How to teach yourself spoken English?

(1) The purpose of learning spoken English is to communicate with others, so the important order of several elements in spoken English should be fluency, accuracy and appropriateness. In other words, we must pay more attention to practical communication ability instead of simply emphasizing the correctness of grammar.

(2) Find study partners to practice oral English together. English corner is a good place, where we can not only practice oral English, but also exchange English learning experience, broaden our horizons and improve our interest in English learning.

(3) If we can't find a study partner or have little chance to participate in the English corner, then we must create our own English environment. For example, watching movies efficiently through English learning software is a fun way to learn English. The usage method is as follows:

Imitating the loudest, fastest and clearest movie stories is an extremely effective oral practice method, which is generally called acting English, and it is also a skill to learn English by watching movies. ?

The biggest advantage of acting English is: (1) it makes you talk; (2) easy to adhere to. If we can encourage each other, it would be better to perform in groups of 3 ~ 5 people. ?

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Learning misunderstanding

1) Pronunciation and accent

When reading English words, don't add your own intonation (the second and third sounds of Chinese pronunciation, etc.). ), which can easily become a local pronunciation. Please be sure to read the words according to the phonetic symbols in the dictionary, with good stress and pronunciation.

Pay attention to two points in pronunciation: clear and full, and don't be vague in your mouth when pronouncing.

2) sense of rhythm

To speak authentic English, the sense of rhythm of the whole sentence is very important, which includes: rising tone; Descending tone; Stress; Link sound.

3) Translate English

Many students' misunderstandings always come down to the number of words when it comes to their poor spoken English. When they encounter words and sentences that can't be expressed in English, they are always eager to find the word and then put it into a sentence mechanically. This is the origin of Chinglish, also known as "long English".

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Oral English