VOCABULARY to sound - brzmieć native speaker of English - osoba, której językiem ojczystym jest angielski reading - czytanie listening - słuchanie speaking - mówienie to focus on sth - koncentrować się na czymś vocabulary - słownictwo exam - egzamin to improve - polepszyć, poprawić, udoskonalić spoken English - język angielski mówiony, angielska mowa level - poziom to achieve - osiągnąć free - tu: swobodny suggestion - sugestia learner of English - osoba ucząca się angielskiego to worry - martwić się way - tu: sposób non-native speaker of English - osoba, której językiem ojczystym nie jest angielski intelligible - zrozumiały

Lesson 1
Do I have to sound like a native speaker?

Jinping: I have learned English for almost 15 years. I have no problem with reading and listening. But speaking has always been a problem for me

because when I was at school, we always focused on grammar, vocabulary and exams. Now I really want to improve my spoken English to a new

level, achieve that free speaking in the near future. Do you have any good suggestions on how to achieve this?

Richard Hallows: Learners of English often worry about speaking like a native speaker. I think it’s important that they should realize this is not the

way you need to speak. Most of the time our listeners are speaking to other non-native speakers of English, so they need to be intelligible to

those people. It’s not necessary to have a native accent.

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