Ways to Practice Speaking English [The 5 Best Ways]

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Hey,
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it's Annemarie with Speak Confident English and welcome to this week's Confident
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English lesson.
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Have you ever left a comment on a YouTube video or a blog post and wondered if
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anybody reads them? Well,
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if you've ever wondered that about Speak Confident English,
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I can tell you that I read every comment on Youtube.
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My team and I read all of the comments on our blog and emails and recently I saw
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this comment on a Youtube video.
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I need to learn English urgently because it plays a very important role for me
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and for my career growth and it always is an advantage I need to improve my
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English skills,
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especially in speaking because I have not enough practice in my everyday life.
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Do you have the same challenge?
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Is it hard for you to build the confidence and the fluency that you want either
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because you're too shy to communicate, which is totally okay,
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or you don't live in an English speaking country and you're not sure where you
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can get speaking practice?
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I definitely remember when I was learning French that I had the same struggles.
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I was very nervous communicating in French.
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I was a shy language learner and I had no idea where I could go to get effective
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speaking practice that supported me and gave me the tools to become more
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confident in fluent. So in this lesson today,
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I want to share the best ways that you can get speaking practice in English to
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build your fluency and your confidence no matter how shy you feel now or no
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matter where you live.
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So let's get started right away with my top five places to get speaking practice.
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Number one is meetup.com have you ever heard of that site before?
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Honestly, it's fantastic and here's why.
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English speakers are everywhere in the world.
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We're either traveling or we've moved to a new country and we want to practice
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the local language where we live. As a result, there are clubs, associations,
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language exchanges, and more all over the world.
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This website makes it really easy to find those opportunities and most countries,
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all you need to do is enter your location,
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then click language and culture to find a list of any exchanges or clubs where
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you live. In fact,
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this website is where I found my favorite language exchange while I was living
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in France.
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It gave me the opportunity to meet native speakers from all over the city.
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I got to practice my French and they get to practice English.
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Option number two is Toastmasters.
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This is an international organization that helps people improve their public
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speaking and leadership skills,
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so if you want to practice skills such as networking, small talk,
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presenting information or communicating effectively in a business meeting,
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even with no time to prepare, toastmasters is a great way to do that.
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Option number three is one on one classes online, and honestly,
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this is one of my favorite ways to help students build fluency and confidence
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quickly, especially if there's something specific that they want to focus on.
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The awesome thing about doing your lessons online is you can be anywhere as long
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as you have a good Internet connection.
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One place I can definitely recommend is lingoda.com.
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Lingoda makes it so easy because you can schedule classes anytime you want.
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All of their teachers are qualified native speakers and they follow the CEFR.
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That might be a new acronym.
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C E F R is the Central European Framework of Reference for Languages.
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You can even start with a free trial class to get an assessment and get
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comfortable with their platform.
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Now the reason I can recommend Lingoda is my husband recently needed to pass a
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German speaking exam so he needed to improve quickly and on some specific
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speaking skills. Not only did he successfully pass his exam,
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but he also felt supported and enjoyed working with the professional staff so
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you can do exactly the same in English.
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Option number four is very similar.
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You can also find small group courses online that are designed perfectly to fit
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your needs. For example, at Speak Confident English,
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we have our Fluency School course.
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That course was designed specifically for non native English speakers who feel
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really shy and stuck in English at an intermediate level and what they want to
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do is overcome their fear,
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communicate with confidence and advance their skills.
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So whatever your needs are in English,
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there are small group courses available for you online.
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When you find a course that supports your needs and you get to work with someone
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who encourages you and supports you in all the right ways,
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it's amazing how much progress you can make. And finally,
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option number five is for those of you who really can't find any speaking
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opportunities where you live and you're not ready to commit to an online class.
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It involves my favorite strategy: recording yourself.
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When you speak and record yourself,
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it gives you the power to identify what you're able to do well in English and
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which areas you need to improve.
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And as you continue the practice of speaking and recording,
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you can make the changes that you want.
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It's one of the strategies I use with all of my students and it's extremely
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effective. Now if you want to learn more about that,
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I also have a free two part training that you can download on my website that
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gives you the step by step of how to record yourself and use it for effective
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practice so that you can overcome some of your fears, build your confidence,
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and improve your fluency. Plus,
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I have several other videos here on Youtube that you can use to advance your
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speaking skills and build your confidence.
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So don't forget to check some of those out and be sure to subscribe to this
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channel so you never miss a future lesson. Now, before you go,
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I'd love to hear from you.
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Do you have a favorite website or resource that has helped you to get some of
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the speaking practice that you need? If you have,
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be sure to share it with me and the whole Confident English community.
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You can do that by sharing in the comment section in the online lesson or just
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below this video.
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Thank you so much for joining me and I look forward to seeing you next time for
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your Confident English lesson.
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