I get a lot of emails asking me for ‘ways to practise speaking English’ so I’d like to suggest 3 really quick, easy things you can do to practise speaking English, even if you don’t have any English people to practise with!
When you’re learning a language, it’s easy to get into the habit of thinking that you need to have lots of time to sit down and practise properly, and you think you need a notepad and a partner to practise with and a dictionary, etc, etc. Yes, all that stuff is great but if you only have a few minutes to spare, you can still practise a bit to keep the momentum going – Do you know what I mean?!
So here are 3 things you can do right now to practise speaking English IN YOUR OWN HOME, BY YOURSELF, WITHOUT A DICTIONARY OR A FRIEND! Easy peasy, hey!
1) Talk to yourself
It sounds strange I know but it’s such a simple way to practise when you’re alone – Don’t do it on the bus or people might think you’ve gone crazy 😉 You can walk around your house chatting or, if you prefer, watch yourself in the mirror and imagine you are speaking to a friend. Just talk about what you are doing in that moment.
I’m hungry. I think I’ll make myself a sandwich. I don’t think I’ll go out tonight, I feel like staying in and watching a film. I hope Sebastian rings me tonight, I really want to talk to him about that problem at work.”
2) Sing along to an English song
You know how you can still remember all the words to songs you learnt as a child…? Well it works in English too!
Choose your favourite English song on YouTube (with the lyrics) and sing along. Keep singing along and eventually you’ll be able to do it without the lyrics and the nice phrases and vocabulary will stick in your head! Songs are a really great way to improve your English in general and your pronunciation.
Can’t think of a song? Here are a few songs you can try!
3) Record yourself
We’ve all got a record function on our mobile phones these days.
Think of a topic (your job, your best friend, your favourite meal) and then press record and talk for 1 minute on that topic. Don’t worry about your mistakes for now, just work on your fluency. Listen to it – How is your pronunciation? Did you make lots of grammar mistakes? Could you use better vocabulary? Try again.
The more often you do this, the better your speaking will get. I promise!
Are you going to try these tips?
What do you think of these ways to practise speaking English? Will you try any of them? Leave me a comment below 👇 I’d love to hear your thoughts!
12 Responses
It is good method to improve English speaking,I agree with you,Thank you.
Thank you Krueyok. I’m so glad you like these methods – I hope you are using them regularly 😉
These are good ways, I agree with you. I use second way and I like listen to music.
That’s great Nomin. Music is such a good way to improve your listening and can really help with pronunciation too, plus expands your vocabulary. I’m happy that you see the benefits 🙂
I find these methods more realistic. I would like to try it regularly.
Fantastic Drukpa! I hope you will keep your motivation and do it, I promise it will make a difference 🙂
thank you Nikki . i guess that are the best ways to improve our English speaking and get more confidence to speak English fluency
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Yes, and they are quick and easy methods too! I hope they work for you Farah. Thank you for your comments 🙂
Thank you so much, this advice are very useful
Brilliant Niranjit – I’m so glad it was helpful for you! Thank you for your comment 🙂
That’s exactly what I keep telling my students. Good to know there is someone else thinking the same!
Yes Ursula! We need to keep spreading the word then 🙂 Thanks for the feedback!