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this English lesson is going to be
straight to the point it's going to talk
about why you struggle when it comes to
speaking English compared to grammar and
reading okay so a lot of people tell me
that they really struggle when it comes
to speaking that this is their number
one concern and I'm going to tell you
why this is the case and what you can do
about it
so I think there are two main reasons
why a lot of people say I can't speak
English I find this really difficult
firstly it's a difficult skill when
you're speaking you have to formulate
the right sentences the right vocabulary
and use the right grammar while also
trying to speak quickly with the right
pronunciation so you're trying to do a
lot of things here which can be quite
complex if you compare that to writing
with writing you don't have to actually
speak so you don't need to worry about
how you speak English instead you can
take your time and just write the
correct sentence so there's a big
difference between writing and speaking
and then the second reason is because
English learners don't spend enough time
practicing okay and I don't just mean
having natural conversations but just
working on the way that they speak using
different methods so that they're using
their mouth in order to improve so think
about when you learned English at school
or if you're learning English at school
now you spend a lot of time listening to
the teacher reading your books writing
doing exercises and then one person
raises their hand and speaks so you
don't get enough speaking practice now
like I said it's not just about getting
natural conversations those help but I
see those as more as like playing a
competitive game so if you are a
football player or a soccer player
it's like Wayne Rooney who plays Wayne
Rooney who plays a game on a Saturday
that is like natural speaking practice
when you have conversations with people
but Wayne Rooney also practices during
the week and does training so the types
of things that you can do to train your
speaking are firstly to work on your
pronunciation so to learn the sounds of
English and to be able to formulate the
sounds of English with your mouth in the
correct way and then to work on things
like relaxed pronunciation linking words
intonation stress and those types of
things so make that a priority because
it's a huge part of being able to speak
speak in English in the right way so
number one that's what I want you to
work on number two is the to fluency
method or the lrc method and this is
where you're going to imitate English
speakers so you're going to listen to a
sentence in English repeat it record it
and then compare your version with the
original so you're going to listen to
your version and the original version
and then make changes to the way that
you speak now I think that this is the
most powerful English learning method
that you can follow because it works on
your listening it works on grammar it
works on vocabulary and it also works on
your speaking and building fluency
phrases so check out the description to
learn more about this method number
three is to use shadowing now this is
all about building up your fluency the
LRC method works more on accuracy also
fluency but it has a focus on accuracy
as well shadowing is all about fluency
because what you're doing is you're
listening to English but you're not
pausing you're not recording you're not
comparing your listening and repeating
and you don't stop the audio as you do
this so you can put on a podcast listen
to the podcast and then just repeat
after the speaker without pausing
now I highly recommend that you get the
type of audio that you can follow along
too
this is a difficult method to use it can
work if you use it in the right way and
like I say it works on your fluency but
I don't want you mumbling I don't want
you going through and then I want you to
be able to say it properly so I would
work on method 1 your pronunciation and
the LRC LRC method before you start
shadowing and then number 4 is just to
get lots of natural practice so this is
to speak with your friends to speak with
people online to make friends online to
join a language exchange program or to
find a teacher so this is where you're
just having natural conversations and
putting everything together and getting
that type of practice now all four are
going to help you you can dramatically
improve your speaking just by having
natural conversations but a lot of
people find that difficult and a lot of
people need work on their pronunciation
as well so think about which one of
these methods you need to use maybe a
combination of the four is going to be
best but start using these types of
methods so many people complain about
their speaking skills but they all they
do is watch YouTube videos so actually
focus on this and spend some time
actually doing these types of things so
if you have found this video useful
please like and share it with your
friends share it with somebody who needs
to change the way that they learn
English and then also again check out
the description because I'm going to
give you more resources so that you can
use these methods to help you improve
your speaking skills ok thank you so
much for watching this I hope you have
found it useful and I'll speak to you
soon bye bye
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