British YouTube star makes £30k a year from simple English language tutorials she films in her BEDROOM
Lucy Earl's videos have had more than 12million views from people wanting to perfect their English
HER short, simple videos that she shoots in her bedroom teaching people to speak English have had more than 12 million views.
And now 22-year-old Lucy Earl is raking in more than £30,000 a year thanks to foreigners who tune in to her language tutorials.
The former student from Bedfordshire only set up her YouTube channel called 'English with Lucy' last year and she already has over 350,000 subscribers.
She borrowed £500 from her dad to buy a camera and a tripod and taught herself to shoot, light, edit and upload videos.
Now Lucy offers free online language tutorials, that she films in the comfort of her own home, on how to pronounce English words and also answers questions on British culture.
And with a surge in demand for free online English lessons, the marketing graduate has seen her channel explode with her most popular videos including how to say the 100 most used English words and the common mispronunciation mistakes.
Lucy has even uploaded a video where she teaches her subscribers the right way to swear in English and earns her money through advertising on her channel.
She told the Sun Online: "It's amazing that people can learn a language for free while I get to make a living from it.
"I think what sets my videos apart is that they are young, fun and short and not just a person standing in front of a whiteboard."
But the YouTuber has also seen trends depending upon where her viewers live with Asian people fascinated by British culture but Europeans eager to work on their pronunciation.
She has even had viewers from as far away as Syria who are eager to perfect their English.
But Lucy has also had to learn cultural differences herself, especially when Asian viewers told her she was "putting on weight".
She explained: "At first I thought they were hate comments but I realised it was a cultural thing. It’s not offensive in some, mainly Asian, countries.
"So I did a lesson on three things not to say to British girls: not to comment on them drinking alcohol, not to pressure them for not replying to messages straight away and not talking about people’s weight.
"I believe if people are coming to Britain, it is good for them to know about the culture so they don't unintentionally offend anybody."
And pronunciation can also be a stumbling block for non-English speaking natives, and Lucy has videos to cater for them too.
She added: "I once went to meet a guy for an English lesson in a cafe in Spain where I thought he asked me if I would like penis.
"I asked him to repeat himself and was getting ready to storm out, when he pointed to the table.
"He was trying to say peanuts but he just didn't have the pronunciation down. That's where I got the idea for those videos."
In the future the graduate would love to release her own book or course for learning English, but for the moment she is concentrating on her channel.
But Lucy isn't the only YouTube star making thousands thanks to her channel and gaining thousands of subscribers.
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