English Speaking Practice How to improve your English Speaking and Fluency SHADOWING

English Speaking Practice How to improve your English Speaking and Fluency SHADOWING

League EES is shadowing I define it as training for English fluency shadowing is a good way to improve your pronunciation accent and speaking as well as rhythm It gets your mouth moving and your ears paying attention to English

Regardless of whether its the best way to improve English speaking or not to get good at speaking English youre going to have to do some hard work

And shadowing is no different

People often come to me asking how can I improve spoken English Do I need people around me to practise

The answer is no

This lesson is going to show you how to learn to speak English NOW even if you dont have anybody to speak with

Understand that speaking has to be learnt physically

It is important to get a lot of English speaking practice Actually speak English Actually move your mouth If you dont move your mouth when you learn pronunciation will be hard Which means speaking will be hard

There is a problem

If you dont live in an English speaking country youd probably say

But this isnt an English speaking country -- how can I get a lot of English speaking practice

I dont mean English conversation practice

I mean the same type of practice that gets you good at riding a bike Raw repetitive practice

English speaking practice Training your mouth to speak English easily and fluently

English speaking practice is much easier than you probably think

You dont need other people to practice your English speaking skills
Just use your listening materials

The important part is the CD but the book also has an important use

A summary of the shadowing technique I describe in the video

- Listen to the book as many times as you can
- Read the book and check any words you dont know in your dictionary
- Listen to the book again
- Listen and read out loud the book together Practice section by section until you get really good at it
- Shadow the CD without the book

Its a really good idea to record yourself doing this too so you can tell where youre making pronunciation mistakes

By the way Practise is the British spelling of practice
Check this video lesson Are you in the practice of practising English every day Practice and Practise