Hi, I'm Jennifer.
Certified English teacher and Communications expert.
In today's video I'm going to share with you 3 tips on how to develop spoken English.
At the end of the video I'll share with you a bonus tip, that I know will really help you.
Ok, let's get started.
Tip 1
Practice speaking
Ok I know this seems obvious.
To develop spoken English, practice speaking.
Hmm, But, unfortunately, students don't do this.
They spend 90% of their time reading English, listening to English, writing English.
But they don't speak English.
So if you only spend 10% or less of your time
practicing spoken English, why would you expect to be good at it?
Now what you need to do is start
speaking. The best time to start developing your spoken English
was the minute you decided to learn English. The next best time is right now.
This is a Ukulele.
It's a musical instrument and I'm learning to play it.
Imagine I was telling my friend. I'm learning to play the ukulele and I told her I
spend 30 minutes a day watching
Youtube videos on how to play the Ukulele. I bought lots of different books.
I have a few apps. And I listen to ukulele music all the time. And
then, my friend asked me. Oh
How often do you play the ukulele?
And I tell my friend. Oh, I'm not ready to play yet.
I'm still just learning, but I'm not ready to play
What do you think my friend's reaction would be?
I imagine she would start laughing
or
she would be extremely confused because
In reality, I will not learn to play the ukulele.
Unless I play the ukulele and yeah
Now the same for you if you want to practice
speaking English
You need to speak English.
A lot of students allow their fear of making mistakes
prevent them from speaking English. So what you can do is
Don't be afraid of mistakes.
If you expect to make mistakes, it will instantly take that fear away.
Because in reality
perfection is not realistic.
And why?
Because I make mistakes
speaking English. My friends my native english-speaking friends make mistakes
speaking English.
So if we as native English speakers and myself
specifically as a teacher that's devoted my life to
studying English.
How can you expect to speak English perfectly if we don't?
So don't make your goal perfection.
It's okay to make mistakes.
In fact making mistakes means you're getting out of your comfort zone.
You're trying new things. You're pushing yourself
when you're making mistakes you're
learning and
making mistakes is the best thing you can do because we learn so much from our mistakes.
So expect make mistakes and don't be afraid of them mistakes are
beneficial. Change your perspective and it will really help you develop that confidence speaking English.
Okay. I know I just told you that you can't spend all your time
listening to English, which is true.
But you should still listen to English often and have that as part of your learning
routine and why because listening to English
Will teach you so many useful things that you can apply to your spoken skills. You'll learn natural
pronunciation changes you'll learn
reductions
contractions linking sentences new expressions body language
Intonation, but you'll learn all of these things
naturally
Subconsciously because as you're watching TV, your brain is processing the information
Your brain is learning
pronunciation
Expressions and you don't even realize it. You're just enjoying the TV program
but the key here is to listen to
Natural English. So here's a great way to do it. Just join my facebook page
every single day I go live and I
Speak to you
Naturally and I explain the expressions I'm using as well
So every single day you can be exposed to natural English, but in very small portions, so it's manageable
It's not overwhelming like watching a two-hour movie
It's just watching a four-minute video bonus tip become a great listener
now if you want to develop spoken English
it means you're going to be having a conversation with someone but speaking is only half of the
conversation the other half of the conversation is
listening and
When you listen, you'll know what to say max
because in that conversation you should be
Tailoring your message what you're communicating
based on what you're hearing and
If you're not a confident listener if you're still making mistakes listening
You won't know how to respond. You won't know what to say
So if you are confident listening and you know exactly what question you're being
Asked or what topic is being discussed
then you're already one step closer to being able to participate in the conversation and
Speak in the conversation as well. So now you have four easy things
you can do to develop your spoken English first practice speaking all the time and
expect to make mistakes
Focus on your listening skills and become a great listener
All right
Now let me know in the comments what one thing that you're going to do to develop your spoken English
I'd love to hear about it
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So much for watching and until next week. Happy studying
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