Posts from the 'Speaking' Category

Amelia on October 01 2009 0

Vocabulary For Unexpected Childcare: “Will You Watch my Kid for a Minute?”

If you’re female and stay long-term in another country, I can almost guarantee you that at some point, someone is going to leave you in charge of one or more toddlers.

I once had the pleasure of spending several hours looking after four little ones all under age four when I spoke about ten words of [...]

Amelia on September 07 2009 5

How to Overcome Fear of Speaking a Foreign Language

A very common roadblock in learning another language is the fear of speaking a foreign language. We worry we’re going to sound stupid, say one thing when we meant another, or at the very least that people won’t understand us and we’ll sound like blithering idiots.

A little shyness is normal, but some learners have [...]

Amelia on September 02 2009 2

More Options for Interaction in Your Target Language

Live interaction is essential if you want to be able to really communicate orally in your target language. You can learn a useful amount of a language just from tapes, books, software and the like, but that’s just the beginning. Unless you have real-time conversations, your speech will always be faltering, slow, and broken.

Unfortunately, one [...]

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