Learn how to become a FLUENT and CONFIDENT English speaker by spending just 10 minutes a day. This is the JAM technique.<br /><br />For more FREE English lessons, SUBSCRIBE to this channel.<br /><br />Transcript:<br />Hi and welcome back. In this <br />video, I’m going to teach you one <br />simple trick that you can use to <br />become a fluent English speaker <br />by spending just 10 minutes a <br />day. The best part about this is <br />that you don’t need a partner – <br />you can do this by yourself. This <br />is a technique that has worked <br />for many of my students and if <br />you do what I tell you in this <br />video, I guarantee that you will <br />become more fluent in English. So <br />what is this trick? Well, it’s a <br />technique known as JAM. Uh, no, <br />not that kind of jam. This is <br />actually a little fluency game <br />based on a show that airs on BBC <br />radio. The reason it’s called JAM <br />is because it’s short for Just A <br />Minute. This game has three <br />stages. So here’s how you play <br />it: You’re going to talk about a <br />topic for one minute. That is, <br />you’re going to give a speech <br />without any preparation. So you <br />just pick a topic - you can <br />either take general topics like <br />sports, hobbies, friends, books <br />etc. or you can choose a <br />question. For example, what is <br />your favorite mode of transport? <br />And once you have a topic, you <br />speak. Now when you do, there are <br />some rules: The first rule is <br />that you cannot stop speaking. <br />You must talk for the full <br />minute. If you have to pause to <br />catch your breath, it’s OK, but <br />you cannot pause for more than <br />three seconds. Even if you say <br />nonsense or you say something <br />unrelated to the topic it doesn’t <br />matter. You’re just going to keep <br />talking. So that’s rule number <br />one. Rule number two is you <br />cannot repeat the same ideas. <br />That means you can’t just say the <br />same things over and over and <br />over again – this isn’t <br />pronunciation practice – it’s <br />fluency development, so no <br />repetition of the same ideas. And <br />rule number three is no writing – <br />you cannot make any notes while <br />you are speaking, you must only <br />concentrate on speaking. These <br />are just the three rules. So to <br />begin, you need a timer, this can <br />be on your smartphone for <br />example. You start stage one by <br />starting the timer and you speak <br />until the one minute is reached. <br />I’m going to give you an example <br />of how to do this. I’m going to <br />take this question: “What is your <br />favorite mode of transport?” and <br />I’m going to speak for a minute <br />on this topic. Now I haven’t done <br />any preparation, so let’s see how <br />I do. OK, so what’s my favorite <br />mode of transport? I would have <br />to say that it’s the train. <br />That’s because um, actually, you <br />get to see a lot of nice scenery, <br />beautiful landscapes and things <br />like that. And you know, train <br />journeys generally tend to be <br />longer than other types of, or <br />rather, other modes of transport. <br />You can see I’m really struggling <br />for ideas but I can’t stop, I <br />have to keep going so I’m saying <br />whatever comes to mind, that’s no <br />problem.
