Okay, so we’ve talked about the physical side of English fluency. Even if you practice one song a day, it will help! I used this approach when I was learning Chinese and it really helped me. It’s also not hard to add to your schedule. This technique is very helpful for the physical side of speaking English fluently. Try to get to a level where you can sing, but you are still challenged with the speed. After a while, you can practice with faster songs. That’s why it’s a good idea to start with slower songs. This will help you practice saying the words with the speed of the song. Then, play the song and sing along! You can use the lyrics to make sure you’re saying the right words. You can usually find them online by typing the song name and ‘lyrics’ into a search engine. Step 4: Use Songsīoth speed-reading and songs are helpful for the physical side of becoming fluent.įor this step, find an English song you like. Let’s look at another useful technique you can use to improve your English fluency. It is training your mouth to produce the English sounds quickly and smoothly as you read. This is part of the physical side of fluency. Try to read the text faster than your previous time.Ĭontinue repeating for five, fifteen or thirty minutes and see how fast you can read the text. Set the timer and read the text aloud.Īfter you do this once, read it again. Make sure it is relatively easy for you and is within your English level. It can be a newspaper article, blog post, page from a book, or anything else you choose. The first thing you need to do is find something short to read. You can also practice for as long as you have time to for. Practicing in this way is very useful because you can speed-read anywhere.
I WANT TO SPEEK ENGLISH HOW TO
Now that you know the most important point to improve your fluency, let’s talk about how to practice. If you really want to become fluent, it’s important to move forward and do it anyway. So it’s important to accept that you will continue to be uncomfortable with that activity. You might hate something different, like giving presentations, or having small talk. You can apply this to your experience in learning English. I am now prepared to feel uncomfortable, and I move forward and make phone calls anyway. The point here is that making phone calls hasn’t become easier for me, but I’ve accepted that. Now, I’m studying Greek and I still hate making phone calls! After that, I lived in China, where I also hated making phone calls in Chinese. When I lived in Russia, I was very uncomfortable making phone calls in Russian. This is because I can’t use facial expressions or body language to guess the speaker’s meaning. This will give you the courage to get out there and practice.įrom my own experience, I’ve always hated making phone calls in other languages. So, knowing this, it’s important to simply accept that you’re not going to feel comfortable, and embrace that feeling! The sooner you do, the sooner you will become comfortable being uncomfortable. I have studied several languages, but even though I can speak some of them very well, the process is still not comfortable. Unfortunately, unless you immerse yourself 100% in an English-speaking country and culture, that is not likely. Sometimes, learners believe that they will reach a point when learning English is suddenly comfortable and simple. There are times when you don’t know how to express your ideas, and you have to learn how to explain your meaning in a completely different way. Step 2: Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable Many of our students have similar replies to this piece of advice, such as: “I don’t have anyone to talk to”, “I live in a different country and people don’t speak English”, “ I feel shy because I can’t speak English well”. The key to becoming skilled is to practice speaking regularly. It is a practical skill and you can’t learn it from a book. Speaking is different from other types of subjects. It’s important to talk to different people and engage in conversation. If you really want to become fluent in English, the most important thing to do is get out there and practice speaking English. Now that we’ve talked about what fluency is, let’s focus on how we can work on the physical and mental aspects in 5 steps. Mentally, your brain needs to develop the ability to find and produce words, phrases and sentences quickly and smoothly. Physically, your mouth needs to develop the ability to produce the words coming from your mind. Being fluent means your speaking flows without stopping or hesitating.įluency involves two sides: physical and mental. However, there are many aspects of speaking any language fluently. Many people think it is simply the ability to speak a language. Before we talk about how to speak English fluently, we have to talk about what English fluency is.
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