What you should know about speaking better English
Published on Mar 20, 2016
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What you should know about speaking better English
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What people think speaking fluently means
- quickly
- spontaneously
- without pausing
The Fluency Trap
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What I think speaking fluently means
- easily
- naturally
- smoothly
- efficiently
Fluency Requires
- Pronunciation Training
- Storing and Finding Language
- Organising and Using Language
Pronunciation Exercises
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Think Before Speaking
Mini-scripts
Pausing and Emphasis
Fluency Phrases
The importance of Formulaic Language
Lexical Chunks
- Collocations
- Fixed Phrases
- Semi-fixed phrases
- Discourse Markers
- Phrasal Verbs
Towards Fluency
- Understanding Fluency
- Forming Sounds
- Forming Words
- Forming Phrases
- Forming Discourse
