Tips to improve fluency
Fluency in English is a
lifestyle choice
If you want to understand how to speak fluent English,
you need to consider how fluency is gained by native speakers of the language
in countries like the UK or USA. Brits and Americans grow up in an environment
dominated by English and learn the language through constant contact and social
interaction. They use English as a highly practical tool to form relationships
with others, study, work and gain or exchange information for a variety of
purposes. Life for them would not be possible without fluent English as this
forms the basis of almost everything they do. This is certainly the same for
your native language and country, but do YOU
really NEED English? If the
answer is “yes” and you have a strong desire to become fluent, then you need to
make more time for English in your daily routine. In other words, you have to
introduce some changes to your current lifestyle in order to speak more fluent
English through regular contact with the language.
Here are 50
tips:
1. Set time aside for your English each day and make it a priority
2. Actively introduce more English into your daily routine
3. Use your native language less
4. Stop thinking of English as just a “textbook subject”
5. Find some study buddies!
6. Set realistic goals and allow adequate time for improvement
7. Remember that fluency in English is a “percentages
game”
8. Visualise your progress to appreciate what you have achieved so far
9. Connect your existing hobbies and interests with English
10.
Avoid using textbooks
and materials that you find boring
11.
Make a list of
interesting topics for discussion
12.
Join English internet
forums that are related to your work or interests
13.
Remember that
listening is half of the conversation
14.
Be a bookworm!
15.
Always keep working to improve
your vocabulary
16.
Analyse native English conversations and
dialogues for more natural speech
17.
Grammar is not only
learned through textbooks
18.
Remember that natives
often break the rules!
19.
Choices, choices,
choices...(don’t be too formal)
20.
English is constantly
evolving!
21.
Television is a window
into modern English
22.
Repetition = retention
23.
Use materials that cover
the same topics repeatedly
24.
Try some apps for
learning English
25.
Computers cannot speak
like us (yet!)
26.
Choose ONE national
branch of English
27.
Find a native model or
tutor to guide your learning
28.
Try the “shadowing”
method!
29.
Keep working TOWARDS
native fluency
30.
Join an English
conversation club!
31.
Speak English with
non-natives too
32.
Use the internet to
connect with English speakers
33.
Leave your native
language in your suitcase!
34.
Consider working
abroad
35.
Think about an overseas
study programme
36.
Find a friendly
foreigner!
37.
Clean out that spare
room!
38.
Become a host family
39.
Look for a teacher
closer to home
40.
Try online lessons with
a native teacher
41.
Arrange a language
exchange
42.
Pay close attention to
our differences!
43.
Choose to use English
wherever possible
44.
Use translation to your
advantage
45.
Learning a new language
means learning a new culture
46.
First we understand,
then we speak
47.
It is natural to make
mistakes, but learn from them
48.
Be your own best critic
49.
Reward yourself
for improved fluency
50.
English is not the final
destination!
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