Speak more, speak better?
Recently, I've been trying to talk to other people in English. However, I find it's very difficult. If I had time to write down the sentences, I could write them well with only a few mistakes, but if I had to talk to others and to respond quickly, I usually mad many mistakes, especially in grammar. Also, I find that I don't know enough vocabulary. This makes my speaking in English even harder. I'm not sure if I should think over my words before I speak them, which will make me slow in responding others, or just speak out my opinions even though there might be lots of grammar mistakes? I wonder if practicing itself will lead to improvement in English speaking?
Does anyone have this kind of experience before or anyone have any suggestion?
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Speak more, speak better?
Recently I've been trying to talk to other people in English, however I find it's very difficult. If I had time to write down the sentences I could write them well with only a few mistakes, but if I have to talk to others and respond quickly I usually make many mistakes, especially in grammar. Also I find that I don't know enough vocabulary. This makes my speaking in English even harder. I'm not sure if I should think over my words before I say ('speak' works but 'say' is more natural) them, which will make me slow in responding to others, or just speak out my opinions even though there might be lots of grammar mistakes. I wonder if practicing itself will lead to improvement in English speaking?
Has anyone had this kind of experience before or does anyone have any suggestions?
Please leave a comment.
(Corrections are also very welcomed : ) )
I think this is a common problem for a lot of people. The best thing to do is just do your best and not worry about making mistakes. Personally I love making mistakes because that's how I get corrections and corrections are how I improve.
As far as building vocabulary, reading a lot is a great way to improve. I also like Anki (http://ankisrs.net/) for memorizing new words efficiently.
Good luck! Don't worry about mistakes or going slow and keep practicing with native speakers whenever you can.
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I think you don't have to worry too much about that. Of course, try to respect the grammar you know, but apart from that, speak as much as you are able to with natives and they will correct you. Sometimes you will find your mistakes at the same moment the word come out from your mouth. I'm telling that to you because I did it months ago whan I was living in UK. Now I can speak a little better, but obviously I still have to improve a lot to get the Advanced Certificate
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the problem you spoke about is mine too. the good side is that you have already had a chat with other people and try to speak in English but me I even don't know how to start with. and it's hard to find someone understanding and patient. it's easy to say i'm patient but it's hard to be!
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What you speak of is one of the things that I am worried about when learning Mandarin.
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