From our teacher Joe 3 ways to improve your speaking at home

1. Practise reading out loud

Reading a piece of text out loud will help you train yourself to speak without thinking too much, translating and worrying about making mistakes. Try reading a piece of text out loud twice. First slowly, concentrating on pronunciation and the second time faster, concentrating on rhythm.

2. Learn complete sentences instead of single words

When you learn a new word, immediately practise it in complete sentences. For example if you just learnt the word e.g. 'football is my favourite sport' or 'Arsenal are the worst team in London' Repeat each sentence many times.

3. Record yourself speaking

Download a free dictaphone app on your phon. Record yourself speaking and listen to do it to hear which areas of your speaking you can improve.