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                                                                            | Becky: Want to perfect your speaking skills? Here’s how you do it! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Welcome to Innovative Language Sunday News! I'm Becky and I'll be your host. My co-host today is the founder of Innovative Language... Peter Galante! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Hi everyone! Peter here. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: In this Sunday News, we’re covering 3 ways you can speak better, faster, and without making pronunciation mistakes. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: And one of them includes our awesome new Premium PLUS feature! | 
                                                                
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                                                                            | Peter: Okay, listeners. Have you ever noticed that most learners can read and write well... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ...but when it comes to speaking in their target language... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...they freeze up? They need to stop and think. And sometimes they’re scared to speak. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Why is that? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: We’ll tell you why that happens... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ...Plus the 3 ways you can improve and perfect your speaking skills, in just a bit. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: But before we do that, we have a few quick things to announce. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: First, there’s a brand new feature out for Premium PLUS. You can now get your speaking skills checked, corrected and perfected by a native teacher... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...simply by recording yourself! You’ll find this feature inside Premium PLUS My Teacher. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: We’ll tell you how you can take advantage of this feature and how it works, soon. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Second - Thanksgiving is right around the corner. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: So listeners, we have prepared a FREE gift to thank you for your support... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ... and for being part of the Innovative Language family. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: But, you’ll have to wait until next time to find out what this gift is.... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Becky and I will tell you how to get it in the next Sunday News! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Okay, Peter. Why are most beginners not good at speaking? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: That’s a very good question, Becky. It’s actually because of how most people start learning a language. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: What do you mean? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter:  Well, you’re studying Japanese, right Becky? What were your first steps? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Hmm… I learned some phrases from articles online, and then got a beginner textbook. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: So you started reading first, right? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Yeah, that’s right. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: But reading doesn’t help you with speaking much. So because most beginners focus on reading, grammar and writing first... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ... that's what they get good at.. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...but their speaking doesn’t improve. Because they dedicate more time to everything... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ... except speaking. That makes sense! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Right. So, listeners, this is where we’ll go into the 3 ways you can perfect your speaking... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ...using our learning system. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Alright. Let’s get into the first way: Shadowing... also known as repeating the conversations that you hear. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Professional interpreters are trained in this method, and listeners.... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...this is one method you can use right now! When you’re listening to a lesson... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ...try to repeat the conversations you hear. And if it’s too challenging, read along first with the line-by-line dialogue. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: But the magic here is that you master pronunciation and improve your reaction speed. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ..meaning you can speak quickly without thinking. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Listeners, be sure to try shadowing the conversations in our lessons. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: The second way is to record yourself and compare yourself with native speakers. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Right. Being able to hear your pronunciation and theirs side-by-side is very useful. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: You can instantly hear the difference and correct yourself. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: By the way, you can do this easily with our Voice Recording Tool, which you’ll find in the Line-by-Line dialogues. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: So, you can record the lines you hear in the conversations... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...hear the native version... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: And adjust until you’re perfect! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: You’ll find the Line-by-Line dialogue and the recorder on every lesson in our learning system! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: And the third way includes our brand new feature for Premium PLUS. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: That’s right. It’s having an actual teacher listen to you and correct your speech! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: So with Premium PLUS My Teacher, you can record yourself... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...for example, doing a self-introduction, reading out a shopping list, making a speech — or anything else you want, up to 2 minutes in length... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ...and send it over to your teacher. He or she will analyze it and tell you how to improve. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Which means you have an actual native speaker telling you how to talk like a native speaker! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: And your teacher can send a perfect example for you to shadow. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: So listeners, if you want to put these methods to use with all of our best lessons... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ..and also unlock study tools like the voice recorder, the line-by-line dialogue... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...OR get your own teacher and access to the new Premium PLUS My Teacher... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Here’s a quick 20% discount on Premium and Premium PLUS. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Get 20% OFF Premium or Premium PLUS ‘til Wednesday. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Premium gives you unlimited access to all lessons, apps, and study tools... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: And Premium PLUS comes with unlimited access PLUS your very own teacher... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: ...and access to the new Premium PLUS My Teacher tool. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Just use coupon code SUNDAYNEWS5 | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Or, as always, click on the link in the lesson description to get 20% OFF Premium or Premium PLUS! | 
                                                                
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                                                                            | Becky: Well, that’s going to do it for this edition of Innovative Language Sunday news!* | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Bye everyone!* | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Becky: Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you all next time.* | 
                                                        
                     
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