Coucou, moi c'est Caroline. I've been a French teacher for more than a decade now, both online and in-school. I help you speak more naturally and understand spoken French.
Coucou, moi c'est Caroline. I've been a French teacher for more than a decade now, both online and in-school. I help you speak more naturally and understand spoken French.
Welcome to the first episode of French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning.
In today’s episode, we will talk about a situation that every learner has faced at least once. It can be a real plague for some of us and prevent us from reaching our full potential. Today is the day you will discover how to overcome your fear of speaking.
In this Episode
Reasons we get blocked and paralyzed when speaking a foreign language
Why the recurrent advice “go face your fear” doesn’t work
Why active listening will improve your communication
We’ve all felt this way at one point in our learning journey. What are the situations when you feel anxious and blocked? What do you do to overcome your fear? I would love to hear about it.
References
Young, D.J. (1991)Creating a Low-Anxiety Classroom Environment: What Does LanguageAnxiety Research Suggest? [Electronic version]. The Modern Language Journal, 75 (4),426-439
“I CAN UNDERSTAND BUT CANNOT SPEAK”: LANGUAGE ANXIETY FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION Azamat A. Akbarova, Ph.D., Hakan Aydoğan, Ph.D.c., Ali Doğan, Ph.D.c., Kemal Gonen, Ph.D.c., Enes Tuncdemir, Ph.D.c.
Crookall, David & Rebecca Oxford. “Dealing with Anxiety: Some Practical Activities for Language Learners and Teacher Trainees.” Language Anxiety: From Theory and Research to Classroom Implication
Coping with anxiety and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Produced November 2010 By Lee Brosan Brenda Hogan Eloise Flight Jeanette Freyland Friederike Kult Emma Lightning Richard Van Heeswyk