這幾天席捲全球的人性實驗
《魷魚遊戲》（Squid Game）影集，跟上了嗎？
長期的讀者應該知道，我一直在推廣的學習妙招
就是開英文配音和英文字幕版
沒錯，既然沒有要學韓文，追劇就順便練英文囉
正好符合 Min 老師說的「類母語者學習內容」！

我常說現在的學習者很幸福，學習資源充足！
不過，面對琳瑯滿目的學習材料，該怎麼選才好？
Min 老師 Yes Min：當英文家教／書籍譯者是一件很迷人的事 有實用建議
一起來看

#英英字典​ #全英文教學影片 #英文字幕的日本動漫​
無門檻職場英文系列：https://lihi1.cc/ZsFYm

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#學習如何有效的學習：1. 內容（續）​
#課本沒教的實用事​
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【 類母語者內容 】​
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上一篇解釋了學習者應該留意接觸的內容：​
目前主要落在哪一類？​
如何增加真正有效的那一類？​
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理想上，母語者內容越多越好​
但由於門檻較高​
有些初中階學習者可能感到吃力​
其實在學習內容的成分裡​
混搭「類母語者內容」，是很好的選擇​
類母語者內容常比母語者內容好吸收​
也較無學習者內容的缺點：​
不自然、過於簡化、單調​
那麽，什麼算是類母語者內容呢？​
接下來舉出三個例子​
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一、英英字典​
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假設我們今天看到一個生字是 prestigious​
很多學生會丟 google 或查英漢字典​
看到「有聲望的」，然後就結束了​
這樣等於是在使用學習者內容​
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同樣查一個字​
不如調整成使用更有效的內容​
也就是英英字典​
比方說，如果我們查 MacMillian 字典​
會看到 prestigious 的解釋是 ​
admired and respected by people​
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比起「有聲望的」​
看到 admired and respected by people ​
可以提供學習者更多層面的收穫：​
1. 複習單字（或許是 respect）​
2. 學到新字（或許是 admire）​
3. 複習文法（這邊是被動用法）​
4. 接觸到英文表達的邏輯​
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或者，換用另一本字典 Oxford​
會看到 prestigious 是​
respected and admired as very important or of very high quality​
這時的解釋則提供了難度高一點的練習​
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幾本大型的英英字典​
如 MacMillan、Oxford、Cambridge、Longman​
對每個字的釋義難度有高有低​
無論選的是哪種，累積下來​
都遠勝於 Google translate 或其他英漢字典 ​
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二、母語者的全英文教學影片 / 文章：​
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在自學時，假設我們今天想研究某個文法概念​
或是某個主題的相關用語​
與其只參考中文的教學資料​
我會推薦使用母語者製作的教學影片 / 文章​
完全取代或混搭學習者內容皆可​
在 YouTube、engVid 上
就有不少好老師拍的影片 👍​
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要留意的是，如果是混搭​
英文內容應為主角，中文內容是配角​
因此，順序很重要，要先英再中​
先看英文，盡可能把理解度拉到最高​
再看中文，確認有無盲點或加強印象​
如果是先中再英，大腦就會偷懶關機​
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三、有英文字幕的日本動漫​
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當然，動漫只是一個例子​
其他語言的影視作品有附英文字幕也算​
如果對日本動漫比英美影視作品有感​
我非常推薦使用這一種的內容​
而且要用在二刷​
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像我最近在幫一個學生上她看過的動漫​
既然已經知道了劇情的走向​
她就可以專心在英文本身​
而且這種內容有畫面、情境的搭配​
吸收會比只用書本或教學影片好很多​
加上是喜愛的內容​
學生本來就上得比較開心​
當她發現學英文的效果也好​
自己也會更有動力 ❤️​
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對了，英文字幕照理說是給母語者看的
為什麼我不是歸在母語者內容呢？​
因為影視作品的台詞​
蘊含該語言的文化、時事、歷史元素​
但動漫的英文字幕是來自翻譯​
而非編劇原本寫出的台詞​
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🐨​
這兩篇總共聊了三大類學習素材
在自學時​
我們可以視程度、興趣、情況​
去搭配素材成分的比例​
但無論比例如何​
有成效的配法不外乎是：​
類母語者內容＋學習者內容​
類母語者內容＋母語者內容​
類母語者內容＋母語者內容＋學習者內容​
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最後，如果是在課堂上​
學生有老師從旁講解、引導​
我由衷推薦學習者內容越少越好​
完全不用，其實也沒關係 👌 ​
與其擔心程度而用學習者內容​
會變成是讓學生多繞路​
還不如一開始就直接選擇適合的（類）母語者教材​

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跟我說說，你曾學過有效的 #類母語者內容？
影片配字幕，實在很讚

10/2 來和 Min 老師一起精聽力，更讚！
初階／中階職場英文快來：https://lihi1.cc/

【快打旋風V賽事資訊】

紅牛主辦的Red Bull Kumite稍早公布將在5月底舉行！
已確定的第一位邀請選手是Tokido
很有可能是今年的第一場大型國際線下賽。
我正在接洽相關單位詢問中文轉播的授權可能，
後續消息有最新進度都會再告訴大家~

#RedBullKumiteLondon

【Joshua Wong speaking to the Italian Senate】#意大利國會研討會演說 —— 呼籲世界在大學保衛戰一週年後與香港人站在同一陣線

中文、意大利文演說全文：https://www.patreon.com/posts/44167118

感謝開創未來基金會（Fondazione Farefuturo）邀請，讓我透過視像方式在意大利國會裡舉辦的研討會發言，呼籲世界繼續關注香港，與香港人站在同一陣線。

意大利作為絕無僅有參與一帶一路發展的國家，理應對中共打壓有更全面的理解，如今正值大學保衛戰一週年，以致大搜捕的時刻，當打壓更為嚴峻，香港更需要世界與我們同行。

為了讓各地朋友也能更了解香港狀況，我已在Patreon發佈當天演說的中文、英文和意大利文發言稿，盼望在如此困難的時勢裡，繼續讓世界知道我們未曾心息的反抗意志。

【The Value of Freedom: Burning Questions for Hong Kongers】

Good morning. I have the privilege today to share some of my thoughts and reflections about freedom, after taking part in social activism for eight years in Hong Kong. A movement calling for the withdrawal of the extradition law starting from last year had escalated into a demand for democracy and freedom. This city used to be prestigious for being the world’s most liberal economy, but now the infamous authoritarian government took away our freedom to election, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and ideas.

Sometimes, we cannot avoid questioning the cause we are fighting for, the value of freedom. Despite a rather bleak prospect, why do we have to continue in this struggle? Why do we have to cherish freedom? What can we do to safeguard freedom at home and stay alert to attacks on freedom? In answering these questions, I hope to walk through three episodes in the previous year.

Turning to 2020, protests are not seen as frequently as they used to be on the media lens, partly because of the pandemic, but more importantly for the authoritarian rule. While the world is busy fighting the pandemic, our government took advantage of the virus to exert a tighter grip over our freedom. Putting the emergency laws in place, public assemblies in Hong Kong were banned. Most recently, a rally to support press freedom organized by journalists was also forbidden. While many people may ask if it is the end of street activism, ahead of us in the fight for freedom is another battleground: the court and the prison.

Freedom Fighters in Courtrooms and in Jail

Part of the huge cost incurred in the fight for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong is the increasing judicial casualties. As of today, more than 10 thousand people have been arrested since the movement broke out, more than a hundred of them are already locked up in prison. Among the 2,300 protestors who are prosecuted, 700 of them may be sentenced up to ten years for rioting charges.

Putting these figures into context, I wish to tell you what life is like, as a youngster in today’s Hong Kong. I was humbled by a lot of younger protestors and students whose exceptional maturity are demonstrated in courtrooms and in prison. What is thought to be normal university life is completely out of the question because very likely the neighbour next door or the roommate who cooked you lunch today will be thrown to jail on the next.

I do prison visits a few times a month to talk to activists who are facing criminal charges or serving sentences for their involvement in the movement. It is not just a routine of my political work, but it becomes my life as an activist. Since the movement, prison visits has also become the daily lives of many families.

But it is always an unpleasant experience passing through the iron gates one after one to enter the visitors’ room, speaking to someone who is deprived of liberty, for a selflessly noble cause. As an activist serving three brief jail terms, I understand that the banality of the four walls is not the most difficult to endure in jail. What is more unbearable is the control of thought and ideas in every single part of our daily routine enforced by the prison system. It will diminish your ability to think critically and the worst of it will persuade you to give up on what you are fighting for, if you have not prepared it well. Three years ago when I wrote on the first page of prison letters, which later turned into a publication called the ‘Unfree Speech’, I was alarmed at the environment of the prison cell. Those letters were written in a state in which freedom was deprived of and in which censorship was obvious. It brings us to question ourselves: other than physical constraints like prison bars, what makes us continue in the fight for freedom and democracy?

Mutual Support to activists behind-the-scene

The support for this movement is undiminished over these 17 months. There are many beautiful parts in the movement that continue to revitalise the ways we contribute to this city, instead of making money on our own in the so-called global financial centre. In particular, it is the fraternity, the mutual assistance among protestors that I cherished the most.

As more protestors are arrested, people offer help and assistance wholeheartedly -- we sit in court hearings even if we don’t know each other, and do frequent prison visits and write letters to protesters in detention. In major festivals and holidays, people gathered outside the prison to chant slogans so that they won’t feel alone and disconnected. This is the most touching part to me for I also experienced life in jail.

The cohesion, the connection and bonding among protestors are the cornerstone to the movement. At the same time, these virtues gave so much empowerment to the mass public who might not be able to fight bravely in the escalating protests. These scenes are not able to be captured by cameras, but I’m sure it is some of the most important parts of Hong Kong’s movement that I hope the world will remember.

I believe this mutual support transcends nationality or territory because the value of freedom does not alter in different places. More recently, Twelve Hongkong activists, all involved in the movement last year, were kidnapped by China’s coastal guard when fleeing to Taiwan for political refugee in late-August. All of them are now detained secretly in China, with the youngest aged only 16. We suspect they are under torture during detention and we call for help on the international level, putting up #SAVE12 campaign on twitter. In fact, how surprising it is to see people all over the world standing with the dozen detained protestors for the same cause. I’m moved by activists in Italy, who barely knew these Hong Kong activists, even took part in a hunger strike last month calling for immediate release of them. This form of interconnectivity keeps us in spirit and to continue our struggle to freedom and democracy.

Understanding Value of freedom in the university battle
A year ago on this day, Hong Kong was embroiled in burning clashes as the police besieged the Polytechnic University. It was a day we will not forget and this wound is still bleeding in the hearts of many Hong Kongers. A journalist stationed in the university at that time once told me that being at the scene could only remind him of the Tiananmen Square Massacre 31 years ago in Beijing. There was basically no exit except going for the dangerous sewage drains.

That day, thousands of people, old or young, flocked to districts close to the university before dawn, trying to rescue protestors trapped inside the campus. The reinforcements faced grave danger too, for police raided every corner of the small streets and alleys, arresting a lot of them. Among the 800+ arrested on a single day, 213 people were charged with rioting. For sure these people know there will be repercussions. It is the conscience driving them to take to the streets regardless of the danger, the conscience that we should stand up to brutality and authoritarianism, and ultimately to fight for freedoms that are guaranteed in our constitution. As my dear friend, Brian Leung once said, ‘’Hong Kong Belongs to Everyone Who Shares Its Pain’’. I believe the value of freedom is exemplified through our compassion to whom we love, so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our own.

Defending freedom behind the bars

No doubt there is a terrible price to pay in standing up to the Beijing and Hong Kong government. But after serving a few brief jail sentences and facing the continuing threat of harassment, I learnt to cherish the freedom I have for now, and I shall devote every bit what I have to strive for the freedom of those who have been ruthlessly denied.

The three episodes I shared with you today -- the courtroom, visiting prisoners and the battle of university continue to remind me of the fact that the fight for freedom has not ended yet. In the coming months, I will be facing a maximum of 5 years in jail for unauthorized assembly and up to one ridiculous year for wearing a mask in protest. But prison bars would never stop me from activism and thinking critically.

I only wish that during my absence, you can continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong, by following closely to the development, no matter the ill-fated election, the large-scale arrest under National Security Law or the twelve activists in China. To defy the greatest human rights abusers is the essential way to restore democracy of our generation, and the generation following us.

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