Learn to love your non-native accent: Beating Speaking Anxiety

Hello I am from Bangladesh I love to learn English. I always speak English , Sometimes I have a mumbling problem I am trying to handle

the intelligibility reframe honestly changed something for me. I spent years in Amsterdam trying to sound less Polish and then gave up on Dutch around year two because everyone switched to English the second they heard my accent, no właśnie. now with Italian I'm making peace with sounding foreign. my partner's mum doesn't need me to sound Roman, she just needs to catch what I mean. the "ask what they didn't understand" bit is where I still freeze though, because in the moment I just want to disappear. italki once a week helps me get comfortable asking, and I've been using praktika between when I want to hear my own pronunciation back without a real human waiting on me, still figuring out what actually sticks... does anyone else find asking "what didn't you get?" harder than the speaking itself?

Hi everyone - Georgie here. I really enjoyed making this series for you all. Speaking anxiety is so common for language learners - I used to feel very nervous speaking Spanish! In this series, we spoke to lots of experts to help understand this problem and come up with tips for how to overcome it. You can find the whole series here, including some really interesting podcast episodes: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/bea… Let us know what you think! 🌟

Thank you!!

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I get confused how should I use might, would, could in normal conversation.
Like you said : You might get confused...
But I can not decide when can I use might and would or could. Can you help ? Can you create a long conversation video for this?

It hurts, my mind will blow up.

I everyday watch podcast, video, 6 minutes English episode and so on. It helps me to learn English perfectly and very easily. I love that kind of video. Thank you BBC Learning English.
Hello Georgie, I am from Bangladesh 🇧🇩. I like your speaking. Your speaking is best and nice❤

LAVLI-JABLI Greetings from Casablanca ❤

Thank you ! Becka always very nice teacher!

Thank you Georgie for these little gems. I agree that intelligibility it's more important than a native accent. I have to admit though, that I long for a kind of a native accent, or one of them all, ha, ha. Thanks again!

😊😊Georgia is always the best. I loved the language because of her; she pronounces words so professionally.❤❤

Love this message! Being understood matters so much more than sounding "native," and I've taught students from all over the world who are living proof. The clearest speakers I know all still sound like themselves.

The tip at the end is super important to remember: ask people what they didn't understand. Most learners never do this, so they practice everything instead of the two or three sounds that they actually need to master. Once you know what those are, minimal pairs are how you drill them. Minimal pairs are words that differ by exactly one sound, like:

bet" / "bit" / "bat"

Focusing on these makes sure your ear and mouth learn the difference that's actually hurting your intelligibility.

It's targeted, and it's the opposite of erasing your accent. You keep how you sound and lose the misunderstandings. And in my experience, knowing you can make yourself understood is what quiets the anxiety in the first place.

thanks bbc learning english ,before i am so bad for listening skill ,when i know BBC it help me to improve listening skill

Hi , I am from India and I am watching your videos from the last 2-3 days and Now , I can talk in english with such a confidence which I can't beleive earlier .

Your lessons help me in progress

Thank you for the video, I definitely really need that ❤

You know how I feel embarrassed whenever I tried talk with someone in a discord server
Duo to my poor grammar
They insult me so bad and I loses hope but watching your videos I regained my confidence

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Thanks. I’m French and a does english lessons for my apprentissage.