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An Essential Key to Develop Speaking Skills

An Essential Key to Develop Speaking Skills

Something many teachers overlook when teaching speaking skills

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Feb 01, 2024
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Welcome, aspiring polyglot! Along with the fact that there are multiple ways to say the same thing, there are, generally, multiple meanings for individual words. Learning these is equally important when working to develop speaking skills. The technical term for this is polysemy.

Part of learning to think in your target language is learning to approach different problems from different angles. When you have more tools in your belt you have more ways to tackle each new obstacle you encounter. Polysemy is a powerful tool that will enhance and accelerate your second language acquisition.

Mastering different ways to say the same things

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