3 Tips for Practicing Your English Speaking Skills
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when you start out learning a foreign
language everything is exciting you pick
up new words and basic phrases fairly
quickly the first time you say a
greeting or answer the question how are
you you might even get a little thrill
speaking fluently doesn’t feel that far
off and at this point it really does
seem like language learning isn’t all
that difficult but after a week or two
things begin to change after a few weeks
of study you start to hit walls as
you’re faced with strange grammar
vocabulary and pronunciation everything
about learning a new language seemed
promising and hopeful before but now you
start to realize how difficult it’s
going to be speaking the language now
feels like a long far-off goal that you
may or may not achieve one day but don’t
let the innocence of being an absolute
beginner or the disillusionment of being
an experienced learner discourage you
from learning speaking a new language
may not be as far off as you thought in
this video we’ll look at three tips to
help you practice your speaking skills
no matter what level you’re at number
one practice with native speakers
practicing with native speakers is by
far one of the most effective things you
can do to improve your speaking
abilities think of speaking a foreign
language as riding a bike after a
certain point you can’t read or theorize
about how to do it you have to actually
do it if you can practice speaking with
native speakers who correct you and give
good feedback then you’ll be well on
your way to improving your speaking but
where can you find native speakers to
practice with if you live in or near a
major city there’s a good chance there
are some native speakers there you might
even get lucky and discover an entire
community do a little research into the
demographics of your city or simply keep
your eyes open the next time you go
through town you can also attend a
language exchange or cultural event
meetup is a site for local enthusiasts
groups and there are usually some
language speaking clubs or cultural
clubs there if you’re unable to find
native speakers where you live then jump
online and find them there there are a
lot of free online exchanges that allow
you to connect with other language
learners from all over the globe via
text audio or video chat look for a
speaker who is learning your native
language
you can spend an hour or so helping each
other in your respective target
languages this is a highly practical and
helpful way to learn it’s also a great
way to learn more directly about the
culture you’re studying in a real way
number two devote some time to learning
pronunciation pronunciation often isn’t
the first skill people think of working
on when learning a foreign language but
that doesn’t mean that it isn’t
important truth be told you don’t
absolutely need a great accent to speak
or understand every language however a
decent accent can vastly improve your
listening and speaking abilities in ways
you might not expect being able to
pronounce words and sounds makes it a
lot easier for you to remember and
understand new words simply by hearing
them if you can physically make a sound
with your mouth then you can mentally
remember it once you have a good accent
the new language won’t sound as foreign
as it once did and you’ll be able to
understand rapid speech as well as pick
up the definition of new words based on
their conversational context but how can
you improve your accent if you’re
serious about developing your accent
then you’ll want to dissect the
languages sound system into its
individual parts first by letters then
individual words followed by whole
phrases start doing some mild research
on the phonetics of your target language
you don’t have to get too technical here
just try to get an idea of some of the
main differences between it and your
native language
find out where native speakers usually
put their tongue while saying certain
sounds or pay attention to the shape of
their mouths when they speak is it open
or closed these subtle differences are
what really help you improve once you
get the letters down start listening to
native audio and compare your
pronunciation to the native speakers our
language learning programs playback
feature is a great way to accomplish
this take a phrase from a lesson and
start by practicing the individual words
playing the audio back at a slower speed
and then again at a regular speed after
comparing your speech to the audio
combine the words to make complete
phrases imitating the intonation of the
natives
this precise method of pronunciation
practice is one of the most efficient
and effective ways to learn
pronunciation number three imitate don’t
just repeat anytime you speak do your
best to imitate the native speakers
you’ve heard and practice with match the
way their intonation rises and falls pay
attention to their word order it’s even
a good idea to match some of their body
language this degree of imitation will
probably feel weird at first but it
reinforces fluency in the language and
breaks you out of the parrot trap where
you simply learn and speak through rote
memorization or repetition this is a
common problem that’s often cited with
other less effective language learning
methods speaking a language is like
playing music or dancing you don’t want
to just know it you want to live in the
moment and feel it as you use it you
don’t sit and think of what you’re going
to say in your native language before
you say it why would you expect to do
the same in a new one don’t let ruffled
expectations make you think that
speaking a new language is impossible
yes it’s difficult but it probably isn’t
as difficult as you think it is with a
little determination and some faithful
practice you might be surprised how
quick and how far you can progress use
these tips to better practice the
language and see real results in your
speaking abilities and for even more
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