How can I get FLUENT in English?
Published on Aug 24th 2019
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Originally Answered: What is the fastest way to learn English.
I have been training English language for over 10 years now and through experience I can tell you a few way to learn English organically and the typical roadblocks you will face and how to overcome them. This is based on my experiences with folks from India.
- Understand and be aware of the fact that you think in your native language and try to speak in English. Both languages have different rules they play by. Just like, cricket and hockey are both sports, but you can’t play cricket using the rules of hockey.
- The biggest roadblock you will face is your peers/ friends/ colleagues. Usually we tend to gravitate towards people of our own regional background. This reduces the opportunity for you to practice and better your English. When you start speaking in English, most likely people will not follow suit and respond in English or there will be some banal joke about how you are trying to be elitist etc. In your own way prepare for this situation and learn to deal with it. Make a group of friends who you don’t share common languages with and start talking in English.
- Speaking a language is like any other motor skills, like swimming or driving a car. I can give you a book about swimming and then you can get full marks on a written test on swimming, but if I throw you in the deep end of the pool, chances are you will probably drown. Same with learning English. you can watch all the movies you want, listen to all the songs you want and read all the books you want. These are passive methods of learning. It will not assure you of speaking the language fluently and confidently. Instead, watch a movie and discuss it with someone, read a book and recommend it to a friend verbally, listen to a song and sing along. Trust me one of the best ways to learn any language is to sing in it.
- Enjoy making mistakes. Most of us feel shy and demotivated when we make a mistake in speaking in English and then give up altogether. I always encourage my participants to make as many mistakes as they can. If you make 1 mistake you will learn 1 new thing, if you make 10, you will learn 10 new things. Making mistakes will also help you overcome your fear of failure, which is a greater driving force here than a desire for success. Learn to laugh at yourself when you make a mistake. “He who laughs at himself will never cease to be amused.”
- Join a club, any club, Toastmasters preferably. Meet new people and speak to them in English. The club will give you common premise to talk about.
- Talk to yourself in English. Most of us have a voice giving running commentary inside our heads. Make that voice speak in English for as much as you can. You will notice that in a few days you will begin to think in English. This will increase your speed and fluency while speaking.
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Originally Answered: What is the fastest way to learn English?
I have been training English language for over 8 years now and through experience I can tell you a few way to learn English organically and the typical roadblocks you will face and how to overcome them. This is based on my experiences with folks from India.
Understand and be aware of the fact that you think in your native language and try to speak in English. Both languages have different rules they play by. Just like, cricket and hockey are both sports, but you can’t play cricket using the rules of hockey.The biggest roadblock you will face is your peers/ friends/ colleagues. Usually we tend to gravitate towards people of our own regional background. This reduces the opportunity for you to practice and better your English. When you start speaking in English, most likely people will not follow suit and respond in English or there will be some banal joke about how you are trying to be elitist etc. In your own way prepare for this situation and learn to deal with it. Make a group of friends who you don’t share common languages with and start talking in English.Speaking a language is like any other motor skills, like swimming or driving a car. I can give you a book about swimming and then you can get full marks on a written test on swimming, but if I throw you in the deep end of the pool, chances are you will probably drown. Same with learning English. you can watch all the movies you want, listen to all the songs you want and read all the books you want. These are passive methods of learning. It will not assure you of speaking the language fluently and confidently. Instead, watch a movie and discuss it with someone, read a book and recommend it to a friend verbally, listen to a song and sing along. Trust me one of the best ways to learn any language is to sing in it.Enjoy making mistakes. Most of us feel shy and demotivated when we make a mistake in speaking in English and then give up altogether. I always encourage my participants to make as many mistakes as they can. If you make 1 mistake you will learn 1 new thing, if you make 10, you will learn 10 new things. Making mistakes will also help you overcome your fear of failure, which is a greater driving force here than a desire for success. Learn to laugh at yourself when you make a mistake. “He who laughs at himself will never cease to be amused.”Join a club, any club, Toastmasters preferably. Meet new people and speak to them in English. The club will give you common premise to talk about.Talk to yourself in English. Most of us have a voice giving running commentary inside our heads. Make that voice speak in English for as much as you can. You will notice that in a few days you will begin to think in English. This will increase your speed and fluency while speaking
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Originally Answered: How can I speak English fluently and fast?
I have been teaching English for the last 10 years and have another 5 years to go. I have taught children of all age groups, from the primary level, intermediate level and the senior secondary level. I speak from experience of all those years. But I have to issue a disclaimer. My observations may not be the final word on the issue. Learning a language, requires the learner to devote a major part of his time to being EXPOSED to the language. This means you have to read books in English. I would suggest you purchase a number of books by the writer of children books. That would be Enid Blyton. The books are available online from Amazon and others. I know you will feel that I am belittling you by asking you to begin with children's books. But you need to start there. The advantages are many. You won't find the vocabulary difficult. You won't have to refer to a dictionary as often as you would have to for books that you feel suits your chronological age. Be humble and accept that you want to learn right from the beginning. Besides, her stories are based on the English (British) way of life. Let anyone say what they want but English is the Queen's English. The rest (American, Australian, and others) take off from Queens English. It will also give you a a deep insight into the influences that shaped the language. The land, food, the history, the impact of other cultures on English, the architecture, dresses, in short, everything English, will get hardwired into your subconscious mind. You will learn to think in English. Unless you begin to think in English, you will never acquire the proficiency that you so desire. Also find some children (your own, if you have any) and narrate the stories you have read in YOUR own words. If you find yourself unable to use your own language, borrow words from the story. This will strengthen your sense of sentence structure and the pattern of the style of English. The children would appreciate your act of narrating stories to them and most importantly they will not be judgemental about your capabilities. You should be able to read about 50 books in the first year. Progress from the early set of books to the books Enid Blyton has written for teenagers. You can now, after a year, include books by R. K. Narayan, Ruskin Bond, Rudyyard Kipling. You can also read Sudha Murphy and other Indian writers in English. Avoid masala fiction by writers who pretend to write in English. You will your thinking. This should take you about six months. Now you should be ready for serious reading. All through out this period keep narrating stories to children. By now you should have been able to muster up the courage to speak with people similarly placed as you. Start reading the Classics of English literature. For a list google for them. Wordsworth editions, a foreign publisher, can be found in upmarket book stores. In Mumbai, you can try Granth in Juhu, or Ashish Book Store in CST. By the reading you have done, you would have imbibed most of the idioms and phrases that you would have tried to learn formally. English employs many literary devices and poetic devices. You will begin to understand the nuances of the language. A lot still needs to be done but it would be premature to enumerate them in this humble attempt. Wish you the best. God bless.
First of all we should know what is English fluency? What does it mean to speak English easily and automatically?
My definition is simple-- when you speak English automatically when your speech is effortless. You speak fluent English when the words come out of your mouth-- without translation and without hesitation.
Sometimes this is called “thinking in English”, but truly automatic speech is even faster than that-- there is no thinking. You donʼt think about the language at all- you just speak as easily and effortlessly as you do with your native language.
Why is automatic fluent speech important?
Itʼs important because automatic English speaking is the key to getting results with English. Automatic speaking makes it easy to connect with native speakers.
As an automatic English speaker, itʼs easy for you to make friends, participate in business meetings, talk to customers, understand movies, and get better jobs.
Steps to learn good English.
1. My first suggestion is to read as much as possible in English ALOUD.
A standard daily English Newspaper and the Readers Digest have very good reading material. If possible record your voice and listen to it to know the areas the sounds, words and alphabets that give you trouble and on which you need to work.
2. Don't translate
When you want to create an English sentence, do not translate the words from your Mother tongue. The order of words is probably completely different and you will be both slow and incorrect by doing this. Instead, learn phrases and sentences so you don't have to think about the words you are saying. It should be automatic.
The mother tongue influence is a problem for many considering that very few of us are native English speakers.
Most often, when you want to create an English sentence, do not translate the words from your Mother tongue.
To reduce that make more English speaking friends and make a determined effort to speak only in English, even if you keep forgetting words, or tend to stammer or your friends tend to laugh at you. This will require a lot of will power but soon you will improve on it.
If someone corrects your pronunciation don’t take offence, instead be grateful that he/ she is helping you correct yourself.
3. Learn and study phrases
I would also suggest you try to learn at least 3 -5 new words a day and look up the meaning in a dictionary, then then try and use these words in your daily work and in your communication to improve your vocabulary. Find synonyms for words that give you trouble and use the synonym.
If you know 1000 words, you might not be able to say one correct sentence. But if you know 1 phrase, you can make hundreds of correct sentences. If you know 100 phrases, you will be surprised at how many correct sentences you will be able to say. Finally, when you know only a 1000 phrases, you will be almost a fluent English speaker.
4. If you still feel that professional help is needed then you will have to attend English speaking classes.
Doʼs and Donʼts
Donʼt:
- 1. Don't study grammar too much
This rule might sound strange to many ESL students, but it is one of the most important rules. If you want to pass examinations, then study grammar. However, if you want to become fluent in English, then you should try to learn English without studying the grammar.
- Sit still when listening to English.
- Study textbooks, grammar books, or vocabulary books.
Stand or Sit with bad posture while learning.
4. Keep negative beliefs about English or yourself.
5. workbook exercises.
Do:
1. Move your body while listening to English.
2. Use gestures and movements to remember difficult words/phrases.
3. Learn with your ears.
4. Develop and practice positive beliefs about English and yourself.
5. Smile every time you listen to English
Please try to adopt above steps. So, that you could fasten your language fluency.
ALL THE BEST
First of all we should know what is English fluency? What does it mean to speak English easily and automatically?
My definition is simple-- when you speak English automatically when your speech is effortless. You speak fluent English when the words come out of your mouth-- without translation and without hesitation.
Sometimes this is called “thinking in English”, but truly automatic speech is even faster than that-- there is no thinking. You donʼt think about the language at all- you just speak as easily and effortlessly as you do with your native language.
Why is automatic fluent speech important?
Itʼs important because automatic English speaking is the key to getting results with English. Automatic speaking makes it easy to connect with native speakers.
As an automatic English speaker, itʼs easy for you to make friends, participate in business meetings, talk to customers, understand movies, and get better jobs.
Steps to learn good English.
1. My first suggestion is to read as much as possible in English ALOUD.
A standard daily English Newspaper and the Readers Digest have very good reading material. If possible record your voice and listen to it to know the areas the sounds, words and alphabets that give you trouble and on which you need to work.
2. Don't translate
When you want to create an English sentence, do not translate the words from your Mother tongue. The order of words is probably completely different and you will be both slow and incorrect by doing this. Instead, learn phrases and sentences so you don't have to think about the words you are saying. It should be automatic.
The mother tongue influence is a problem for many considering that very few of us are native English speakers.
Most often, when you want to create an English sentence, do not translate the words from your Mother tongue.
To reduce that make more English speaking friends and make a determined effort to speak only in English, even if you keep forgetting words, or tend to stammer or your friends tend to laugh at you. This will require a lot of will power but soon you will improve on it.
If someone corrects your pronunciation don’t take offence, instead be grateful that he/ she is helping you correct yourself.
3. Learn and study phrases
I would also suggest you try to learn at least 3 -5 new words a day and look up the meaning in a dictionary, then then try and use these words in your daily work and in your communication to improve your vocabulary. Find synonyms for words that give you trouble and use the synonym.
If you know 1000 words, you might not be able to say one correct sentence. But if you know 1 phrase, you can make hundreds of correct sentences. If you know 100 phrases, you will be surprised at how many correct sentences you will be able to say. Finally, when you know only a 1000 phrases, you will be almost a fluent English speaker.
4. If you still feel that professional help is needed then you will have to attend English speaking classes.
Doʼs and Donʼts
Donʼt:
- 1. Don't study grammar too much
This rule might sound strange to many ESL students, but it is one of the most important rules. If you want to pass examinations, then study grammar. However, if you want to become fluent in English, then you should try to learn English without studying the grammar.
- Sit still when listening to English.
- Study textbooks, grammar books, or vocabulary books.
Stand or Sit with bad posture while learning.
4. Keep negative beliefs about English or yourself.
5.Do workbook exercises.
Do:
1. Move your body while listening to English.
2. Use gestures and movements to remember difficult words/phrases.
3. Learn with your ears.
4. Develop and practice positive beliefs about English and yourself.
5. Smile every time you listen to English
Please try to adopt above steps. So, that you could fasten your language fluency.LL THE BEST
Happy learning you all
Answered given on Aug 24th, 2019.
Answered by Saleem Khan, MyEnglishTeacher.
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