Don't worry about fluency - speaking slowly is OK.

English learners are often worried about their lack of fluency. They need much time to build sentences and this worries them. They would like to speak as fast as in their native language.

Please notice that building sentences in a foreign language is a real challenge for the brain. There are chemical processes that take place in the brain before a sentence can be built in a foreign language. Those processes take more time than building sentences in one's native language. At least in the beginning. Fluency comes with time and practice and it should not to be expected in the beginning of learning.

If you are an English learner who worries about lack of fluency, please remember my words: When you speak too fast, your brain does not have the time to build correct sentences; you have to speak so slowly that your brain has the time to think about building sentences in English.

In my opinion, it is a good habit to speak slowly and carefully in a foreign language.

My point is that learners should accept the fact that speaking in a foreign language is more difficult than speaking in one's native language. There is no need to worry about this. There is little fluency in the beginning and this is okay. Don't worry about lack of fluency.

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