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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 I'm Not Getting Better.

Do you feel like your English speaking isn't getting better?

These days, I feel less confidence about my English.

I can see my bad point.

On the surface, these are people who seem to be able to get past their anxiety in some way, but internally,

they're suffering.

It takes a long time to learn a language competently. So we should celebrate the little

milestones that we achieve along the way.

Today we're going to talk about what to do when you feel like you aren't improving

when speaking English.

Hello and welcome to beating speaking anxiety, our special series to help you become more

confident speaking English. I'm Georgie, an English teacher and presenter at BBC Learning English.

And I am Hanan from BBC Arabic. You can find a transcript of this episode to help you learn on our

website, BBC learningenglish.com.

Many people feel like no matter how much they study, they can't improve their speaking.

Hanan, I think you mentioned that when you first moved to the UK, you had a high level of English,

but you still found it hard to have conversations.

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