How to speak English well?

Answer 1

Hooked on Phonics second edition.

Answer 2

English is a very difficult language. There are so many exceptions!! For instance, the word "knife." The "k" and the "e" are silent. Or the word "laugh." Why isn't it spelled "laff?"

Also, so many Americans have TERRIBLE grammar!! I often wonder if people in , for instance, Israel, have bad grammar. Maybe you can clear that up for me. So many people in the States, say "I should've WENT," instead of "I should have GONE." It drives me crazy!! Or instead of "I SAW you yesterday," they say "I SEEN you yesterday." Does this happen in other languages??

So learning from soap operas is good, even though they to make a mess of our grammer once in a while.

So something like "Hooked on Phonics" AND watching our soaps may (or is it might??) be the way to go. Good luck to you!! By the way, It's allowed in the 21st century to end a sentence with a proposition. Like "What should I open this with?" Everyone does it. No one says, "With what should I open this?" That's just old fashioned!! Once again, the best of luck to you!! :) Great question. You get a star!! :)

Answer 3

I agree that it's helpful to watch tv to get the everyday expressions right, but if you want to learn to speak English you really ought to watch English programmes.

If you watch a lot of American imports, you'll only learn how to speak American, and not English.

Surprisingly, the best English programmes to help non-English speakers are the soaps - Emmerdale, Coronation Street, and East-enders.

Answer 4

Learning any language is not an overnight activity, I can only give you as much to serve as aguideline in learning the English language. Before you can learn to speak it well, you have to begin learning the phonetic sounds of each letter in the alphabet including the vowel and consonant sounds, then widen your vocabulary by reading books starting from stories to journals , then perhaps advance to magazines, newspapers and books. To better your speaking, listening should be polished first by listening to tapes,start from tidbits news fromBBc or CNN, tape them or simply buy cds to teach you how to listen, there are an array of these films and tapes to learn english, and when you gain confidence in the langugae ,then start talking to people, don't be shy, remember, no guts , no glory..then th best of all is practice,,,,,,,,,,the more you practice the better you become...Practice makes perfect...this is all for now, you want to know more, then you can always email me...

Answer 5

I agree with one of the other comments ... "watch a lot of TV". This will help the most no doubt. When I came to the US, I knew how to read and write really well, but watching TV helped me to speak the language with very little accent. My coworkers and friends are often amazed at how well I speak. So, if you don't know how to read and write, I'd say to start there and then watch a lot of TV... Good luck!

Answer 6

Go to a country where they speak english fluently and live there for a year or more. That is the best way.

Answer 7

Watch Molly Ringwald movies.

Answer 8

by speaking it like how you know it and letting others correct it...

if ur arrogant like me..then lesser options.. learn from dictionary

Answer 9

Read a dictionary.

Answer 10

watch a lot of tv... trust me on this one..