5 Speaking Rules you need to know!

1. Don't study grammar

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. Studying grammar will only slow you down and confuse you. You will think about the rules when creating sentences instead of naturally saying a sentence like a native. Remember that only a small fraction of English speakers know more than 20% of all the grammar rules. Many ESL students know more grammar than native speakers. I can confidently say this with experience. I am a native English speaker, majored in English Literature, and have been teaching English for more than 10 years. However, many of my students know more details about English grammar than I do. I can easily look up the definition and apply it, but I don't know it off the top of my head. I often ask my native English friends some grammar questions, and only a few of them know the correct answer. However, they are fluent in English and can read, speak, listen, and communicate effectively. Do you want to be able to recite the definition of a causative verb, or do you want to be able to speak English fluently?

2. Learn and study phrases

Many students learn vocabulary and try to put many words together to create a proper sentence. It amazes me how many words some of my students know, but they cannot create a proper sentence. The reason is because they didn't study phrases. When children learn a language, they learn both words and phrases together. Likewise, you need to study and learn phrases. 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. The English Speaking Basics section is a great example of making numerous sentences with a single phrase. So don't spend hours and hours learning many different words. Use that time to study phrases instead and you will be closer to English fluency. 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. Another problem with translating is that you will be trying to incorporate grammar rules that you have learned. Translating and thinking about the grammar to create English sentences is incorrect and should be avoided.

3. Reading and Listening is NOT enough. Practice Speaking what you hear!
Reading, listening, and speaking are the most important aspects of any language. The same is true for English. However, speaking is the only requirement to be fluent. It is normal for babies and children to learn speaking first, become fluent, then start reading, then writing. So the natural order is listening, speaking, reading, then writing. First Problem Isn't it strange that schools across the world teach reading first, then writing, then listening, and finally speaking? Although it is different, the main reason is because when you learn a second language, you need to read material to understand and learn it. So even though the natural order is listening, speaking, reading, then writing, the order for ESL students is reading, listening, speaking, then writing. Second Problem The reason many people can read and listen is because that's all they practice. But in order to speak English fluently, you need to practice speaking. Don't stop at the listening portion, and when you study, don't just listen. Speak out loud the material you are listening to and practice what you hear. Practice speaking out loud until your mouth and brain can do it without any effort. By doing so, you will be able to speak English fluently.

4. Submerge yourself
Being able to speak a language is not related to how smart you are. Anyone can learn how to speak any language. This is a proven fact by everyone in the world. Everyone can speak at least one language. Whether you are intelligent, or lacking some brain power, you are able to speak one language. This was achieved by being around that language at all times. In your country, you hear and speak your language constantly. You will notice that many people who are good English speakers are the ones who studied in an English speaking school. They can speak English not because they went to an English speaking school, but because they had an environment where they can be around English speaking people constantly. There are also some people who study abroad and learn very little. That is because they went to an English speaking school, but found friends from their own country and didn't practice

English. You don't have to go anywhere to become a fluent English speaker. You only need to surround yourself with English. You can do this by making rules with your existing friends that you will only speak English. You can also carry around an iPod and constantly listen to English sentences. As you can see, you can achieve results by changing what your surroundings are. Submerge yourself in English and you will learn several times faster. TalkEnglish Offline Version is now ready for download. In this package, you can utilize over 8000 audio files to completely surround yourself in English. There are over 13.5 hours of audio files that are not available in the web form. All conversations and all sentences are included, so even if you don't have many English speaking friends, you can constantly surround yourself in English using your MP3 player. This package is available at the English Download page. Take advantage of this opportunity and start learning English faster. Click on the link or go to http://www.talkenglish.com/english-download.aspx.

5. Study correct material

A common phrase that is incorrect is, "Practice makes perfect." This is far from the truth. Practice only makes what you are practicing permanent. If you practice the incorrect sentence, you will have perfected saying the sentence incorrectly. Therefore, it is important that you study material that is commonly used by most people. Another problem I see is that many students study the news. However, the language they speak is more formal and the content they use is more political and not used in regular life. It is important to understand what they are saying, but this is more of an advanced lesson that should be studied after learning the fundamental basics of English. Studying English with a friend who is not a native English speaker is both good and bad. You should be aware of the pro's and con's of speaking with a non native speaking friend. Practicing with a non native person will give you practice. You can also motivate each other and point out basic mistakes. But you might pick up bad habits from one another if you are not sure about what are correct and incorrect sentences. So use these practice times as a time period to practice the correct material you studied. Not to learn how to say a sentence. In short, study English material that you can trust, that is commonly used, and that is correct. Summary These are the rules that will help you achieve your goal of speaking English fluently. All the teachings and lessons on TalkEnglish.com follow this method so you have the tools you need to achieve your goal right here on TalkEnglish.com.

pooja chaudhary
Subject - how to improve fluency in english

hello friends can any one tell me how i can improve my fluency in english are there any activities for it as i m doing MBA in HR and how much this is requiered in this field help me out svsrana
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Pooja, being adept in a new language is a multi pronged effort: a) get a grammar book by "wren & martin". costs approx 200/start with a single topic like noun, read 1-2 pages each day and seek to implement what you learn. b) pick a dictionary which contains "pronunciations". also watch CNN. c) dont join any run of the mill courses to learn english in 30/90 days.. they will never work. if possible Educational counselling services of british council has a multi level course "english for non english speaking population". british faculty, courseare and internationally valid certificate. also you will really learn things out there. let me know if you need further help, suryavrat vickyvishwas123
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hello pooja, the best way to improve ur english is to read several passages which come frm general wake of life. read these sentences aloud so that ur parts of organs (jaw, lip, tounge) become habitual. remember english is a rythmetical language. try to chat on various chat softwares, if u can, like Yahoo, google, rediffbol, icq, paltalk etc and thn try to talk wid someone thro the voice chat facility. if u don hv this facility get som1 who is proficient in this language and talk wid her/him. apart frm all these u must enhance ur vocabs which must b not tedious or ornamental in nature, just simple and general. i will also recomend u to learn some phrasal verbs as well as some idioms and proverbs of this language which will add xtra boost to ur fluency.

In starting, always speak chunk by chunk which shd be consisted of 4-5 words at one short and slowly gradualy make it large upto 10 sentence in one time. I call it SLICING METHOD. hesitation and junction is most important in any lanuage, so also give ur attention on this topic, coz due to that u wud always feel awkward frm the inside. some time u need to take junctions naturally and some time u need to handl , for xample :consonant-consonat junction : LEFT SIDE MOST PEOPLE ( c the last char of the first word and the first char of second word, and spk like LEFSID, MOSPPL) vowel-vowel junction (PUT SLIGHTLY Y SOUND AT THE JUNCTION) :- THE ENEMY, THE OIL consonant & vowel junction (CONSONANT OF THE FIRST WORD AND THE VOWEL OF THE SECOND WORD WILL BE SPEAKING AT ONCE. THIS IS NOT SEPARATE BUT THEY ARE ONE.) :- STOP EACH , JOB EASILY others :- exaust=igsaus , exit=agsit, extravganza=ikxtravganja natural junction pauses u can learn or understand by reading english magzins, news ppr. so whenever u read that read it aloud. one another way is to gatther & remeber some READY TO USE ASSEMBELD UNITS, which are readymade sentences and work for u as initiators when u come to spk, like as v say : i m sorry, thnQ very much for ur kind help, hey i know u were there and now u r lieing to me etc. and last important suggestion is, watch cnn, bbc or this kinda news chnls . but better to watch english news chanls first which run by hindi media ppls and after some time u can watch cnn bbc and even u can watch the english movies. this is very important but not in first phase of ur learning. Question framing is also tedious in this language so giv some xtra time also to this segment of language. c, the ultimate way to talk in any language is to speak, comunict wid others. build a home first u need a plan and raw matrials, so go wid these suggestions & u wud c tht u bcome fluent. if u need more suggestion in this regard, feel free to contact me, i m available at : , and 919314426456. best of luck, Vishwas KalaivaniMV
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Hello Pooja, As rightly suggested, buy a Wren and Martin book and start practising the different usages of

each verb - form and tense. You should not only write and practise, but also start reading out aloud what you write so that you are able to use it in your day to day language. This way you'll stop making mistakes. Try to do it atleast for 45 minutes every morning. Also buy a book on Word power and learn atleast 3 new words each day to build your vocabulary. Start writing simple essays about topics which you like to write about. This is another way to improve your writing skills. You can watch NDTV where mostly you find people talking with neutral accent and who are Indians. Hope you find my inputs useful. Kalaivani. Adams_ku
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talking to English-speaking friends on the phone talking to yourself in English before you go to bed, when you get up, whenever you have free time rehearsing your conversations in pairs recording and playing back your conversations on tape reading out loud with good intonation from articles, plays, etc karaoke - singing along to your favourite English songs nisha Rawat
Subject - how to improve fluency in english

Hi,I m very happy about your nature how you motivate a persons,i also want to improve my english,right now i m doing job,and today environment english fluenancy is a great booster of succeding in a job.Help me by give your thought about this topic " How to improve more and more in my job" nisha Rawat
Subject - how to improve fluency in english

Hi,I m very happy about your nature how you motivate a persons,i also want to improve my english,right now i m doing job,and today environment english fluenancy is a great booster of succeding in a job.Help me by give your thought about this topic " How to improve more and more in my job" satish20
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You just keep on studying to News papers like Hindu,Chronicle and try to implement what you have learnt. This will help you alot in improving your Language. M.Peer Mohamed Sardhar
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Pooja Would request you to join some English Development Course,,,,,, Vidya Sagar
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Pooja,

Read Newspapers especially The Hindu or The Times of India with Intonations. This will really build your English Fluency within few days. Vidyasagar