English Speaking Tips

You know the language, the grammar and even the pronunciation. However, you might find it difficult to speak flawless English without hesitation for five whole minutes. That is due to lack of fluency. Your brain knows all the words, but since you have not trained it enough, it is not able to bring forth those words as quickly as needed to speak fluently. You can improve fluency of a language only by talking. You need to go about learning a new language just like you learned your mother tongue. You listened and you repeated. Here are some tips that will help you speak English better than ever.

English Speaking Tips

1. Dive into the deep end

Studying English for an hour once a week isn’t usually enough to make any real progress. The best way to quickly improve your English is to spend at least a few minutes practicing every day. Challenge yourself to listen to, read, and even say things in English that you think might be too difficult for you. If you want to speak English fluently, you need to make it an essential part of your everyday life.

2. Talk

Communicate in English as much as possible. It is all right to be wrong. It is totally fine to make mistakes. You learn from your mistakes and move on. So, don’t just talk. Talk confidently. Talk to convince. Talk to take people by storm. That is how you improve English.

3. The answer is in the question

Listen carefully when someone asks you a question in English and you’ll answer perfectly every time. If someone asks you a question and you’re not sure to answer, start by thinking about the words used in the question. English questions are like mirrors:

Does he…?               Yes, he does.

Can she…?                Yes, she can.

Is it…?                        Yes, it is.

4. Get more out of listening

When most students listen to a native English speaker, they focus on understanding what all the words mean. This is definitely important, but there is a lot more you can learn from listening. Try listening not just to what the words mean, but to how the person says them. Notice which words the person links together in a sentence, or when they say ‘ya’ instead of ‘you’. When you listen to native speakers, it can be hard to understand every single word that is spoken. They might use many words you don’t know, talk too fast or have a  strong accent.

Posted by Leila Cynthia Dewi