Advanced English Vocabulary - Words to INSPIRE ✨

Hey everyone I'm Emma!

Welcome to another mmmEnglish lesson.

Now I know that many of you are desperate to expand

your vocabulary and start using more sophisticated

English words so today let's focus on some words

that can inspire.

Inspire you and inspire the people around you.

In English, there are many ways to say the same thing.

You know a lot of simple vocabulary already which is

awesome but if you want to earn the respect and the

attention of people around you,

using interesting, thoughtful and meaningful words is

definitely something that you want to work on.

Words are powerful man!

And the words that you choose to use tell people a lot

about the type of person that you are.

Expanding your vocabulary and using

inspiring words can make you more successful

in business, in school, in life, right?

Your words can make others want to be around you.

They command respect.

People are more likely to trust you

or to follow your advice if you use powerful words.

And the words that you use don't just affect others,

using powerful and positive and inspiring words

will also have a positive impact on you.

Today I'm going to give you six inspiring words

that you should learn

and start using as soon as possible.

I'm going to show you how to say them because really,

if you can't pronounce these words correctly,

it's difficult to deliver an inspiring message, right?

I'll tell you what they mean and I'll show you

how to use them correctly.

Make sure you turn on the subtitles down there

if you need to and if you would like to translate

this video for your friends or for others in your country,

well that would be pretty damn cool too.

The link to do that, to translate the video

is in the description.

Alright let's start with the word 'inspire'.

Yeah if you're going to inspire people with your words,

you're going to have to know how to use them, right?

If you inspire someone,

you make them want to do something,

you make them feel confident and excited

to try something. Maybe something new

or maybe something that they haven't done

in quite a while. Let's start with pronunciation first.

Inspire.

So that middle syllable is the stressed one.

In my accent, you can't hear that final R sound

but you would in an American accent.

And in the past, it's 'inspired'.

Now that final D is a soft D sound

So when it's spoken, you hardly hear it.

Inspired.

So hear how the air doesn't come out.

I feel inspired by her.

Not inspired by her but inspired by her.

So I'm catching that sound before I release it.

So someone can inspire someone

to do something, right?

A friend inspired me to run a marathon.

The orchestra inspired her to study music.

His brother inspired him to travel the world.

Right? So if someone inspires someone else

so the structure is always the same, right?

But you can also be inspired by something.

She was inspired by her boss.

I was inspired by the speech.

Who inspires you?

Is there someone in your life who makes you

excited to do something and makes you want

to do something?

Tell me about that person in the comments.

Tell me who inspires you.

You can also say that they're an inspiration

or that they are inspiring.

So if you're thinking of someone who inspires you,

try to use all of these words, all of these words from the

'inspire' word family to talk about them.

Now when you're feeling inspired,

you may need some motivation

to help you take action, right?

Motivation is the reason why you want to do something.

It's all of the things and the feelings that make you

keep working hard to reach your goals

or to finish something.

You want to become a more confident English speaker

for a purpose, right? It could be to get a better job,

it could be to meet people from other countries,

to study abroad, maybe you'd love to travel.

These are all reasons or your motivation to learn

the language, okay?

So motivation is like a better, more sophisticated way

of saying reason.

You can ask people "What's your motivation

for learning English?"

Now there's a lot of syllables to pronounce here.

Motivation.

So words that end in -tion like this one

are usually stressed on the syllable before last

so it's motivation.

And listen to that last syllable as well.

Motivation.

That last syllable is unstressed,

the vowel sound reduces right down to the schwa

so it's short and low in pitch.

It's not

It's motivation.

My sister Jill works full-time and she studies

medicine at night school.

And that sounds crazy, right?

But her kid's education is her motivation

for studying at night school.

Now you've got the motivation let's expand

your vocabulary a little because we can use the verb

to motivate,

to motivate someone to do something,

to also express these ideas.

She needs people around her who motivate

and inspire her to succeed.

There are also two adjective forms

that you need to know, the -ed and the -ing forms.

Motivated and motivating.

As soon as I lost a few kilos,

I was motivated to lose more.

His speech was really motivating.

There is another adjective, 'motivational'.

He's a motivational speaker.

So I'm curious. What or who

motivates you to keep going?

Tell me about that person in the comments.

I want to take a quick minute to talk about a project

that I've been working on. It's called The Ladies' Project.

Now The Ladies' Project is a community

especially for women who are learning English

and what makes this community so special

and why you might be interested to join it yourself

is that our goal is not to push you to sit exams

or to get another certificate.

Our goal is to inspire you to build confidence

and to keep you motivated and to transform you

into the confident English speaker

that you dream of being

and we do this by helping you to meet

other women who are just like you.

We have conversation topics and lessons

that allow you to have really meaningful, interesting

conversations every day

about things that are really important to us as women.

Not like stuff in a textbook, you know what I mean?

So The Ladies' Project is not an online course,

it's not another language app, it's a community,

a social network with real people,

amazing, inspiring women from all over the world.

We all want to have the courage to speak in front of

strangers and to express our thoughts

and our opinions, right?

But you know what?

Becoming a more confident English speaker is not

something that you can do alone.

The Ladies' Project is a place where women from

lots of different cultures can safely meet

speaking partners online and feel comfortable

to speak in English while they build confidence together.

One conversation at a time.

If you follow this link up here you can take

a tour of The Ladies' Project. I'll show you what it's like

inside and explain a bit more about the amazing

benefits of being part of this community.

To apply, you do need to be a woman.

You need to have an intermediate English level or higher

and you'll also need to register a credit card.

The Ladies' Project is a paid community.

I'm completely thrilled to be finally mentioning

The Ladies' Project here on my channel.

It's something that I've been working on for

quite a while now,

something that I'm really passionate about.

And guys, dudes, I know that this project is not for you

but if you have a female friend or a family member

who you want to help them to develop some confidence

using English, then I'm sure they'd love

to hear about The Ladies' Project.

And I would love your help in sharing it.

Learning a new language, using big words,

speaking out loud, all of this takes courage.

Now courage is the ability to do something even though

it might be scary or dangerous or difficult at times.

It relates to your emotional strength.

To do something that you are scared to do,

so it's kind of similar to bravery.

Hands up if this is a little difficult to pronounce.

There are quite a few different ways to pronounce the

OU in English words.

I talked about them in this lesson actually.

Courage.

In the word 'courage' we use the as in 'up' vowel sound.

This is the strongest syllable so you need to

make sure that you're pronouncing it right.

And the final consonant sound might be a little

tricky too. The sound.

So to make it, I've got my tongue behind my teeth

and pushed up to the top of my mouth

but the edges of my tongue are pushed or pressed up

to seal the sound in.

Okay before the air gets released.

Notice the movement in my lips as well.

Courage.

Now the verbs 'have' and 'find' are often used

with the noun 'courage'.

He has the courage to do the right thing.

Or she found the courage to stand up

and speak at the rally.

Now it's definitely worth knowing the adjective

'courageous' as well.

Courageous.

She's a very courageous woman.

And if someone doesn't have the courage,

well you can, of course, encourage them, right?

Encourage sounds really similar to courage.

The pronunciation is almost the same

but the meaning is a little different.

If you encourage someone, you give them hope

and confidence and support to achieve something.

You don't just tell them that they can do it but you help

them to believe that they can.

By encouraging someone, you can help them

to find courage that they need.

And again, we encourage someone to do something.

Their cheering encouraged me to finish the marathon,

even though I was exhausted.

Her parents encouraged her to study medicine.

So now let's expand a little.

Something or someone can be encouraging, okay?

That was an encouraging sign.

I think we're on the right track.

You can also use the noun 'encouragement'.

And you can use it with verbs like 'give' and 'need'.

I think she needs a little encouragement.

Her teacher should give her some encouragement.

So it's an uncountable noun, right?

It's really common to hear this word used

with a quantifier like 'some' or 'any',

'a little' or 'a lot'.

Empower.

To empower someone is to give them the strength

and the confidence

or the authority to do something.

The Ladies' Project empowers women to speak English

with strangers.

Even the word itself sounds powerful.

Notice that the first vowel sound is actually a short

sound even though it's spelled with an E it's not

It's 'empower'.

So the second syllable is the stressed one.

And that final syllable is unstressed,

it's the schwa sound and you don't hear me say that

Empower.

And surely you've noticed the word power in there, right?

To empower someone is to make them stronger

and more confident to do something

and it's often used to talk about giving power

or strength or control to someone who doesn't have it.

But don't be confused. If you are empowered,

it doesn't always mean that you are powerful.

These two words have quite different meanings.

So for example: The CEO wants to empower

his management team to make strategic decisions

for the company.

What makes you feel empowered?

Or have you ever

empowered someone else in some way?

You'll hear the -ed and the -ing adjective forms here.

So something can be empowering

and you can also feel empowered, okay?

And it's worth knowing the noun 'empowerment' as well.

Empowerment.

Education is a tool for empowerment.

These words and their word families are challenging,

challenging to pronounce and challenging to use

these different types of words correctly

but if you're still here you're still working hard,

then you've got perseverance.

So someone with perseverance keeps trying to succeed

even when it's difficult. Even when things are hard,

they keep going.

When they get stuck, they find a way around it.

When they fail, they try again, they don't give up.

So perseverance,

it really isn't something that you can learn.

You either have a really strong desire in you

to achieve something or you don't.

So I've got a question for you.

Do you have the perseverance

to become fluent in English?

Can you keep going even when it's difficult?

Since you're here and you're practising with me

I know that you don't give up easily.

You have perseverance or determination.

You're very determined.

Or tenacity,

you're very tenacious.

These are all synonyms of perseverance.

Let's focus on the pronunciation for a second.

Perseverance.

That third syllable is the stressed one.

Don't forget that consonant sound at the end,

that double consonant.

Perseverance.

Now it's really common to hear the verb 'persevere'

in difficult situations, right?

She chose a difficult career path but she persevered

and she graduated with the degree that she wanted.

Can you think of anything that

you have persevered through?

Any of the mama's out there, well, you've

persevered through childbirth, right?

Anyone who's failed their driver's license

several times before, maybe before they finally got it,

well you persevered as well.

So I hope this lesson has inspired you to be

a little more courageous with your English vocabulary

and that you're motivated

to use these words again soon.

If you're feeling a little uncertain or a little unsure

about how to use some of these words,

then practise by writing some sentences

in the comments below so that I can check them for you

I've also got a little quiz over on the

mmmEnglish blog so you can test

what you learned here today.

The link is in the description below this video

or there's a link somewhere around right now.

And now it's time for our next lesson.

See you in there!