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Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by lumargin: 6:45pm On Feb 01, 2008
go to jand for a while but not to rough neighbourhoods like hakney or peckam.

go to oxford city for a while and cambridge grin wink
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by lumargin: 6:49pm On Feb 01, 2008
on a more serious note, try watching movies (particulary) British movies with sub titles on them. I'm not sure if cable tv i.e. multi choice has subtitle options but sub titles do help you understand English language.
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by MP007(m): 8:03am On Feb 02, 2008
1. stop watching  nigerian  movies

2. stop all forms of brokenn english

3.  read foreign novels

4. listen to  foreign radio programs , eg bbc world  service,voa, o'  reilly factor

5 watch  foreign  tv shows,, cnn,fox,sky news

and above all , speak  in english, i'll give u an exaample

During my  first senior year in secondary schooll in nigeria, I had  a  classmate  , DEmi. Demi was terrible at  putting sentences together. He couldnt even speak for 10 seconds without eliciting laughter from people, Guess what he did?

He  started  askingg  questions  duringg  lectures,fellowships,student  meetings  wiithout minding or fearing whatt people  had  to say  about him.People laughed  at  him sometimes but it just didnt  not bother him a bit.Teachers aand fellow students corrected him and he always  took to correction

DEmi  begged his waay  into rep. the class during iinter-class debates(other class members didntt want to facce the whole school, 4000 folks looking u, ,thats scary for a typical ss1 student).ss1C student could hardly watch Demii speak, iu ever had your heart beat so fast when someone uu know is giving a speak on stage?

Demi improved and RIGHT there before our very eyes , started representing the school by the  time he got too  ss2.His english improved so  much to the extent that other students felt inferor when speaking  to him.His confidence grew more and  more as he won more prices  for  the school(literary and debating society, folks that finished from the public schooll sys in ng understand). He  was  made a prefect in his final year. He just changed in every  aspect.His grades  changed, his attitude changed, hope my little storyy motivates u
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by irefunke(f): 1:42am On Feb 06, 2008
The basic/foundation of English language is parts of speech.Out of the parts of speech,the basic of it is the VERB that talks about the present tense,past tense,past participle.I am going to Lagos
I will go to Lagos tommorrow
I went to Lagos Yesterday.
Use simple English in your conversation,read good novels,listen to good english speakers,don't be shy always ask the person that u know will not make a jest of u questions how he changes his/her verb at a point in time like those examples I cited above.Then practice by speaking, u can speak those new words to urself at the corner of ur room as if u are preaching that will give u boldness to want to speak in the public.
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by origina9ja(f): 2:48pm On Jun 04, 2008
Improving spoken english is not about only reading
okay before i start chating shit
"Is it your English or Accent"
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by Nobody: 8:44pm On Jul 28, 2009
origina9ja:

Improving spoken english is not about only reading
okay before i start chating shit
"Is it your English or Accent"
u sef no sabi english abi d guy said *SPOKEN ENGLISH* not*ACCENT* (as u put it) , d construction of sentences when makin a speech come's first before phonetics, so stop confusing urself @origina9ja undecided
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by frankkky: 11:00am On Jul 29, 2009
cant belive this,a GRADUATE AND U CANT SPEAK ENGLISH
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by Nobody: 7:47pm On Jul 29, 2009
frankkky:

cant belive this,a GRADUATE AND U CANT SPEAK ENGLISH
guy i think u may be worse undecided and lack power of undastanding at least he truthfully came out
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by Stanley1000: 11:40pm On May 17, 2016
Bro,you have gotten it wrong..English language is a 'must do' and a 'must learn' skill everybody is entitle to have..,be you an Engineer,doctor or even a farmer..you need a good communicating skill so you can go broad in all your welfare,you should not limit your self because 'English language' is not your course of study in the university..I my self as science student and an electrical engineer by profession knows what I have encountered during the past year of having this same mentality you have..but I thank God now for revealing the truth to me in which am doing the same to you now..Rethink bro..have a nice day
Re: How To Improve My Spoken English? by prdeal: 10:30pm On Mar 27, 2018
If you want to improve on your spoken and written English, i think this site is best - https://veslio.co

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