Why You Struggle To Speak French With Confidence
                     Why You Struggle To Speak French With Confidence
How often has this happened to you? You eventually gather the courage to speak French 
– whether it is calling the bank, ordering food, or initiating a conversation with friends. 
Feeling ready & rehearsed you begin to speak and then suddenly… you freeze, and go 
totally blank?
You need more conversational practice:
• Learning French or any other language requires practice and you need to work on it every 
single day to notice results. There are no quick fixes. If you are feeling too shy to speak 
French, that means you need more practice. Often students focus too much on textbooks 
and grammar and don’t practice their ear, or conversational skills.
You don’t push yourself to speak:
• When someone approaches you in the store or restaurant – do you switch to English? Or, 
if the waiter switches to English do you stay in French, or switch to English too? 
Switching to English is more convenient for you, but by staying only in your comfort zone 
you are never going to progress.
Self-study is preferable to group studies
• Not every learner is the same when it comes to studying a foreign language like German. 
Online group language classes offer the best materials for your self-study, and you can do 
them from the comfort of your home. Many pupils are better at learning languages than 
others, but this does not imply that the others are less capable of learning German. 
Sounds simple: Take notes in class
• Even if you feel that you comprehend what’s happening in your French class, your brain 
will fail to recall it if you don’t assist your brain in processing the information. Research 
shows that writing stuff down is the secret to long-term memorization. So, this rule is 
applicable when you are learning French as well.
You are not repeating words out loud:
• You may understand everything you are reading in the French Book or everything they are 
saying on the French TV show you are watching, but if you are not challenging your ears 
to learn new vocabulary. Of course hearing words and internalizing them is one of the 
most important aspects of speaking french conversationally.
You don’t practice on your own:
• When learning French is your main goal, you need to practice on your own & 
independently as well. That does not mean just re-writing notes & studying. We mean 
full-on speaking to yourself in French. Though it sounds a little strange, its actually a great 
method to develop fluency. Think in French, speak in French, record French vlogs or voice 
notes. You can build a French speaking habit that way.
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