SPEAKING 6 – Achieving fluency

Fluency

Part 1

1- Focus on your pronunciation while you read the following text. Listen to the audio and compare it to your recording. 

Text

Your audio

Sample audio

Studying languages is really important for a lot of reasons. First, it helps you talk to people from different countries and make new friends. Plus, it’s super useful when you travel because you can understand signs, menus, and directions. Knowing other languages can also help you get a better job since many companies need people who can speak more than one language. On top of that, learning languages makes your brain work better and helps you understand different cultures. So, if you want to open up a world of opportunities, you should definitely study languages!

Part 2

Part 3

3- Talk about the following topic for 5 minutes non-stop. Then try to say the same in 4 minutes and then in only 3 minutes. Click here to learn how to do this exercise.