StoryLearning Podcast6 Okt 2015

053: Starting to speak with limited vocabulary

Lanae asks: "I'm learning Japanese, but all the vocabulary I've learnt from books has been on restaurant vocabulary etc. How can I start speaking when I don't know enough to talk?"

In this episode:

You know you need to start speaking, but how?
Why you can't rely on textbooks
Why it's ok to skip large parts of your textbook
Seeing speaking as the "end result"
Speaking to learn vs. Learning to speak
Holding your first conversations

Resources mentioned in todays episode:

My review of JapanesePod101.com
The Polyglot Conference - New York 10-11 October
Polyglot Workshops - New York

Where to find speaking partners:

Today's featured resource:

60 Second Fluency Test

Start speaking today

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