oh hey there this is Emma from em in ish
and today I'm gonna be answering your
questions about me yeah I'm a little hot
under the collar already even without a
collar on
you've all been asking me lots of
questions about my interests and my life
fair enough we hang out together every
week but I asked a few of you in my
community here on YouTube to ask me some
questions that you're curious to hear my
answers of so I picked a few of them to
answer today but of course if you've got
a question or maybe as I'm talking you
think you've got some other questions
you want to ask me then make sure you
add them into the comments below I think
I'll probably make another video like
this soon
all right so question number one is from
Waleed he asks how did you begin your
experience on YouTube how is the idea
born and this answer also asked why did
I start my channel I think I was quite
flippant when I started the YouTube
channel at the time I was working in a
language school in Vietnam and I was
teaching adults and they were coming to
classes maybe two hours a week and you
know so they were really frustrated with
their progress of course being in
Vietnam they couldn't really practice
English a whole lot outside of the
classroom so I started creating these
videos I was trying at the time I was
experimenting to make some videos that
could kind of be like just hanging out
with me if any of you have been right
back to the start of my 50 Hertz on the
You Tube channel you would know that I
was doing a whole bunch of stuff cooking
food teaching English by cooking and
going to restaurants and chatting with
people about food eating food myself so
when I started it was really about
creating a different type of experience
of learning English than in a classroom
and it was a lot of fun there's a lot of
work to like it would take me hours and
hours to film a video I'd have the
camera set up on one angle of course it
was just me I didn't have a team a
production team or anything it was just
me
so I would film and then move the camera
to another angle and then bring it close
to zoom in and check out what was
happening it was a lot of work okay so
number two is from marina
she asks Emma what else do you do in
your life besides YouTube it's true I
don't only do YouTube in my life so
there's other things that I do get up to
I'm really into food I don't know if
we've noticed already I've mentioned it
about six times but I love cooking I
love going out and eating trying
restaurants going places with friends I
love cooking for people mostly if it was
just me at home on my own one night I
would probably just cook a piece of
toast but I love cooking for other
people and I also really love traveling
and you know doing adventurous outdoor
things but I also work a lot like quite
a lot I work on my channel but I also
work on another really special amazing
project I spend most of my time working
on that project now you might have found
something in your life like this that
lights you up I literally leap out of
bed every day because I was so excited
about getting to work the latest project
is an online community it supports women
who are learning to speak English and
our focus is on helping women to
overcome their fears of speaking to
support them as they take on new
challenges with their English so we help
them to meet and connect with other
women from different cultures around the
world to help them to find speaking
partners in a really safe supportive
online environment so even just
conceiving and then creating and now
managing a community like this has been
the most challenging thing that I've
ever done I've had to acquire a whole
bunch of new skills solve so many
problems that I just didn't even know
exist
in the world and I've had to step up and
manage a team as well
and incredibly my fiance Shire has
become my business partner through this
whole process and we work on this
amazing creation together every single
day and I literally could not have come
to the point where I'm at without him we
follow a program of conversations and
lessons every fortnight about really
interesting and meaningful topics we
talk about family and relationships
travel culture and food and our careers
we also talk about some of the
challenges that women face and we help
each other to overcome some of those
challenges it's really English for the
real world ladies if you want to check
it out if you want to have a look check
out this link here or in the description
I'll take you on a tour of what it's
like inside all right
on we go question number three Tracy
asked what's the difference between
teaching online and teaching in schools
why is teaching online better I don't
know whether it is better Tracy I think
that it's different and there are
reasons why I love teaching English
online I love that I can help and
support a wide range of students often
students who you know may not ever have
the chance to be in a classroom with a
native English teacher they may you know
not even really be able to afford having
regular classes but I can show up and be
there to support them every single week
on this channel but one thing that I
really really miss about teaching in a
classroom is about being physically
surrounded by my students and you know
really getting to know them and
understanding what some of their
frustrations and challenges are and
being able to make a significant impact
on their lives and the way that they are
learning English I guess the only other
thing that I would mention is that
online teaching gives me in my personal
life quite a bit of flexibility I travel
a lot I have family in different places
so I'm constantly moving around I mean
it really is a privilege to have a job
where I can do that
I can take my work with me and I can do
it from anywhere
there are also some downsides to that as
well just by the way like I literally
you know hardly ever have a day off I've
always got my work with me and it's not
really an excuse when you go on holidays
to not work because I've got my computer
I've got my phone so the work-life
balance side of things is not as perfect
as you know the idea of flexibility
sounds and working for yourself okay a
debt has asked have you ever had
self-doubt when you need to take another
step do you ask yourself can I really
make this happen what if I fail how do
we overcome self-doubt my gosh this is
such a good question I have experienced
self-doubt daily there like I said there
have been some huge changes and
challenges that have come up you know
through running my own business you know
starting the lady's project running a
YouTube channel and you know I'm I'm
constantly filled with self-doubt but I
think the way that I deal with
self-doubt is by accepting that it's
there I know that I'm always always
going to be doubting myself accepting
there that's there and then moving
forward regardless so moving forward
despite those feelings of self-doubt
because what I've found in all of my
experience of teaching building a
business you know working in an office
building a career learning a language is
that once you do something once you try
something only two things can happen
one is that you surprise yourself and
you feel like I really didn't need to
worry about that so much it wasn't as
bad as I thought and the second thing is
if you mess up and make a mistake or you
make a bad call you do something wrong
all it does is show you what you
shouldn't do next time or how you can
improve the next time and the next time
feels a little easier because you've had
that experience and you know what not to
do so when it comes to self-doubt I have
it every day but my strategy my personal
strategy is to recognize that it's there
but move on regardless okay so Russia
asked what inspires or motivates you I
think it might be a little cliche but
it's true that the determination of my
students is what inspires me and a huge
desire to help them to reach their goals
I'm just constantly blown away and
completely inspired by the the
challenges that you have to overcome to
learn a language
I mean learning a language is hard it
takes a commitment that you put in over
many many many years and you know the
frustrations of not making progress and
you know difficulties that come up in
your life it really takes stamina to to
succeed to the point where you people
are at and that's what inspires me and
anything that I can do to help you and
support you on your journey is an actual
blessing for me number six the question
is where do you live so I am Australian
I think most of you know that though
people still get confused because of my
axe
I live in Perth in the west of Australia
and it's a beautiful beautiful city I
love living here the weather is mostly
glorious the summer time is incredible
the water is crystal clear the sky and
the air is clear sunny most of the time
and that really suits my lifestyle but
originally I'm from Melbourne in the
east of Australia and that's where all
of my family is from and I'm often back
there visiting them I've got family in
Brisbane another city in Australia so
I'm moving around a fair bit I've also
got family in Malaysia and in Thailand
and in the UK so like I said before I
really value the flexibility that I've
created in my life through YouTube and
through my online business and it allows
me to spend time with the people that I
really care about in my life and I think
that's a really special thing so the
team is asking what is your favourite
book and author one that really stands
out for me is Shantaram by Geoffrey
David Roberts and the reason why I love
that book is it it's so vividly
descriptive of every aspect in the book
and I love just getting completely
sucked into a book to feel like you're
there in that moment the other thing
that I love about it is that it's it's
quite challenging because it really I
guess asks you to think maybe a little
differently about good and evil and
right and wrong it presents a guy who
you know was in jail in Australia who
escaped prison and fled to India and he
started working for you know some of the
gangs and got involved in drugs and
stuff like that but he also set up a
hospital in one of the biggest slums in
Bombay and ranan himself and
you know through all of that work and it
was all free completely free
volunteering you know you struggled to
sort of feel like it's this guy and good
is he bad and same with all the
characters that he comes across in his
life so it's one of my or it is my
absolute favorite it comes out on top
every time
Elizaveta asks how can I be a good
English teacher like you thank you
Elizaveta that's a really sweet comment
and of course you can be a good English
teacher my advice is to is to really try
and and find your own personality being
comfortable and being sure in yourself
allows you to really connect with other
people it's okay to be passionate it's
okay to absolutely love what you do who
you teach what you teach don't hide your
passion for your work everything should
come through your lessons anyone can
learn anyone can learn how to teach
something how to transfer information
from your mind into someone else's
anyone can do that but they're really
successful teachers are the ones who
show their personality and who capture
your attention and who roll you into
their world and that's what I think
really inspiring teaching is all about I
love this last one so here asks when
will you meet Lucy from English with
Lucy I have I have we made a couple of
videos together way back when alpha
channels were were small and we just
started out and I happen to be visiting
the UK for a couple of weeks so I called
Lucy up or a messaged her and said why
don't we do it so we did that was years
ago
another English video I am here in
London and I have just run into another
lovely English teacher YouTube English
teacher it's Lucy hello I'm Lucy from
English with Lucy and I also have an
English Channel I'm sure that a lot of
my viewers also actually subscribe to
you so I'm sure they'll be very excited
to see us together
yeah surprise we have both come so far
since then we catch up every now and
again and kind of chat about how our
channels are going and what else we're
working on and I definitely I agree I
think it's time we probably do something
together again soon hopefully next year
I'm gonna be visiting the UK so fingers
crossed we can line something up if
you've got any ideas or suggestions for
what that video could be then make sure
you drop them in the comments below and
I'll share it with Lucy this has been
kind of fun it's been cool hanging out
in my lounge room with you guys I think
I might have to do this a little more
it's much more comfortable than my
studio if you have any other questions
maybe some of the answers that I gave
today made you think what I've got ten
more questions to ask you about that
then please add them into the comments
below
I'll probably try and make another video
like this soon answering some of your
questions helping you to learn a little
bit more about me and my business and my
channel and my passions and my hobbies
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