As someone who teaches English (to my Japanese friends as hobby), I have understood certain things:
. English learning need not be formal. You can make use of interactive materials on the net or spend time speaking English with friends. . What you need basically is confidence. For eg: when I was learning Japanese, I had no fear in making mistakes (especially during my private conversations with native speakers). Make mistakes as much as possible with those who can speak well and who can correct you. . Don't just copy the accent --learn things like the exact pronunciation of each letter, word and sentence. Another secret about English Language is that the rhythm patterns (stress on syllables, words and sentences) are different from our own mother tongue and so, it is important to master the stress and pause pattern. . Learn the phrases and idioms --aspects of the language that makes it rich. If you use things like 'throwing down the gauntlet' for instance, which incidentally means throwing a challenge to someone, the scope and range of your communication would expand and you would surely feel the confidence. Hope this helps. Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Syed Imran Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] How do I increase my fluency in spoken english? Dear friends My intuition tells me that most of us are quite "OK" at our written english, although some of us (like me) make errors not often while writing. But well-educated guys and gals like us ought to speak fluently without stuttering and fumbling with the words. Otherwise what is the use of our other elegance, especially in this "englishified" world? Absolutely nothing. As is the case, all of us who are undergoing this very problem would be greatful to you if you could share your known expertise and techniques which would set us going and growing in this regard With best wishes Syed Imran To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
