{"id":516,"date":"2012-10-23T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T14:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2013-08-19T16:03:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T16:03:51","slug":"don%e2%80%99t-be-a-shrinking-violet-when-you-speak-another-language-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/don%e2%80%99t-be-a-shrinking-violet-when-you-speak-another-language-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Be a Shrinking Violet When You Speak Another Language (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Practise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way of speaking with confidence is to keep on practising. If you manage to say something fluently after some practise then you will feel a real shot of confidence from it. If you are taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/chinese\/\">Chinese courses London<\/a> is a great city because you can find people to practise with. However, I had never had a problem with speaking to myself and even taping my own voice to listen back to it.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t Go Into Your Shell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So what if you make a mistake? Everyone who learns a language will do so at some point. I remember a few toe-curlingly embarrassing things I said in Spanish but in the end I had to shrug them off and try to learn from them. You should keep on trying out new words and phrases and pushing yourself. It is a tremendous feeling when you say a difficult new word and it is understood. When they are taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/italian\/\">Italian courses Brighton<\/a> students will soon realise that speaking with confidence is half of the battle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/l1.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/2uZv8ZvpGpc4qW2zqqkRGw--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTQyNQ--\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/es-US\/blogs\/mujeradrianabalaguer\/126481073.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practise The best way of speaking with confidence is to keep on practising. If you manage to say something fluently after some practise then you will feel a real shot of confidence from it. If you are taking Chinese courses London is a great city because you can find people to practise with. 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