Listen Up - the Trick to Speaking Better English

Hey guys, can I have a quick chat about this English-speaking ‘struggle’ of yours?

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I think I may have the key ingredient for improving your speaking skills - and it's not speaking itself.

It’s listening.

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No, for real!

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Think about how kids learn. They don’t start talking right off the bat.

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They spend months - no, years - just taking in all the sounds around them before putting those babbling skills to use.

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It's like our brains had to get fully wired for speech mode first. ??

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But with learning English as an adult, we tend to skip that crucial listening step and go straight to forcing out broken sentences.

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No wonder it feels like an endless uphill battle! It'd be like an infant trying to run before they can even stand.

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The fix? Easy - loads more intentional listening time!

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I'm talking about bingeing all your favourite shows, jamming to music, catching podcasts on the go - whatever lets you soak in all that English audio goodness.

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Your brain slowly starts picking up on the rhythms, turns of phrase, all that linguistic coding. Then when you are practicing speaking, it'll flow WAY more smoothly.

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Basically, you're installing the speech software first by listening. That provides the solid foundation for the building of speaking skills on top of it.

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Plus, levelling up your listening by consuming fun content? Uh, yeah - I think you can handle squeezing in some extra Netflix binges for "educational purposes." Just maybe avoid the teen rom-coms unless you want to start randomly professing your undying love in English (and that’s not a great look on a mine site….or anywhere actually….??).

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The point is - quit stressing over your speaking struggles.

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Dial up that listening routine first, and let your speaking skills simply fall into place.

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Who knows, you might just become the next English master without even realizing it!

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Let me know if this finally clicks.