📚 In this video, I explain the best way to improve your speaking skills, why vocabulary tends to be more important than grammar, why second-guessing grammar harms your ability to communicate, and why you don't need to STUDY grammar rules to correctly FOLLOW them.
0:00 - Is studying grammar a help or a hindrance in speaking? 1:16 - Speaking a language well is like playing chess 1:26 - What happens in our brain when we speak? 3:20 - What we need to speak well 3:32 - What do we mean by "speaking well"? 4:44 - Correct collocations and using words with precision 6:40 - Do grammar books have any benefits? 7:20 - The interconnection between input and output 8:50 - Myelin, neural interconnectedness & the power of interest 9:40 - Why active readers are better speakers 10:18 - Why you should work up to reading paper books
