053: Starting to speak with limited vocabulary

Lanae asks: "I'm learning Japanese, but all the vocabulary I've learnt from books has been on restaurant vocabulary etc. How can I start speaking when I don't know enough to talk?"

In this episode:

• You know you need to start speaking, but how?


• Why you can't rely on textbooks


• Why it's ok to skip large parts of your textbook


• Seeing speaking as the "end result"


• Speaking to learn vs. Learning to speak


• Holding your first conversations

Resources mentioned in todays episode:

• My review of JapanesePod101.com


• The Polyglot Conference - New York 10-11 October


• Polyglot Workshops - New York

Where to find speaking partners:

• iTalki


• Verbling


• conversation exchange.com

Today's featured resource:

• 60 Second Fluency Test

Start speaking today

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