Strategies for English Fluency and Confidence

Today I want to ask you: Are you making some mistakes that are hurting your English fluency and confidence goals?

Maybe you’ve been studying and practicing English for years. Maybe you even live in an English-speaking country. But speaking English is still a challenge.

And you might be doing everything right. You’re listening to podcasts, watching TV, doing a little English every day but nothing works. If that is true for you, then today I want to share 5 English learning mistakes you might be making. Unfortunately, these mistakes stop your progress in English fluency and confidence.

But they don’t have to. I’m going to tell you exactly how to stop making them.

In fact, these 5 mistakes are 100% avoidable. In today’s video lesson, I want to help you:

⚡️Identify if you are making some of these mistakes
⚡️Learn how to stop making them so you can make progress in your English instead
⚡️Avoid the stress, the frustration, and the feeling of being stuck that is a result of making these common mistakes

So if you can speak English but…

✨you always feel nervous and ask your colleagues to speak for you instead.
✨you lose your words, you forget what you want to say, and you can’t say what you want in English.
✨you’re so worried about mistakes or your pronunciation so you decide to stay quiet.
✨you’re always shy, nervous, and stressed. You’re tired and frustrated. You worked so hard in English but nothing worked.

Then you might be making some of these mistakes. Let’s change that.

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Hi, I’m Annemarie — an English teacher whose expertise is in spoken communication, confidence-building, and fluency. Everything I do at Speak Confident English is designed to help you get the confidence you want for your life and work in English. On my YouTube channel, I share weekly lessons with strategies, skills, and resources to help you:

● Have English conversations that are fun
● Communicate clearly without getting stuck
● Interview and get the job you want
● Share your opinions in a business meeting
● Make friends easily and start a conversation with anyone in English
● Go to the grocery store, order a coffee, and live in English, without stress
● Feel comfortable and confident with your voice in English

Thank you for watching my videos and trusting me to support you on your English confidence journey.

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★ CONNECT WITH ME:

[mhesbreidamontanha]

I speak english for at least 30 minutes a day with my self in loud voice, I don't have anyone to talk to me... so this is one of the best way to learn english without spending money.

[md.liakathossain]

I hope you are going to be a no 1 english teacher in the globe. Blessing for you

[winniesun]

Self denial is really very common. Thank you for remind us don’t deny yourself. Don’t give up! Love it! Good teacher absolutely!

[roshanmillaniyage]

This is one of the best lessons I have found on youtube. First thing thanks for that.

Same set of mistakes were with me as well back in those days. Then I got few tough love and sowed a layer of seeds to cultivate good habits in me. Those are, daily dedication, practice speaking with office coleagues, learn through mistakes, 15 minutes reading time everyday etc. all of these seemed challenging at start but I felt a change in me over the time. That drove me to a stage where I could talk confidently at work. I have a way to go.

Thanks for your fantastic ideas.

[cjsrnrdptj]

your advice today is really helpful. thank you so much for that. I've been living in the us over 10years but I still have difficulty having conversation with native speakers. the words doesn't come out of my mouth and I find myself frustrated in panic. i'm more like introvert I know this can't be any good excuse. everything is up to us. like you said. I really want to enjoy going through kind of obstacles I face everyday not struggling with them. be optimistic, be positive, looking up at the bright side all the time. my dear friends here in the same trouble let's keep taking a step one by one side by side. of course it takes time but we know it's worthy. let's dream of ourselves speaking English fluently, confidently, naturally in the near future. we are getting closer to our goal. god bless you all

[ruthhoyos]

On my work. I was so scared of expressing opinions during the meeting, but now I don't think about what others could think about my pronunciation, and my improvements in fluency are notable. Thank you 😊

[marycilch]

I’ve been living in the US for 11 years and yet I still have a hard time speaking English fluently. The last part of the message really hit me! About the job promotion, my manager asked me if I want to be a PIC/supervisor and I said no, my problem is, I get stock, I can’t find the right word and my coworkers and I still speaks our native language but I guess 5-10mins a day will make a difference! Thank you for the encouragement! 🙏🏼🙋🏻‍♀️

[honeygrace.]

Thanks for motivating me! I am nearly to give up for studying because i'm always think negative and when i'm always make mistake i am so dissapointed to myself i always think that i can't do it. Thank for this video! From now on i will always practice and be patiently to my progress.

[chelin]

In my journey of learning how to speak English, I found myself on a totally unexpected realization when one day I called up my home and had to leave a message for my husband. When I arrived at home and listened to my message, I was surprised to find out my voice mail was impossible to understand! My pronunciation/accent was so heavy it sounded like everything but English 😭 So, I enlisted the services of a speech pathologist specializing in accents. She gave me some exercises to soften the accent and improve my pronunciation. Reading aloud everyday was key and provided most needed practice. I noticed how people stopped asking to repeat myself, and as a result, my confidence grew and although aware of my grammar mistakes, still the fact that people could understand me, gave me the encouragement to keep practicing. Practice does make perfect (almost).
My advise to those living in any English speaking country is, make friends with whom you have to speak in English, do not hang out with your compatriots only and stay in your comfort zone. The only way to speak in English is by talking to others in that language.

[thoailam]

Hi Emily, ( I don't know if i spell your name right. ) That is the best lesson that you give me not only learning English but everything i want to achieve in life is: never give up, make time and space for everything that you want to do, get focus than you can achieve everything you want to accomplice in life, everything .... Thank Emily.

[andrescanseco]

I love the way you're teaching us. You speak slow and professional, I strongly believe that's the better way to do it. I love learning English in you YouTube. Thank you so much for your dedication.

[mahmoudhassanmohammed]

You are positive, awesome and when I listen to you I feel with positive energy and it keep me keep going and do more.
Thanks Anne Marie

[hermanrich]

Anne Marie you have a wonderful voice, any one can learn English listening to you, I can listen to you all day

[grigoriiberkut]

The great way to improve your English speaking skills is “shadow- technic” that means that you need to repeat the text immediately after speaker.

[mohamudabdirahmanjama]

I appreciate your kind support on this regard. For me I don’t have any problem speaking with confidence, but really fece challenge with accent and this make me disconnect to have conversations with my colleagues.

[sheinicefitz]

Love the video! I have a lot of work to do. I get so nervous when talking in front of people . Once I start talking fast, that 's a sign that I'm nervous. I will definitely breathe more and start practicing every single day.

[machoterico]

Hi, I found your channel and my trouble is mainly try to understand when i'm speaking with a native English, specifically Newyorkers, they speak very fast, they use a elission in some words.I' m English teacher in my country, Chile, and my goal is speak English every day, every time; by improve muy fluenty, by this reason, that I decided go away and travelling to an Anglosaxon country like Canadá ( English side off course ) U.K. by a 1 month, for example.On The other hand, I was very shy and make me fell shy, nowadays, in a meeting, To me, my trouble is a lack of self confidence, I guess,
I suscribed your channel right now.Your pronunciation is very polite and clear.It's clear each word, each sentence, go on!!! You're amazing.

[kavitamehta]

Thank you for your suggestion, and avoid all mistakes.

[majidjahani]

As I'm watching your video I'm crying, your video was very impressive, I can't speak englush fluently and as you said I have lots of problems in communicate with others and unfortunately give up but now I promise to myself do it
Thank you so much for encouraging us

[elzbietalijewska]

I thank you very much for your lesson. You are very supportive. I'm going to speak to myself loud every day for 15 minutes. I hope it will help me. I'm not very young woman, so learning is more difficult for me and sometimes I have problems with finding right words even in my own language but I will try don't give up.