My spoken English is poor.How can I improve it?

@zhuker (35)
China
May 17, 2007 9:18pm CST
My English speaking is very poor.How could I do?
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@argie713 (1809)
• Philippines
18 May 07
If you are poor in spoken English but good in writing, I think it's okay. Being good at written English means that you have good grammar and English is all about good grammar. I'm not saying that you forget about spoken English. You can practice by conversing with people in your place that knows spoken English well.
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@zhuker (35)
• China
18 May 07
Thank you for your advice.
@mr_ilham (1608)
• Indonesia
21 May 07
i poor too thank you every body learn here http://mrezanailham.blogspot.com
@Zerzis (557)
• India
21 May 07
In todays world its very important to have a good command over english language. I have some following tips for you to improve spoken English: 1. Listen to good english:- Listen to english news. (Not american movies - its not pure english- prefer to get the accent of UK english). The more you listen the more you get to know how good english is spoken and try to speak in that way. Also you indirectly tune your grammer. 2. Try to speak in english with your friends. I think thats the most important thing of all. DO mistakes. It doesnt matter, initially you will think and speak but as days goes by you will be able to get that naturally! 3. You have to give a lot of importantce to grammer. If u make mstakes in grammer let it be how good your acecnt or fluency of speaking, the otherone will surely tell that you are a donkey in english speaking. So grammer perfection is must. Some mistakes are allowed but some basics are unforgivable. 4. Also read novels , they are great source of new words and build up your vocabulary. I hope i helped you. Have a nice day!!
@zhuker (35)
• China
21 May 07
Thank you very much for your advice.I will the steps as you told me.I think your advice is very good.I will read more novels.Can you suggest some good novels to me?
• Colombia
21 May 07
the accent of UK english is very ugly, :P i prefer get a American accent but if you dislike the American accent you would to try get a Irish accent heheh anyway I think if you are thinking never talk to a American it is ok because they dislike the UK accent, and the American movies are great I think you mean he should watch UK movies but that movies are so bored, I hope he does fall asleep hehe. take care.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
20 May 07
I think practicing speaking at all times could help you get there. So, try it and see if it works for you at all.
@zhuker (35)
• China
21 May 07
May be.I will practice every morning.And listen to VOA special English.You know I am a chinese boy.The chance I talk with English speaking coutry's people is very rare.
• Philippines
21 May 07
i guess for you to improve your english speaking you have to read books and as much as possible read them aloud... and what I did to improve my english speaking was i bought this "ice breaker" thing... it is a card with random questions.. the questions is basically more of asking for your opinion...
@steve9737 (918)
• Colombia
21 May 07
I think if you want to read some novels you can try project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ there is a lot of free book in different formats some with images from the real book that is so cool, I don't like to read much novels but I think I must to read because it is a good way to improve my English. but the most important is enjoy learning if you feel that you are not enjoying to learning stop and try another day.
@steve9737 (918)
• Colombia
21 May 07
"You know I am a Chinese boy.The chance I talk with English speaking country's people is very rare." man don't say that coz you can find on internet a lot of programs for talk with a native speaker , do you know paltalk?, I am not a native speaker and my english is worse but I am trying to improve, 1. I am getting rid of the Spanish, I dont watch anything in Spanish and I don't read anything in Spanish, just music in english, and movies without subtitles or subtitle in english, 2. I am using software in English msn in english hotmail in english and all I can in english. 3. it is not a good idea talk with no native speaker or people who is learning, try to find someone native speaker, I have some net friend who are native speaker. try downloading Mozilla Firefox it is a internet explorer and if you download the english version it have a spell tool like word :D
• India
21 May 07
just join for any english speaking course they can develop yourpersonality as well as english improvement. it will definately work