One powerful exercise for fluency and confidence in English

I know it's easier to understand English usually  than to actually speak it so I have a really  

simple exercise this video is not going to be long  but I have to share it with you because it's so  

powerful are you ready well if you're ready to  improve your English fluency then let's go I'm  

Gabby Wallace from gonaturalenglish.com your  American English coach and this is a simple  

exercise I want to share with you because it's  free it's easy it's fast and it will superpower  

your English I use this exercise when I want  to practice my Spanish Portuguese or other  

languages too and what's best is it can work at  any level whether you are just starting out as a  

beginner or if you're super Advanced like native  level fluency so here it is let me see if I can  

explain it just simply basically you're going to  imagine a situation that might be coming up maybe  

something that's happening tomorrow or later  this week earlier this month or just simply  

something that you would like to have happen in  the near future like a situation that you would  

like to be in like maybe you would like to have  an interview in English but you don't have one  

scheduled yet so imagine a situation that's kind  of an everyday situation that is likely to happen  

or maybe you would like to have happen okay you  got it got the situation in your mind very good  

okay now you're going to imagine that you're going  to be the first person to talk in this situation  

so maybe you start with a greeting good morning  how are you uh how was your weekend something  

like that right and then you're going to imagine  the response Oh I'm great I caught up on a TV  

series this weekend how about you oh yeah what  would you say What's your your response you're  

going to imagine that starting the conversation  and how you would continue the conversation so  

basically this is visualization for your English  conversation so you're not going to wait until  

you are thrown into an English-speaking situation  and then everything is new and you feel shocked  

because it's like jumping into the deep end of a  really cold pool and you just weren't prepared and  

you feel Frozen and stuck and you're like I want  to get out of here as soon as possible no you're  

going to ease yourself and you're going to become  really mentally comfortable with English speaking  

situations because you're going to Envision  them happening you're going to imagine them  

you're going to create them in your mind before  they even happen and then you'll be shocked how  

they happen usually step by step exactly as you  imagine especially as you get more comfortable  

leading conversations let's say you don't want  to be the first one to talk well you can also  

Imagine a conversation where someone approaches  you but I like to imagine conversations where  

you take action to make them happen because then  you have the control and you can feel a bit more  

comfortable I think when you have that control  when you're the one starting the conversation  

okay so there's really just three steps to this  exercise one you imagine the situation so really  

ask yourself like when is this situation going  to happen where is it going to happen like are  

you in an office are you at a park are you  at the grocery store what time of day when or  

um you know when in the calendar like when this  week or is it going to be in the morning is it  

going to be in the evening okay so you have when  where why what's the purpose of you talking with  

someone at this time I said for an interview is  it because you want to meet a new neighbor is it  

because you have a question in the grocery store  uh there's so many reasons but I want you to think  

of the when where why what what are you going  to say and how are you going to say it so step  

two is really moving into the what and the how  what are you going to say what would be a nice  

way to open or to start a conversation it could  be a greeting as I meant it could be a question  

if you have a question let's say you're  in the grocery store and it's as simple as  

what kind of coffee do you recommend you're  in the coffee aisle and there's so many  

choices right and you want to know what is  a good type of coffee or any other type of  

question you can imagine that's just my first  example because I love coffee you guys I love  

um so what are you going to say how are you going  to say it are you going to smile are you going to  

speak confidently the answer is yes for both  of these um so think about what you're going  

to say how you're going to say it and what do you  imagine the response from the other person being  

you could imagine it going a few different ways I  mean they could ignore you that's not likely but  

it could happen they could say oh I recommend  this kind or um I don't know I've never tried  

coffee who has never tried coffee I don't know why  I even thought of that response but it's possible  

um crazy people who never drink coffee just  kidding okay so you have to imagine the response  

so that it doesn't catch you off guard and  logically speaking you will probably think  

of a response that is likely to happen so then you  feel comfortable when it actually happens because  

you've lived through this before it's not like a  shock to your system because it's the first time  

that you experience this conversation you've  actually experienced it in your mind okay does  

that sound a little weird because it's actually  super helpful and no the conversation may not  

go exactly as you imagine but at least you've  prepared yourself a little bit and then you can  

imagine third step like how do you want to end  the conversation imagine some possibilities for  

ending the conversation now this is not a long  conversation we're not talking about an hour  

talking on the phone you know we're talking about  maybe three phrases or sentences back and forth  

this is just to help you feel more confident when  you step into those English-speaking situations  

so envision your next conversation this doesn't  take long you can do this in about five minutes  

for a short conversation maybe for a longer  conversation or preparing for an interview or  

something like that you want to take 20 minutes  30 minutes actually practice you know writing it  

out saying it out loud you can really go pretty  far with this exercise you could just imagine  

it to yourself and your mind or you could write  it out practice saying it even record yourself  

speaking and review listen to yourself see how  you did so you can take this pretty far if you  

want to all right well anything you would add to  this any other fast easy and effective English  

practice ideas you'd like to add let me know in  the comments I really appreciate you watching  

again I'm Gabby from go naturalenglish.com  if you'd like to learn more with me and my  

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just don't give up you've got this we've got this  together let's go let's get fluent bye for now