I Still Can’t Speak English

Bookboon.com, 2013. — 71 p.Read how you can finally learn to speak English quickly by curating your own free and hugely effective social learning and social media English course.Follow the process and you will improve as much as the learners in the real case studies. One, a typically frustrated adult Chinese English learner, went from beginner to intermediate after just 18 hours of practice.Millions can read and write English but don't feel comfortable speaking it. They are trying to practise using Facebook, Google Plus, Skype and online language exchanges like Livemocha.com and Italki.com. They know they need to practise. But, effective practice is not as easy as most people think. It requires proper preparation and process to be transformational.English Out There, developed on the streets of London over 7 years with real paying students, has helped thousands of frustrated learners to experience rapid and permanent improvement.The world's learners have been exploited for profit by the global English language (ELT) industry by being sold courses designed to teach reading and writing when most want to speak.Introduction

Why Do We Talk?

How We All Learn to Speak

The Psychology of Speaking English

What Stops You Speaking?

Learning How to Speak (again)

Method

Correction

Personalization

Transparency

Case Study 1: Jane

Case Study 2: Liliana

Summary of Case Studies

What We Think Happens

How to Plan Your Personalized English Course

Your Free Technological Tool Kit

Meeting English Speakers & Building Learning Relationships

Getting Going

Endnotes

Sample Lessons

Course Planners

I Still Can’t Speak English