LEARNER TRAINING
SELF-TALK
This is such an underrated activity but I couldn’t imagine learning a language without it. Lots of people complain they have no one to practise English with - but you have yourself! There’s no pressure of an audience, you can repeat yourself a hundred times if you want to, and you have control over what you talk about.
The Basics:
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Talk to yourself.
That’s it - I promise! When you’re at home, doing the washing up and hanging up the laundry, have a little chat in English with yourself.
Adaptations:
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Prepare the questions. Have a few questions, perhaps ones from a speaking exam, and practise answering them. You can repeat the same answer over and over, playing with different ideas.
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Practise conversations. Are you meeting friends later and are nervous you won’t know what to say? Run through an imagined conversation - think about possible questions they might ask you and how you could answer, or come up with some questions to ask them.
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Say it in your head. If you live with flatmates or family, you might not want to talk out loud when they’re in the house. That’s OK - have the conversations in your head!
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