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
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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
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real reason for learning a language
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