How to Speak English Fluently & Naturally

LEARN 5 WAYS YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH SKILLS SO YOU SPEAK MORE FLUENTLY & NATURALLY.

Most of our students want to speak English more fluently and improve their understanding in English. They also want to stop being shy (timid) and embarrassed by their English. Does this sound like you?

The bad news is that improving your speaking skills takes consistent practice and will not happen magically. There is no speaking unicorn that will instantly give you powers of fluency - you have to do the work.

So be careful of websites that claim to teach you to speak English fluently in 10 days or some nonsense like that.

The good news is that with consistent practice (daily or almost daily), you WILL improve your speaking skills.

You need to understand and remember that if you want to improve at anything in life, you need to practice and repeat. When you were a baby you didn´t suddenly start walking one day, you practiced and tried - and fell - for weeks or months.

When you are improving your language skills it is the same. The speed at which you will improve depends on several factors, including:

How much time you dedicate to improving
What activities you do to improve
Your ability to learn languages. Least important but worth mentioning - some people can learn languages easier than others, maybe because of a natural ability or because they already speak several languages or the language is more similar to their native language, for example.

In this article, you will learn 5 ways to improve your English so you can speak English more fluently and naturally.

5 ways you can improve your speaking skills.

Some of these involve - yes, you guessed it - SPEAKING!

The more you speak, the more quickly you will gain confidence & fluency. It is as simple as that. You can:

Join a speaking class.

Ask for a trial class first if possible to be sure that students really do speak in class. Class size should be smaller to give everyone a chance to speak. The teacher should correct your mistakes to help you avoid them in the future. Find out more about our group classes here.

2. Find someone online who wants to learn your language and do a language exchange with them.

We have used this method to improve our Spanish and it works very well. Usually it is best if you agree the conditions beforehand - for example if you meet for one hour, 30 minutes in your language, 30 minutes in English.

You can improve your English conversation skills and ask the other person to practice specific topics that you want to become more fluent in.

3. Join local group activities in English, if possible.

Where I live in Spain, there are a lot of tourists so there is always an opportunity to practice your English. You can join a sports group, an exercise class, or other activities that are only through English.

If this is not your case, you can look for activities online in English and join them.

This usually requires you to have an intermediate level of English, but you do not need to be a perfect speaker - the main objective of communication is to understand, and be understood.

The mistakes don´t matter, but if you want to improve them, check out the following resources:

Youtube: Common Mistakes in English

Article: Common mistakes & how to correct them

4. If you are not able to do any of the above activities, you can speak to yourself.

It sounds a little daft (silly), but you can practice by yourself no problem. The advantage is that no-one will hear you when you make mistakes, so if you are shy, this is an ideal way to start.

You can increase your confidence and fluency before you speak to others. But in the end you will have to interact with other people to improve your speaking confidence and fluency, and practice interacting.

You can also speak to yourself even if you do the other activities above, just to gain extra practice and work on specific areas.

How can you do this?

Record yourself speaking about whatever topic you want to practice. You can do this through a personal Whatsapp group for example, or use the recording function on your phone. Or you can simply talk to yourself without any technology.
You can go to an interesting site like Tedtalks and read the transcription first then listen to the video to hear the pronunciation. Or listen first then repeat with the transcription. This is useful to improve pronunciation and the natural tone and inflection of speaking English.

This video will give your online resources for the above activities.

5. Immersion, especially listening.

When you are immersing yourself in English, you are naturally improving your speaking skills.

But firstly, what is immersion? It is simply trying to do as many activities as you can in English in your daily life. To find out more, read this article. https://inglesconkillian.com/blog/you-can-improve-your-english

By immersing yourself in English, all your abilities in English will improve over time, including speaking.

I particularly advocate listening - when you listen to English, you are improving much more than your understanding. Read this blog to find out more:

https://inglesconkillian.com/blog/how-listening-improves-your-english

Learn ways to improve your listening skills here:

https://inglesconkillian.com/blog/understand-native-speakers

In summary, you can learn how to speak English fluently and naturally, if you plan activities and work consistently towards achieving your goal. The key is doing activities regularly and being brave - step outside your comfort zone!

How we can help:

With more than 10 years improving the fluency skills of English language learners, we have developed the following services:

Company:

With our programmes, companies:

Dramatically improve the level of English - with our tried and tested plans.
Are able to communicate effectively in English.
Are able to manage situations and negotiations with confidence.

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Classes:

We run group speaking classes for professionals with the following advantages:

Maximum 4 students
Focus on professional topics and fluency
Only €9.50 per hour - Try the first class FREE
FREE access to new, innovative learning platform
FREE weekly resources

For more information: https://inglesconkillian.com/f/new-groups-opt-in

We also provide one-to-one classes for busy professionals who require a more individualised approach.

Contact us on [email protected].

Learn by yourself:

Membership of Online Learning Platform

We have a speaking challenge inside our Membership Programme Fast Track to Fluency, which you can try for free here: https://inglesconkillian.com/courses/fast-track-to-fluency

If you want to create your own personalised English programme to help you reach your objectives in English this year, download our free eBook in the link below. It also includes a 3-day challenge to help you complete the exercises to create your own personalised programme:

https://inglesconkillian.com/f/ebook-the-ultimate-guide-to-improving-your-english

If you want to hear more on this topic, this video also gives you 3 ways to improve your speaking skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piAL5aFA5FA

If you would like step-by-step instructions on how to improve your English by yourself, download our free guide HERE.

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Categories: : Improve Your English, Listening & Speaking