10 Tips to Speak English Fluently | RapidEng - Learn Spoken English

         Hello English learners, Today I'm going to give you 9 tips for practicing your speaking and hopefully they will make you improve in a very short amount of time, know right let's get started with the lesson.

1.Practice tongue twisters :

 (a great way to practice difficult phonemes repeatedly) : 

         Tongue twisters are really fun anyway but they are an amazing way of practicing individual sounds individual phonemes there are lots of phonemes that are really hard for people from specific countries or that speak specific languages the only way that you can train your tongue to make these sounds is to practice the sounds over and over again repetitively.

     Tongue twisters are your best friend so for example if you're struggling between the difference with eh and E which I know a lot of people struggle with especially speakers of Spanish because you only have the e sound you don't have the short eh sound well if that's the case for you, 

you could practice this one :-

I slit a sheet a sheet I slit upon a slitted sheet I sit be careful it might make you swear  but really all you have to do is search on Google tongue twisters for practicing English.

2. Sing-along to English songs : 

 (a great way to learn slang) :

         This tip is especially useful if you want to practice an American accent. The reason for this is that many British singers actually sing with a slight American accent. So sometimes songs sung by British singers aren't actually a true representation of their own accent. If you listen to, I don't know one direction or a British boy band they'll often sing with an American accent. Even Ed Sheeran does it sometimes someone who does sing with a very strong British accent is Lily Allen. She does not go into the American territory at all. So she's a good one to listen to and sing along with if you want to practice speaking or singing in this case. 

      Music can be a really really great way of practicing every single day because it's so enjoyable. It doesn't feel like it's a chore when you do it. it's a great way to learn lots of slang, lots of colloquial language as well. It's also a really good idea to look up the meaning of song lyrics. That way you can really find out if they've used bad grammar because sometimes they do to make it fit in with the rhyming, if they've used idioms or slang and it's just really nice to know what you're singing about? But singing along with English songs is a fantastic way of practicing your speaking and it will help you become more fluent. 

3. Eavesdrop on conversations :

(To listen in on someone else's conversations) : 

       it's a really good tip and I always used to tell my students to do it. So lots of students struggle to meet and find native speakers to practice with they often also have a hard time actually talking to natives because they're so nervous or they take a little bit longer to understand what they say. I would say that's a great step to proceed talking with natives is eavesdropping on natives. To eavesdrop means to listen in on someone else's conversation. 

         So if you're in an English-speaking country or you know there's a specific bar or restaurant where English speakers tend to go, maybe try going there with the intention of just overhearing other people's conversations. if they say something you don't understand search it on your phone just drinking the atmosphere and you'll just take in a lot of vocabulary you wouldn't normally come across. There's no pressure on you, well, the only pressure is that you don't get caught because you could look a little bit weird but you're not doing you're not doing any harm. 

      Some people in England like to call it people watching and it's a really popular pastime. You just sit in a cafe normally at the window and what the world go by. I like to call this people listening where you just sit in a cafe and listen to what other people are saying and familiarize yourself with English conversations. let me know if you've ever done this and let me know if you've ever got caught?

 4. Practice with whats-app audio notes :

(Less pressure than a phone-call)

           This is a really good tip. This tip will really really help you if you're nervous about speaking English with natives or non natives. Practise conversations through whatsapp audio notes. On whatsapp and on most messaging services there is a function where you can record your voice and send it. I encourage my students to talk amongst themselves and to talk with natives through this feature. it's so much more convenient than a phone call and there's much less pressure than in a phone call. whatever they send you you can replay it as many times as you want. You can replay what they've said and practice it yourself. You can listen back to your own voice notes and see where you went wrong if you record one and you make a mistake delete it and record it again.
         keep recording it until you're happy with how it sounds. When you finish the conversation you have a lovely database of everything you've said in English and everything someone has said in English to you and you can use that to study. What's that voice notes and other voice notes services are such a great way of practicing your speaking without actually chatting in the moment. You can do it around your studies around your work. it's much more convenient than a phone call 

5. Practice debating :

(Participate in or start a debate club):

          Practice debating now I don't tend to argue a lot but when I do argue with someone I always think back about the argument at a later date and think, oh god could have said that so much better, I could have made this point blah blah blah you will never be good arguing and debating if you don't practice it, apart from those few people who seem to be naturals. I suggest participating in or creating a debate club. Now you could do this over Skype or you could do it over whatsapp. Whatsapp would be my preference. every day you can choose a new topic to discuss and debate and make sure it's done in an orderly fashion so everyone can say their opinion. maybe make a voice note limit of 30 seconds or 15 seconds or a minute if it's a really big topic. maybe you could create a Facebook group for it maybe you could create a whatsapp group amongest your friends. you could also meet people online but just remember to be very very careful and keep everything private and don't let anyone know where you live. but consider creating a whatsapp debate group and debating through whatsapp voice notes.

it's a really really great way of practicing your speaking and your conversation skills.

6. Keep an Idioms and slang diary : 

(Write down new slang words or Idioms) : 

          Keep and idioms and slang diary this could be in the notes app on your phone or this could be an actual written notebook. Every time you come across a new slang word or a new idiom write it down at the very least, and it's also best to write down the meaning as well. I remember in Spain I would hear so many slang words, so many idiomatic phrases and I would always forget them all. When I started noting them down that's when I started remembering them. I'd be in a conversation and I'd want to use that sort of idiom but I couldn't remember how to say it. Well, I just whipped out my phone looked at my list and it was there. You can't expect yourself to just remember loads and loads of idioms, you have to use them so don't be ashamed of taking out your list and using it in the moment.

7. Host your own cooking show every night :

         This is so fun and it's something I do a lot. Host your own cooking show every single night . I bet so many of you have done this before but it's a really, really great way of practicing a language. Every time you cook or every time you make something or you're cleaning, pretend you're hosting a show talk about what you're doing. it's a fantastic opportunity to practice English and practice speaking without having someone else to speak with. it's a really great way of practicing the present continuous as well. I am boiling the water I am adding the rice maybe go a bit more advanced and say I'm just adding a pinch of this because it adds an element of flavor, honestly, go all out you could even record yourself. Maybe that's too far for some people but this is just about using every opportunity you have to speak English.

8.  Priorities fluency over accuracy :  

(You don't have to be perfect to be fluent) : 

       If you're fluent in a language it doesn't mean you are absolutely perfect at that language. It means that you can speak it without thinking, without stopping. For most people aiming for 100% accuracy, perfection in a language is just an unattainable goal. I don't speak English perfectly I make mistakes all the time. Don't beat yourself up over making mistakes. remain positive, learn from your mistakes laugh at your mistakes and celebrate speaking English fluently and speaking English without thinking over speaking English without making any mistakes.

9. Read your next book aloud : 

Lots of people like to read books at home, it's their relaxation time. But if you're at home and if you read alone, take the opportunity to read aloud. it's a great way to practice your pronunciation, to practice your speaking, maybe record yourself as well. If a book is too long or you feel like it takes away from your relaxation time then try reading aloud one article every day or something from a newspaper. If you do it on a daily basis you'll come across loads of new words and phrases and you'll also practice saying them and they will stick in your mind for future use.


    Right that's it for today's lesson I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you learned something. please comment down below with any other tips that you can think of.

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