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A woman in a red jumper laughing, holding a mug. 2:49 recorded
Your fluency check

Your speaking, in numbers.

One short recording about an ordinary day, told one number at a time.

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You talked for

2:49

about an ordinary day. No script, no notes.

and said

229

words.

Not counting “um”s, repeats or restarts. You never ran out of things to say.

Where the time went

79% of it was you talking.

  • Talking2 m 13 s
  • “Um” and “uh”23.5 s
  • Silent pauses of 1 s+12.2 s
Your pace

114

syllables a minute, pauses included.

YouTarget 131Native, recording alone

Take the pauses out and you’re at

145

The speed is already there. The gaps are what slow you down.

47

“um”s and “uh”s in under three minutes.

That’s 20.5 per 100 words. We say them to buy time while the next words load.

Long pauses

7 long pauses. 4 of them landed in the middle of an idea.

3 between ideas4 mid-idea

Pausing between ideas is natural. Pausing mid-idea is the one that interrupts you.

A woman waving hello on a video call.
Your most-used word

“usually”×3

  1. 1I tend to eat cottage cheese
  2. 2at work I normally make a cup of coffee
  3. 3things I use at work day to day

Three ways to say it next time. Learn them as whole phrases.

Nice catches

Words you used well.

comfortablecolleaguedaily routine

And 1.40 syllables a word, the same as a native speaker. The vocabulary is already there.

For the Sprint

Your two targets.

Target 1 · pace114 → 131syllables a minute, pauses included
Target 2 · fillers20.5 → 14“um”s and “uh”s per 100 words

Checked again after session 10 and session 20.

A woman on a sofa talking on her laptop, smiling.
Recorded
2:49
Words
229
Pace
114 → 131
“Um”s per 100 words
20.5 → 14
Long pauses
7
Top word
“usually”
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