How to improve your English speaking skills (by yourself) 

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the only problem for me with english is whenever i speak, i become hesitant and forget what to say lol

me alone : speaks english perfectly with a perfect pronunciation and sounds almost like a native me with other people : looks like a goat trying to speak russian

10% Confidence when speaking physically. 100% Confidence when speaking mentally (or through texting).

I've been using this technique for like 20 days and the results are astonishing. I read 10 pages of a story and then try imitating it, it works like Magic 🎩 ✨️

When I try to think English in my mind I feel confident because everything goes right and when I speak oh my god I'm gona stuck 🙄

Reading the comments: Me: I'm not the only one having these problems.

I scrolled through the comments and felt kinda nostalgic because I used to have the same struggle. I'm from Malaysia and English isn't my first language. I could read and write but when it came to speaking I struggled so hard then I joined this discord server with members that came from all over the world- Netherlands, Czech Republic, USA, Canada, even Japan and we would occasionally do group voice calls while playing games. I was struggling to join in the conversation because the words that I was searching for just wouldn't come. When I finally got what I wanted to say, they already moved to the new topics so what I wanted to say was no longer valid 😂 Then I got close to this one friend from the US, also the member of the DC server and asked him to help with my English. I gotta admit my speaking skills improve a lot after knowing him for more than a year. If he's not around (due to the 12hours difference) I would talk to myself in English, like you know, what's the plan for today etc. So for those who are still struggling to speak in English, keep on speaking the language and make yourself familiar with it! Then you can start with the accent. Goodluck 🤗✨

I learned English on my own, i know that I'm not fluent in speaking English with people, but my accent and my english ability is insane. Using this technique I improved my skills in speaking English like a native speaker. I just talk to myself alone HAHAHA but I know to myself that I'm not crazy because if I'm crazy then I wouldn't be here commenting this. 😅 I'm just pretending and imagining that someone is talking to me or like interviewing me and then I'll answer those possible questions, for example: someone is asking me "Why do you love Graphic Design Course?" then I'll answer that question with explanations and in that way I was training myself to speaking English all by myself.

*Universal problem* “I can understand english but I cannot speak” and when i trying the speak i am freezing and my tongue rolling sjnsjssjns

I'm really shy when I'm trying to talk in english cause it feels like people will make fun on me

I am teaching an elderly person to speak fluently. She has already shown progess. And now wants to increase the hours of practice with me. Gives me immense satisfaction. :)

I love how the comment section has been such a positive look for all the English learners here.

When I speak English to myself it's actually little fluent but speaking with people I always found very difficult for me. I don't know when I will speak English without any fuss.

I can understand english but Im not confident to speak.

Here are the main ideas if you don't have much time • Watch a story video and retell the story sentence by sentence in the third person (he, she, it...) • (advanced) watch the full story video and summarize the main points in your language (you can outline while watching), using linking words, sign words (firstly, then, so...) Hope it helps you guys And you guys, to quickly improve a skill, we must practice something difficult

I’m 22 this year. But many things that I lacking in my life. At the same time, I have many plan I want to succeed in my life. One of the list things that I want to succeed is excellent in improving my english speaking & vocabs.

Everyone: I speak myself all the time. Doctor: Are you insane?

I was watching a japanese tutorial when this video appear in my recommendation as if it was reminding me to improve my english first before learning other languages lol.

I speak english with myself. I'm using this trick for almost 2 years it’s really helps me to improve my pronunciation.

I'm a Japanese student, and I'm studying English. I found this video when I was looking for a way to become able to speak English. This video is very nice and easy to understand. I will practice right away.

I didn't search for this, but I love that this was recommended.

I am a major in English student and I can honestly say that I am one of the students who suffers in public speaking. I can write good essays. I know some rules in English. But I can't do well in public speaking. I'm jealous of other people who is confident enough to speak in front of the class with no hesitation.

i never thought of that first technique. and for that, a big thanks for the person behind this youtube channel. thanks

I am sure that my English speaking skills will improve after watching this video. Thank you for the useful video, it’s so easy to understand!!

i am the only one who watch this video two times. cuz i just read comments for first time...

I frequently talk to myself. I dont need no man

Thanks for these tips. Currently working as an ESL tutor. This will help my students to practice their speaking.

Thanks for the nice video, I'm a Brazilian trying to learn English by myself, I'm studying for 3 months and I can understand several words!!! Thanks again for your help, I'll put that tips into practice.

If you find yourself, like me, in a spot in your life where you don't have many close friends, it's okay. A lot of introverts like me would rather not go out and bother people or make new friends. Not because of some misplaced self inflicted depression, but because it's just too much. A lot of people have left me over the years, some quickly and painfully, some to just go live their own life. I know the feeling of loneliness, a breakup, or just sadness, it clenches your gut 24/7, but chin up, if I can make it through this you can too. I'm way past college, and it still happens. So we come here to heal, I think. Maybe in the future I'll come back to this comment with a happier story. Let's just heal until then

I think vocabulary plays an important role in speech.Knowing the right meaning and pronunciation helps in using a word confidently in speech.

Most English learners are lost in their English learning journey. Thank you for guiding us with such a helpful method!

initially I was thinking like " here it is, another video about shadowing.." but, well, this is a new approach, I like it!

Its kind of funny that im fluent in english my mind but when i speak i sound like a 3 year old

I could make up thousands of stories in my head without having to stutter or having to pause, but as soon as i start saying what i have in mind I start to speak in giberish

I've been studying Korean for 2 years and I've been speaking Korean myself for almost 2 years before I watch this video . This way help you improve my Korean.

Guys, you genius! I never thought this before. Thanks for this good idea

In my experience, it's important that you understand the basics of english language. Widening your vocabulary plays a big part in it. For as long as you know how to express yourself well and compose your thoughts, words will just come out naturally.

I watched youtube since i was in 5th grade mainly vlogs and gamers and I was addicted in watching movies and now I'm in 8th grade, the changes were real great my Pronunciation is fluent my grammar is on point and I can spell words correctly and most of all i can communicate with english speakers. And weirdly I can do accents by myself like British, Australian etc. with only watching a video of a person speaking it. (I'm from the Philippines)

So to say that it was an interesting lesson because I didn't know how to improve my English alone but fight now I just get how to do it. I liked the lesson.❤

I just read the vlog on the link you provided in the video. You don't recommend this technique any longer but you have an updated version of it. Thanks for your time in making such updates.

You must speak with yourself at least 10 minutes a day,no miror,no specific time,no specific topic ..just you and yourself,talk even you have nothing in your mind you want to talk about,talk,force yourself to speak and do that every day,in a happy day,in a sad day,in a busy and in a free day..do that every day and don't stop.After a few weeks of doing these,you will be able to see the diffrence in your level.

My thinking speed in English is much faster than my speaking speed. After that, I literally forgot what I was going to say and started to hesitate. :)

This video is very helpful for those people or students who are willing to learn in english and I hope that the people who are watching this vedio was get a lot of learn, don't stop learning because we are all still in the process of learning. Thanks

That's a good technique 👍👍however, we still need someone to talk to, at least someone who can support us, correct our mistakes (since we're learning English so we're bound to make mistakes).. Also, learning the basic of English (such as, grammar) is still important to help us construct meaningful sentences.. Anyway, thanks for the tips 👍👍😍

"To be confident in speaking English is actually one of the hardest part especially if you are surrounded by people who are perfectly imperfect 😂 You guys know what it means 😂 Edited: thank you guys 😘 Especially those WHO ARE PERFECTLY IMPERFECT HUMAN BEING.

when your talking normally in school: 'May I go to the bathroom?' but then your teacher says 'I can't hear you, can you speak a little louder?' me: 'AH ah- u- can I pls go to t- da bafroom?'

this is actually the most effective method I've ever found it really works after many months of trying to learn by my own

I'll try to speak english and make an sentences for my essay,but is so hard to speak in your own and make a long sentence ,so I search about how to speak and construct a sentence and I see this video and it is helpfull thank you💞

Me: arranging all the words in my head before speaking it Also me : (during speaking) ummm aaa ummm aaaa

The problems that make me not able to speak when i'm trying to speak but suddenly i lose all my vocabularies in my own brain and confused what should i speak akskskksjdjd😭✌

This is actually perfect at amproving English. Hello im a teacher my name is jamicah. And i think this video deserve so many likes. This video can help children to amprove they're english words. I love how they give a game that is very simple and easy to answer. That's all!❤ I also hope you'll upload this more often:)

Fun fact : we are watching this video in English 😂

Well! I have seen all comments below and noticed many people are complaining about their speaking skills and asking how to improve and sharing their experiences. Well I'm an esl teacher, as a teacher I'd suggest everybody to take any simpl English book and try to read out loudly every day for approx 20 to 25 minutes. I'm sure you are gon'na ask me why it's important well I think you will have different ideas by doing this firstly you will improve your reading skills, secondly you will improve your fluency and more importantly you will build you vocabulary too.

When ever I start to speak in English my tounge starts rolling like a roller coaster

I never thought of this technic. This is a brilliant idea. I really want to be fluent in English but It feels too hard. I would follow your advice hopefully this will work for me. Thanks.

As a non-native speaker, I almost right now spent a couple of hours per day watching at youtube to learn how the native speaker express their thoughts and ideas to improve the English speaking skills.

Whoever read this,be patient and keep working by yourself!I know that’s fairly hard ,but the first thing you need to do-believe in yourself.When I starting to judge at myself I realize that’s it’s okay to have some problem with speaking and it come step by step .I know that I do what I can at the current moment .And definitely-practice and practice !Make friends from all over the world,speak with them as much as you can.

"no speaking partner is required" thank god

video about: learning to speak English I've read your thoughts about practicing on how to speak in English. I really loves the idea that while you were giving those tips you were also giving words of wisdom for us to strive more and believe on ourselves that we can do it. I'm glad that I watched this video, It was a big help for me and thank you for that. I won't stop Learning

I think that if we followed some instructions then definitely we will improve our speaking . To commence with , we should try to speak in front of the mirror .After that we should record the speaking related things in mobile then we should check the record and find the mistakes. consequently ,we will definitely improve speaking skills 👍👏

I have started talking to myself in english every day and my speaking english skills have improved, btw :) Also, since then i have started thinking in english. it is pretty cool. i can see my progress! If u want to study some language more deeply, u have to practice in speaking every single day! E.g. imagine being blogger and describe ur actions. Promise, u will find some new words u didnt know before. Then it will be much easier for u to talk to native speakers about some daily things.

I'm fluent with english buuuuut when I speak I hesitate a lot cause I'm afraid they won't understand me

your good at teaching because you dont make it boring, thank you so much 😁😁😁

As someone who's usually referred to as the "smart one" in the class, and who usually becomes the narrator in roleplaying, I too suffer from having anxiety when speaking English despite believing at the same time that I am good at it. This is usually cause of low self esteem and the overthinking aspect of speaking someone else's language and the possibility of being mocked by those who know better. This feeling then makes us worry and feel so little and vulnerable thus our fear of actually speaking it casually.

A while ago, I read a book about the fastest way to speak fluent English. It concludes to be just speaking. Many of us have learned English in high school throug different aspects; grammar, writing, listening, enlarging vocubalary. However, by just doing all these things, the brain has a hard job to connect all these dots to one entirety when speaking. That’s why understanding is way much easier than speaking. By speaking it as much as possible, your brain undergoes some processes which concludes in thinking in English. That is the keypoint to speak English fluently.

This is the first time in my life that I am commenting on some random English speaking RU-vid video. I am an Indian who recently moved to the USA and trying to find a job. My English is level basic. However, I am finding it very difficult to understand and talk in interviews. And it's just not the interview, but I even hesitate to speak when I go to some restaurant or any coffee bars. I am an extrovert person but because of this fear that people might make fun of my English, I don't talk much and ask my husband to do/talk everything on my behalf. I want to be confident in speaking and expressing my thoughts like I use to do in my country.

This video was so inspiring for my English learning! Thank you for creating it and encouraging me.

I have always studied only grammar and vocabulary, therefore my spoken English is not very good. But with the help of videos like this, I already know what options there are to explore speaking skills on my own. I agree that retelling is the best way to improve your English.

I understand when someone talking or when I read. But I cannot speak or make a good sentences.

I can write, read and even speak with a few mistakes with my friends and siblings. I have never tried to speak with my teachers but, I am so confident with teachers as well. I have never thought about my mistakes and spoke as much as I could. It took me 8 months for improving it up to this level. I am 100% sure that after 3 months my English will be fluent without any mistake.

I totally agree with you on your advice when you don't have a partner to talk with him, in my opinion it's not difficult in this case because everything has changed and you can contact anyone outside your country to talk it, also there are many programs that It will help you to find someone and talk to him like English schools or native speakers or English teachers but as you wrote I agree with you and it was an important tip. I would like to say thank you very much for this post and keep making like this.

I have been improving reading,speaking, and writing only by listening and imitating

Earlier my problem was that I could write in English but not speak and then my friend suggested me to talk english in front of mirror which will boost your confidence and remove you hesitation and then i started and it did wonder. And then After sometime when results came out positive i started speaking with my friends and cousins. Now i can speak in front of everyone. So just want to say speak with yourself it will give positive results..

Hello, I don't face much problems in understanding or writing in english but while speaking I become terribly conscious and fear that if I am not able to deliver a proper speech or cannot make others understand what I am trying to explain, others may judge me. Thank you for giving ideas of practicing english alone 😊

I practised today, and I hope my English spoken will be better one day

Thanks this definitely would help me , i find it hard to make expressions and sentences in english ,but with practicing everything will went well

When I started watching the video, I was in the English learning mood and I was in fact using the same technique you just introduced. I figured it out as soon as you said "how to improve your English speaking skills alone" it is ironical

Fun factor: We didn't search for this.

Your ideas are great, man! I learn many things from it and it also make me confident. Thank u very much 🥰

I thank you because you made me speak English🙏 and you very rock❤️ From Egypt

I don’t know if I’m the only one, but when I’m taking to myself, everything is great. In the other hand if I try to talk with friends, I just get nervous and I can’t continue

me : i need to speak in english to improve my english my brain when i want to speak : so whatchu wanna say?

I was trying this two months every day one hour, I think my English language ever improved before last two month, You know It is actually worked at me. I know I have still some mistakes like time tense, writing. (I wrote this without checking also translating :) )

Learning vocabulary is important to start communicating in a language. The more words or phrases you know, the easier it is to speak.

Born in America and speaking English fluently, I wondered what non-speakers' perspective of English was like. I'm currently learning Japanese and can actually apply these tips to it too. The way you(content creator) stressed your words was very natural sounding:)

This also applies to other languages, guys, DW, but problem is, you fear people around you from mocking you, we are just nice people, kind hearted and sensitive people, that's why it is hard to speak fluently in public, but if we were rude and mean, we wouldn't care and we would speak fluently in public, but we are the better people, so repeat that to yourself. And be confident, one love to who made the video because he changed our way to practice any language the perfect way, and all the love for everyone here in the comment section, be strong, brothers and sisters, and if you need a hug of confidence, I will do it for you.

Having confidence is also important

It is new method for me to increase my speaking ability. I will practice it. Thanks for suggestion.

While I'm reading some comments here, I feel the same feelings that's why I'm practicing myself and also I'm talking myself too, no need other people

Fun fact: This appeared on your recommendations.

I'm curious, how could I miss this amazing video? I have been practicing English for 5 years..

Your videos is really useful to me, I just regret to find it too late. Anyhow, thank you so much for these. Love from Viet Nam^^

Me when I’m alone: Speaks with correct grammar, isnt awkward and doesnt mumble words in sentences Me talking to someone physically: *Speaks like I’m a toddler trying to pronounce the most simple words*

I like how he highlighted “by yourself”

I have Same problem like that when i was trying to Speak English I don't Know why my mind goes blank i forget every word in front of people it feel very Ambarase myself Know i try This technique to improve my Speaking Skills thank alot for such a lovely Video

one word: brilliant!

If you have the motivation and consistency to use English as one of your defined 2nd language it can surely boost your confidence. Speaking is one of the hardest way to apply when it comes to learning English ; Therefore . when speaking english try to see the anatomy of speech by native English speakers like the placement of the words in your tongue , throat etc. Americans tend to have a low pitch ; thus using their lower throat to produce a sound as a system of speaking words can be helpful for you to imitate the accent and what not. Also listening is a vital key element that we can do a lot for us to have knowledge and ideas that we can learn to mimic and readjust ourselves to learn the language per se. To have the confidence and not be afraid to speak English even though our grammar lapses can be mistaken will boost our ability to speak spontaneously.

The only problem 4 me is I don't really know how to reply someone's massage, like im really nervous to meet someone new

thanks for the tips, I have been training for a long time and this video goes to help me a lot.