Speaking
How to speak a language fluently
Understanding and speaking are separate skills. Train the one you want.
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Step 4Estoy cansado.
I am tired.
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- Translate
- Listen
- Speak
Estoycansado.
Say it out loud. Green landed, yellow was close.
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- Say whole sentences aloud every day.
- Learn the most common words until they are automatic.
- Shadow native audio.
- Have conversations, even short ones, weekly.
- Review mistakes and fix one at a time.
Why can I understand but not speak?
Listening and reading are recognition. Speaking is production, and it needs its own practice.
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Now say it out loud
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