A 60-second exercise for (nearly) spontaneous speaking

In this episode, I am showing you a short exercise that helps you to practice nearly spontaneous speaking: the word avalanche.

 

The main challenge for language learners is to speak spontaneously. Thinking of something to say and saying it in the foreign language, and both at the same time, is, well, really difficult.

With this exercise, you separate the thinking and the speaking by a few seconds. That gives your thoughts a headstart. And with practice, you get more relaxed, and more confident, and when you are relaxed and confident, the next steps are so much easier.

At the end of the episode I give you some prompts for trying the exercise immediately. The prompts are also in the shownotes.

Die 60-Sekunden-Übung für (fast) spontanes Sprechen

The speaking prompts from this episode:

1. Think of a book that you have just read, or that you are planning to read. Just take the title: What are your first ideas? Or, if you have already read it: How does the title reflect the themes in the book?

2. Take the last item in your internet browser history as a starting point for your idea collection.

3. Or the last picture on your mobile phone.

4. Or your senses: What do you hear, smell, feel and see right now?

Set the timer to 60 Seconds and create a word avalanche. And then: Speak.

If you like: Record yourself, just to prove to yourself that you really used the word avalanche for your speaking practice. 

Get started with your English speaking!

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