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Transcript:
Hi there, do you want to speak English
fluently and confidently? Do you often
hesitate when you speak, searching for the
right words? Do you get nervous when you
talk to native English speakers and
struggle to express your thoughts
naturally? Well, if your answer is yes to
any of these questions, then you’re
watching the right video because in this
lesson, I will give you five tips to become
a fluent and confident English speaker. The
problems that I just showed you are faced
by English learners everywhere. And if you
follow the tips that I give you in this
video, you will be able to overcome all of
these problems, and speak English fluently
without hesitation. Tip number one is relax
and speak slower. Many people think that
fluency means speaking fast. But that’s not
true. Real fluency is speaking without
hesitation - it has nothing to do with just
speed. When you try to speak fast, you
create two problems for yourself: the first
is that you make it difficult to speak by
forcing yourself to find words faster and
faster, so that makes your brain go in ten
different directions. That can make you
hesitate and use lots of fillers like ‘uh’,
‘um’ etc. The second problem is that all of
this will make you nervous and overexcited,
making you hesitate even more. Instead,
whenever you are in an English-speaking
situation, the first thing you should do is
relax: take a full, deep breath, drop your
shoulders and relax your face - by doing
this, you will remove stress and tension
from your body and mind. After you do this,
when you speak, I want you to speak slowly
(not very slowly) but at a natural pace.
This way, you will have more time to find
the right words, and you’ll speak with less
hesitation. Also, your relaxed voice will
make the other person in the conversation
to relax. By seeing that you are not
nervous or stressed, they will get a
positive impression of your speaking
ability. So remember the three steps: take
a deep breath, relax your shoulders and
your face, and speak slowly. Tip number two
is speak English every day. If you’re
serious about improving your fluency, then
you need to make English speaking a daily
habit. A fantastic way of doing this is to
make sentences in your head regularly. For
example, if you’re sitting on the bus, you
can describe what you see and how you feel
about it. You can say, “OK I have the
window seat. I love having the window seat
because I can look outside. I see the park
now. I remember that as a kid, my dad used
to take me to this park and I used to love
playing on the see-saw”. You can do this in
any situation (not just on the bus) and it
really helps to improve your ability to
make sentences spontaneously in English. If
you’re at home, I also recommend that you
have conversations with yourself out loud.
Pretty soon, this will become a habit and
you will start to really enjoy the process,
and the real benefit of this is that it
will train your brain to think directly in
English without translating from your
native language. You can also watch my
lesson called one simple trick to become
fluent in English where I show you a great
technique that you can use to improve your
fluency by yourself. Now, even though you
can practice by yourself, the best way to
improve your fluency is to find a
conversation partner so that you can
practice speaking in real-life situations.
You should get together with people like
yourself who are learning English - this
could be your classmates, your coworkers,
your friends or even your family members -
and start a speaking club. Try to meet at
least one or two times a week (if you can
do this every day, then that’s great!) and
just speak English. You can practice
speaking freely or you can bring discussion
topics and have conversations on these
topics. Tip number three is to learn fixed
phrases and expressions. If you pay
attention to the English of native
speakers, you will notice that a lot of the
time, they use the same fixed phrases and
expressions. These could be basic greetings
like “How are you?”, “How’s it going?”,
“How are things?” “Good thanks. How are
things with you?”, “What about you?” etc.
It could be phrases for making requests -
“Could you help me with this?”, “Can you
lend me a hand?” or making offers - “Would
you like a cup of coffee?”, “Do you want me
to open the window?” or phrases for giving
a compliment (that is for praising someone)
like “You’re a fantastic singer.” or “You
look amazing in that dress.”