5 Essential Speaking Tips for English Learners

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  Hi everybody, my name is Shauna and this is the American English Podcast.

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  My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States.

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  Through common expressions, pronunciation tips, and interesting cultural snippets or stories,

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  I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.

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  Let's do it!

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  Welcome back to the American English Podcast.

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  I'm Shauna, your ESL teacher from California, and today we are going to talk about a topic that I love speaking.

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  If you've ever frozen mid-sentence, forgotten words at the worst time,

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  or felt that very familiar wave of panic before voicing your opinion, you're not alone.

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  In this episode, we'll tackle the five most essential speaking tips for English learners.

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  Real strategies that'll boost your confidence, sharpen your skills,

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  and help you enjoy conversations instead of dreading them.

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  A big part is about mindset.

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  I'll also mention tools and tricks to build self-awareness and confidence.

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  Let's dive in!

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  For the past six years, I've sent out an email that asks learners what is your biggest challenge learning English.

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  Again and again, I get the same responses.

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  First, people say, there are no native English speakers where I am, and no tourists I have nobody to practice with.

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  Number two, I learn so much vocabulary and idioms, but when it's time to use them,

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  I can't remember, so they can't remember the words that they've learned.

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