5 easy languages to learn

• English. It’s the most widely spoken language in the world, making practice possible.
• French. French has over 100 million native speakers and is – as the official language in 28 countries – spoken on almost every continent.
• Spanish.
• Italian.
• Swahili.

My 24 best tips for learning a new language by yourself.

1. Find a native speaker of the language.
2. Watch and listen to the native speaker speaking the target language.
3. Start speaking the foreign language.
4. Use facial expressions, point at objects, and act with hands if you don’t find the right words.

For the first five or six days, really drill those set phrases and structures while imagining yourself using them in conversation. Use any extra time you have to increase your vocabulary. The more words you can find to express yourself, the better it’s going to feel when you actually start speaking in 10 days.

Obviously I’m not going to teach you to become fluent in a new language in 7 days. That’s impossible. There are people who’ve spoken English their entire life and are still horrible at it. But if we learn smart we can definitely learn to say a lot in a new language in that short time.

A beginner can learn English in a year. That’s pretty fast, although not as fast as some of the crazy 15-day promises you see online. Specifically, a year is the average amount of time it will take an adult to become fluent enough to work in English if he starts out as a beginner and studies at least 5 hours a day.

Immigrants tend to have very varied levels of education. “Using 120 hours [for each stage of English fluency] is a rather traditional approach to course book learning,” says Dr Elaine Boyd, head of English language at Trinity College London. “If someone is really highly motivated, they can learn really quickly.

The report is a follow on to one that found 67 percent of immigrants in the United States for 15 years or more can’t speak much English.

I can definitely see the progress. Just 6 months ago I could only say “My name is…” Now I can speak fluent English! After years of only using technical English at work, Andrea decided that it was time to boost her English speaking skills. This allowed her to improve her conversational skills in real-time.

Walk in confidently, and speak loudly and clearly. Be clear in your mind about what you’d like to say. Prepare some small cards with the key facts on them, in case you forget what you are saying. Imagine you are talking to a brick wall, and that the audience is not there.

Practice makes man perfect and this quote goes perfect when it comes to eliminating the hesitation to speak fluent. The thing is we are afraid of doing something we have not done before. So if you are practicing English speaking for the first time, you will end thinking, but never go ahead.

Here are the four ways you can overcome your hesitation to speak in English:

1. Don’t fear making mistakes. You can’t get fluent in a language without making mistakes.
2. Resist peer pressure.
3. Motivate yourself.
4. Everyone has the potential to speak fluent English.
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Causes of hesitation when speaking Similarly, if you are asked to speak about something that you do not have enough information about, you will not be able to speak well. Similarly, if you lack basic knowledge of grammar or your vocabulary is very small or you have insufficient exposure to English, you will hesitate.

Hesitation means pausing for a moment before you continue speaking. This is a perfectly natural part of speech.

HOW TO OVERCOME HESITATION

1. Understand what is your hesitation.
2. Address your fear.
3. Train your self to think, then act.
4. Give your self a time limit.
5. Make a decision.
6. Force your self to do new things.
7. Have a confidence and faith in your self.

4 steps to overcoming hesitation

1. Understanding hesitation. There is no way to overcome your hesitation without first understanding it.
2. Challenge your fears. Hesitation often leads to anxiety, which is quite simply a fear of the unknown.
3. Relax. Often the experience of paralysis by analysis leaves people feeling anxious, tense and wound up.
4. Set goals.

To hesitate means to start questioning your actions. This can be both good and bad. You can hesitate before saying or doing something that might hurt others or yourself, so in this scenario is actually good to double think your actions or words.

13 Confident Ways to Overcome Your Shyness

1. Don’t tell. There’s no need to advertise your shyness.
2. Keep it light. If others bring up your shyness, keep your tone casual.
3. Change your tone.
4. Avoid the label.
5. Stop self-sabotaging.
6. Know your strengths.
7. Choose relationships carefully.
8. Avoid bullies and teases.

Shyness can mean feeling uncomfortable, self-conscious, nervous, bashful, timid, or insecure. People who feel shy sometimes notice physical sensations like blushing or feeling speechless, shaky, or breathless. Shyness is the opposite of being at ease with yourself around others.