Overcome your fear of speaking foreign languages

- July 15, 2010, 6:46 pm

Many people hesitate to try andspeak in a foreign languages . This might be because they dont want to feelfoolish, are worried about how they will sound, are scared of sounding sillyand so on. As a result they remain resolutely monolingual during any tripabroad, preferring to speak loudly in English. These are the same people whoare clever, articulate and never lost for words when speaking in English. Thesame people who are achievers in other areas of life.

But why ?It may be because many people stop learning (or never start) languages whenleaving school and when they travel abroad have only haunting memories ofhaving to learn lists of words or conjugate verbs. Yuk. It could also bebecause many foreign language courses are detailed, promise a lot and requireto much time. Anyway,

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