Beating Speaking Anxiety: 2. I’m scared of forgetting my words

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  You're listening to the Learning English Conversations podcast from BBC Learning English.

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  We'll have another episode of The English We Speak soon.

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  But today, we're continuing with our special series, Beating Speaking Anxiety,

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  a podcast to help you fight your fears of speaking in English.

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  This episode is called, I'm Scared of Forgetting My Words.

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  Have you ever been speaking English and suddenly you forget a word?

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  I forgot the words when I try to speak.

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  For a moment my mind is blank.

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  I know what I want to say, but no words come to mind.

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  Like my mind just shuts down.

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  The bilingual faces a big challenge in that they have double of everything In today's episode we're going to talk about how to avoid panicking when things go wrong speaking English Hello and welcome to beating speaking anxiety the podcast to help you fight your fears of speaking English I'm Georgie,

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  an English teacher and presenter at BBC Learning English.

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  And I'm Hanan,

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  a bilingual reporter for BBC Arabic and presenter of the Arabic Educational Series, Dars.

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  You can find a transcript for this episode and other resources to help you on our website,

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  bbclearningenglish.com.

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  We heard at the start of the programme about that terrifying feeling when you forget your words when you're speaking a new language.

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  Has that ever happened to you, Georgie?

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  Oh, so many times.

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  It happened all the time when I was learning Spanish.

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