Better speaking - BBC

1 1 Better speaking Lesson 1 Do I have to sound like a native speaker? Jinping: I have learned english for almost 15 years. I have no problem with reading and listening. But speaking has always been a problem for me because when I was at school, we always focused on grammar, vocabulary and exams. Now I really want to improve my spoken english to a new level, achieve that free speaking in the near future. Do you have any good suggestions on how to achieve this? Richard Hallows: Learners of english often worry about speaking like a native speaker.

2 I think it s important that they should realize this is not the way you need to speak. Most of the time our listeners are speaking to other non-native speakers of english , so they need to be intelligible to those people. It s not necessary to have a native accent. to sound - brzmie native speaker of english - osoba, kt rej j zykiem ojczystym jest angielski reading - czytanie listening - s uchanie speaking - m wienie to focus on sth - koncentrowa si na czym vocabulary - s ownictwo exam - egzamin to improve - polepszy , poprawi.

3 Udoskonali spoken english - j zyk angielski m wiony, angielska mowa level - poziom to achieve - osi gn free - tu: swobodny suggestion - sugestia learner of english - osoba ucz ca si angielskiego to worry - martwi si way - tu: spos b non-native speaker of english - osoba, kt rej j zykiem ojczystym nie jest angielski intelligible - zrozumia y uzupe nij zdania: 1.

4 I (learned, have learned, had learned) english for almost 15 years. 2. We used to focus (at, to, on) grammar and vocabulary too much. 3. Now I want to improve my ( speaking , speak, spoken) english . 2 odpowiedzi: 1. have learned 2. on 3. spoken Lesson 2 What can I do to sound more natural? Goran Ivanisovich: This was my dream, all my life and you know to serve for the match, suddenly I have a match point out of nowhere, you know ..I came here, nobody even talked about me and now I m holding this trophy and it it s this support today is I I was.

5 Three times in the final but this is, this is just unbelievable, this is too good. Thank you guys for everything .. Richard Hallows: When we re speaking , sometimes maybe we need time to think about what we re saying. Um .. rather than having a silence when you re speaking , um .. you might like to say, In fact, I do this quite a lot when I m speaking . And this helps you sound very natural and keeps the listener listening. to sound natural - brzmie naturalnie dream - tu: marzenie trophy - trofeum support - wsparcie, poparcie I - tu.

6 Konwersacyjny wtr t, zapchajdziura , kt ra nie jest no nikiem znaczenia unbelievable - niewiarygodny, nie do wiary guy - facet, cz owiek to speak - m wi to need - potrzebowa to think - my le to say - m wi , powiedzie silence - cisza to keep the listener listening - utrzyma uwag s uchacza (sprawi , aby dalej s ucha ) uzupe nij zdania: 31.

7 When you speak, you can use words like: I mean , you know, kind . They can help you (sound, sounding, sounds) very natural. 2. They also keep the listener (listen, to listen, listening). 3. They help you (keep, hold, take) his attention while you speak. odpowiedzi: 1. sound 2. listening 3. hold Lesson 3 How can I become more confident? Richard Hallows: Some students do have this confidence, and they re the students who really make the most progress and become, you know, the good speakers of english .

8 The students who really don t progress so quickly are students who .. you know, they worry about making mistakes so much, it stops them really communicating and making that progress. Richard Hallows: Really key is, you know, you must enjoy speaking . It s not an exam - it s just about communicating, and if you enjoy it, you will be so much Better . to become - sta si confident - maj cy wiar w siebie.

9 Pewno siebie to make progress - robi post py to make the most progress - robi najwi ksze post py speaker of english - osoba m wi ca po angielsku to progress - robi post py to worry about sth - martwi si czym /o co to make mistakes - robi b dy to communicate - komunikowa si key - klucz to enjoy - lubi co , czerpa z czego rado i zadowolenie uzupe nij zdania: 1.

10 Students who have confidence (do, make, achieve) the most progress. 2. Don t worry too much about (making, doing, achieving) mistakes. 3. Enjoy (to speak, speak, speaking ) english ! odpowiedzi: 41. make 2. making 3. speaking Lesson 4 How do I say it? NGOC: One of my problems is my spoken english sometimes I try to say something but I don t know the word so I feel .. um ..a bit confused and I stop because I don t know how to say it or to say what I want to say so I feel less confident in speaking and I stop myself from speaking sometimes.