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  • Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com.

  • And in this video, we're going to look at how you can improve your English speaking skills, so keep watching!

  • Learning English?

  • Get on the road to Fluency.

  • To Fluency.

  • I receive many emails from English learners telling me that they want to improve their English speaking, and I imagine this is what you want too.

  • But before we take a look at the specific ways that you can improve your speaking,

  • it's important to know that working on your general English is going to help your speaking too.

  • So, make sure you're doing the other things that you need to do to improve your level.

  • So, there are two main ways that you can improve your English speaking,

  • and the first way is to get more natural practice; and this just means having conversations with other people in English.

  • Doing this not only helps you use your English in different situations, but it also allows you to learn new words and phrases,

  • and to learn more about English by listening to other people speak.

  • And having conversations is one of the best ways that you can get natural input.

  • The second way to improve your speaking is to do something that I call focused learning.

  • And this is when you practice specific things to help you improve; you can do this on your own or work with a teacher, and this is different than having normal everyday conversations.

  • An example of this is doing drills and other things that are going to help you improve your pronunciation.

  • And I feel that not enough learners spend enough time working on their pronunciation.

  • It will make a massive difference if you can say the different sounds in English correctly.

  • In addition to being able to use the correct stress, intonation, and rhythm when you speak, and that is why I recommend that you spend time working on your pronunciation.

  • Another example of focused learning is mimicking native speakers,

  • and anyone can do this now because of all the audio that is available for free online.

  • And this is an easy method to work on: All you need to do is listen to a native speaker and then repeat after they speak.

  • To take this method further, you can actually record your audio, and then compare it to the original recording.

  • What this does is it allows you to compare your version to the original version, and then make any changes that you need to make.

  • So, using a combination of natural practice and also the focused learning methods I talked about is really going to help you.

  • And my question for this video is this: How often do you speak in English?

  • How often do you speak in English?

  • Leave your answers below this video.

  • Thanks for watching, and see you next time!

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Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com.

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