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    I Know English, But I Can't Speak
    I Know English, But I Can't Speak
    I Know English, But I Can't Speak
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    I Know English, But I Can't Speak

    By Kevin Peterson

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    Have you studied English for years but still have a problem speaking?
    Don’t feel bad, because many students will learn English but will still have speaking problems. When speaking, good grammar can be useless if your speaking is not clear and understood by the listener. If you have studied grammar and still have a speaking problem, you need to try a different method that will focus on solving your problem.

    What if you had the details to improve your speaking quickly?
    If you want to improve your English speaking, memorizing grammar lessons or attending classes is not enough. To improve your English speaking requires using speaking skills and practice.

    This book is a self-study guide for improving English speaking skills.

    The topics in this book include:

    •Understand your speaking problems so you can find solutions.
    •Be confident by using Kevin’s easy speaking rules for success
    •Ways to practice and improve pronunciation and intonation
    •Improve your listening skills
    •Learn common phrases to begin, continue, and end conversations
    •Tips for solving phone conversation problems
    •How to stay calm when you have conversation problems
    •Easy ways to practice with exercises and activities
    •Improve your vocabulary
    •Learning advanced colloquial speaking phrases (phrasal verbs and idioms)
    •Getting focused and motivated
    •Fun and effective ways to learn English

    This book does not only tell you what is required but also gives details and exercises for success. If you follow the book and do the exercises, you will quickly see your speaking improve. You will be given the knowledge and resources, but you must use the methods if you want to improve your English speaking.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKevin Peterson
    Release dateAug 19, 2018
    ISBN9780463062043
    I Know English, But I Can't Speak
    Author

    Kevin Peterson

    Kevin Peterson has years of experience as a coach, consultant, and American businessman. His passion for traveling around the world helping people fulfill their goals provides him happiness and success.With today’s technology, global communication is rapidly growing and can assist many people in achieving their goals. While traveling around the world, he discovered many English speaking problems and the desperate need to find solutions. Learning English grammar is common, but using English to communicate is challenging for many people. After years of focusing on speaking problems, Kevin found fast and effective solutions. His creative methods have been successful and provided answers for thousands of people around the world.Kevin is determined to help more people with their global communication and English speaking problems by making his methods available in books and online.

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    • 4/5
      I liked this book and hope to put into practice the author's suggestions. The English is very comprehensible even for not advanced students. It's worth reading it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book has a wealth of tips and suggestions for any language situation you may encounter. Not all of the links work, but the ones that do are also useful.
    • 5/5
      Kevin wrote this book extensively focused on speaking and which is really awesome because most ESL students don't understand what they are missing when it comes to speaking. Give it a try and you will get something new to get going on English speaking.

      Good Luck.
      Forhad H. Babu
      Bangladesh/ Asia Continent.
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      Amazing book...???. It shows how exactly you have to work to improve your English communication. Thank you ?

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      I really want to say "thank you" to you. This is a very interesting book and you are one of the best.

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    I Know English, But I Can't Speak - Kevin Peterson

    I Know English, But I Can’t Speak

    The Self Study Guide to Improve

    Your English Speaking Skills

    Written by Kevin Peterson

    Copyright © 2018

    All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof

    may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever

    without the express written permission of the publisher

    except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

    Printed in the United States of America

    First Printing, 2018

    Introduction

    Have you studied English but still have a problem speaking?

    Don’t feel bad, you are not the only person. Many students will learn English for years but will still have speaking problems. When speaking, good grammar can be useless if your speaking is not clear and understood by the listener. It is time for you to try something different if your current method is not working.

    What if you had the details to improve your speaking quickly?

    If you want to improve your English speaking, memorizing grammar lessons or attending English classes is not enough. Therefore, to improve your English speaking requires speaking skills and practice.

    This book is written as a self-study guide for improving English speaking skills.

    This book gives you details and exercises for success. However, you must follow the book and do the activities, because reading the book will NOT be enough. You must practice using the knowledge learned in this book if you want success. I cannot guarantee results by reading the book, but I can guarantee results if you practice using the methods in this book.

    Chapter 1

    Why Speaking is a Problem

    1.1 You Are Not Alone

    There are currently an estimated 2 billion English learners in the world. In many countries, English as a second language is now required in school. After years of studying English, students still have difficulty speaking English.

    Research shows the problems are the same for ESL (English as a second language) students from all countries. Students will take grammar courses for years, but they still feel uncomfortable when speaking.

    1.2 Why Can’t You Speak English?

    "In the typical school lessons on English, teachers explained the grammatical rules, students did the exercises set out in the textbooks, and classroom interactions were largely one-way. Oral communication skills such as speaking and listening were almost totally ignored. Students rarely had the chance to use English in conversation in the classroom, and were under no pressure to become competent in this." (International Education Journal, 2005)

    Speaking is the one language skill that requires interaction with other people. An individual can learn and practice English grammar, writing, reading, and listening without help from other people. However, speaking is more difficult as a self-study lesson and practice is required. Verbal communication becomes a problem without practice.

    Much time is spent on learning grammar and other English skills. You also need to spend time on oral speaking skills. The main objective of ESL teaching should be effective communication, not perfect grammar.

    Successful oral communication requires speaking practice.

    "The teachers think that teaching grammar and vocabulary items are enough to help students in speaking.―We teach the vocabulary, grammar, but they don’t study at home. It seems that teachers are unaware that studying vocabulary items and grammar rules by students is not enough for improving students’ speaking skill. Actually, teachers are not aware enough that focusing on teaching the form does not necessarily result in using it, and that’s why students need to be engaged in communication—in order to improve their speaking skill." (International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, 2014)

    While there is little doubt about teachers' awareness of the importance of speaking skills, there is even less doubt about students’ need for more speaking improvement. Most students agree speaking is a priority and their biggest problem.

    Despite common knowledge about the importance of teaching speaking skills, in English courses speaking skills receive the least attention. The reason is not lack of desire, but knowing how to teach these skills successfully. The problem is that teachers have very little training and resources for teaching effective speaking skills. The question, then, is not whether to teach speaking skills, but how to teach speaking skills.

    You can learn English from a book, but can you use the knowledge in the real world?

    Many students will learn English but will still have problems when using their knowledge. Speaking skills involve not just memorizing rules or knowing information, it is also a physical skill requiring action.

    English is not like history or math. Just learning and memorizing the knowledge is not enough. For example, in math, once you remember 2+2=4, then you can easily use this knowledge.

    Learning the English grammar rules is not enough, and it is impossible to memorize every English conversation. Situations will be different and making unique conversations will be required. Also, body movement is required for pronunciation, and this physical action is necessary for verbal communication.

    Learning English is a skill and requires practice. You can read a book about basketball or study the correct way to shoot the ball, but you will not be successful until you practice. English is also a skill that requires practice.

    Important: You should continue studying grammar while using these methods.

    1.3 Can you improve your speaking skills?

    Research shows we learn more from real situations (95%) than lectures (5%). Learning from real situations is easier, faster, and more effective. Notice the best 4 methods are: use in real situations, teaching, practice, and discussions.

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