How can I improve my oral English?
I’m major in English. Maybe I will be a English teacher.Now, I think my oral English is bad. I can speak well when I have prepared. However, when I am asked by the teacher suddenly, I am too nervous to explain myself.
It seems that I forget all the words. I think I lack confidence. In the end. Thank you friends who answered my question!
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Hi Flora. I had the same problem when I was studying English, spontaneous answers and generally conversations in English were challenging for me, especially in front of other people. What helped me, first of all, was to realize that if I become nervous I perform worse and my mind goes blank so if I really wanted to be able to give a proper answer/participate in a conversation in English, I had to make myself more relaxed otherwise I would not have been able to do it the way I wanted.
Also sometimes we worry so much about speaking with correct grammar and words we start to mumble and stutter and then get frustrated with ourselves. Think of English as a communication tool, not as an endless bunch of formulas to memorize. So if you use a wrong verb tense or word order, mix up phrasal verbs, or need to explain a word by giving its definition, similar words, examples, let be it — correct grammar and words does not equal clarity.
Another advice I could give you about improving your English speaking skills is that you should have some experience of speaking the language in real life situations, outside the classroom. And you don’t have to go to an English-speaking country, you could join an English-speaking meet up in your town/city, or even offer a foreigner to show him/her around. Websites like couchsurfing, meetup.com, internations, Interpals can help you with that. There are a lot of foreigners in China, I remember when I was living there, I was so lost and confused without any Chinese skills and when some locals helped me it was a huge relief!
Best of luck!
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