In class last week, a student named Xia who works in admin asked me: she squeezes 10 minutes a day to memorize words, and heard that practicing speaking English every day is the fastest way to improve, but after forcing herself to speak for a week, she got more and more nervous, even felt scared when seeing English words, and asked if she was not suitable for learning English at all.

This is a common misconception many people have: they think as long as they force themselves to speak every day, they will definitely see progress. But after going through nearly 1200 student learning records, we found that not everyone is suitable for practicing speaking every day right off the bat. Forcing it will only wear out your limited enthusiasm for learning.

01Don't Believe the Myth That Everyone Should Speak Daily - These 3 Groups Will Only Get Worse By Forcing It

  • Total beginners who haven't mastered the standard pronunciation of all 26 letters: forcing yourself to speak full sentences right away will only engrave wrong pronunciation into your muscle memory, and it will take several times longer to correct later. People in this group can first refer to What Changes Can You See After One Month of Learning English From Scratch? to build a solid foundation first
  • People who can't even squeeze in time for fragmented English learning recently: if you have to split even 5 minutes of free time into three parts every day, forcing time to speak English will only become an extra KPI, making you more and more resistant to learning, and eventually you will give up completely
  • People with no clear learning goals at all: if you don't know whether you are learning for traveling abroad, workplace presentations, or other purposes, even if you speak every day, you won't see the direction of progress, and you will burn out soon
I met Kai, an e-commerce operations worker, before. He chatted with a foreign teacher every day for 14 consecutive days, and finally came to me and said, "I feel like I haven't made any progress except being able to say how are you". It turned out that he didn't know why he was learning English at all, he just signed up for the course because his colleagues in the same department were learning.

02**Practicing Speaking English Every Day** Is Suitable For These Groups, You Can See Obvious Changes In 1 Month

First, learners who have passed the pure introductory stage and can speak simple words and short sentences. No matter you are preparing for TOEIC, dealing with business negotiations, or planning a free trip abroad, with clear goals, the effect of daily speaking practice is the best. If you don't know how to arrange daily practice, you can refer to 25 Minutes a Day for Spoken English: 3 Tested Steps From a Long-term Student, just follow the steps.

Then there are people who can squeeze out at least 25 minutes of complete free time every day. Our online one-to-one foreign teachers are all from the physical campus in Manila, Philippines, and have received systematic training in the Karen Method. The 25-minute high-frequency short courses are set just right for the golden duration of adults' attention span, which will not take up too much personal time, nor will you get distracted because the course is too long and tiring.

Another group is learners who have passed the pronunciation stage of learning English from scratch and want to quickly improve their speaking fluency. If you chat with a foreign teacher for 25 minutes every day, your sense of language will improve at least 3 times faster than practicing in front of the mirror by yourself.

03Not Sure If It's Suitable For You? Do This One Thing First Before Deciding

To put it bluntly, you don't have to force yourself to set a flag of "stick to speaking English every day for 30 days" at the beginning. If it's not suitable, it will only hit your confidence.

You can first sort out your learning goals, then take 25 minutes to do a free level test, listen to the advice of professional foreign teachers, and see what kind of practice intensity is suitable for your current stage.

Frankly speaking, I personally recommend that you take a free trial class first to experience it. If you find that the 25-minute class is not difficult, and you even feel unsatisfied after the class, then you are completely suitable for the mode of practicing speaking every day.

In fact, practicing speaking English every day is a very efficient way to improve oral English. As long as you are the right group and find the right method, your progress will be much faster than you think. If you are interested, you can book a free trial class now to experience the atmosphere of one-to-one foreign teacher classes.