How To Be Confident In A 2nd Language

You don’t need to fear speaking in a second language on camera.

In this video we explore the journey of becoming comfortable in a language that once felt foreign and the transformation that ensues. You will see me openly discusses the natural feelings of destabilization when not speaking in one’s native language and the journey to overcome these challenges.

I will also show you the importance of realizing that feeling uneasy is normal and that gaining comfort takes time and, most importantly, practice. Whether this is learning a 2nd language or putting on a presentation or speech in your first language.

Transcript

Je voudrais creer une video en francais.

I know that most of you may not understand what I’m saying.

But this is an experiment for everyone in my community who wants to create videos in a language that’s not their mother tongue. I want to show you how to be confident even when you’re not speaking in your native language.

Donc francais, c’est pas ma langue maternelle, mais c’est j’ai adoptée cette langue parce que je suis devenue francaise.

J’ai voulu crée cette video de vous montrer comment avoir confiance en soi-même en parlant une autre langue.

Quand vous n’êtes pas à l’aise en parlant une langue, c’est completement naturel de se sentir destabilizé.

En fait, c’était mon cas pendant longtemps. En anglais, je suis vraiment à’laise, extraverti, clair, expressive. Mais je ne me sentais pas moi-même quand j’ai parlé français. Mais maintenant, après avoid pratiquer pendant un ans, c’est mieux.

Donc il faut faire deux choses:
une – de rendre compte que c’est normal et qu’il faut prendre du tempe d’être à’laise
deux – de pratiquer pratiquer pratiquer.

C’est hyper important de sentir vous-même quand vous parlez devant un camera dans une autre langue.

Et moi, et cette video sont vos preuves que c’est possible.

So what do you think? Will you try making videos in a language – probably English -that’s not your mother tongue?

J’aimerais bien le savoir.
I’d love to know.

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