FlexiLingo
Feeling Muted? Here’s How to Find Your Voice in English
Feeling stuck in conversations when using English? You’re definitely not alone! Many people experience that frustrating moment when your brain hits pause just when it's your turn to speak. This episode dives into that common struggle, unpacking the reasons behind feeling muted in a second language and sharing practical strategies to overcome it. I’ll walk you through some real-life tips, like the importance of staying mentally engaged in discussions and the importance of putting yourself in situations where you can practice your speaking skills, as awful as that can sometimes feel! Plus...
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A2 · Elementary
Everyday topics, clear speech
- 76% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 157 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 48 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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Hey, come with me. I've got something to talk with you about. Have you ever had it happen where you're in the middle of a conversation, you're using English, or at least you're trying to, and you are totally understanding what's going on inside the conversation all around you, but then when everything gets quiet and you realize, oh, it's my turn to speak,
do you ever find that your brain just kind of slows down it feels like oh no I can't come up with what I want to say next it's like everything freezes up here and all the English that you thought you knew just somehow goes out the window or it slows down so much that you end up feeling like you've been put on mute almost. Like the ideas that you have, the smarts that you have up here
somehow don't make it down to your mouth and out of your mouth so that you can express all your great ideas, all the things that you know, all the things that you want to say to someone else that you can do quite easily in your first language, but somehow deeply struggle with when you're trying to do it in your second language, which is in our case, using English. And you somehow feel
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