Many people are afraid to speak English, but in fact learning to speak is the most enjoyable part of the four skills. Just knowing a little English, there are countless ways for you to speak and improve your speaking skills immediately. As long as you memorize the following 10 tips when practicing this skill. 📝
🔺 1. Speak, speak and speak
No matter how poor your vocabulary or pronunciation, you should be confident and speak as much as you can when given the opportunity. No one laughs when you make a mistake, on the contrary, they may be more enthusiastic to help you correct it. Only practice as much as possible will help you improve your fluency, vocabulary…. Remember that speaking is like playing music or playing sports in that the only way to get better is to do it.
2. Using technology
A smartphone can be a powerful tool for learning to speak. Whenever possible, record your own voice, then listen back to see how you sound. In addition, there are many other applications that help you organize your practice time, or note new words to learn during the day, during the week.
3. Listen
Regularly listening to English news or listening to songs is very effective for pronunciation skills. Besides, you also learn more vocabulary and expressions. The more you listen, the more you learn. When listening, try to imitate what you hear, from pronunciation, stress in words, in sentences, intonation of sentences...
4. Read aloud
No need to be shy because you can do this alone. Pick up a magazine or newspaper and read the whole article aloud. Even if you have a favorite TV show or reality show, you can search for its dialogue and read it aloud. This is a great way to practice pronunciation. You just need to focus on how to make your reading as correct and expressive as possible, without worrying about word structure or grammar because the available material is considered a "model text".
🔺 5. Learn a new word every day
Choose a new word that you want to learn that day, using the word as much as possible in different sentences and contexts. Use it until you fully understand it and then use it often in spoken language.
🔺6. Watch a movie
Watch English movies without subtitles, not only for entertainment but also to focus on the words, phrases, and expressions that the actors say. You can review the subtitles later to check your listening ability. Also, to make what you have just learned, try to watch it a few times to imitate the pronunciation in the movie. This is really a fun way to learn and you will never get bored.
7. Make friends
If you don't have any friends who are really good at English, it's a pity. Try to find some native friends, or at least someone who can speak English well. You will learn a lot by talking in English with them.
🔺 8. Do interesting activities in English
Join a culinary science for English-speaking foreigners, or join the English book club, the English speaking club. Whatever you like to do, try to do it right away as long as you communicate in the language you want to learn. When you use English to talk about your favorite things, you will find it much easier to speak.
🔺 9. Debate in English
Find a few like-minded friends, come up with a topic together, and debate and discuss it. Try to use as many words as possible to illustrate your point, and listen carefully to the opinions of others. You will learn a lot from activities like these.
10. Use online dictionaries
Every online dictionary has an audio section on how words are read. Whenever you are unsure about the pronunciation of a word, you can open the dictionary to look it up.
If you apply all of the above tips, your speaking skills will surely improve incredibly quickly. However, the most important thing is still in yourself. If you don't start now, you'll probably never make progress. ♀️