Speaking Strategies for English learners.

1. Miquel Gómez de Luna

2. 
Why should you improve your speaking skills?
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Strategies:
 Before you speak.
 While you speak.
 After you speak.
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Visual presentation tips.
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Blog.

3. 1. Increases your self confidence.
2. Effective way to get a message across.
3. Could boost performances in other aspects of your life.
4. Makes you different from the rest.

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Lower your anxiety:
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Deep breathing.
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Prepare and plan:
Visualize yourself succeeding.
Relaxation techniques.
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Relate your task to something
you know.
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Make a list of useful words
you might need for it
(vocabulary, expressions,
etc...).
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Plan your responses and
possible questions.
Positive self-talk.
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Identify the goal and purpose
of your task.
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Feel prepared.

5. 
Feeling in control:
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Monitor yourself:
 Concentrate on the task
 Self-correct. If you
(don’t get distracted).
 Don’t let your mistakes
stop you.
 Think in English.
commit a mistake, fix it.
 Use propper entonation.
 If you don’t know how to
say something, make it
simple!

6. 
Evaluate yourself:
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Plan for future tasks:
 Evaluate how you did it.
 Look for a way to
Did you accomplish the
goal of the task?
 Identify the problems, if
any.
 Ask others for their
oppinion (colleagues,
teacher, etc...).
improve in your next
presentation.
 Search for vocabulary
you had difficulties with.
 Ask for help.

7. 
Prepare them well in advance.
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K.I.S.S. – Keep It Simple Stupid.
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Make sure they are large enough.
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Use easy to read fonts – there is a reason for Times-Roman.
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Use a limited number of fonts.
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Use color effectively.
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Highlighting.

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