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    SPEAK ENGLISH NOW PODCAST


    005: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

    Hi, everyone!

    I'm Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. My mission


    is to help YOU speak English fluently.

    In this episode:

    • I’m going to talk about the relationship between reading,


    writing, speaking, and listening.
    • After that, I’m going to tell you a Point of View Story.

    Ok, let’s get started!

    As a language student, the main activities to learn a new language


    are: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. This is what we
    naturally do in our mother tongue.

    One key aspect to keep in mind is that we can categorize these


    activities as input and output. As you may guess, listening and
    reading are input activities, and writing and speaking are output
    activities.

    In other words, when you’re listening or reading, you are being


    exposed to the language, and when you’re writing and speaking,
    you are “producing” the language.

    The traditional approach tells you that the more you write and
    speak, the better. That’s why language schools insist on writing a
    lot and “practicing” your speaking with other students, sometimes
    in groups.

    This seems reasonable, but it’s not effective. There’s a lot of


    research that points out the contrary: Basically, in order to develop
    your English, you need to do input activities most of the time.

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    Why is that? Because you can’t produce the language if you


    haven’t previously learned it, and the only way to learn it is
    through comprehensible input, as simple as that.

    But then...is speaking and writing a waste of time? No, I didn’t say
    that.

    When you speak in a conversation, you can see what areas of the
    language you need to improve. Then, when you listen again, you
    will naturally pay more attention to those areas. For example, if
    you’re in a conversation, and you have to describe something in
    the past tense. When you try to do it, you see that you make some
    mistakes. The next day, when you listen to your materials again, I
    bet you’ll pay more attention to the past.

    A good schedule may be listening for one hour a day (a course, a


    podcast, etc.) and practicing your speaking with a tutor or friend a
    couple of times a week. You will improve a lot.

    Last but not least, there’s an interesting consequence when you


    listen and when you read:

    • Listening will naturally help you with your speaking.


    • Reading will naturally help you with your writing.

    So, if you are interested in developing your speaking, your fluency,


    you need to listen a lot. Then you can practice with a friend or
    tutor. The same thing happens with reading and writing.

    You can use this podcast to improve your listening comprehension


    and of course, your speaking. You have the text, and there’s no
    excuse not to listen a bit more every day!

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    POINT OF VIEW
    (improve your grammar)

    Ok, let's move on to the next section.

    Here I’ll use the Point of View Technique. The main benefit of this
    technique is that it’ill help you to learn grammar intuitively, without
    boring exercises or memorizing rules.

    This is how it works: I’ll tell you a short story more than one time.
    Every time, I will change a grammar point. For example, I can
    change the tense or the person. This way you will intuitively
    recognize the changes.

    Ok, let’s start:

    Marianne applied for a job, and soon she was working in


    London as a bartender. She didn’t know a word of English,
    so she made the customers point on the menu to know what
    they wanted. She got very frustrated because she thought
    she would never learn English.

    The only thing she could do was to pay more attention to


    what customers, and her colleagues said. The first month,
    she didn’t see any improvement. However, after two months,
    she started to pick up isolated words, most of them related to
    food and drinks.

    It was a small step, but she got excited and paid more, and
    more attention to the conversations.

    Soon, she could communicate with the customers by using


    very short sentences, all related to work.

    She started to go out with some colleagues, and she could


    practice her listening even more. In a pleasant and relaxed
    environment, she could practice her limited conversation
    skills.

    After one year, she was able to have meaningful


    conversations with customers, colleagues, and new friends.

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    Little by little, she was getting used to English. She was very
    happy with the results!

    Very well, let’s change the point of view to the present tense.

    Marianne applies for a job, and soon she is working in


    London as a bartender. She doesn’t know a word of English,
    so she makes the customers point on the menu to know
    what they want. She gets very frustrated because she thinks
    she will never learn English.

    The only thing she can do is to pay more attention to what


    customers and her colleagues say. The first month, she
    doesn’t see any improvement. However, after two months,
    she starts to pick up isolated words, most of them related to
    food and drinks.

    It’s a small step, but she gets excited and pays more, and
    more attention to the conversations.

    Soon, she can communicate with the customers by using


    very short sentences, all related to work.

    She starts to go out with some colleagues and she can


    practice her listening even more. In a pleasant and relaxed
    environment, she can practice her limited conversation skills.

    After one year, she can have meaningful conversations with


    customers, colleagues and new friends. Little by little, she’s
    getting used to English. She’s very happy with the results!

    Ok, this is the end of this short Point of View. As you can see, just
    by changing a point of view of a story, you can learn grammar
    intuitively. Today, you have practiced the past and present in the
    third person. Have you noticed how the verbs change?

    This is one of the techniques that I use in my courses. You can


    listen to more stories like this one.

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    Ok, this is the end of this episode. Remember to listen to it several


    times. It will help you with your English.

    See you next week and have an awesome day!

    Goodbye!

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