help me!

[spirit]

hi everyone and all teachers! Please help me....... My problem is i'm very poor with speaking. Sometimes when other people ask me i really don't know what to anwser or reply to them back and i can say only yes or ok..... That's it

Thanks for all your help!
-spirit

[Suy Prasoeur]

Hi Spirit,

Don't be so worried, most of the learners are facing that too. I think your problem is probably caused by lacking practice. Do you speak English in class? Do you speak English with your friends or classmates? You know, those are the first persons that you can practice your English with. Try to make more English communication with people, or of course, you can do it alone either. You can ask and answer whatever yourself, as long as those questions and answers are the right statements.

Anyway, I'd recommend you to listen more as you can copy the other speakers' expressions and pronunciation since it is really important when you speak. Sometimes, a small mistake in pronouncing can cause big problem in speaking. One day, somebody told me she hates ice-cream, but she did say that "I heart ice-cream". I mean, she meant to say HATE but she pronounced HEART. Then it was my big mistake to get her an ice-cream. This is the worst thing I experienced.

Hope this will help,
Prasoeur

[Greeny]

Hi Spirit,

Through what you said, I believe that your English is not bad. The problem is you never use lots of English for communication (speaking).
You know, if you want to be good at writing, practice your writing. If you want to be good at listening, listen to lots of English. If you want to be good at reading, read more. So, if you want to be good at speaking, why don't you speak.

Here is a good way to practice, if you find it hard to find someone to practice with. Try speaking in front of the mirrow, or alone. This is how I practice my speaking. Soon enough, you will find yourself speaking English fluently.

Try what I told you. Believe me, IT WORKS.

Greeny

[spirit]

First of all i'd like to thanks for all your help teachers........ I try to practice it everyday already with my friends in class cuz the teacher won't let us speak khmer but when i seriously to speak, my fiends always laughing at me then i stop. Everytimes when i speak i always worried about grammar because we need to use brain think about it before we speak right? And today i have speaking test i am so worried whether i can pass it or not ?

-spirit

[Suy Prasoeur]

Hello Spirit and Green Day,

Spirit, don't mention about it, that's my pleasure. Anyway, I think they might feel weird around you because it is the start. And you, you shouldn't give up, just don't care about any laughing of your friends. I guess you might look funny at first, but why don't you try to be funny for a while? And one more, you don't need to be doing alot of thinking when you speak, just say anything that comes to your mind. After some time, you'll not feel tougue tight and that's when you have think carefully about grammar and figure out how to make a natural speaking. That's it.

Good luck mates,
Prasoeur

[spirit]

Hi Prasoeur...... I really thanks alot for ur advice I think your words it's very wake me up and really good for me. I will try and try till the end  I don't believe that i cant speak well as another people..... I will try not to think about grammar too much when i speak and, I gonna speak whatever i want right?

-spirit

[chiro]

yes i think this is the problem for all people which study english by never pratice u no of course i'm in here also but since i listen to the programme of paul and brad i stop to go to study english by don't get praticing english and i know my english not well but i just wanna give some clue that i think is good because i think now i seem i can improve my english ok the solution of me is i always go to study english like before but i just modify my habit by try to speak with my teacher by step by step and try to listen the radio and try to speak alone and sometimes i take my chance to speak with the native speaker from the internet ok thanks for your reading and you can test it!