Name: Methods to Improve English Speaking Skills
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T02:21:07.000Z
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Welcome back to ask Alicia the Weekly Siri's where you ask me questions and I answered them.

Maybe first question comes from Do we sit again?

Yeah, great question for good means forever or it means for a very long time.

So, like he's here for good or we're going to stay for good.

I'm not sure I've never seen that expression before, so I'm not quite sure about the meaning of that.

Okay, let's move on to your next question.

My question is, do you recommend using APS to practice speaking?

I was using this method, and I just found people from another country whose accent is different from the American accent.

Um, I think that this kind of thing really depends a lot on the app you're using.

There are many different APS that you can use to study many different things.

So I don't know that I can suggest, like, APs or great or Absar bad.

It really depends on the app that you're using.

So if you're not happy with the conversation partners that you found on the app you're using now, try a different up If you're having trouble finding a partner that you really connect with, or that works really well with you, another thing you can try doing is just recording yourself speaking and comparing that to a native speaker So you could use just your phone to do this like record yourself saying the same thing as a native speaker said.

So if you watch our videos, for example, you could listen to something I said or something like Davy or Michael said.

And then try to say that again and record yourself saying it and then compare it just to kind of get an idea of where you can improve.

This is actually a really interesting exercise, I think, because when you are speaking, You think you sound a certain way and then when you hear yourself, you sound really, really different.

So this can actually be a really good way to practice.

I know that on our website we have another voice recording function where you can compare yourself to a native speaker on that specifically on the English class one No.

So that's another tool you can check out.

Yeah, Like I said, I think it really depends on your conversation partner.

And what other services the APP might offer you.

So you could just try out a few different things and see what you like.

And I hope maybe you found another technique you can use to work on improving your speaking skills.

Okay, let's move along to your next question.

Enrique Enrique says, Hey, Alicia, I love your videos Today.

In the beginning, I was very shy about chatting with other people in English.

I'm not anymore, but I want to know if chatting with chatbots is a good tool for improving your speaking skills.

Um, I think something like this could be good.

Maybe for improving your basic, um, like, sentence building skills.

I'm not sure what kind of shop bought you're talking about.

To my knowledge, I've seen chatbots where you can type things to a chap pot and the computer will return an answer to you.

Maybe you're talking about a speaking kind of chap, Bob.

I don't know, but I would say that these sorts of things could perhaps be useful for making basic sentences or making very simple conversations.

So perhaps in the very beginning, something like that could be a nice addition.

And I supplement to whatever you're doing.

But I think you're going to miss out on a lot of other really important stuff.

If you only use a robot to practice, Um, a robot is not going to do the arms and us and use, um, interesting vocabulary words.

The robot is just programmed to do one thing.

So if you can remember that and maybe use it as like a method of refreshing yourself every once in a while.

Perhaps, um, but I just think that you're missing out on a lot of things.

If you're only using a robot, I think as soon as possible you should be practicing speaking with other real people so that you understand really and truly how people use the language.

Um, and then you can also be learning from them.

So I would probably not recommend relying too much on a chat bots for your studies.

I think the purpose of learning a language is to be able to communicate with someone else in that language.

So if you only use it to communicate with Robot, then it's kind of defeating the purpose of your studies.

So I would say Use it with other people as much as possible and try not to use a chat bots that much.

Alysia Ole CIA says highly show what future form should we use when arranging official appointments or events in the future, for example, which is correct, the interview will be held on August 9th at 10 a.m. Moscow time.

Right, or the interview is on August 9th at 10 a.m. Moscow time, right?

So, actually, both of the example sentences you sent are polite and they are correct.

However, if you want to always be sure to sound professional and polite, use the passive form.

So the reason that a passive form is preferred when making arrangements in like formal events or like in an interview situation, is because we don't always know exactly the person who is going to be doing that event.

So in the case of an interview, for example, you may not know exactly who is going to be giving the interview.

Who is going to lead the interview so instead saying the interview will be held eyes much better.

Remember, we use passive voice when we don't know the person doing the action or when the person doing the action is not important.

So this is really useful in like business situations and other formal events when the activity is the thing that needs the focus, not necessarily the person or the people doing the activity.

So, like, for example, um, you're having the interview at 9 a.m. Right?

But using you can sound really direct there, and you might run into some problems where maybe the person you're contacting is not the person giving the interview.

So in conclusion for this, really, if you're ever kind of in a formal situation or a business situation, and you have this kind of question, try to use the passive voice instead of the active voice.

That's a pretty good rule of thumb to follow.