classroom experience when I had was for my uncle's university, Sichuan Normal University.
另外一個大型的英語教程專案是我叔叔曾就讀的四中師範大學。
Here they had a yearly community service event where they had one student from each discipline go to a very large high school in a much less privileged area.
在這裏,他們每年都會舉辦社區服務,讓每個學科的一名學生去比較資源匱乏的社區進行公益教學服務。
I taught English and also again I really truly felt like I was making a real impact. It was a life-changing experience for me.
而我負責的教程就是英語,這次的經歷讓我印象深刻,我感覺得我發揮正向的影響力同時也改變了我的生命經歷。
Other than that, most of my teaching and tutoring has just been for my classmates as well as my two younger siblings and their friends as well.
除此之外,我大部份是協助我的同學以及弟弟和他們的同學做教學輔導。
This I genuinely just enjoyed doing because I liked helping others.
我非常的喜歡教學,因為我喜歡幫助別人學習成長。
Since I began my finance job, which is my most recent job experience, I really haven't had the free time to do this anymore or things I used to enjoy, but I quit two months ago.
自從我開始從事財務工程相關工程(這是最近年來的工作經歷)以來,我就比較沒有空閒時間去做這件事或者我過去喜歡的事情,近二個月就就辭去了那份財務工程的工作。
Now I have been learning again through online classes and learning digital design from mentors, as well as teaching again at Sunday school to first graders.
現在我透過線上課程與導師再次學習有關數位設計的課程,並在假日學校向一年級的學弟學妹做教學。
This will last up until I move back to Taipei in September where I'll be helping my dad with his own small business, continue learning on my own time and hopefully also be able to tutor.
這將持續到我九月搬回台北,我會協助幫忙我父親的小型企業,並持續學習並希望能夠成為一名英語教學者。
As for my teaching approach I really believe in a flipped classroom experience.
關於我的教學方法,我真的通相信翻轉課堂體驗。
This would be where the student is also teaching the teacher as well.
這也是學生在教老師。中文叫「教學相長」
I love this because I think I love interacting with people and I love seeing students interact with each other.
我喜歡這種互動教學方式,同時我也喜歡與人交流,也喜歡看到學生間互相討論交流。
This would be through group work, presentations and games. Basically it's not just one person talking and the other person listening.
這會將透過團體活動,像簡報發表又像遊戲般的方式,基本上像傳統的英語教學方式一個人獨白演講。
This would apply the same way even with one-on-one tutoring I would make sure the student is speaking back to me, so that I know they're also learning and have feedback as well.
即便是一對一的英語教學我會會採用相同的方式,讓課程更生動,讓學生能回饋交談英語,這樣更有助於英語學習並從中得到樂趣及反饋。
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