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. How to Speak Fluent English By swm1, eHow User I have noticed many people facing the same problem that I used to face as a child, and that is that I could write English perfectly (not that I was a Shakespeare), but everytime I would open my mouth to speak in the foreign language, I would end up embarrassing myself either with a horribly wrong pronunciation or a wrongly formed sentence. However, over the years, I have perfected my art of casual English speaking, with some efforts deliberately made and definitely conspicuously tried in public. I would like to share them with you, not as an expert of English but someone who genuinely identifies with the "cause". Difficulty: Easy

Instructions things you'll need: passion dedication 1. o 1 If you really keen on improving your spoken English, then please take your first step as watching a lot of English movies and following English TV. channels. Trust me, if you are bad at English you won't understand 90% of what they say. You won't be able to catch their jokes or some words spoken in some intense scenes. But keep on trying. If possible first watch them with subtitles and again without them. This will clarify your idea of the story you are watching and then you can solely concentrate on the language.Try to pick out words and phrases from them and then use it in your day to day language. If you don't know the meaning of the words, consult the dictionary immediately. (I would personally recommend the TV serial " friends", as they use really cool phrases and most importantly once you begin to watch it, you will get addicted to it, there are 10 seasons, and you can watch them over and over again.)If you have problems with heavily accented English, please take resort to watching BBC world. (Tune the channel on your TV. and destroy your remote forever). They use really simple and unaccented English which you can use if you are bent on learning to speak. o 2 If you want to speak, first, shed your hesitation to speak. Speak as much as you want - in classrooms, offices, family conversations, shopping mall... anywhere and everywhere. Believe you me, you will make terrible mistakes. But who cares. You are out on a crusade to learn a language that is not personal to you. Let people laugh as much as they want. However, if you don't want to embarrass yourself, among the people whom you encounter on a day to day basis, try my tested way. Speak in English in marketplace, airports, restaurants, showrooms, cal up call centers and pester them for free etc. etc., where people don't know you.If you are a bad speaker, please DO NOT try to speak accented English, as you bound to sound ridiculous. This might make people laugh and the more you feel embarrassed, the farther you will be from you goal. So please keep to your natural accent.I know reading novels can be a real torture for some people, but once I myself began to read novels, I realized that some of them are pretty fascinating. You can again use them for picking up lines, phrases and words and use them yourself. But in case of books and newspapers, please do not forget to check their pronunciations first. o 3 Try to keep your sentences short. Finish every sentence you have begun. Before speaking, quickly plan the sentence formation in your mind.Do not look scandalized when you are speaking in English. Your posture should be normal according to the situation you are in. you expression should be immersed in the topic of the conversation rather than the fear of speaking English.I know this sound clichd, but please have you basics cleared. Trust me, you don't have to be a dr. Johnson at it, but just clarify thins like, when to use 'has', 'have','did','does'... when to add 's' to the verb and when not... and some very basic lessons in tenses.Familiarize yourself with the synonyms and antonyms. There are many books available in the market regarding this topic. Another source for this is the internet itself. Ads by Google Tips & Warnings So friends, please do not go for very expensive programmes or books for learning English, it is something whose perfection comes from within. There is no magic spell for mastering this art. Had there been one, I would have cast it on myself, keeping in mind the fact that I was so desperate to improve my spoken English. I hope you will use my advise to and will be a fluent English speaker someday, proud of your personality. Tips On How To Speak Fluent English English is the most widely spoken language. While the problem of speaking English fluently may not be found in countries where English is the main language but for people of other countries How to speak fluent

English is one of basic problem. The world has become a small global workplace and this necessitates the need to know language that is understood by people of the world across. Moreover, fluency in English is now a must when it concern to jobs, social interactions etc. You can ignore the written part largely but speaking fluent English is something that cannot be ignored at all. Most people feel disappointed because they dont know from where to start. Also for some people grammar is a major turnoff factor related to fluency. What most people forget is that people who even speak fluent English or in their mother tongue are not much adept in grammar. Yes, you need to know a language but you are not required to know its extreme to able to converse in it. Fluency goes a long way from being theoretical to something which is more practical. Below are some tips that would answer the question How to speak fluent English for you. Practice them and you would see the difference in your fluency and accent too. Learn The Language- There is no substitute to learning the language. You are not expected to write thesis on it but yes you should know basic plus a bit more on it. Getting the theory right is a first step toward achieving perfection in practical part of it i.e. speaking fluent English. 2) Reading- The best way to adapt yourself to any language is by reading more of it. Having a dictionary beside you to know more about words that you dont understand is a must. This helps you in improving your vocabulary. The practice acquaint yourself to the environment that relates to English and soon make it part of your senses. You may find it tough at first but with time you would find that both reading and comprehension become much easy for you. 3) Listening It is important to understand English as a part of How to speak fluent English. You need to understand what is being said, the words, and most important the accent. Listening is essentially a feedback mechanism you give to yourself to improve your flow or fluency. When you hear the way other people speak you get encouraged to incorporate style that helps in improving the fluency. Movies, television are the best source where you can watch and listen in English to get good idea for yourself. 4) Talking- As far as possible try to talk in English. Even incorporating few words in your daily routine goes a long way in improving your fluency in English. Talking provides a flow to your tongue which is necessary to make yourself habitual to speak words. Also be positive to learn from your mistakes especially when it concern either accent or grammar. Instructing yourself and even talking to self is important step to help you in your zeal on How to speak fluent English. 5) Thinking-Concentrate and find in which language you are thinking right now. Most of the talking we do in our mind goes a long way in helping to speak English fluently. It is adapting yourself to English environment so that when you need it most it should not seem alien to you. It is perhaps the most important step to speak English fluently. 6) Shyness- Dont ever think what others would think of you. Keep trying and experimenting at different places. Shyness may force or clinch you back but all your effort should be to speak rather than subdued by your thoughts. It is only a matter of time before people you think will laugh at you would become proud of you. 7) Instant Fluency Tip- So if you are already making an effort and need to be fluent in English for an interview or important social interaction then the one tip would help you instantly on how to speak fluent English. The tip is- before the important day, pick up any English book and start reading by speaking it aloud. The book can be in subject that relates more to the occasion. What you do here is to accustom your tongue to speak English. Since you cannot talk to anyone, speaking on your own provides a flow to your tongue to speak English fluently. Do it and you would find much easier to speak then with no practice at all. Remember, speaking English fluently is more of dedication, perseverance and discipline. You need to kill your shyness to master English or any other language. The sooner you start the better you would be at it. The above tips on how to speak fluent English is basically a summarization to help you target the problem from all angles. Try it and you would see the difference for yourself. 1)