How To Become A Fluent Speaker Ebook PDF
How To Become A Fluent Speaker Ebook PDF
How To Become A Fluent Speaker Ebook PDF
Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1 – To go from Pre-Intermediate to Fluent Speaker,
you must forget your native language! HOW?
1A. Immersion – How to immerse from wherever
you are
1B. The intonation and pronunciation Immersion
Chapter 2 - Context in the Learning Process – Make
everything around you about English
2A. How to practice Speaking ALONE
2B. 3 Reasons why you are NOT improving
Chapter 3 – How to do Exercises that REALLY work! Your
brain is like a muscle!
3A. How to Learn Vocabulary in English
3B. How To Listen In English
3C. How To Read And Write In English
3D. Time to Think
Chapter 4 – Improve your communication! Find a role model!
Your English guru!
4A. The Shadowing Technique – The RIGHT way to
do it!
Chapter 5 – The mind game! Play it a lot!
5A. Why is it hard to Think in English?
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Ever wondered why you feel “stuck” and can’t speak the way
you want to?
Have you ever caught yourself translating words mentally
before making a sentence and end up taking a long time to
say things in English?
Do you ever make sentences in your mother tongue and then
try to translate them into English every time you are
speaking English to someone?
Do you feel like you are not making a consistent speaking
improvement?
Are you a pre-intermediate or intermediate speaker who
can’t make progress and become a fluent speaker?
Do you feel tired of doing endless grammar exercises and not
being able to use such lessons in the “real world”?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you are
probably struggling with your speaking skills! Don’t worry! In
this eBook, I am going to help you learn and understand
what you need to do to become a FLUENT speaker.
Every day, English learners from all over the world struggle
to improve their English. Most of these learners have already
accomplished the basic level. They can understand well, but
they can’t speak. They are usually pre-intermediate or even
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need to be doing that. The pratical tips I gave you before are
examples of “passive” learning. Passive learning basically
means the contact you have with the language without
really “studying’ it. This type of learning is great and will help
you immerse. That’s why you must follow the first tips!
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like sports. In this case, you can also have strong words
(words that are pronounced more strongly than
others). How do you identify these words? These words
are called “content words” or key words. They usually
give information, important information for you to
understand a sentence. These words are “stressed”
more strongly in a sentence. Take a look at a very
simple example:
What is your name? How and name are key words,
therefore, they will be stressed in a conversation.
Stressing sentences correctly is a key exercise to help
you improve your intonation.
5. Tongue twisters – these are phrases with a
combination of words that are difficult to say quickly.
There many books, websites and videos that can show
you great tongue twisters so that you can improve
your pronunciation and intonation. Here are some
examples:
a. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
b. She sells sea shells on the sea shore
c. what are those things there?
d. Theresa will be thirty-three next Thursday
e. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
3 pronunciation exercises
you need to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO7KecvEoo4
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3. Co context – many
English learners who
study alone have
problems to
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understand this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_aalpXfnc Without a context, it
is difficult to learn
grammar and vocabulary in English. I always ask my
students when they tell me about a new word they
have learnt: When can you use it? In what situations?
Give me an example of something that has happened
to you and use this word. Why do I do that? To make
them understand the concept of contextualizing what
they learn. when I am teaching my students Present
Perfect, In never just start with the “grammar”
explanation, I give them a situation which is usually a
situation they can easily connect with. It is easier to
learn that way. When you bring a new word or
grammar point to your life, to life events or stories that
you would actually tell someone, it gets easier to learn.
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The SECOND thing you need to do is: Ask yourself what kind
of words you want to learn!
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Quality X Quantity
Many English learners like to share their study routine with
me. Many of them tell me about the vocabulary books they
have bought with 1000 words they must know or the top 100
phrasal verbs they have to learn or 500 idioms Americans use
all the time!
To be honest guys… Stay away from these books. It is not
about how many words you must learn, it is about the quality
of these words. What is the context? Always ask yourself
why! These are nice books, but without a clear idea in mind,
you will get lost and you won’t learn how to really use those
words.
Frequency is key!
Learning vocabulary requires frequency. If you learn a new
word today and never study it again, don’t expect to
remember this word because you won’t.
How often should you study?
Ideally, you should study vocabulary every day. Apps like
anki can you help you do that, but you don’t need to use the
app. You can use your phone, or a notebook. Set aside at
least 10 to 15 minutes a day to study and review the
vocabulary you are studying.
How many words should I study every day?
As I explained, it is not about having a number, but the
quality of these words. What I recommend my students is to
study 5 to 10 words per week. Every day you should review
these words. Here is how:
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Emotional intelligence
If you can understand movies and TV series but whenever
you are talking to a native speaker or a foreigner you get
stuck and can’t understand anything, you are probably
letting your emotions get the best of you.
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4. After you finish it, watch it again, but this time watch
the episode in full. Once you finish it, write a summary
about the episode.
As I said, choose a short episode (up to 30 minutes). This is a
great activity to improve not only your listening but also
vocabulary and grammar in context.
Do listening exercises
There are hundreds of websites where you can find listening
exercises. Listening exercises are usually short audios that
will require you to answer questions, fill in the gaps
(complete the text), answer true or false, etc.
here are two suggestions of websites I like
a. website http://esl-lab.com What’s nice about it?
Specific conversations. Contextualized audios
from native speakers, speaking at a normal
length. Some audios may be more difficult than
the others, but this is a good way to start. There
audio exercises for different levels (basic,
intermediate and advanced)
b. website: https://lyricstraining.com
Active way to listen to music and have fun and while you do
this, improve your listening skills
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Getting started!
First time reading in English? You need to find a good source.
GRADED READER books are great! Why? Because they are
short and specifically designed for you, English learner.
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2. Reading
quickly will not
help you learn
quickly! Reading
only once, very
quickly and not
writing anything
are the things
Reading in English| How to READ in English - 3 STEPS you have to stop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhVhDFSFXuQ
doing!This is not
your first language! Don’t expect to have the same
skills as in your mother tongue. Read the article,
story or book more than once, write about it,
summarize it and then you will LEARN.
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WRITE ABOUT IT
WATCH ABOUT IT
TALK ABOUT IT
LISTEN ABOUT IT
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Step 5: Now, that you read once, read it again. This time, you
will read more slowly. Now you will use an English to English
dictionary to help you with the words you don’t know or don’t
understand very well.
Step 6: Write a new summary about the text you read. This
time, pay attention to the expressions you learned, new
words, try to understand the context of the text and write
what you were able to understand.
Step 7: Read it again. Slowly. Pause after each paragraph and
then when you finish, write a new summary and compare
with the previous one. Did you include new ideas? Now, in
my perfect world, you can keep repeating this last step, you
can read more and more times, you don’t need to stop here.
Keep going! You can improve your reading, but you have to
do the work!
Start a Journal
One of my favorite writing activities, which I recommend to
all my students. Writing about your life and your day is a
great way to improve your writing and consequently putting
into practice all the new words you have been studying!
Give it a try! Start your journal! You don’t need to write 3
pages per day! Start with one or two paragraphs. As you keep
going, it will get easier to write!
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3D – Time to Think
At the beginning of this chapter, I talked about how to think
in English. Then I moved on to other skills: reading, writing,
listening and vocabulary. Now that you have learned how to
study each skill, we can go back to thinking in English. Why?
Because you need a routine and now, I can talk about it!
Once you have gathered keywords, sentences, and
expressions, it is time to start thinking about these topics!
1. Set aside some time of your day (remember to keep this
exercise short, doing this for too long will have the
opposite effect, keep it short, keep it simple).
a. How long should you do this for? For as long as you
need to. But remember: consistency! IF you only
have 5 minutes a day for this exercise, make sure
to dedicate 5 minutes of your day every day!
Ideally, do this exercise 2 to 5 times a day. That’s
why you have to keep them short
If you can do this exercise a few more times a day, decide
how many times and what period of the day you will be
doing them and stick to the plan! I usually ask my students
to practice this exercise 2 to 5 times a day. As time goes by
you will naturally do this exercise without even noticing you
are! That's when you will know you are thinking in English!
2. Think of short stories. Create short stories in your head.
This is a good way to think in English. Short stories are
easy to create or remember! You don’t need to create a
story, you can remember a story that happened to you
or to a friend. Then mentally tell yourself that story.
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What’s Shadowing?
Shadowing is a great exercise to help you work on your
pronunciation, rhythm
and intonation. In this
type of exercise, you will
choose an audio (video or
podcast, I prefer videos).
As you watch the video,
you need to repeat what
the speaker is saying. Shadowing – Learn HOW to do Shadowing (the RIGHT way)
Don’t wait until the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_4slg97eAM&t=1270s
speaker finishes or pause, keep going (that’s why it is very
important to have a transcript of this video/audio). Pay
attention to what the speaker is saying and how. How he
moves his mouth, his intonation, what words are stressed
and what words are not. Keep repeating (aloud, not in
silence. Listen to your voice!) and try to speak like the speaker
in the video/audio.
This kind of exercise doesn’t teach you pronunciation in
terms of theory and rules and mouth positions. However, you
will learn in ACTION. You don’t have time to think, you must
imitate the speaker and try to speak as clearly as possible. It
is a great exercise to help you improve your skills.
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PAY ATTENTION
Shadowing doesn’t mean speaking quickly! Many students
start doing the shadowing technique and completely ignore
pronunciation exercises. What I see happening is many
speakers speaking “fast” but incorrectly. If you are doing the
shadowing exercise and you feel that you are speaking too
fast with poor quality, take a step back. Maybe you need to
find an easier audio that is slower and less difficult for your
level. With shadowing, depending on how fast the speaker is
talking, you won’t listen to the words clearly. That’s why you
can make many pronunciation mistakes. Choose an audio
that is good for your level.
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My professor at Harvard…
My English professor did a very similar exercise during
classes. He recorded all the students’ presentations and after
we finished the presentation, we would receive the file of the
presentation so that we could watch ourselves. He said we
had to watch our posture, intonation, the way we opened
our mouths, how we pronounced the words, the mistakes
we made and take notes on what we could do. This was not
a shadowing exercise, but as I suggested to you, record your
voice, because after you finish your activity, you can check
how you did it.
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