To learn spoken English, you must use different
strategies. Traditional study methods will not help you speak
powerfully. You need a different way of learning.
This is one of the reasons that so many students fail to
master spoken English.
In school, you learned English analytically. In fact,
you never learned to speak English at all. Rather, you learned to analyze
English, talk about English, and translate English.
I have observed many English classes, in many different
countries, and they are all the same. For the most part, students in
these classes learned with their eyes.
Traditional classes focus almost entirely on a
textbook. There may be short “communication exercises”, but the entire
class is defined by and driven by a textbook. If your goal is to get a
degree in English from a University, this is a great way to study.
Spoken English Mastery
However, if your goal is to master spoken English, you will
fail with traditional methods.
You must break with tradition. You must forget
everything you learned in school. You must have the courage and
intelligence to follow a different path.
The first and most obvious change you must make is to learn
with your ears. It’s obvious, isn’t it? If you want to master
spoken English, you need audio input… not text.
The dynamics of spoken English are completely different than
the written language. The grammar is different (we rarely speak in
complete sentences). The vocabulary is different (a lot more idioms and
slang are used in speech).
And most importantly, the speed is different. Speech is
fast. Super-fast. So fast that you have no time to think about
translations, or grammar rules, or textbook lessons.
There is no time. Your conscious brain simply cannot
analyze, translate, and organize real speech. This is the reason your
speech is so slow. This is the reason you can’t understand two native
speakers talking to each other.
To perform at real speaking speeds, you must turn off your
conscious brain and let your subconscious do it’s job. To do that,
you must use methods which awaken your subconscious. You must learn
holistically, intuitively, and naturally.
Primarily, this means listening to lots of English
speech… and doing it repeatedly. As you listen, you quiet your conscious
mind and just allow your brain to understand the whole meaning of the
words. You don’t try to pick out individual words. You don’t worry
about the few words you don’t understand.
You relax and you let the meaning wash over you.
Your mind is open and quiet.
And then, when you speak, you just let the words come
out. You don’t struggle. You don’t analyze. You don’t think
about rules. You don’t think about translations.
You just let the words pour out of your mouth, even if you
make mistakes.
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