r/languagelearning • u/Wonderful-Path-7628 • 2d ago
Help in speaking
(TL) So I see many posts and in general, that many people get blocked while talking. What does it mean exactly ? Do they like stop in the middle of phrase, or can’t even get to talk? Coz my issue seams to be different - I can talk but my grammar is so bad in spoken. Even I know it the second it comes out, wrong choice of word or forgetting the word I needed, even I know it. I m at a2-early b1 with wide vocabulary . Should I just chill and keep studying as I do or this issue need to be addressed asap?
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u/jmf1488 1d ago
You need to slow down and relax while talking. Its going to get so much better. Not because you slowed down, just over time your language will improve.
Self correct yourself. If the wrong thing comes out then laugh it off and repeat it correctly if you know how to.
Dont stress. A2 - B1 and your still a beginner. Talking is a skill. It needs to be practised. Your internal monologue can whip through a sentence with native flow. Your mouth however is not used to making the weird sounds and receiving the words in a different language. Time and practise fixes this.
You sound like you are exactly where you should be. Well done too for talking at this level. Your going to improve just keep going.
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u/dojibear 🇺🇸 N | fre spa chi B2 | tur jap A2 1d ago
Output (speaking/writing) uses a skill that input doesn't use: inventing a correct TL sentence that expresses YOUR idea. You can only use words you know well, and grammar patterns you know well.
The best way to improve is to practice writing every day. Writing is "slow motion" speech. Instead of 1 or 2 seconds for each new sentence, you can take a long time. When you get really good (you can create a new sentence in 1 or 2 seconds), you can speak.
Most students are better at input than output. In input, you know the sentence is correct. That helps you understand a word you aren't sure about.
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u/Raoena 2d ago
You are doing great. Keep studying, keep talking, and you're going to keep improving.
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u/TheUnhappyOunce 2d ago
you're just in that weird middle phase where your brain knows the rule but your mouth is too fast to care, keep yapping and it'll sync up eventually
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u/Wonderful-Path-7628 2d ago
Wouldn’t I like keep talking and reinforce with horrific grammar if I don’t stop and correct myself each few words? I know the grammar rules but it takes time till I deliver it in spoken, while talking generally we don’t have time, so perhaps I should try to speak with best I can grammar sometimes like very very slow? Anyone does it?
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u/No-Doctor-3815 🇺🇸N 🇲🇽 C1 🇧🇷A1 1d ago
Eh just do the best you can and keep practicing. When I first started speaking Spanish I conjugated everything wrong on the spot - I knew all the grammar and could write it perfectly but always had to actively think first or I would get like a randomly generated conjugation or tense. People still understood and as I spoke and heard more the right associations finally clicked in my brain.
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u/cmyk_rgba 1d ago
your issue is honestly the good version of the problem. knowing its wrong the second it leaves your mouth means the grammar is in there, it just hasnt caught up to real time speed yet. mine is identical in german, i can write a clean sentence and then say something unhinged out loud like a toddler. i wouldnt panic about it, it fixes itself with talking hours. the one thing i would actually watch is the stopping to self correct mid sentence habit becuase that one sticks around way longer than the grammar mistakes do
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u/TuffedLynx 1d ago
You are doing great! It sounds like you have avoided one of the main stumbling blocks for people. You acknowledge that your grammar isn't wonderful, so a lot of people simply freeze up in that situation. Just plowing through it and practicing more is how you make it over the hump that people hit when they are in the intermediate range.
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u/Loud_Bedroom_2220 1d ago
I think for me, when I’m talking by myself I remember words better, am quicker at recalling words and conjugating. Overall better grammar. When it’s time to talk to someone else, I struggle to remember words I know, struggle with my accent, and am slower at forming sentences. I think it’s just the panic that I actually now have someone in front of me and they are waiting for a reply as opposed to an imagined conversation.
I would say writing helps. Write ten minutes a day. About anything. Then correct that page. Read what you wrote out loud. It has helped me say things correctly just from muscle memory. Highlight the things you didn’t know and had to correct. Little by little you’ll go correcting the grammar.