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Jun 2015
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Ep01 - Overcome your fear of speaking no...

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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 8 practical tips to definitely get rid of fear Share your story in comments below 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. Music by Bensound.com

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