I still Can’t Speak English

I Still Can’t Speak English
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Learning How to Speak (again)

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I Still Can’t Speak English
17
Learning How to Speak (again)
Everyone needs some correction, but the wrong kind of correction can be very damaging to confidence 
and when damage has been done it is often extremely hard to repair.
English Out There repairs this damage by preparing and enabling learners to have positive speaking 
experiences, with non-teachers.
6.3 Personalization
Every conversation you have is unique and highly personalized. Even if you try to have exactly the 
same conversation separately with three different people each conversation will be very different. The 
only constant in each will be you. So if you record and listen to them again they will, naturally, be 
personalized to you.
By recording your English Out There conversations and listening again you are creating an amazingly 
personalized and super-interesting English course for your brain to learn from naturally.
6.4 Transparency
In a second language, especially when you are at the beginning, you need to get comfortable using the 
main patterns of conversation. Often these are the hardest things to grasp because they are deeply rooted 
in the natural flow of the language. Often they involve grammatical rules that someone a long time ago 
decided should only be taught at a higher level.
English Out There lessons sometimes give you bits of language and don’t explain them. They are there 
because that is how people speak and they help you get into a conversation in which you understand 
the meaning of what is being discussed.
So, how do you make sure you can practice properly when you have the opportunity to speak with a 
fluent English speaker who is happy to help you? You prepare before you speak.
It is better to have lots of short similar conversations with lots of different people in which you, the 
learner, are in control, than to have one long conversation in which you are not in control and end up 
struggling for understanding and also struggle for something to say.
English Out There gives you more control of your practice and having fewer surprises lowers your level 
of anxiety. When you are less anxious it makes it easier to speak.
Having three or four similar practice conversations with different people but based upon the same lesson 
and language means that you will become less anxious each time you have a successful conversation and 
your confidence will start to grow. This is very important to your development as an English speaker. 
You will begin to enjoy using English.

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