Name: How to be a Better English Communicator - Tips from ESL Bilingual Teens Series Episode 4 of 4
Uploaded: 2025-07-27T17:59:09.000Z
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Hey everybody, it's Jennifer from Tarle Speech.

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A few weeks back I attended a middle school career fair and I explained to the teens there what I did for a living.

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And many of the teens are English learners and they have some tips for all of you on speaking English.

So let's jump into their English learner tips.

Tip number one, all of the students said to me, you just have to try.

Try speaking the language even if you make mistakes.

Talk to many people who speak English already.

Practice makes perfect and practice, practice, practice and practice tongue movements and flow.

So lots of discussion about you just have to use the language.

Tip number two, not everything is literal.

I talked to one incredible young man who told me a great story about having to learn so much figurative language and that if you know not everything in English is literal, you will do so much better.

So basically the kids were saying try seeing how their mouth is moving.

Watch the person's mouth so you can see the vowels.

Take a couple of seconds and think what your mouth should be doing.

If you need to know what to do, watch other people and don't try to sound perfect and if you need to know how to say something, watch someone's mouth.

A lot of tips on making sure that you are watching other people and paying close attention.

Pay attention and see how people are moving their mouths.

Another tip is listen to others to learn vocabulary.

I've got some great recommendations for this one.

Find someone with a common interest to learn about things that you're interested in.

Be involved with others so you learn new things and have conversations with people who speak the same language as you so you can talk about what you need to learn in English.

One of my favorites that is, I think, in this category of listening to others to learn vocabulary is to watch a YouTube video on what you are learning in class so you know the vocabulary.

It kind of goes back to just try, but take a second and stop and think.

Last, but certainly not least, don't be afraid of mistakes.

Every student that I spoke with who was learning English as a second language, they all told me you just have to try.

You're going to make mistakes and it is okay.

I know people are going to notice the difference.

Let me know what you think about this advice from teens on speaking English as a second language.

I would love to hear your thoughts and let the teens know what are your recommendations for becoming a better speaker.

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How to be a Better English Communicator - Tips from ESL Bilingual Teens Series Episode 4 of 4

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