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hello everyone and welcome back to
english with Lucy today
I'm going to give you 10 tips for
practicing your speaking and hopefully
they will make you improve in a very
short amount of time
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right let's get started with the lesson
number one is practice tongue twisters
now
tongue twisters are really fun anyway
but they are an amazing way of
practicing individual sounds individual
phonemes there are lots of phonemes that
are really hard for people from specific
countries or that speak specific
languages the only way that you can
train your tongue to make these sounds
is to practice the sounds over and over
again repetitively tongue twisters are
your best friend so for example if
you're struggling between the difference
with E and E which I know a lot of
people struggle with especially speakers
of Spanish because you only have the e
sound you don't have the short e sound
well if that's the case for you you
could practice this one I slit a sheet a
sheet I slit upon a slitted sheet I sit
be careful it might make you swear I
have left a link in the description box
to loads more tongue twisters but really
all you have to do is search on Google
tongue twisters for practicing English
if you would like me to make a video on
some of the most difficult tongue
twisters a video that you can practice
along with let me know in the comments
down below I'll definitely do that
because I love tongue twisters and I
think they're amazing for practicing
pronunciation
number two is lessons with natives and
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now let's discuss tip number 3 tip
number 3
is sing-along to English songs now this
tip is especially useful if you want to
practice an American accent the reason
for this is that many British singers
actually sing with a slight American
accent
so sometimes songs sung by British
singers aren't actually a true
representation of their own accent if
you listen to I don't know one direction
or a British boy band they'll often sing
with an American accent even ed Sheeran
does it sometimes someone who does sing
with a very strong British accent is
Lily Allen she does not go into the
American territory at all so she's a
good one to listen to and sing along
with if you want to practice speaking or
singing in this case music can be a
really really great way of practicing
every single day because it's so
enjoyable it doesn't feel like it's a
chore when you do it it's a great way to
learn lots of slang lots of colloquial
language as well it's also a really good
idea to look up the meaning of song
lyrics that way you can really find out
if they've used bad grammar because
sometimes they do to make it fit in with
the rhyming if they've used idioms or
slang and it's just really nice to know
what you're singing about but singing
along with English songs is a fantastic
way of practicing your speaking and it
will help you become more fluent tip
number four could be slightly
controversial but I think it's a really
good tip and I always used to tell my
students to do it in London so lots of
students struggle to meet and find
native speakers to practice with they
often also have a hard time actually
talking to natives because they're so
nervous or they take a little bit longer
to understand what they say I would say
that's a great step to proceed talking
with natives is eavesdropping on natives
to eavesdrop means to listen in on
someone else's conversation so if you're
in an english-speaking country or you
know there's a specific bar or
restaurant where English speakers tend
to go maybe try going there with the
intention of just overhearing other
people's conversations if they say
something you don't understand set
on your phone just drinking the
atmosphere and you'll just take in a lot
of vocabulary you wouldn't normally come
across and there's no pressure on you
well the only pressure is that you don't
get caught because you could look a
little bit weird but you're not doing
you're not doing any harm some people in
England like to call it people watching
and it's a really popular pastime you
just sit in a cafe normally at the
window and what the world go by I like
to call this people listening where you
just sit in a cafe and listen to what
other people are saying and familiarize
yourself with English conversations let
me know if you've ever done this and let
me know if you've ever got caught number
five is oh this is a really good tip
this tip will really really help you if
you're nervous about speaking English
with natives or non natives practise
conversations through whatsapp audio
notes on whatsapp and on most messaging
services there is a function where you
can record your voice and send it I
encourage my students to talk amongst
themselves and to talk with natives
through this feature it's so much more
convenient than a phone call and there's
much less pressure than in a phone call
whatever they send you you can replay it
as many times as you want you can replay
what they've said and practice it
yourself you can listen back to your own
voice notes and see where you went wrong
if you record one and you make a mistake
delete it and record it again keep
recording it until you're happy with how
it sounds when you finish the
conversation you have a lovely database
of everything you've said in English and
everything someone has said in English
to you and you can use that to study
what's that voice notes and other voice
notes services are such a great way of
practicing your speaking without
actually chatting in the moment you can
do it around your studies around your
work it's much more convenient than a
phone call tip number six can actually
relate back to tip number five it's
practice debating now I don't tend to
argue a lot but when I do argue with
someone I always think back about the
argument at a later date
and think oh god
could have said that so much better I
could have made this point blah blah
blah you will never be good arguing and
debating if you don't practice it apart
from those few people who seem to be
naturals
I suggest participating in or creating a
debate club now you could do this over
Skype or you could do it over whatsapp
whatsapp would be my preference every
day you can choose a new topic to
discuss and debate and make sure it's
done in an orderly fashion so everyone
can say their opinion maybe make a voice
note limit of 30 seconds or 15 seconds
or a minute if it's a really big topic
maybe you could create a Facebook group
for it maybe you could create a whatsapp
group amongst your friends you could
also meet people online but just
remember to be very very careful and
keep everything private and don't let
anyone know where you live but consider
creating a whatsapp debate group and
debating through whatsapp voice notes
it's a really really great way of
practicing your speaking and your
conversation skills tip number seven is
keep and idioms and slang diary this
could be in the notes app on your phone
or this could be an actual written
notebook every time you come across a
new slang word or a new idiom write it
down at the very least and it's also
best to write down the meaning as well
I remember in Spain I would hear so many
slang words so many idiomatic phrases
and I would always forget them all when
I started noting them down that's when I
started remembering them I'd be in a
conversation and I'd want to use that
sort of idiom but I couldn't remember
how to say it well I just whipped out my
phone looked at my list and it was there
you can't expect yourself to just
remember loads and loads of idioms you
have to use them so don't be ashamed of
taking out your list and using it in the
moment tip number eight this is so fun
and it's something I do a lot host your
own cooking show every single night I
bet so many of you have done this before
but it's a really really great way of
practicing a language every time you
cook or every time you make something or
you're cleaning pretend you're hosting a
show talk about what you're doing it's a
fantastic opportunity to practice
English and practice speaking without
having someone else
to speak with it's a really great way of
practicing the present continuous as
well I am boiling the water I am adding
the rice maybe go a bit more advanced
and say I'm just adding a pinch of this
because it adds an element of flavor
honestly go all out you could even
record yourself maybe that's too far for
some people but this is just about using
every opportunity you have to speak
English
tip number nine is remember to
prioritize fluency over accuracy if
you're fluent in a language it doesn't
mean you are absolutely perfect at that
language it means that you can speak it
without thinking without stopping for
most people
aiming for 100% accuracy perfection in a
language is just an unattainable goal I
don't speak English perfectly I make
mistakes all the time
I said growed in another video oh so
embarrassing comment down below if you
know which video that is because um it
was recent don't beat yourself up over
making mistakes remain positive learn
from your mistakes laugh at your
mistakes and celebrate speaking English
fluently and speaking English without
thinking over speaking English without
making any mistakes tip number 10 is
read a book completely aloud lots of
people like to read books at home it's
their relaxation time but if you're at
home and if you read alone take the
opportunity to read aloud it's a great
way to practice your pronunciation to
practice your speaking maybe record
yourself as well if a book is too long
or you feel like it takes away from your
relaxation time then try reading aloud
one article every day or something from
a newspaper if you do it on a daily
basis you'll come across loads of new
words and phrases and you'll also
practice saying them and they will stick
in your mind for future use right that's
it for today's lesson I hope you enjoyed
it and I hope you learned something
please comment down below with any other
tips that you can think of don't forget
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