<![CDATA[Live streaming offers a real-time, interactive space for autonomous English speaking practice, yet most research evaluates its outcomes through proficiency scores rather than learners’ lived experience while practicing. This study used autoethnography to examine how self-directed speaking practice through TikTok Live shaped the researcher’s own speaking development and to identify its positive and negative impacts. Data were collected over several weeks through reflective journals, session recordings, and personal notes, then analyzed using reflective thematic analysis. Findings show that consistent practice improved fluency and linguistic complexity while strengthening awareness of recurring language patterns and errors, reduced speaking anxiety through repeated exposure, and transformed the researcher’s identity from a silent, hesitant learner into a confident digital speaker. However, it also produced psychological pressure from rising viewer counts, vulnerability to negative comments, cognitive fatigue after long sessions, and dependence on social validation. Live streaming is thus an effective but emotionally demanding medium for speaking practice, requiring structured and reflective use.]]>
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