Malaga María Speaks English: the Malaga translator who gives you "truquitos" to learn English through social networks

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"Truquito!".This is how most Tik Tok and Instagram's videos of María Speaks English, also known as María González, a translator, interpreter and 25 -year -old Malagueña, fulfilled yesterday, by the way, by the way, that is revolutionizing the networks with their brief advice andYour online courses to learn English.

He studied translation and interpretation at the University of Malaga, but the love for English comes much earlier.With 14 years he had his room full of notebooks where he had written translated words.English and she have always gone hand in hand, like social networks.

With 12 years his first YouTube channel opened, where all the translations he did to be improving little by little."It was my Saturday night hobby," he confesses between laughs.In addition, he says that song lyrics helped him learn English and English made him understand music."It was my favorite symbiosis," he explains.

That precocity is not surprising, and it is a real earthquake and does not like being still."In addition, I have been giving English classes since I was only 16 years old," he details, demonstrating that his experience comes from afar.

Take another step in January of this year, when he decides to take out his first online course, which defines as "a leap to the pool that finally went well".Spontaneously also decided the brand's name, María Speaks English, on an insomnia night at two o'clock in the morning.

However, confinement was what prompted her to be creative and work from home.He lived in France, where he worked at the Language Center of the University of Toulouse.Upon returning to Malaga in March 2020 he ran out of anything.

"I decided to put classes on an online platform that by the way was wearing much of the money I earned.Over time, in summer, I decided that I had to start working on my own and began to shape the brand, although it was hard with the Covid theme in between, "he explains.

The arrival at Tik Tok was thanks to his partner."Maria, you in Tik Tok it petas," were the words that brought her to this social network where she uploads English videos."At first I took it to a joke, I never thought that boom was going to happen.In a month we were a community of more than 35.000 people in Tik Tok, "he explains.

Thus, then an Instagram account decided to open where the followers began to climb like the foam."It is clear that Tik Tok gives you impressive organic growth.I did not give credit, "says María, who is not aware of how fast her growth in social networks has been.

"Today I can assure that I have not invested anything in advertising ... it is true that I am constant and I try that everything I publish is of value and contribution to who is seeing me.Before publishing I wonder: "Would I like to see this?".For me, that is the key to growing in this social network, "he says.

Although the term influencer is even frowned upon in society on some occasions, the content that Maria creates is playful and educational and is not created alone.Your work is daily and you have to dedicate many hours.

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"I don't have a hard time making my contents motivation because, although it sounds noño, you do not imagine the amount of messages I receive every day thanking my daily work," says Maria, who believes that the fact that an unknown person takes a momentof his day to thank him makes him believe in humanity.

In addition, it is a job that gives it a lot of freedom and allows you to work with English in between.His greatest passion.In fact, it does not rule out a YouTube channel to open again and reach the streaming world through the fashion platform: Twitch."I think the directs have come to stay, although they may make me somewhat more nervous," he says between laughs.

Spain and the languages

"It is not a secret that in Spain we have a certain complex with English.Something that gives me a tremendous grief, because we throw stones on our own roof, "González replies when he is asked about how we manage the theme of the Spanish languages.Thus, he acknowledges that there are many who have great English, but sometimes this generalized thought ends up slowing down to the one who tries.

"Learning English does not have to be a nightmare, it is what I want to get to those who read this interview," says Maria, who says that many young people also have this thought and try to erase it from the mind through TikTok."In this social network you can generate an impressive positive impact.There is brutal quality educational content, not only of entertainment, although there are those who do not know it, "he says.

Regarding the educational system, which usually abuses everything she does not recommend to learn English, such as memorizing irregular verbs without internalizing them, says that the chance that most Spaniards who know with spectacular English have a history similar to the hers."They learned from pure interest and almost self -taught.That is the key to teaching English: bring English to the student's field and arouse their interest through what he likes, "he explains.

In addition, he believes that speaking English and acting have a lot to do.Therefore, he believes that if the English teachers realize this the classes would be much more fun and attractive to the students."Writing is important, but speaking is fundamental".

You want to learn English?

Maria recommends to all those who want."Once I had a student who worshiped football.What did we do in our classes?Analyze interviews in English of their favorite players.Of course there are parts in which you have to offer elbows, but always with this perspective, "he argues.

For those who do not dare to learn on their own, Maria has two courses on her website and has another in the oven.It has one of the feared Phrasal Verbs, until grammar or verbal times.You can do them at your pace and from anywhere in the world, without any deadline.

Regarding other languages, such as French, the translator recognizes that she does not rule out to open another Instagram account where she offers "truquitos" to face it, since many followers ask for it.

Could you give a truquito to the readers of El Español de Málaga who have reached the end of this interview?

Of course!I'm going to give you several ways to respond to the typical How are you?in English.I would dare to say that most of us always use the typical i’m fine, Thank you of a lifetime.It's OK!But we are going to give a little vidilla to the thing.From now on, they can use: not too Shabby, Can’t Complain, I’m Pretty Good, Couldn’t Be Better!

Now there is no excuse to start.Truquito!

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