Name: 3 Tips for Practicing Your English Speaking Skills
Uploaded: 2020-03-25T03:47:58.000Z
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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?

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 Lerner discourage you from learning.

Speaking a new language may not be as far office, he thought.

Three tips to help you practice your speaking skills no matter what level Europe 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 is riding a bike.

After a certain point, you can't read or theorize about how to 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 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.

Meet up is a sight for local enthusiasts groups, and they're 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.

Look for a speaker who is learning your native language.

You can spend an hour or so helping each other in your respective target language is 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 to 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.

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 fanatics 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.

Thes 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.

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 native speakers.

This precise method of pronunciation practice is one of the most efficient and effective ways to learn pronunciation.

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 parent trap, where you simply learn and speak through rote memorization or repetitions.

This is a common problem that's often sided with other, less effective language learning methods.

Speaking a language is like playing music or dancing.

You wanna 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.

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 and you're speaking abilities.

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