Overcome Your Fear of Speaking Chinese & How to Become an Active Speaker (A Full Chinese Video)

in this video i'm going to talk about how you can transfer from a silent Chinese learner to an active speaker Hello everyone, welcome back to my channel i'm peipei this video is going to be in Chinese you can turn on the CC for English pinyin and Chinese subtitles without further ado let's get started

If you are no longer a zero-beginner Chinese student, but still find it hard to speak in complete sentences, or you've obviously learned quite a few words and understand the basic grammar rules, but when it comes to actual communication, you start stumbling over your words, reacting very slowly, and constantly overthinking in your head.

Don't worry, you are not alone. I've seen so many Chinese learners just like you. Let's first look at a real example. This is exactly what my student told me during a class a few days ago. Maybe you've run into the same problem. She said, "Peipei, when you ask me questions, I can understand most of them,

and I really want to answer. But when it's my turn to speak, I just don't know how to form sentences anymore. But after you help me form the sentence, I can completely read, hear, and understand it. But right now, it's just really hard to form a complete sentence on my own." Do you have the same struggle?

This is actually a very common problem, especially when you are in the transition phase from beginner to intermediate. Actually, many words and sentence structures you've already learned, or you've heard and seen them. But the problem is, they might still be a jumbled mess in your head. You can't truly control them yet. If you use the translation method,

first translating from your native language to Chinese, or some learners even translate from their native language to English first, and then to Chinese, while simultaneously thinking about Chinese grammar, sentence structure, and if the vocabulary is right, and then finally saying the sentence out loud... That will definitely affect your speaking speed. You might even feel something is wrong as you speak,