How to PRACTISE English if NO ONE around you SPEAKS good English BEST TIPS

hello everyone and welcome back to

english with Lucy today I am going to

talk to you about how you can practice

your English even if you don’t live in

an english-speaking country it’s the

number one complaint from my students

how an earth can I practice and improve

my English if I don’t have any native

English speakers around me well I have

eight recommendations for you let’s get

straight into it

tip number one is to join a language

club sometimes called a language cafe

and if there isn’t one near you you need

to start one be the person that makes

the change you can do it for very little

cost or no cost at all it can be

completely free to do all you need to

think about is the why the where and the

who why is why are you doing it what are

you going to be practicing maybe you

want to chat just completely in English

maybe you want to do activities together

or do homework together or maybe you

want to set the baits and have real

in-depth discussions in English it all

depends on the level that moves me on to

who who is going to come put posters up

launch it on Facebook bring your friends

first so you’re not the only one there

and then of course the where where are

you going to hold it well there are lots

of free places where you could hold it

you could try asking your local library

you could try asking a cafe do you mind

if on a quiet day you know say like a

Tuesday lunchtime we have a group of us

here and of course we’ll buy a coffee

each or something another good place to

try is a local church or religious

center they more often than not will be

very happy to help you develop your

skills for free number two is join an

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now number 3 I don’t want to just give

you generic advice like watch TV listen

to the radio because you know that what

I’m going to do is recommend you a

specific app that you can use to immerse

yourself each day in spoken English and

most importantly spoken English at a

variety of levels and speeds and with a

variety of accents it’s the BBC sounds

app I’ve linked it down below but it

depends on your operating system and

where you are in the world you should be

able to listen to most podcasts and a

lot of radio programs from wherever you

are in the world bear in mind you won’t

have access to everything this app is

full of radio programs podcasts little

mini clips all in spoken English

covering all different topics whether

you like talking about music or you like

listening to science documentaries crime

documentaries discussion podcast by your

favorite sports people it’s excellent

it’s my go-to app I listen to it all the

time now your interests are probably

different to my interests I listen to a

lot of consumer programs where people

phone up and complain about the price of

peas in the supermarket things like that

it’s just chewing gum for my brain but

I’d love to recommend programs like The

Archers this is if you have a more

advanced level of English this is a

radio soap opera and it’s got a variety

of different accents in it there is also

a children’s section on there which

would be good for your children but also

if you have a slightly lower level and

you like to hear things that are I’m not

going to say more simplified I’m going

to say easier to understand then that

could be a really good option for you

there are lots of short programs for

chilled

short stories it’s a really really good

idea to listen to children’s programs if

you are struggling with understanding

adult programs so the BBC sounds app

it’s really good let me know if you find

something that you really like and share

any programs that have really helped you

improve your English in the comments

section number four is find native

speakers in your area now I know that

this whole video is about what do I do

if there are no native speakers but have

you tried searching in the right way

when Brits British people or Americans I

don’t know English speakers go abroad we

do like to meet and congregate we

normally call ourselves expats

expatriates expats and this is something

that you might not have searched for

before you might have searched British

people in my city or something like that

but I remember when I lived in Seville I

was part of a Facebook group called

expats in Seville something that a

non-native speaker would never think to

search for so if you want to attend

events with other expats and meet

experts then I would recommend searching

on Facebook for expat groups so expats

in and then your city your town or even

your country

lots of expats will be wanting to learn

the native language of the country they

are living in

so these Facebook groups would be a

great place to post and say look I am

looking to improve my English and I’d be

more than happy to help you with my

language it’s worth a try and at the

very least you can attend the public

events that everyone is welcome to that

would be posted on these expat groups

big tip there now tip number five could

be linked to the previous one actually

it’s find a language partner and speak

only via whatsapp voice notes now I’m

going to say that when you are looking

for a what’s that partner or any sort of

online language partner please be safe

don’t just ask anyone use an official

place it’s not safe there are lots of

nasty people out there who are looking

for girlfriends and boyfriends not

which partners do not give your mobile

number to anyone that you do not fully

know and trust so take a native English

speaker that you know and then when you

communicate with them ask that they only

send you whatsapp notes and you send

them what’s that voice notes in return

the reason that this is great is because

you can replay and replay and replay

until you understand them but unlike

written English it helps you with your

pronunciation as well you know now from

me that the way a word is written in

English doesn’t give you much indication

as to how it’s pronounced that’s often

the two things are not aligned and the

good thing about replying with voice

notes is that if it goes wrong you can

stop it and rerecord it’s a great step

to use before having proper

conversations and phone conversations

with native speakers means you’ve got a

little bit more time to process things

and time to think

number six is use a pronunciation tool

if you haven’t got someone who you can

ask how do I pronounce X then use a

pronunciation tool and honestly I am not

offended but when I get messages saying

sorry how do you pronounce X I just

think well you can find this out for

yourself very easily I’ve given lots of

examples of pronunciation tools that you

can use online so maybe use them first

and then if you’re totally confused

still then ask your native speaker the

one I recommend is Oxford learner’s

dictionary because they show you how to

pronounce things in both British English

and American English and they show the

phonetic transcription so you can listen

to them and compare them and see how

they differ in the transcription as well

it’s an excellent tool I’ve linked it

down below I know there are lots out

there this is the one I always use and

it’s the one I use when I’m planning my

videos number seven if there really

isn’t anyone around you then you talk to

yourself and I’ve recommended this

method before in a how-to start thinking

in English and stop translating in your

head video when I’m actively trying to

learn another language I talk to myself

in that language all the time whether it

be in my head or whether it be out loud

luckily I work from home and I work

alone maybe my neighbor thinks I’m a bit

weird I can also hear a lot of what he

does

he does anything a great one is when

you’re cooking pretend you’re running a

cooking show I am putting this in the

pan I am chopping that it will just help

you get used to stringing sentences

together and help you get used to just

chatting mindlessly conversation will

flow better if you can talk to yourself

easily and the last one number eight

this is one step on from talking to

yourself record yourself speaking in

English you know when you’re a child and

you finally hear yourself speaking on a

recording for the first time and you

think oh my word I sound so different I

remember that feeling well we’re often

not that in tune with how we actually

sound how we think we sound is very

different to how we actually sound and

so in your head you might think that

you’re pronouncing things correctly but

in reality you might not be so sometimes

recording yourself reading a passage

just take something from the news or

something from a blog if you want a more

relaxed tone you can then use that to

analyze how you sound and pinpoint

pronunciation mistakes and perhaps

grammar mistakes it’s a really really

good one I’ve done it to myself multiple

times and I was shocked at the mistakes

that I was making that I thought I

didn’t make in Spanish and actually when

I watched back my video is when I’m

editing them or when I’m you know

approving the edits on them I do make so

many mistakes that I shouldn’t as a

native speaker they’re just natural

mistakes a lot of you point them out it

normally happens when I’ve not exactly

planned what I’m going to say because I

don’t use an autocue or anything I just

say it from the heart I have a guide

script down here and yes

looking back at the videos I do notice a

lot of little mistakes natural ones I’m

not worried about them it doesn’t mean I

have poor grammar or poor pronunciation

it just means that I’m a human but

hopefully you’ll be able to use that

technique to improve your own language

skills right that’s it for today’s

lesson I really hope you enjoyed it and

I hope you can take some of these tips

and apply them to yourself don’t forget

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