How good does your English need to be to work in the UK? 🤔

[@shirleywong2373]

Thanks Susie! 我已經在英國工作超過一年了，British對大家的英文程度非常包容 看過身邊很多人，放膽說就會進步很快，甚麼工作都不要先入為主覺得自己不行 大家加油

[@barelybear5489]

由得你亂說犯錯，對他們有什麼壞處。糾正你，對他們有什麼好處😃

[@barelybear5489]

@Terry Sun 其實不是listening 是Comprehension & situation awareness

[@shirleywong2373]

語言這東西，能溝通即可，除非你是English literature professional, 否則根本不用追求完美 如果發現對話時容易產生誤會或confusion，你自然就會改變表達的方式，然後逐漸變得精準起來 透過多和本地人對話，也會逐漸pick up context和他們常用的表達方式 只要浸在英語環境，只需要適應即自動會進步，怕犯錯怕不完美才會阻礙進步喔 順帶一提我的工作是NHS的mental health therapist，溝通佔工作內容的99%，而且全用電話對話，比面對面更難一點 自問英語不是強項，口材爛詞彙少，當初面試的時候也很擔心夠不夠用 但實際工作時才明白心的交流才是對話的關鍵，心打開之後耳朵和嘴很快就會跟上 相反把關注點放在完美的grammar, fancy vocabs的話，沒有人會想跟你說話

[@barelybear5489]

@@shirleywong2373 你說的完全正確，你的工作也是面向客戶。immersion當然是naturalized的最好的一種方法 😁。 我沒有強調grammar，也沒有讓人去背詞彙。我的重點是是semantic & comprehension。 如果你在較高的管理層級上，你就會理解人心險惡。你肯定能體會到wording的重要性。給你舉一個例子，某人送了一個展示裝置去賣場，然後那個東西倒掉了；你是負責人，現在你的上面讓你寫個報告。你的報告一開頭來個 The accident happened on ....你已經死掉了😃😅

[@uec474]

多谢分享！

[@s860831]

目前沒有要去英國的打算、但滿高興我幾乎完全可以聽懂這個影片內容跟單字俚語、就看影片盡量維持程度吧❤

[@J7618S]

Great video! Susie, thanks for your teaching and sharing. I will keep going!

[@kimre342]

It depends of course. The amount of speaking and talking differ a lot when we compare a sales person to a lorry driver or a teacher to an electrician. But in general, more natural real-life English can definitely help to make local friends and thus very helpful to understand life in the UK. That's why I'm particularly interested in any casual chat with lots of slang words and a variety of different accents. Most of us couldn't learn these at schools.

[@jerometsowinghuen]

I think our English levels have to be satisfactory to work in Great Britain, as we also need to pass the IELTS for applying to some universities. Also, it sounds informative to know the skills in the workplace of Great Britain.

[@cct0704]

文法重要，文化更重要

[@LAIR00]

Great video. Thought your observation that most english learners have strong reading skills, particularly since it can be the opposite for learning Chinese. Learning enough characters to function in a work environment is tough!

[@barelybear5489]

我不認為中文文化背景的人英文閱讀能力是“強”的。對於應付考試那些，相對於其他的，可能是“強”的。和“聽力”相類似，最終是一個人的頭腦去“理解”，他或她收到的信息，如果理解能力不行一樣是不行。閱讀，通常有比“聽”有更多時間反應，可以反覆去看；比起對方講完了就沒有的“聽力”，肯定是容易很多嘛。

[@tsung-yenhsieh8246]

Super helpful! I’m going to study master degree in the UK and this video is just what I need to consider the demand in the future!

[@barelybear5489]

請問你會在哪個領域呢？應用科學，理論科學還是文科類？

[@tsung-yenhsieh8246]

@@barelybear5489 我是語言治療師，準備去研究腦科學和各種語言障礙之間的關係，算是Neuroscience 相關哦！

[@barelybear5489]

@@tsung-yenhsieh8246 那麽 你需要最高水準的語言能力 😁😃

[@froglegs4910]

美女的漢語和英語都出色 ! 語言天才。令人羨慕。 鼎 👍！

[@admd8167]

Thank you Susie. After exiting from the EU, I heard there is a significant labour shortage in the UK.

[@bensadventureblogger6658]

Thank you so much for giving suggestion. Yesterday, I was still struggling in thinking of how to write the CV properly and send CV to indeed job website. Other people told me that I didn’t follow British CV standard. I think again and again. At that moment, thanks again for susie for uploading such video at a right time.

[@shirleywong2373]

Hi, regarding CV formatting, you can actually seek advice from recruiters. They usually put up some dummy job ads on LinkedIn and you can easily get in touch by applying those posts. Take care and good luck!

[@allenlin88]

This video is very helpful, especially your advice on speaking. Thanks!

[@susiewooenglish]

No worries 😌

[@Mathspaperks1ks2]

I enjoy these information videos!! Keep these videos.

[@kiwibruce2986]

right now, I usually listen to your video to improve my listening

[@kuiwang6488]

讲得太好啦，前排留名！

[@y-change]

Quite a spiritual lesson, especially when I am preparing for the working visa.

[@nba5368]

I think the hardest thing is listening ,speaking or reading maybe with the help of some tools to solve those problems !

[@supertenchung2413]

Thank you Susie, i can listen your youtube completely without subtile. But still not able to see English TV show or film without subtile. It seem still have a long road to go!

[@user-tj5sh3dg1s]

人與人之間,平淡中見真情, 做人是心與心的交流, 人和人之間一旦離開,心就疏遠。

[@rzhang7808]

我是一个nurse educator但speak依旧是我的弱项，比起skills，和achievements，人们还问我那你为什么去做educator，我说我喜欢这是我的选择。 但心里挺没confidence的，不管在医院里怎么说，还是有时候比较结结巴巴，挺痛苦的，有时候也挺自卑的。但觉得除了speak，其他都太适合当老师了。

[@princessyunyun23]

26/11/22 I like the accent you speak, pls recommend more talk shows help us being more comfortable in the uk

[@dlinn8168]

You have excellent language skills both in English and Chinese, and it's your great asset. You will have great success by using your language skills and hope to see your success to encourage more people good at bilingual.

[@user-od9qi6pf7b]

Birds of a feather flock together，这不就是物以类聚人以群分吗，哈哈多谢多谢

[@mcheuk6832]

謝謝 戴老師 分享，thanks for sharing

[@susiewooenglish]

太好了

[@streamhill7435]

I'm just love your channel.

[@vincentng2392]

May Susie take us to Birmingham later in July and show us the host city of Commonwealth Games? (The Commonwealth Games would be a great topic for English-language learning.)

[@susiewooenglish]

Thank you for the great idea - I will look into it!

[@eee58884]

Love your flow when you speak~ for intermediate English as a second language speakers, can you do up a video for working English and idioms used around at the work place please! Thank you!!

[@kelvinid]

謝謝！

[@susiewooenglish]

謝謝你的贊助支持～

[@cedricqi6092]

Thanks for sharing Susie!

[@chekseng80]

There is a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa which gives you permission to stay in the UK for at least 2 years without a job offer as long as u have already been awarded a qualification by an eligible university (Top 50) in the last 5 years.

[@frankberton9087]

谢谢老师

[@Sundaynight69]

Thank you

[@TCFung0101]

I guess it is not just applicable for works in the UK, but also US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand....all the same for your cousin English speaking countries. :)

[@johncheng9958]

Nice, this is a good one.

[@hokwongkeung]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@halleyxieuk2147]

Hi Susie, as a native Chinese speaker, I found it is hard for me to pronounce words like zoo, Zeus, wool, or woods. I guess the same consonants like z/w in English and Chinese are pronounced a bit differently. Appreciated it if you could have a video talking about this. Thanks.

[@kuiwu3525]

I am dying for your sparkling and talking eyes

[@pacolai]

Susie has a beautiful eyes and excellence training skills.

[@rakuraku8043]

Well.. I grew up in Canada so I'm only used to the N. American way of talking.. pretty sure I'll have trouble understanding different accents/terms in parts of UK.... but I know London wouldn't be a problem for me.

[@michaelzhang8644]

您的中文太好了

[@californiajack4850]

Very relevant topic Susie. Business English sometimes doesn’t sound all that business-like. I once made a comment to a European team: “Don’t let them pull a fast one on you. Just stay in your lane and make sure you have all your ducks in a row before pulling the trigger.” Then it dawned on me they had no idea what I’d just said. But it wasn’t any different than when I met a group of guys from Newcastle another time. While I do okay with people from Southern England I am totally inept with the northern accents and I felt like a complete idiot. I would also imagine pronunciation might be high on the list if you want to work in the medical field. Words like meningopneumonitis, remimazolam, triamcinolone etc are all tongue twisters to me.

[@misschanhauying]

The Northern accent is hard. Where are you from Jack?

[@californiajack4850]

California. I live near Los Angeles. I was watching a Netflix series on Sunderland AFC and had the subs turned off. Epic fail. Understood maybe half of what was said, if that. Before my next trip to the UK I should condition myself with some BBC shows. 😀

[@misschanhauying]

@@californiajack4850Glad you tell me that even an American can find some British accents incredibly difficult. At first we are not really sure if they are speaking English in Liverpool. ^^

[@californiajack4850]

The British accent we typically hear in the States tends to be southern English which I think is elegant, soothing, and pleasant to the ear. But outside of that, even some London accents can be challenging. And it becomes a crap shoot the further north I go.

[@barelybear5489]

你在給幼稚園小朋友講故事，你沒有使用 business wording

[@user-zu9jy8dw2c]

蓝色眼睛真好看，下辈子我投胎也要去英国。

[@barelybear5489]

As a linguistic group, modern Germanic peoples include the Afrikaners, Austrians, Danes, Dutch, English, Flemish, Frisians, Germans, Icelanders, Lowland Scots, Norwegians, Swedes, and others。你為什麼非要選擇英國呢 😜

[@taichikuen]

Thanks, Susie.

[@vincentng2392]

English football (soccer) commentators use "brilliant" a lot! 😀

[@nbx38362]

I found ppl from South America learning English much quicker than the Chinese. A classmate I used to know was from Brazil, he learned English for just 2 years, and can speak fluently already, while for Chinese students, they learn English from kingdergarden, yet still won't be able to speak confidently and smoothly. What do you think the problems maybe? Is it just the similar culture background to Brazilian and English-speaking countries or our way to learn English is having efficiency issue?

[@kinsangchim3551]

可以請問在英國教中學要什麽資歷需要？Is there any certificate that need in order to be a secondary school mathematic and physic teacher？Thanks

[@barelybear5489]

英文其實才是博大精深。比如 違反合同，這個在商業中經常可能用到。🇬🇧人在初步的交涉中，不會用（Google Translate會教你的）violate；通常會使用 breach。這種精深在歐洲語言，至少在 通常的德文的運用中，也望英語望塵莫及。😁

[@zhaonangao9228]

英语的标准化没几百年历史. English has not been standardized for hundreds of years.

[@barelybear5489]

@@zhaonangao9228 閣下的意思是？

[@yihekawabai8822]

Susie is amazing 🤩 really like u

[@josephlownang6992]

good video mate

[@Machinebyte]

I am here purely for learning English.

[@xavierlee3368]

My current level is CEFR C1, seems very difficult to reach C2 level, any suitable courses?

[@candypinggu]

Good morning !

[@xieexie5103]

thanks

[@morganma3038]

0:39

[@Niclsl]

嗨Susie，你好。我是住在英国的马来西亚华人。我想请问你有教课吗？我想参加。主要是想讲一口流利的英语和可以写一些简单的emails.

[@orangecelebrity]

❤️❤️

[@886jh]

😮

[@kinmanmak2447]

Hi

[@wanggeorge3065]

川宁茶叶怎么样？

[@wingchang1373]

Hi, I am looking for a teacher to teach me pronunciation , do you teach that online? Because i live in Reading. P.S I like your tones and pronunciation.

[@wyen_kuo]

where is the link？

[@bilingualtranslator3474]

I love you

[@barelybear5489]

聽力，其實並不是一個問題；大多數人耳朵沒有問題的。其實是理解問題。 首先你要聽到過，對方的表述方式；其次你要 知道 所涉及到的詞。英文的很多成分有非常 subtle nuances, 抱歉我的中文不足以解釋。 intentionally deliberately purposefully premeditatedly。最後呢 就是context。 美國歷史上一個公報裡 acknowledge 一個動詞 （本來並沒有歧異）就能引起半個世紀有意和無知 引來的混亂。所以不是“聽力”問題。你 知道我準備講什麼，你知道我每個詞的精準的意思，你也能正確對待我的表達方式；你沒可能不能理解我想表達的意思。你理解之後的發揮，演繹，反應 那不是語言本身的問題。

[@user-xj6dh2mo2z]

Wow, I need help with you

[@addyyu0411]

我要考B2入籍試啊, 請問有很困難嗎？

[@amos1177]

B2很初级的，零基础认真学半年没有问题

[@bensadventureblogger6658]

（我記得未黎英國前曾經考過IELTS, 整體總分都係B2，有人認為B2 係唔錯表現，但來英後就開始察覺原來係商場上不同產品生字有D一無所知，例如話Pure Blossom, Weeds killer, Electric Blanket, Concierge, Cosmetics或更多需要記， 係Amazon 網站就已學了更多） Well, it depends on what topic they’re given to you.

[@TKChen-wb5tc]

詞彙

[@user-xe7oh6fu1s]

The British are not always hospitable to immigrants in pursuit of economic freedom. Uninvited guests may end up in a capsize boat, a locked lorry, or Rwanda.

[@黃子軒-d5j]

有2問題想請教您 1.如果 英國社會大眾更多人認識台灣 英國政府給台灣的 " 支持"會更多嗎??

[@dupont7945]

戴小姐太漂亮了，嫁我吧😻

[@user-yh6nk1ij1g]

頭香

[@user-zu9jy8dw2c]

好想去英国啊，在墙内实在呆不下去了，有人知道去英国申请政治庇护成功率高不高吗？

[@barelybear5489]

英文在語言方面，早已是頂峰地位。語文學 Linguistics，其實至少包括了 Grammar 語法，Semantics語意 和 Pragmatics語用。 英文自身也形成了一個語法之上的 super structure （disclaimer：這是我自己說的，不是什麼學術概念）。 比如：“我不知道” 立刻讓我聯想到馬來西亞華人的“我不懂”😃😆。如果你用中文翻譯到英文" I don't know"；語法沒有問題，語意也沒有問題，但是使用英文的人就會不舒服。德文 法文 你同樣的說，沒什麼問題，德國還常用 keine Ahnung (no idea)。英文理想和禮貌的說法其實最好是 It's NOT in my knowledge。😂🤣 問題是，目前並沒有或者說我沒看見類似的，系統的說明材料/教程。😅

[@ziximen7289]

沙发

[@0609grok]

需要更多在海邊的影片就像B站一樣

[@zhaonangao9228]

英语的标准化没几百年历史. English has not been standardized for hundreds of years.

[@richardguo5380]

你男朋友在北京还是上海

[@bfzhu8319]

I'm in the UK🤩

[@zuruckancarlyle6197]

如果她成为英国王妃我一定会成为皇室粉丝

[@simplytheguest8455]

Dont need to know any English to work here

[@user-zu9jy8dw2c]

说的太快了，完全听不懂

[@barelybear5489]

你的CPU時間都用在了視覺信號處理了。😁

[@vincentng2392]

按0.25/0.5/0.75吧!

[@barelybear5489]

Susie: Over Simplified. 我相信你能以某種方式理解中文，我就寫中文。首先 語言是理解世界的一種框架Framework。香港和台灣背景的人大多不能有相同的框架。很久以前在英國人手下工作的香港人會好一些，但是這樣的人已屆退休。再者 英國在歐洲國家 在官僚主義buereaucracy和虛偽hypocrites，與德國相比 難分上下；在英語國家肯定是第一，澳大利亞可能第二吧。（我並不是一竿子打翻一船，哪裡都有好人，但是社會氛圍大抵如此）。在英語國家裡，大型公司的華人員工常常抱怨印度人能玩轉Byzantinism，看不懂這個詞不要來討論哦。英文的rhetoric堪稱本次人類文明的頂峰，所以能在英國大學學習歷史比學商業管理和金融有用。除非在專業性與相關性有獨特的地方，很難在英國找到高階的職位。勸那些自以為英文高分的人放棄不切實際的想法。做一般的服務業，英國有大量波蘭人和其他東歐人，他們的動手能力完全在中文人群之上。他們有著共產時代留下的慘痛教訓，什麼都能修，德國技師索價€40000，還不願意修的汽車，他們€2000就能修好。（注意 我沒說 他們永遠只要小百分數的金額）。他們也可以全家10口住一起。這種特性不是 唯有讀書高的今日能一定程度懂英文的東亞人民能勝過。有些服務業，至少他們長了個差不多的模樣，而且90年代後出生的 基本上英文都可以混混，呆久了口音也未必能分辨。Brexit之後，其實他們還是有來的，只是沒那麼多。請自己掂量權衡。😃

[@cynthiachiu617]

Thank you