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Jun 2023
7m 36s

How To Improve Your Speaking

Steve Kaufmann
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Some people are afraid to speak in their target language. It needn’t happen. We can prepare for speaking. We can recognize speaking as a part of our learning process, not a performance to be judged by others. 
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