No Partner? No Problem! (3 Ways to Practice Speaking Alone)

Is it possible to become a fluent English speaker with no one to practice speaking with? I'm going to say yes. In fact, it is easy if you use the three tips from today's lesson.

If you're new here, hi, I'm Vanessa from and I have been teaching real life English here on my YouTube channel for over the past 10 years to now more than 7 million of you. Thank you so much for learning English with me.

And like always, I have created a free PDF worksheet, but I'm not going to tell you about today's special bonus inside this worksheet until a few minutes later. This is a surprise, but if you'd like to get today's free worksheet that includes everything you're about to learn

today, all you need to do is click on the link in the description, enter your name and email address, and voila, it will land in your email inbox. Before we get to tip number one, I have some bad news.

Do you need to use English for work? If you need to use English in a professional situation, this is the number one most stressful situation for using English. You need to be professional, you need to represent yourself

and your company well. You cannot start growing your confidence in English by speaking English in the workplace. You need to move to less stressful situations. So, let's imagine you're walking around New York City and

you're lost. You need to ask for directions. So, you confidently ask for directions, but when they reply, you have no clue what they're saying because it's true, native English speakers speak very quickly.

Well, this level of speaking with native English speakers is also stressful. So, maybe you need to move to a less stressful situation, which could include speaking with other English learners. A lot of my students have found great success speaking

with each other because who knows how you feel better than other English learners. They know that it is stressful, that you can feel nervous, that maybe you won't express yourself perfectly because they also know what it's like to learn English.

But what if you have no other English learners to speak with? You don't have English learners to speak with, you're not ready to speak with native speakers yet, and in the workplace, forget about it.

Well, we need to move to the foundational level of growing your confidence speaking in English, and that is speaking alone. When you grow your confidence speaking alone, you can move to the other levels and you will be able to

speak without stress, and in fact, you will speak fearlessly and confidently. So, let me share with you my top three tips to help you become a fluent English speaker all alone, all by yourself, and also introduce you to this beautiful

location where I am here in Western North Carolina. Let's go with tip number one. The first tip to help you become a fluent English speaker alone is to practice speaking with common conversation topics. Let me give you an What do you usually do

in the morning? Well, every morning I like to make myself a hot cup of black tea with some milk in it. And then I like to go outside and drink at least a few sips outside, even if I don't have

the time to drink my whole cup of tea outside. I like to get some fresh air and just enjoy a few moments of peace. What did you do last weekend? Well, last weekend was really special because my husband and

I had the whole weekend without the children. My in-laws took the children for the whole weekend, so we went to one of our favorite places, which is Linville Gorge. It has beautiful views, lots of great hikes.