I Still Can’t Speak English 10 The Psychology of Speaking English 4 The Psychology of Speaking
English
I wonder if students actually realise that a large part of the problem they experience with improving
their speaking and listening skills is psychological and not linguistic.
I have met many learners of English over the years who desperately want to improve their speaking and
listening skills but through some deep belief planted earlier in their lives they think that what they need
is more grammar and correction. This is because of the way educational systems, and English Language
Teaching and learning (ELT) the world over, has stuck by a system of a) teaching to tests and b) either
completely ignoring the psychology of language learning or failing to integrate psychologically supportive
techniques into ELT curricula.
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