How to Speak more with can do checklists

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okay today’s topic is how to speak

more of your target language specificity

and can do checklists

how much of your target language can you

speak right now

if your answer is not much there is a

way to speak more

even if you’re learning on your own in

this episode you’ll discover

one how specific goals can get you

speaking more

and two how you can apply this learning

tactic with our learning program or any

other resource

but first listen up here are this

month’s new lessons and resources

first the going sightseeing conversation

cheat sheet

what country or city would you like to

visit with this pdf cheat sheet you’ll

be able to talk about where you want to

go

and you’ll master all the common words

and phrases for sightseeing

second the most common nouns pdf ebook

you’ll master over 90 common nouns with

this bonus pdf picture ebook

you can download and review on any

device third

can you talk about hairstyles would you

be able to get a haircut

in your target language if not then this

one minute lesson is just what you need

fourth phrases to use with your doctor

i have an appointment i don’t feel well

my throat hurts

you’ll learn how to say these phrases

and much more

fifth can you talk about books in your

target language

learn how to say novel author thriller

and much more with this quick vocab

bonus

to get your free resources click the

link in the description below right now

they’re yours to keep forever okay let’s

jump into today’s topic

how to speak more of your target

language specificity and can do

checklists

every learner wants to speak more in

their target language

and yet speaking is almost always the

weakest skill for most learners

so how do you fix this how do you speak

more keep watching these tips will apply

to solo learners

and those with a conversation partner

first

let’s put language learning aside let’s

say you wanted to speak more about a

certain topic in your native language

what would that depend on the length of

that conversation depends on how much

you know about that topic

right if you don’t know much that

conversation won’t last long

if you know a lot you could go on for

hours it’s the same with language

learning

the more words and phrases you know

around a certain topic the more you can

speak

it’s a top-down approach pick a topic

for example weather

and work your way down learn the

relevant words phrases and questions for

that topic

for example what’s the weather like it’s

nice weather

it’s sunny it’s windy i like sunny

weather

i don’t like rain the more lines you

come up with the more you’ll be able to

talk about the weather in your target

language

the point is if you want to speak more

you should start with a specific topic

sounds obvious right so why don’t most

learners do this

most learners don’t do this because

they’re just passively following a

learning resource without going after

what they specifically want

it’s much easier to follow a textbook

than to stop think about what you want

to talk about and go off in that

direction

of course you should keep using your

textbook or other existing resource

you can do both follow a resource and

pursue specific topics

but here are a few reasons why this

tactic is so powerful

first specific goals always be vague

goals

for example between setting goals like i

want to save money

and i want to save 50 you’re more likely

to succeed with the 50

goal but because you have a specific

number to look for and measure

you won’t stop until that zero dollars

becomes ten dollars then twenty dollars

and then fifty

same with language learning between i

wanna learn more words

and i wanna learn twenty words you’ll do

much better with a specific goal

second you get to speak more sooner

you can go try the general approach of

learning the 2000 most common words

but that will take a long time and it

won’t get you speaking any faster

but if you pick a specific topic and get

all the words and phrases for it you’ll

be much better off

three so you know what to focus on again

knowing what to focus on helps you learn

and progress faster

otherwise if you’re just going through a

textbook with no specific goal in mind

you’ll spend months on learning a

language and never see any real progress

so remember the more specific you are

with what you want

the more likely you’ll get it because

you’ll know exactly what you’re looking

for

this is why we tell you to set small

measurable meaning specific

monthly goals now what kind of topics

should you pick

that depends on you and your hobbies and

interests you can also start with common

topics like talking about yourself

your family the weather or your weekend

plans but to make it easy for you here’s

what you can do

one download our free pdf conversation

task list

pick a topic to start with for example

talking about your family

then take lessons inside our learning

program based on that topic

you’ll learn practical conversations

that you can use in real life

and as a result you’ll be able to talk

more about your family

two take five or ten minutes and write

out other lines that you’d want to use

either in that conversation or questions

that someone may ask you

and get them translated with the help of

our premium plus teacher

three come up with your own topics that

are interesting to you

then repeat step two come up with all

the phrases

questions and answers that could come up

in that conversation

write them out and get them translated

with your premium plus teacher

or translate them with a translation

software you could try this and it might

not be perfect but it could help

you start and get you speaking a little

bit more of your target language

the goal here is to be able to talk more

about a specific topic

and as a result speak more of your

target language

so thank you for watching this episode

of monthly review

next time we’ll talk about what’s your

real reason for learning a language

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