| At first it may sound like a paradox, but it's true | | | | There are hundreds of thousands of foreigners |
| nonetheless - it's pretty hard to improve spoken | | | | who have achieved total fluency when reading |
| English if you study English the traditional way! | | | | and writing, and their understanding of English is |
| Hundreds of thousands of foreign speakers all | | | | brilliant, too. But when it comes to communicating |
| around the world feel they lack the natural English | | | | in real life they start struggling and it's often |
| fluency. The biggest part of them are really eager | | | | accompanied by speech anxiety. They realize that |
| to study hard to achieve what they've been | | | | knowing and recognizing English as it's spoken by |
| striving for years - ability to communicate with | | | | someone else doesn't mean they can speak the |
| other English speakers in an easy, natural manner. | | | | same manner. The real answer to this issue, |
| After all, so many of us, foreigners, have chosen | | | | though, keeps evading them because they push |
| to live in English speaking countries and it's crucial | | | | themselves hard into memorizing huge lists of |
| for our professional and social lives to speak | | | | vocabulary and going through advanced English |
| fluent English. | | | | grammar books. |
| However, when foreign English speakers turn to | | | | So what's the real solution for this problem and |
| industry professionals for advice, they get the | | | | how can foreigners improve spoken English after |
| same answer - do English grammar exercises, | | | | years spent on traditional language studies? |
| watch movies in English, read English newspapers, | | | | To find the answer, we have to look at children |
| surround yourself with English as much as possible! | | | | and understand how they learn any language. |
| Just type in 'improve English' in Google search and | | | | They don't study grammar and don't memorize |
| you'll see yourself that most of the advice | | | | word lists to pick up English. Repeating phrases |
| focuses on the grammar and vocabulary building | | | | and word combinations they hear on a daily basis |
| part of English language improving. | | | | is the key to learning English the natural way and |
| Unfortunately very few advise on focusing on the | | | | it's exactly how children do it. |
| spoken word because many foreigners are shy | | | | The very same technique can be used by those |
| to go out and speak and by studying on their | | | | foreign English speakers who want to improve |
| own they feel secure and safe. It's hard for a | | | | their spoken English. By repeating and memorizing |
| person to realize the true goal of the English | | | | most commonly used English phraseology one can |
| studies should be to improve spoken English if | | | | improve spoken English in a relatively short period |
| there's no-one to point it out! Most of struggling | | | | of time. Understanding that any spoken language |
| English speakers assume that if they'll perfect | | | | is build from word chunks rather than separate |
| their written English, spoken English will follow. | | | | words is crucial in this process! |
| Sadly, it's far from truth! | | | | |