Will reading books help you get fluent?

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Have you ever had this feeling while reading a book that you’re really making progress? That if someone were to start a conversation with you, all those words and grammar structures you’ve read would be there for you, and come out of your mouth effortlessly? But has that ever happened? Probably, reality hit and you realized that it doesn’t work that way!
In this episode I explain why reading books in English, as wonderful as it is, is not enough if you want to become fluent. I’ll also share 5 tips on how you can use books effectively to improve your fluency. Because books should definitely stay a part of our practice, but in a way you might not know about.
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[@yvonnekhan7969]

I am a retired teacher. My experience is that keen readers are better writers and speakers.

[@mohamoh1398]

Thanks for shared your experience with us

[@adrianaassef4433]

Another tip I can add, I take some useful paragraph and 1. Write them down manually. 2. Read them aloud and record them. 3. Repeat #2 so many times. Doing that for some days, I suddenly realize I am using those sentences in my conversation. Of course, have to be some real conversation paragraphs.

[@ibrahimhamada5910]

Admire for your profile and you have an amazing smile ❤

[@dilaraesmer]

Thank you for sharing ☺️🌸

[@Anonymous_Individual007]

Brima ?

[@learnenglishwithvicky2451]

This is a great tip. I have been doing that myself for many many years and it has worked really well for me.

[@alejandra9767]

Good piece of advice. I almost do the same. I wrote some extracts of books as summaries and I try to explain them aloud. I record myself speaking from time to time. I am forced to speak English because of my work so I sometimes analyse what I said and how could have expressed myself better and take it into account the following time.

[@urso3000]

Reading a lot increases vocabulary a lot, because if the words are not in your mind how could they come out of your mouth? Read, read a lot, that's how I learned.😊

[@csillaschannel]

Dear Hadar, many years ago I worked in a bookstore for about 7 months. Back in the day I had no smart phone and very little opportunity to practice. But I read. I was reading in English every day, most of the day. I improved a lot, my vocabulary, grammar, fluency. I understand that reading is passive and without applying that knowledge and using it in speaking it’s not enough. However reading is tremendously helpful🥰.

[@Alexander-fc6sg]

It's because you learn subconsciously. Most people don't like to believe they have a subconscious, hence this video, this channel, this society.

[@user-rw5sz7sz1m]

@@Alexander-fc6sgI’ve never this. People don’t like that?

[@ceciliaromia]

I totally agree with you!

[@linguaphile9415]

I'm already fluent in English. What helped me achieve fluency was especially translating texts I had written in my first language as closely as possible into the target language. That way you can be certain you find the constructions that you feel comfortable using in your own language to express your thoughts. I guess it didn't hurt either that I took many walks and talked to myself to organise my thoughts. In my opinion walking enhances your ability to think clearly and it is a more comfortable situation than sitting in your study and forcing yourself to speak in the silence.

[@DawnPeacock]

Yes - moving your body helps you think and consolidate learning! Mind and body work together. 🌞🌞

[@clausita]

Exactly. Moving helps

[@DawnPeacock]

Right! We have been taught that the mind and body are separate...but this is not true.

[@coconutpineapple2489]

Translating works. When it comes to having conversation, I tend to avoid complicated praises, so I don't improve that much.

[@alejandra9767]

When you translate a text you need to be very careful because you need to know the equivalent expression in the Target language. Specially expressing thoughts could be tricky because there are a lot of false friends at least beetween English and Spanish.

[@valtaylor5787]

I think reading is part of the tools that help us to get fluency. It’s not an isolated way but a component of the entire fluency program.

[@bluemountain4468]

I agree and also you have to dare to speak in whatever situation or chance you have.

[@lazaroluna1368]

Combining reading books and audio books is the key, vocabulary and pronunciation, practicing everyday

[@rinisabell6980]

From my experience, I gained a lot more confidence in my English from reading novels and my speech from audiobooks (Note that I have basic learning from school and extra classes all throughout my school year)... I don't really use it in my daily life with other people but I found that when I got a chance to work with a foreign student, I can use it just fine... I also have to add that I also watch a lot of English content on my own and talked to myself a lot...

[@luzmarinalopez4476]

A learning process is a lifetime commitment that requires to embrace the language as a whole. It goes beyond being obsessed with pronunciation. If a student feels strongly the words written in a book it is definitely a gain, a personal and beautiful gain.

[@NH-ou6cd]

beautifully written. Totally agreed!!

[@rayzaragoza5128]

Beautifully written ,totally agreed

[@rosalindamattera2753]

Reading a book that you like is an incredible experience! You see words in context and if the writer is simple enough but a great writer like John Cheever (I'm reading his short stories), you'll learn and memorize a lot of new words at the same time, words that you'll never find in a grammar book. There are lots of expressions that you really want to say, because he is great with the language, for example in making metaphors with the natural world and has an outstanding use of adjectives. He uses them in an unexpected way and it's definitely a creative writing. You will never see those words sticking so well together anymore. Try it!

[@TREBLECLEF421]

thank you for your advice!

[@eduard8343]

There is a famous Russian polyglot called ILYA FRANK with its reading method that helped him to learn 20 languages while reading the original books accompanied by a translation into his mother tongue. He explained that you can learn a language passively that way, then you have to go abroad for 1-3 months for the practice of speech in order to activate passive knowledge.

[@timoteoharvey]

People who read books in English silently without using any of your tips will expand their receptive as well as their productive English vocabulary. I read a couple of hours every day in English and it keeps my productive vocabulary sharp and readily accessible... and I'm a native speaker of English. I think a lot of English language learners choose to read so that they can avoid speaking because speaking is so much harder than reading. Also, mistakes in speaking are obvious to listeners whereas reading mistakes are not. Reading is only one of the four pillars of language acquisition. There are also listening, speaking and writing. People who are learning English should read a lot, listen a lot, speak a lot and write a lot. Your tips are great! I have used them myself to become fluent in Spanish as well as to improve my spoken English. I especially like your tip of recording myself while reading aloud.

[@user-eg6yu2gh6s]

Thanks for sharing your insight. What are your thoughts on reading novels versus non-fictions? What genres would you recommend for improving speaking fluency?

[@adrianaassef4433]

I already wrote down a comment, but this one is more important: YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thank you for your so helpful videos. You always hit the nail about all the difficulties we go through when learning a language. Thanks a lot!!

[@tuanduc8854]

I know the method that can actually boost your speaking really well, this is called Crazy English. While reading a book just take note of the sentences or expressions you like and practice them by reading out loud many times and trying to memorize them all.

[@iuristagursky1832]

I think that reading helps you improve your fluency. You can improve your speaking skills through reading. Of course if you wanna have good speaking skills you should talk with people, write some essay, I have to be able to express yourself, but reading also helps you with speaking. I didn't talk with people a lot of time, but I improved my speaking skills through reading and watching youtube videos. P.S. Sorry if I made mistakes in my comment.

[@michelleonardo3101]

You described exactly how I feel about my level of English: this huge gap betwee the English I know/understand and the English I speak. By the way, loved the reading tips.

[@mohamedarif5660]

I recently started reading books. It help me because so many words occuring oftentimes so I noted them all down. and recall it immediately.

[@bennybenevento3899]

Welcome back Hadar !👋🙂 In my opinion reading books helps to get fluent, I used to read out loud , I have been reading several books , since when I was a beginner student... Thanks for your useful video lessons Hadar 👍

[@Fauven05]

Reading was immeasurably useful for me to acquire usable words and phrases. Reading and having pretend conversations in my mind were probably the most significant methods of keeping words fresh in my mind and availability for use, rather than forgetting them. To prevent my words and phrases from becoming passive, I incorporated them the new things I learned from reading in my conversations with imaginary people in my imagination. When alone, I would speak my side of my conversations aloud.

[@stephendanks1790]

When I am reading in another language you are acquainting yourself with words you "kinda" know, phases "you "kinda" know. A word settles in the mind after seeing lots of times in various sentences and of course you can aid this by flashcards and active use but reading is such a wonderful way to enrich this process. One should add of course that reading is very enjoyable once you reach a decent level in the language and surely that is fantastic.. and don't call be Shirley ;)

[@user-eg6yu2gh6s]

You’ve made an excellent point. Thanks for sharing.

[@mertmaralmojo]

Reading is a key componant of a healthy mind and it definitely helps with speaking skills especially combined with your first and third tips. Reading out loud and explaning what we've read are game changers. Have been doing this for over a year now and my progress is insane! Thanks for the video Hadar!

[@kanocano22]

I think there are a lot of things than help to improve our English and reading is just another tool, we have to do a lot of things and spend a lot of time adquiring the language.

[@classy9991]

there's a quite famous method for learning languages ''extensive reading'' it works beautifully, it helped me to be fluent in Chinese, so at least from my own experience reading is crucial to reach fluency

[@abuhammad]

You got a point. But when I was learning my mother tongue, reading books was really helpful in growing my vocabulary and language skills, and it was not a big deal to convert it into spoken form.

[@lukeenglishaddict6928]

My one tip. Speak to yourself when nobody looking at you. I do that ;-)

[@joonsubjun3634]

Thank you so much for beautiful talk of practical tips! I've just noticed that my reading habits doesn't really draws me to fluency. I want to follow your tips that practice talking about what I've read. I really appreciate your effort to share your way to become fluent in English!

[@BR-lq6fc]

Tip 3 is the best: summarizing what you just read. The two key components of fluency are rate of speech and appropriate pausing. To achieve the first, we rely on lexical chunks - formulaic, prefabricated and and semi-fabricated phrases that we can retrieve and piece together quickly (grammaticalized lexis). This allows us to speak at a faster rate than if we made sentences word by word. How do we build a bank of these lexical chunks? Reading is a superb way. Then, of course, we need to develop automaticity, which is where speaking and writing practice comes in. But simply reading out loud may not be the best way to improve fluency. First you need to be activating your own language based on your own thought process, and this leads to the other main determinant of the impression of fluency: appropriate pausing. These pauses tend to occur after formulaic chunks, and they´re also connected to the way we think. In fact, these phonological chunks between pauses are often called ´thought groups´. Anyway, that´s where tip 3 comes in. Make a note of any useful lexical chunks from the passage you´ve read, then summarize it out loud in your own words. Time yourself, then repeat your summary but give yourself a shorter time limit, and so on. This will be more effective than simply reading out loud

[@cuivincent9744]

Quite interesting concept as lexical chunks as it is. For me that's means a sounds groups representing single meaning of serial words groups. But knowing it is easy but get it is extremely hard.

[@abrigospardos]

Absolutely. Reading helps you become more fluent. For one thing, your vocabulary will become wider and your wordpower will increase. I've never conceived of reading as something "passive". On the contrary, every new word or phrase that I learned by reading I tried to use as soon as possible in my writing assignments, for example. Of course I sometimes made a mistake, but it was not long until a teacher or a native speaker corrected me. Maybe I've just been lucky, but that's my experience.

[@hadar.shemesh]

But are you able to learn a new word in a book and use it spontaneously in conversation?

[@abrigospardos]

@@hadar.shemesh It's not exactly "spontaneously". I make a point to use it, I keep my eyes peeled for an opportunity to use new words.

[@doesm4tt3r]

Thanks for the tips, Hadar! Appreciate that :)

[@nohoescall]

Many thanks Hadar for bringind this topic up. I personally try to combine skills e.g. reading a book and then talking about it with my language exchange partner.

[@ololo3520]

The best advice I may give is to choose up-to-date books, I mean books written today and not 20 years ago. In that case you will see lots of modern words that can be used on a daily basis. In order to improve your written skills, you can write a summary of the book, or share your opinion on some websites where you can discuss this books with another people who read it too. If you are a teacher you may take some funny or useful passages for your classes and read them out with students or discuss some juicy vocabulary all together.

[@humbertovargas1836]

English as a habit, amazing analogy! So helpful, thanks! Now I have some tools to make a huge improvement of my english...ty

[@ysrael266]

The best teacher ever and,thank u so much for Your support 👍

[@ekaterinasaveleva5361]

In an other video you said that a possible reason for not remembering words while speaking is not being sure about their pronunciation. I didn't take it seriously and was confident enough that there were no problems here for me. And today I tried reading out loud and was kinda shocked how bad it was going... Not very smart of me to figure that only on B2 level, I'd been speaking and reading mostly in my mind before, so I'm really grateful for the tip and hopefully that'll help

I agree 💯%, thank you for the video!

[@anavalenz9716]

Thank you ! ❤ all your tips are so useful

[@tolgatopuz992]

Absolutely it's true what you said. The tips you've given us are really efficient. And I took my notes about this. while I was reading books I was trying to repeat that sentence which I read. So I can keep in mind

[@SuperMeatyhead]

These guidelines can be applied to any language. I am English but learning French and find your ideas spot on ta. Tom

[@alexisroboham2825]

Everything she says is right, we need to be encourage to speak, no matter if we make mistakes. Actually, mistakes are an opportunity to improve our skills.

[@jveng5788]

Amazing teacher! Your advices are gold!

[@tonyportillo1120]

I am very happy to have listened to this video. I am a reader and into the path to master my english skills. I am B2 now and want to get the C1

[@jisu4229]

Thank you for sharing this video Hader. I do really appreciate your tips. I am a university student in my final year. Although I read a lot due to my study, I found that my English skill hasn't improved as much as I expected. I believe that's because of my passive attitude like... 'let's get this done..' or 'this word seems like this meaning.. (assuming without searching for it). The tips you mentioned in this video were very helpful. I've been reading books actively, thinking about the actual meaning (without assuming) and actively using it by speaking and listening. This might not be for everyone but at least, this video helps me and someone like me

[@franciscomedellin9709]

Thanks a lot for your tips, I've being struggling so bad trying to learn English.

[@mdbodeant]

When you find an audiobook read by its own author, it can be an important plus. The first audiobook I listened in English was an special 25 years edition of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, read by Stephen R. Covey, the author. I was amazed by the way listening to him gave life to each word. I started reading the book while listening, and then copied the mp3s to my phone and started to listen to them everytime I could. That allowed me to really start thinking in English.

[@alexandrwashington5701]

Thanks for your wonderful advice. And you know what? I already use almost all of those tips except for the membership in a book club 🙂 I figured out all you just said in this video by myself 👍🏻🙂 But still thank you again for your time and dedication to what you're doing. I read Stephen King's "It", by the way 😊

[@heartandmindovercome3214]

This is the exact advice I needed. Not for English, but Spanish. Same deal though. Thanks a lot 🙏 🤝

[@AndrzejLondyn]

My for learning English is: reading ebooks + audio and practicing shaddowing on my Kindle

[@bb6728]

I’m totally loving your channel. No matter what, I’m going to watch every single video ASAP. Thanks!❤

[@liyathomas5439]

Hi Hadar........ Always your big fan... Thanks for all your tips....

[@jagagonza21]

I agree with you to an extent. I'm trying to use as much I can to improve my English skills. I'm reading books a lot in English, and of course, I'm putting it in practice. I'm reading the book in English and also I'm trying to find out the same book in audiobook and by this way I have a more clear experience about what I read. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@user-vx2mf7he7e]

A word is a habit.That's the key point. Thanks for pointing that for us .

[@KESHA1982]

Thank you! Very useful.

[@lrg6483]

Thanks Miss Hadar you explanation was very very clear and easy to understand.

[@franciscojose6496]

without a doubt your channel and your lessons are of great value so that we can not only me but everyone you conquered with your excellent work congratulations on your performance to bring knowledge to everyone thank you ever big woman big teacher

[@bluemountain4468]

One of my "methods" and the one that helped me the most: listening to songs without the lyrics. After some days listening to it whenever I can, I am able to sing it almost by heart but with mistakes, as I perhaps do not understand some words or phrases. Then is when I listen to the song with lyrics and to my surprise sometimes I even knew the word or phrase, some others they were totally new for me. I translate them and start singing the song a couple of times more but then I know I am pronouncing and understanding well all what I sing. Just an example, I started using as part of my general vocabulary the phrase "As time goes by" in the present and in the past, just because of the song of the same title, beautiful by the way.

[@mohammadasifazimi4612]

I am currently reading a book called "Think and grow rich" It is one of my favorite books I highly recommend this book to everyone I think this book should be taught at school because we really need this kind of book when we are at school and younger.

[@SurvivalCraftMania]

Ooh, I bought this book sometime ago in order to improve my english out of screens and also learn about how to make money, but I have not read more than 4 pages yet, how have been your experience with the book? Did you make any changes in your life because of it? What did you learn?

[@mohammadasifazimi4612]

This book illustrates and explains some tips which definitely can help you to make a tremendous changes in your personal life and your career

[@SurvivalCraftMania]

@@mohammadasifazimi4612 I'll put my effort on reading it, thank you!!

[@goketsu1946]

I just started by take a line of yours in a notebook and training myself on it

[@Californiansurfer]

Yes, 2014 to 2019. I worked in Jeffersonvill Indiana, Mishawaka Indiana, Shepardvill Kentucky and waxahachie Texas. I would read morning from 4am to 8am. Then start work. I found book stores and my hobby is reading. Love it. Yes, I don’t watch tv.. Free at last feee at last.. Downey ca

[@carlosauc]

It is true, that is happening to me. I read books, newspapers, etc... Of course, my vocabulary is increasing, but that does not occur with my speaking. Your tips are interesting. Thanks.

[@alejandrinaestradaguzman7486]

Thanks Hadar !!!

[@edwinzapata1626]

Steve kauffman says that he learn through reading a lot book and speaking few. He speaks 20 language

[@arturolarios9005]

Thanks for videos. All them are helpfull for us.

[@user-jo5dy1pi9s]

Eventually i got it. Habit to speak automatically will come to me only through The constant seying out loud and repetitive. Even if it'll strain me i won't stop doing this. Thanks, Hadar, You're awsome

[@karlacordon9927]

Good advices, thank you.

[@ernestinabiurcos]

I’m reading “ The confidence gap” and listen the same audiobook :) thanks !

[@sanket_narode]

I am here not to know about relationship between reading books and fluency but to assure myself that I am right 🙂

[@Roberto-iw6qf]

You really hit the nail on the head. I read a lot and know the meaning of many words, but when I speak I always repeat the same ones. I'm a person who doesn't talk to people often so I have to practice on my own. Reading is very easy, but it neither teaches you to speak nor gives you fluency. The reality is that the only way is to practice a lot and that comes from following your advice. I really need to speak and speak. Your videos are incredibly good and accurate. Thank you very much for your help.

[@PascaleLaurent81]

What one can do if they have no feedback from anyone else. I strongly suggest to read out loud and record yourself while doing it so , that way , you’ll get fluent in reading eventually. However, reading will not make you fluent by itself. Immersion will lead you there along with practicing. Hopes this helps! 😊

[@eugeniarodriguez7567]

Wonderful!!

[@AhmedHamdy-nh6eh]

Thanks alot teacher really it's beneficial speech

[@semprefedeli6729]

I suggest translating into your own language in your mind (or even by writing) while reading in English and viceversa. You might want to compare different way of saying something in the two languages. In this way you can switch to active learning since while you are doing it you end up practicing it in your head. Thus as you start speaking you will now be able to immediately reconnect to the English sentences seen before (as well as idioms, phrasal verbs etc...) starting from your own language that comes naturally to you...after you have done this even the new sentences you have learnt, will become a habit as a result. Interpreters call it "sight translation". They say it can help!

[@dharmanym8652]

What a beautiful teaching you are I like it 😂👍⭐️🙏🌹

[@68leiah]

It is important what the person really wants and needs to know. I can speak.( After a fashion).. But I never used it . I don't really need speaking because I don't like to meet people and speak to them. I want to read books in English, I want to watch my favorite tv series or to listen to the radio. But never speaking. So practice speaking would be only loss of time. Reading books (and watching TV) is the right thing to do.

[@brendamartinezgomez2297]

A learning process is a lifetime commitment that requires to embrace the language as a whole.

[@ewncilo]

This video was fantastic.

[@BlessedOne686]

I once heard Jordan Peterson talk about recognition memory and recollection memory. Many of us improve our ability to RECOGNISE a word and it’s meaning. However, because we haven’t repeated/internalised the word, we are unable to take advantage of(‘RECOLLECT’) the word in actual social situations. I see a lot of this idea in this video🙂

[@hadar.shemesh]

that's a great insight. thanks! I love the word 'recollect'!

[@dogetoshinakamoto7057]

I think these are all good advices but reading absolutely helps one’s fluency assuming one has reached an intermediate level of fluency. By meaning “intermediate” here, I am probably referring to those whose English is their second language and probably spent their entire years in a foreign country of their origin before going to an American college. By the time of graduation, the person should’ve acquired the necessary reading, speaking, and writing skills to at least form some sentences with some complexity, although the level of fluency will be at varying degree depending on each individual. At this level, the best way to further improve one’s speaking and writing skills is to keep reading books with complex sentence structures. The problem that I see with many of the Asian countries’ students without undergraduate experience in the US or other English speaking countries is that they assume that just doing some speech practices with a private tutor an hour a couple of times a week and watching some Netflix shows would improve their fluency. While this approach could somewhat help to a certain extent, without reading and writing complex structures, one will never be able to actually speak fluently with complex sentence structures; and that’s one needs to actually pass a job interview and work in an English speaking environment without major issues.

[@user-eg6yu2gh6s]

Excellent point on reading and writing complex sentence structures. Thanks for sharing.

[@benjiang9789]

I have a friend who has been quite diligent in reading and writing for dozens of years. But he is far from being fluent in English. Since he has been in a Chinese-speaking environment, I suggested that he may consider listening to podcasts, watching films or TV dramas in English, imitating, shadowing and reading aloud every day.

[@brunod8578]

Oh yeah! For sure! Try Ladder Series Reader's, the famous Readers!

[@dodaihocphi7240]

The most important thing is that you have to open your mouth to speak

[@douglasangelis2168]

Amazing video :)

[@franciscojose6496]

Teacher hadar i miss you of course your lessons tank you for this is amanzing channel

[@josegerardomirandamiranda677]

I really love this good information because I really like to read book in my English and besides is good for to speak with someone this information it brougth me good motivation and this is for people too I love it 🇺🇸

[@nandagopal375]

Hi hardar i am new user in your channel, your speech like easy to learn anything as English. 🙏🙏

[@timioptulescu455]

Absolutely !

[@blueberry2754]

Great explanation thanks a lot I am reading Wonder

[@javierfernandoagudelogomez1794]

Thanks for your video, it has given to me a different point of view. What do you think about the language acquisition hypothesis through comprehensible input by Stephen Krashen?

[@kanadian9418]

Granted, once you get that knowledge, you gotta speak and use it. if not, your fluency level is just the same. I always think proficiency and fluency go hand in hand.

[@universeusa]

You are amazing 🙏

[@ashima8701]

Thank you for your continuous support 🥰🥰

[@jephtecorriolan1171]

Hi !

[@ashima8701]

Hi 🤗

[@jephtecorriolan1171]

@@ashima8701 how are you ?

[@ashima8701]

Absolutely fine 🙂

[@jephtecorriolan1171]

@@ashima8701 happy to hear that ! So i need a partner to practice english, i don't know if you can one 😕

[@user-gowithclouds]

Thank you very much for your help Mrs and I would ask you about bookworms of Oxford which come as levels?

[@supplychainsants]

Dynamite Mindful Information! $ You gave a fantastic recipe for speaking fluently and confidently. It works 100%.

[@BenYakar]

Thanks 😊

[@sakilahmed5904]

Great tips

[@AoibhinnMcCarthy]

Totally agree

[@shouyiwang4261]

Good job🎉

[@locbui5388]

Thank you, from Vietnam 😊

[@alexandervladimirov3939]

I’m reading “Pollyanna” by Eleanor H. Porter. Pollyanna uses “I reckon” instead of “I think/believe/guess”… it’s an obvious value for my English development, I reckon)

[@adrianaassef4433]

😊 It's the FIRST time I see that word, good to Know! Thank you.

[@fabiohernandez1066]

Lo único que hizo fue decir que la lectura no funciona y que se tiene si o que hablar con alguien para tener fluidez. Mientras tanto se dedicó a dar consejos para mejorar la fluidez... mediante la lectura. O está ofreciendo clases personalizadas en forma, o se quedó pensando que aprender un lenguaje es lo mismo que adquirirlo. Si no tienes con quién hablar, pues no tienes y ya está. No todos cuentan con la oportunidad de interactuar con nativos de una lengua, y si la estudian, las horas de clase nunca serán suficientes para hacer semejante comparación frente a un escenario donde se habla una lengua que no es la propia. Las horas que se invierten leyendo sí sirven, y mucho, es de la manera en que hoy tantos aprenden inglés u otra lengua desde sus casas y sin pagar cursos virtuales. La producción oral siempre tendrá lugar siempre que el aprendiz tenga buen oído, sepa "imitar" esa lengua y sea un ser humano pensante, porque todo el tiempo se piensa, y los pensamientos son lenguaje. Ahí se encuentra el mayor ejercicio de producción oral en el ser humano: el pensamiento. Ahí practicas todo el tiempo, todo lo que has podido escuchar. La interacción social es importante y eso es innegable, pero ante diferentes circunstancias, en diferentes condiciones, se puede dar un aprendizaje efectivo con diferentes métodos.

[@clausita]

Excellent 😀☕ Yes.