Many deserving candidates often lose out on jobs because they might be a bit difficult to understand. The better you communicate with those your work with, the more effective and successful you will be at your job and in your daily life interacting with people!
But how do you train yourself to do so?
Through practice, you can soon learn to speak English as comfortably and easily as your native tongue. Incorporate these tips into your daily life. As with anything in life, the more you practice something the proper way, the better you will become at it. Here are several tips to improve your English speaking skills.
1. Observe the mouth movements of those who speak English well and try to imitate them.
When you are watching television or watching people in real life converse, observe the mouth movements of the speakers. Repeat what they are saying, while imitating the intonation and rhythm of their speech. Great television shows which reflect everyday English conversation are Friends, Seinfeld and The Simpsons.
2. Listen to English music, television and movies to get familiar with the language sounds.
This is an extremely helpful and fun way to improve your English. Also listen to the volume of their voices depending on the situation. Remember that loud volume can sometimes indicate aggressiveness or anger in certain situations. Watch the English news on television channels like CNN (for American English) or the BBC (If you wish to study British English). The news is very helpful because their speech must be clear, concise and objective - however, keep in mind they do not hold a great amount of emotion in their voices because of this.
3. Use the dictionary.
Try and familiarise yourself with the phonetic symbols of your dictionary. Look up the correct pronunciation of words that are hard for you to say. Write down words and their definitions in a notebook for future reference - it may come in handy!
4. Make a list of frequently used words that you find difficult to pronounce and ask someone who speaks the language well to pronounce them for you.
Record these words, listen to them and practice saying them. Listen and read at the same time.
5. Buy books on tape.
Record yourself reading some sections of the book. Compare the sound of your English with that of the person reading the book on the tape.
6. Pronounce the ending of each word.
Pay special attention to '-s' and '-ed' endings. This will help you strengthen the mouth muscles that you use when you speak English.
7. Read aloud in English for at least 15 minutes every day.
Research has shown it takes about three months of daily practice to develop strong mouth muscles for speaking a new language. Find something you enjoy reading - especially if it has a lot of dialogue, and read it aloud. Even if you don't speak aloud, reading as many English books as possible will increase your vocabulary and knowledge of sentence structure. Make sure when you read these books that you understand what the author is trying to say.
8. Record your own voice and listen for pronunciation mistakes.
Many people hate to hear the sound of their voice and avoid listening to themselves speak. However, this is a very important exercise because doing it will help you become conscious of the mistakes you are making.
9. Be patient.
You can change the way you speak but it won't happen overnight. People often expect instant results and give up too soon. You can change the way you sound if you are willing to put some effort into it.
10. Know which version of English you intend to speak.
Various versions of the English language exist. Begin by identifying the category you fall into and start by improving the clarity of your speech.
What else?
As a overall and final note, I would recommend
for you to simply practice and repeat. Having conversations with
others in English is quite helpful because you refresh your memory
on what you know, and you learn new things as well. When my mother
didn't know what a word meant or how it was pronounced, she would
ask me the meaning and to pronounce it. Then she would whisper it
to herself repeatedly after this. This helps to strengthen your
memory.
Immersing yourself in English-speaking culture is a good way to
appreciate the understand the English language without losing a
sense of your own identity and culture. Don't forget that you can
embrace both!
i thank you so much for your contribution about this tip in fact am pursue english as a career in my life becouse is theonly popullar languageto communicate for now i love it
Sirji it was a nice experience to take a review of ur article it dosent only make ma confident high on maself but also now i am eager to learn more english.but sirji i want to speak a good english that i can speak professionaly in ma office with ma clients nd boss help mee.
thank you so much i think it's very helpful for me.
actually i do flw these things in my daily life.i hav learnt smthng more out of this.thank u 4 this these r really hlpful for a student like me.
Great and useful tips, all of them. I actually I´ve been practicing creating myself situations, I mean, conversations about some issue or situation (my friends think that I´m crazy for talking with myself haha) and when I have any doubt over some situation, I talk with my friends brian or marc, they solve all my doubs specially with slang phrases.
Great and useful tips, all of them. I actually I´ve been practicing creating myself situations, I mean, conversations about some issue or situation (my friends think that I´m crazy for talking with myself haha) and when I have any doubt over some situation, I talk with my friends brian or marc, they solve all my doubs specially with slang phrases.
Now ly i saw the msg……..i follow the tips in my life time……………
its very useful to all. but one condition please follow these steps.
Ya! these tips are very useful.
Thanks for these great tips..i definately going to use these tips
I read your all 10 tips.I thing these are very useful to every one who want to speak better english.But i want to know about grammer,as u know when we speak we oftenly never use the grammer.Can u also suggest some tips for grammer use while speak
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