3.4.2.1.3. Use the series method, but you be the speaker.

I recommended the Series Method above as a way to keep the speech you hear somewhat predictable and thus easier to process. It is also useful as a means of keeping yourself talking. One problem with speaking is simply coming up with ideas of things to talk about. If you tell all the steps in a process, you will find that each statement you make will suggest the next statement in the series. You can use a series that you have already heard your LRP say, and perhaps tape-recorded and listened to several times. But remember, your point is not to memorize and talk like a parrot. So you would tell the series in your own words. Those will often be very close to the words your LRP used, but you are not saying the whole sentence from memory. Rather you are remembering the next step in the process, and saying it on the basis of your speaking ability. Alternatively, you can make up a series which you have not heard your LRP tell. This will turn up holes in your speaking ability. Don't stop while you're telling the series, but jot down a note as to the nature of any problems you have for later reference. Then go over your jottings with the LRP to find out how to say what you were unable to say.