In this episode, I am showing you a short exercise that helps you to practice nearly spontaneous speaking: the word avalanche.

 

The main challenge for language learners is to speak spontaneously. Thinking of something to say and saying it in the foreign language, and both at the same time, is, well, really difficult.

With this exercise, you separate the thinking and the speaking by a few seconds. That gives your thoughts a headstart. And with practice, you get more relaxed, and more confident, and when you are relaxed and confident, the next steps are so much easier.

At the end of the episode I give you some prompts for trying the exercise immediately. The prompts are also in the shownotes.