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Hi Neelusree.1, thank you very much to the web site. Really, I learned some expressions from it. Thanks again.
Hy my friends, actually from my experience I will answer the question without any hesitation: yes, it is possible to practise speaking english alone. I followed two techniques to improve my english; the first one is, I used to record my voice while I was reading anything in english, then I listen to what I recoreded to catch my phonetic mistakes, then I rerecord my voice agan, then I was keep doing that till I be satisfied.
The second one is, I used to put a doll in front of me then I tell her many things in english, such as, the stories or the topics which I read, and I used to tell her about my family, my friends, what I like and what I don't like and also what I want to cock and how.......etc. Really, these two techniques not only improved my english, but also encouraged me to speak english in public. My english now is good, sort of.
Yes you can improve speaking if alone. One method I show my students is to find short videos with subtitles Listen carefully not only what the speakers say but also how they say it. Use the voice recorder on your PC and play your recording to compare with the original.
Also try out 'The Flatmates' in BBC learning English listen and copy the characters by pausing and playing again to copy what and how they speak, again record yourself and compare.
If you can download audio books or read poetry, poetry is great for practising stress, timing and intonation, again record yourself to help improve.
Thanks a lot, Teacher Mall. Those are great tips.
Yeah, I completely agree with u, in that case u do it seriously, u try to use common words, which could be easily understood by the public.
As a learner of English I belong to so-called auditory learning style and it's quiet natural for me to speak to myself. While I'm getting ready for something important (making a speech, conducting a demonstrative lesson, preparing for some workshops....), I'm speaking to myself and this helps me to arrange my thoughts in a proper way, to choose the appropriate vocabulary and grammar.....
well concerne to whether is possible to speak alone or not, i think it´s just a metter of believe cuz i can advocate that if we can recit or meditate poems words or something else alone why not we can speak alone ? well it´s possible if you believe, there are many ways to overcome this issue, you can either record your voice or make an english monologue if you are able to.
Hi,
Dear Tara,
I think it is possible. Since it is so difficult to find someone to talk with, it's better to practice it alone. What I was doing was recording my voice and picked a topic and started talking about it while recording. Then, I listened to myself and realized how well or bad I was talking. Another way is to listen to a story and try to retell it by your own words. It's difficult but it's really helpful.
I'm still not very good at speaking but I'm improved so much by this way. At least I can manage real life situation.
Best wishes,
I've tried also to record my own voice, I'm supposed to have en interview with a journalist which ask about a topic that I really enjoy... it' s not bad a tall to improve speaking
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