Why is speaking a foreign language such a challenge?
Students are often better at listening and reading than they are at speaking.
To start with, these are very different skills. Listening and reading are what we call receptive skills, whereas speaking (and writing) are productive. Your receptive skills are used to process and comprehend language that is presented to you. But, with speaking, there’s a lot more going on.
In fact, speaking isn’t really a single skill; it’s a whole system of processes. Here’s a diagram to give you an idea of what happens in our brains every time we speak.
Why is this course is ideal to practice speaking?
When it comes to speaking fluently and accurately, practice makes perfect. Think about your native language. How old were you when you started to speak? How many hours do you spend a week speaking this language? Your articulators (e.g. tongue, lips, teeth) have had thousands of hours of practice, moving around and making the specific sounds of your native language.
Typically, in formal school settings – with many students in a class and limited hours per week – not much time is dedicated to speaking. This is one reason why a learner may not have very clear pronunciation, nor a good level of spoken fluency. With this English self-learning speaking course, you can practice whenever, wherever.
Train to produce sounds more accurately
This speaking course allows you to train your articulators to produce sounds more accurately. In a real conversation, you have to organize your ideas, find the right words and formulate phrases. But by imitating someone else’s speech, you can just focus on the sounds of the language.
Improve your English speaking skills
This course is to improve your English speaking skills as it helps improve pronunciation, intonation, and vocabulary. It can also help you unconsciously improve other things in English such as rhythm, stress, grammar, and more.
MUSCLE MEMORY
The best way to do this is to practice moving the muscles in the correct way. The more you do it, the easier it gets.
This is exactly the same for when you want to make new sounds when speaking. If you want to make the sounds correctly, you need to practice moving your face, lips and tongue in the correct way. This will take time, but shadowing is perfect for practicing these skills!
Example Curriculum
- How to / Cómo tomar el curso
- Daily Life - Unit 1
- Saturday Karaoke Party At Home - Unit 1.1
- Telephone Calls - Unit 2
- Direcions and Locations - Unit 3
- Likes and Dislikes - Unit 4
- Taxis, Subways and Buses - Unit 5
- Booking Airline Tickets - Unit 6
- Booking Train Tickets - Unit 7
- Ships and Cruises - Unit 8
- World traveler - Unit 9
- Hotel Reservation - Unit 10
- Currency Exchange - Unit 11
- Shopping and Consumers - Unit 12
- Music - Unit 13
- TV - Unit 14
- Movies - Unit 15
- Sports - Unit 16
- Weather - Unit 17
- Trips and Tours - Unit 18
- In The Supermarket - Unit 19
- In The Market - Unit 20
- Chinese Resaurant - Unit 21
- Car Rentals and Repairs - Unit 22
- Car Repairs - Unit 22.1
- See a Doctor - Unit 23
- Olympic Sport Vocabulary - Unit 24
- Olympic Sport - Unit 24.1
- Sports Vocabulary - Unit 25
- Sports - Unit 25.1
- Compliments and Well-wishing - Unit 26
- Snacks and Desserts - Unit 27
- Snacks and Desserts vocabulary - Unit 28
- Snacks and Desserts - Unit 28
DON’T WORRY IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
Listen to the audio and try to repeat the sentence you just heard. You should practice each Unit 3-5 times before moving on to the next one. Try to pay close attention to the sounds of the words and the stress of the sounds.
Speak with a real teacher today!
Wish you could study anytime, anywhere?
Do you forget the things you have learned in my lessons? Do you want to be able to remember the new words and phrases for longer?
Don’t worry! We have got you covered! You can speak with a certified native English teacher, receive 10 - 30-minute English 1-on-1 lessons with an American Tutor.
