How to obtain Fluency and Confidence in the Speaking Exam- with Robby from: English Harmony.com
The other day I had a speaking class with one of my favourite students …
…and I realized how much grammar she knew but how difficult it was for her to speak fluently.
So, I went on to tell her three simple strategies I learnt from Robby.
In the Podcast there is a lot more information, Robby explains:
-How to improve your fluency.
-How you can jump from the ‘writing mind’ to the ‘speaking mind’.
-Why a strong accent is OK for learning.
-Learn how to stop forgetting words and loosing the idea of your thoughts.
-Learn about mental pressure, high stress, and high speed preparation.
This podcast is ideal for students who want to improve their fluency and those who have the grammar in their head but can’t get it out!
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After listening choose one strategy to take and leave a comment or email me, explaining what you did.
The Three Strategies
Accept that a lack of confidence, forgetting words are inevitable.
My mind goes blank
Fast advanced fluency – Collocations.
Robby’s Site: English Harmony
I chose the first strategy
Because when I try to speak with a native speaker I always tell my self that “I’m not going to do it right, he is a native speaker what am I doing …”
So I really think that confidence is the key.
Thank you very much for your amazing website and wonderful guests
I choose the third point. I agree that it’s extremely significant to learn word collocations instead of separate words. In my view, the most useful approach is to learn passages of texts by heart. However, frankly I don’t do that, it is too difficult for my mind)
Hey Ma,
That’s an interesting approach, -yes it is difficult unless you really love the text that is written.
A similar approach is to memorize song lyrics, I know one student who did this Bruce Springsteen songs!
Ok speak soon!
Ben
Hi Ma,
I agree 100% – learning whole texts off by heart isn’t the easiest task to manage.
To learn collocations and different expressions however, you don’t need to do that!
All you need to do is memorize a few phrases here and there on a regular basis, make sure you use them in conversations, and over time you’ll amass a decent active vocabulary consisting of most commonly used phrases and expressions!
Well, I’m sure any of us – upper-intermediate and advanced English speakers – know plenty of such expressions even without making extra effort to learn them. If you DO make that extra effort however, you’ll find it so much more easier to speak.
Regards,
Robby
Great advice Robby!
With the verb collocations Pete from Splendid Speaking explained a good method to help the process.
He said after learning a verb collocation or idiomatic expression, try to personalise it to your environment, this way it sticks a lot better.
For example to learn the collocation ‘fiercely competitive’ I would relate it to my friend, Andy, who absolutely hates loosing, every match he’s shouting, sprinting and getting really angry, so we could say: ‘my friend Andy is a fiercely competitive person’.
It just makes it easier when you associate it to something personal and emotional.
See you!
Ben
I chose the first strategy for myself. I think I am always lack of confidence when I am speaking with people, because of forgetting words and poor pronunciation.
Hey Lien!
I’m happy you find the site useful!
It was good interviewing Robby because he offered some great insights that Native Speakers can naturally overlook.
Have a look at his blog, he has more tips and help, especially for confidence issues.
You made my day leaving that comment! So I haope you have a good one too!
See you
Ben
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