🎧 Episode 6 | “But, If We’re Aiming for a Legitimate Accent Rather Than a ‘Native’ Accent, How’s it Possible to Improve Speaking and Pronunciation?”
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Fluent•ish the Podcast | Hosted by Rebecca & Lisa from Little Crab Educational Press
Does your mind go blank when it's your turn to speak in your second language? Do you feel like your voice sounds stiff, robotic—or just not like you?
In this episode, we follow up on Episode 4’s discussion about accents and dive into practical ways to improve your Speaking and Pronunciation—without getting stuck in perfectionism or frozen by fear.
You'll learn:
The difference between receptive and productive language skills
Why it’s okay (and totally normal) to focus on listening before speaking
Speaking sub-skills like sentence stress, filler words, and improvisation
How to use games to improve clarity, rhythm, and flow
How self-assessment questions can guide your next steps
Why being understood matters more than sounding native
Whether you’re learning Mandarin, French, or another language, this episode is packed with tools to help you speak more naturally and confidently—even when your instinct is to stay quiet.
✨ Grab our FREE Speaking & Pronunciation Self-Assessment Tool: littlecrabpress.ca → Fluent•ish tab
✨ Try the ChatGPT prompts designed to fit your personalised language goals
👂 You’re probably more fluent than you think—and you definitely don’t need to sound native to be understood.
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