HowtoImproveSpokenEnglish

HowtoImproveSpokenEnglish【Abstract】Undoubtedly，Englishhasbecomemoreandmoreimportantinourdailylives，andhowtocommunicatewithothersinEnglishfluentlyhasarousedgeneralconcern.Pickingupasecondlanguageisalwaysnotthateasy.Ironically，thetruthisthatmanyChineserealizeitisabigproblemtospeakEnglishfluentlyalthoughtheycaneasilygetahighscoreinsomeEnglishwrittenexams.SpokenEnglishissoimportantthatImainlyintroducesomeeffectivemethodstopracticeandimproveitinthisessay.【Keywords】spokenEnglish；pronunciation；mediaresources；imitation；mothertongueI.IntroductionActuallyspeakingEnglishfluentlyismuchmoreimportantthanpassingsomewrittentests.It’sreallyapitythatmanyEnglishlearnersstilldon’tgettoknowthetruth.ThemoretheycareaboutthemarksinEnglishtests，thelessprogresstheywillmakeinspokenEnglish.Inthisarticle，IwanttosharemyopinionsonspokenEnglishwithyou.II.UsefultipsandsuggestionsThefirststepistolearnphrasesinsteadofwords.SomeEnglishlearnershavefoundthattheycannotexpresstheirownopinionsinasimplesentenceeveniftheyhavelearnedEnglishforseveralyearsorrememberedhundredsofthousandsofwords.However，learningusefulandpracticalEnglishphrasesbyheartcanhelpusexpressourselvesincompletesentencestoagreatextent.Itdoesn’tmeanthatlearningwordsisuseless，itjustemphasizestheimportanceofEnglishphrases，especiallywhenyouneedtodescribeonethingspecificallyorindetails.Sofromnowon，trytorememberasmanyphrasesaspossibleinsteadofsinglewords.Thesecondtipisthatweshouldn’tstudygrammarrulestoomuch.IfyoujustwanttotakeanEnglishtestsuchasCETorTEM，grammarisabsolutelyveryimportant，butifyourgoalistocommunicatewithothers，grammarisreallynotthatimportant.ThetruthisthatmostChinesestudentsspendmuchmoretimeongrammarthanthosenativespeakers，andevenbetterthanthem.Thisisreallynotnecessary.Youcannotevenspeakawordifyoucaretoomuchaboutgrammarruleswhenyouchatwithothers.Therightthingyoushoulddoistotrytoexpresswhatyouwantandignoresomestrangegrammarrules.Thethirdsuggestionisthatweshouldmakethebestuseofmediaresourcestoimproveourability.Withthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology，wehavemanyEnglishmaterialsavailable.WecanwatchEnglishmovies，TVclips，episodes，realityshowsandlistentoEnglishsongswheneverandwherever.Itdoesn’tmatterifwedon’tunderstandwhattheyaretalkingaboutorsinging.WhatreallymattersisthatwecanimproveourspokenEnglishtoagreatdegreebyimitatingthepronunciationandintonationofthoseactorsandsingers.Listenfrequentlyandimaginehowtoachievethatsoundbyusingaspecificpartofthemouthorthroat.FinallywecanspeakidiomaticandpureEnglishbylisteningmoreandwatchingmore.IfyoureallywanttoimprovespokenEnglish，stopplayingvideogamesandtoskimthroughagreatamountofEnglish-relatedinformation.Inaddition，practicemakesperfect.Thepurposeoflearningaforeignlanguageistobeabletouseit.WeshouldbetotallyimmersedinEnglish，completelysurroundedbyit.Themostimportantthingistochangeourmodeofthinking，notChinese，butEnglish.Youwillhitthelimitofhowmuchyoucantakeinquitequicklyifyoupersevereunremittingly.Ifpossible，findapartner，orspeaktoyourselfasmuchaspossible.Alwaystryincludingsomecontentyouaredeeplyinterestedintobuildupyourselfconfidence.Nexttimeyouwillfinditiseasytopluckupyourcouragetospeakwithothers.Don’tafraidofmakingmistakes.RememberthatEnglishisnotyourmothertongue，soyouhaveeveryreasontomakemistakes.Themoremistakesyoumake，themoreprogressyouwillmake.III.ConclusionGenerallyspeaking，withtherapiddevelopmentofsocietyandinternationalexchanges，Englishhasbecomemoreandmoreimportantasacommunicativetool.ItisurgenttopayattentiontotheimportanceofspokenEnglishandthecommonmistakespeoplewillmake.ThereisnoshortcutifwewanttoimproveourspokenEnglish，butwewillsucceedaslongaswepersevere.Reference：[1]吴敏.朗读在高职英语教学中的特殊作用[J].番禺职业技术学院学报，2003.[2]Nunan，D.TheLearner-centeredCurriculum[M].CambridgePress，2001.[3]李晓鸿.影响学生口语能力发展的教师因素[J].新疆教育学院学报，2003.[4]黄成夫.英语口语纠错策略[J].广西教育学院学报，2003.[5]AttitudesamongNon-EnglishMajorEFLStudents[J].科技信息.2007（24）.