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📚 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.

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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

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