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You're listening to the Learning English Conversations podcast from BBC Learning English.

We'll have another episode of the English we speak soon.

But today, we're continuing with our special series, Beating Speaking Anxiety,

a podcast to help you fight your fears of speaking in English.

This episode is called I'm Scared People Won't Understand Me.

Have you ever worried about your accent?

When I speak to people, I'm a bit nervous that they don't understand me what I mean, what I would say.

If you could wake up tomorrow morning with any English accent in the world, what would you like to wake up with?

When I started to realize that people don't understand me, I lost my confidence after it.

Instead of teaching so-called correct native English to learners, it would be better for learners

if they learned how to adjust.

Today we're going to talk about how to make sure people understand you in English.

Hello and welcome to beating speaking anxiety, our special series to help you fight your fears of speaking English.

I'm Georgie. And I am Hanan. You can find the transcript of this episode to help you learn on our website, BBClearningenglish.com.

One part of learning another language is learning pronunciation, and often it's one of the hardest parts of speaking.

Hello, my name is Anna. I'm from Ukraine.

For Anna, getting the sounds of words right in English is very difficult and frustrating.

So sometimes, even if I'm not sure about correct pronunciation, this word, I just avoid it.

And because of it, my language sounds simple. Anna says she avoids some words because she's not sure

about her pronunciation. She's experienced problems in the past,

getting people to understand her, even when she thinks what she's saying is clear.

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