Improving your English speaking skills will help you communicate more easily and effectively. But how do you become a more confident English speaker?
Practise where you can, when you can. Any practice is good – whether you speak to someone who is a native English speaker or not.
It's important to build your confidence. If possible, use simple English sentence structure that you know is correct, so that you can concentrate on getting your message across.
Try to experiment with the English you know. Use words and phrases you know in new situations. Native English speakers are more likely to correct you if you use the wrong word than if you use the wrong grammar. Experimenting with vocabulary is a really good way of getting feedback.
Try to respond to what people say to you. You can often get clues to what people think by looking at their body language. Respond to them in a natural way.
Try NOT to translate into and from your own language. This takes too much time and will make you more hesitant.
If you forget a word, do what native English speakers do all the time, and say things that 'fill' the conversation. This is better than keeping completely silent. Try using um, or er, if you forget the word.
Don't speak too fast! It's important to use a natural rhythm when speaking English, but if you speak too fast it will be difficult for people to understand you.
Try to relax when you speak – you'll find your mouth does most of the pronunciation work for you. When you speak English at normal speed, you'll discover that many of the pronunciation skills, such as linking between words, will happen automatically.
Remember, when speaking English…
Try to become less hesitant and more confident.
Don't be shy to speak – the more you do it, the more confident you'll become.
Remember to be polite – use "please" and "thank you" if you ask someone to do something for you.
72 comments on “Better English speaking skills”
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Although i work in an environment where there is nothing but english.Its all american,english,scotish and african acent ,this is big problem to understand these much accent ,but speaking depends on your confident,how much confident you are that matters alot.
in my opinion,there are three important points which should be paid attention to improve your speaking skills:
1. you dare to say
2. you should be confident and calm when you are taking your communication
3. you should keep up when you make some progress!
To be fluent be first confident. be positive when u speek, listion other attentively
do not be shy
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It's good,practical and useful, but don't forget if you want to learn to speak any languages, other skills of that language rather than Speaking will help you somehow and enhance your Speaking ,Writting will help you not forget new words,Listening will help you learn new structures, and Reading is the KING in learning!
Good Luck.
Thanks for the information you shared.
Always remember that practice makes perfect.
do not feel shy when u speak a wrong word/sentence.
Good Website.Very useful for spoken english.Try to speak correct or wrong,don't afraid.Attempt to speak.The saying "FAILURE IS THE FIRST STEP TO SUCCESS" says that.
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Thank you very much for the helpful tips.
Although i've a good vocablary & grammer background, the lack of practicing is slowing my speaking skills improving.
I will try to work on it.
Wish me good luck ☺ :)
really practise will more improve when u speak with native speaker listen what they are speaking ,,before speak listening is a one way to improve ur communication
It really feels good to be confident while speaking english.I am a Filipino but I know I can speak better English.And this is the best website for me to excel more.
i have lot of nervus, kindly tell to me any suggestion for how to overcomming that and i want improve my communication skills as soon as possible.
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is there any ref. book who can help me to speak better english.
looking forward to your expert advice soon.
cheers,
Ahl
ahl » Most course books give help in speaking skills (as they do in all the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking). Were you looking for something just for conversation, or for more specific skills such as giving presentations?
kolle harinath » People often have nerves when they need to speak, perhaps because they are worried they will make a mistake. If you limit yourself to not saying anything too complicated, the chances of making a mistake are smaller. The more you speak, the greater your confidence will be, which in turn, will help you speak more. It's a question of practice – you need to speak so that you realise that a) it's not that bad, and b) even if you do make a mistake, nothing bad is going to happen to you!
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It's a very useful website where people may gain extra info about using the English language especially in speaking skills. As for my opinion, being interested towards the language is the most important to make the person to speak English . What say you? Tq
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and helpful i have find myself in situations described here i have comitted many errors in the use of my phrases that always lead me to misunderstandings because of my show of grammar and vocabulary not unecesary but kind of pretentious and people have just rejected me just for that even though what i saying is true people wont listen to book like speaking people i really need a way to simplify myself and be more direct and simple
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as a Turk who is just 17, i can say that i'd never been shy and unconfident in the first times that i started to speak to the native speakers, though i was just 14 i was speaking english in a confident way and people used to appreciate my bravery, you've got to go with the advices which are given in this useful website…it's working!
hello everyone…dis is sonali..I'm new to english-at-home farternity n i seek ur help…but before i begin with all sorts of help i need,i wud firstly like to thank for d site..it's been just a few days since i joined n i hav already begun to gain a lot..infact seeing everyone write has inspired me to write this comment which i cudnt hav otherwise..really thanku!!!
now moving on to my problems, i find it really difficult to speak anythng logically..i mean ders never a logic,a transition or say a flow in watever i speak unless i hav planned it beforehand..so is der any way for how i cud make it natural n automatic???Also ideas stop flowing when i hav to express myself..i mean when given a topic to speak on d spot, d connection from d brain just breaks.But when i sit at a silent place n try thnking, all points start flowing n this leave me with all disappointment n a sense of failure..this happens not only while speaking but also while writing…i also fail to use d right word at d right tym.I find reading quite a painful activity as well..i never hav d patience..since ideas cums mostly by reading,is der anythng i cud so to read with pleasure…Kindly tell me wat all i must do n also d kind of buks dat one must read?i will be grateful to u if u cud just point out if i went wrong anywhere in watever i hav written or if i cud hav expressed in a better way
with regards
sonali
thnxxx to the website….i hope i will use it and make my english better……thnxx again…
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Ofcuase, i really thank very much to who created this website for many of peoples and alsp me can learn and improve of english skills and speaking. I have never shy or hesitant when speak english but actualy i can't speak english everyday because no one can speak with me so it's aproblem that makes me can't improved…
My first day that can find this site, it make me very happy and apraciate very much…
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February 9th, 2009
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