And in this video, we're going to look at how you can improve your English speaking skills, so keep watching!

在這支影片中，我們會教你如何增進你的英文口說技巧，所以別轉台唷！

Learning English?

你想學英文嗎？

Get on the road to Fluency.

跟我們一起開啟流利說英文之旅。

To Fluency.

《To Fluency》。

I receive many emails from English learners telling me that they want to improve their English speaking, and I imagine this is what you want too.

很多英文學習者寄電郵給我，跟我說他們想增進他們的英文口說能力，我猜你們可能也需要這些資訊，所以拍這支影片跟大家分享。

But before we take a look at the specific ways that you can improve your speaking,

但是除了我們所分享的增進口說能力的方法以外，

it's important to know that working on your general English is going to help your speaking too.

多練習一般英文也能夠幫助你的口說進步。

So, make sure you're doing the other things that you need to do to improve your level.

所以要記得多管齊下，學習才比較有成效。

So, there are two main ways that you can improve your English speaking,

你可以透過以下兩種常見的方式來提升你的英文口說能力，

and the first way is to get more natural practice; and this just means having conversations with other people in English.

首先，就是要盡量把練習生活化，也就是說要跟其他人用英文對話。

Doing this not only helps you use your English in different situations, but it also allows you to learn new words and phrases,

這樣做不僅能幫助你熟悉不同情境所應用的英文，還可以讓你同時學習到新單字和片語，

and to learn more about English by listening to other people speak.

而通過聽別人說英文，你會學習到更多的英文知識，

And having conversations is one of the best ways that you can get natural input.

因為知識轉移會更自然地發生在對話過程中。

The second way to improve your speaking is to do something that I call focused learning.

第二個加強你的口說能力的方法就是做我所謂的專注學習。

And this is when you practice specific things to help you improve; you can do this on your own or work with a teacher, and this is different than having normal everyday conversations.

換言之就是刻意練習，你可以自己練習或找一名老師練習，這種刻意為之的練習與一般的生活對話練習不同。

An example of this is doing drills and other things that are going to help you improve your pronunciation.

你練習的方法可以是進行演練，或找一些方法去改善你的發音。

And I feel that not enough learners spend enough time working on their pronunciation.

很多英文學習者並沒有投入夠多的時間去練習發音。

It will make a massive difference if you can say the different sounds in English correctly.

如果你可以把英文發音練到準確，學習成效會明顯更佳。

In addition to being able to use the correct stress, intonation, and rhythm when you speak, and that is why I recommend that you spend time working on your pronunciation.

除了你的輕重音掌握能力更好以外，你說英文的語調和節奏也會變得更出色。

Another example of focused learning is mimicking native speakers,

另一個專注學習的方法，是模仿母語人士說英文。

and anyone can do this now because of all the audio that is available for free online.

任何人都可以做到這件事情，因為現在網路有許多免費的英文音頻資源。

And this is an easy method to work on: All you need to do is listen to a native speaker and then repeat after they speak.

而且做這個練習超簡單，你只要認真聽母語人士說英文，並跟著復述他們說過的話。

To take this method further, you can actually record your audio, and then compare it to the original recording.

更進階的做法是，你錄下自己說英文的聲音，與母語人士做比對。

What this does is it allows you to compare your version to the original version, and then make any changes that you need to make.

通過這種比對方式，你比較容易知道自己該做哪些方面的調整。

So, using a combination of natural practice and also the focused learning methods I talked about is really going to help you.

去實踐我說的生活化練習和專注學習，你會發現這個方法很有效。

And my question for this video is this: How often do you speak in English?

這次要請大家練習的題目是：你經常說英文嗎？

How often do you speak in English?

你經常說英文嗎？

Leave your answers below this video.

在影片下方留下你的答案。

Thanks for watching, and see you next time!

感謝你們的收看，我們下次見。

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記得按讚、訂閱影片...

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