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Aug 19
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545: 7 speaking tips to get fluent in an...

OLLY RICHARDS
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Today's question is about speaking and how to go from knowing a lot of stuff in a language to actually speaking the language fluently.



 As I always say, if you want to speak fluently, so if you want to be able to interact in the real world confidently and fluently like a native speaker, you've got to be speaking a lot.



Let’s look at some ways to do that, both by yourself and with other people.



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Langua: https://l.storylearning.com/Langua-AI



Daniel's podcast, My Fluent Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/myfluentpodcast



LanguaTalk: https://l.storylearning.com/Langua-Talk



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