Are you one of those candidates who have lost a job opportunity because you are not good in spoken English? Many candidates especially from India and China where English is not the first language (or mother toungue) are left behind in jobs – marked poor in communication skills. Even if they are good in English language – they loose out on the accent – when they try to speak English in their vernacular accent.
How can I improve my spoken English?
How can I neutralize my accent of spoken English?
You can do it with sufficient training – self directed or with outside professional help. In this article we will give some common tips to improve your spoken English.
How to train yourself in spoken English?
All you need is to incorporate some best practices in your daily routine which will take you closer to your goal of speaking English with a neural accent.
Watch Others
Watch other – be it a real person or a movie or news reader in an English News channel. You have to observe the movements of lips / mouth of the people you feel are your ideal English speakers. Watch them and try to imitate them – and do not feel bad – you are not doing anything worng in imitation – it is just learning.
Imitate
By imitating we mean you repeat whatever they say and try to maintain the clarity, rhythm and modulation of what they say. The key here is to start slowly and then increase your speed. If you star speaking very fast initially you will lose control. So initially speak slowly and then increase the speed.
Carry you iphone everywhere
Carry you iphone everywhere and listen to the English Music, English dialogues, recorded english conversations while travelling. This way you will save the time and also learinign this way your subconcious will be trained more effectively.
You may also record the stuff that you find difficult to speak and try to listen to it frequently. While listenins speak aloud with the player.
Use an audio dictionary
There are many audio dictionaries available in market. Use them to correct your phonetics and correct pronunciation of words that are hard for you to say. And if an audio dictionary is not available try
Read the books aloud – Make it a routine
Take your faviourite novel or book and read it aloud every day. 30-60 minutes every day should be your routine for reading aloud. It takes about 60-90 days to effectively start speaking well in English. So be patient with yourself and give yourself time to practice and be a good speaker in English.
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