Do you feel you fall behind your contemporaries in school or in your circle of friends because your english communication skills are not up to mark? If so, then you're not alone. There are several people who feel inferior to others because the lack of knowledge of spoken English makes them feel that way. At times, though your English may be just fine, you might feel embarrassed in testing your skills in front of others. But you need not do that anymore. Not being able to communicate effectively in English is something you can get rid of, with a bit of will and lots of effort put in the right direction. Some ways you can follow in order to better your English skills are: 1. Read, read and read Reading books has been tried and tested as one of the most effective ways to improve knowledge of English. Get access to a library at school or in your city, or borrow English Books from your friends and read whenever you get time. 2. Watch english shows on TV If you have a tv where you can watch cartoons and infotainment channels in English, you can easily know how to pronounce different words and solve any doubts you had about the pronunciation of different words. 3. Make the mirror your friend Grab a piece of writing in English that you like and make efforts to read it aloud in front of the mirror. You are the best judge of how much improvement you require in your English speaking skills. Once you get comfortable with a particular piece of writing, practise it daily. Take on different types and styles of writing, like blogs, magazine articles and poems and stories, so that you are not stuck to a particular pattern. 4. Get help from audiobooks These days, a lot of reading material is available in the form of audio books. One can listen to these and read the books at the same time. This is another efficient way of knowing the way different words and phrases are spoken. You can download audio books for different texts online. 5. Talk to friends If you feel that a friend of yours has particularly good Spoken English and might be willing to help you, approach him or her and start talking to them in English. Once you are comfortable talking to that friend of yours, ask him or her to test you on different technicalities of the language.
