Jul 06 2024 37 mins
Millions upon millions of dedicated English learners around the world are spending hours and hours of their lives desperately trying to practise speaking English and failing to do it in an effective way.
This is not some glib off-the-cuff remark it is a fact. Look at this Facebook group, specifically for speaking practice, and see that the 2.2m members are merely sharing jpegs and screenshots of freely available English language learning exercises they have found online. Sometimes they form WhatsApp groups and try to actually speak but that doesn't work either. So they are stuck in a 'doom loop' and all of the time and effort put in doesn't help them to finally become comfortable English speakers. Conventional ELT has conditioned them to think that hammering the grammar is going to help them to speak. It isn't and doesn't, the evidence is all around us.
In this episode Caroline asks Jason about the way English Out There guides and supports effective English speaking practice from the first lesson and achieves transformational results after just a few sessions. Have a listen and do please share the link to your social media and peers if you think it is interesting and helpful.
The learn more about Caroline's work and how she can help you go to her Facebook page.
To learn more about Jason and EOT and the unique learning materials go to his website.
This is what happens when learners try to practise speaking without preparing properly beforehand. Listen to Amy who called me on Skype years ago.
If you want to hear how effective EOT is at getting learners speaking comfortably explore the other recordings with real learners on this podcast.