Why?
Why does it always happen that you are able to understand English music, read English books, watch English movies( with or without the subtitles), and understand what an English speaker is saying? But when it comes to speaking the same language – You’re feeling flat.
What is stopping you from becoming a fluent English speaker?
And let me tell you, it’s not just you. Almost everyone deals with this problem.
This article is a chapter and verse of this problem that can help you for good.
You are able to understand English and not be able to speak it because you are just intaking the language a lot. Which means you are reading lots of books, watching web series, listening to music or podcasts. Your intake ratio is more than your outturn ( i.e. speaking in English ).
You are storing all the information & all the sounds in your memory. That is the reason you’re familiar with the words, you know their meaning. But when it comes to using these words at the time of speaking – You can hardly do that.
Another reason you are not able to speak is because speaking requires more effort than listening & reading English. When you listen or read, you recognize information, but when you speak you need to recall that information and speak without hesitation. Sometimes it is difficult to recall information in our own language.
Doing things like learning grammar, memorizing vocabulary and words makes English learning more complicated.
So, what can be the solution. You need to practice conversational spoken English. It means learning to speak English more frequently. Speak English whenever you get a chance. Not being able to recall the right words is one of the reasons you lose confidence.
If you wish to overcome this, here are some activities for you –
- Make small groups of 2 – 4 people and practice speaking in English everyday with them. You keep inviting people and speak English with one another.
- You can always take help from mobile applications and social media. Applications like Engvarta completely focus on providing Environment where you can find English Experts who can guide and assist you to speak in English.
Fear of being judged for mistakes is one of the biggest reasons for not speaking in English. But to become a fluent speaker, your efforts and focus should be more on speaking the language.
When you repeat something all over again & again, it sticks to your memory. The same thing will happen when you build a habit of speaking in English. You will automatically start to speak English subconsciously with regular practice.
