"Speaking Guidelines"

"Do you speak English?" is always the first question

 Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking are the four language learning areas,
 and whilst they are of equal importance when studying for an exam,
they all add up to just one thing:  Being able to speak the language!

 Q.  What is the easiest and best way to learn to speak a language? 

A.  The way that you learnt the language you speak now – by listening and repeating.

Don't try to learn English from movie subtitles...

Some things that you should do…

1. Study and practise the FREE lessons on this site.

2. Talk to as many people as you can, whenever you can, about anything. 
   Don’t be embarrassed, it’s O.K. to make mistakes.

3. Learn phonetics first and practise the pronunciation of each word.

4. Check your mouth positions and watch yourself  speaking in a mirror.

5. Study only the basics of grammar, leave the advanced stuff until later.

6. Learn phrases, not single words. Leave the vocabulary and verb conjugations for later.

7. Try not to translate into your own language, remember sentences in English by
   putting a picture into your mind.

8. Practise one phrase a day, and say it to yourself over and over again.
   

9. Listen to as much English as you possibly can, and copy what you hear.

10. Lastly: listen and repeat.  Every word you hear; repeat, repeat, repeat.