7 Tips to Become a Fluent English Speaker | My Experience

So You want to become a Fluent English Speaker, right? You are in the right place. Smile. 😉 Learning English is one of the best self-investment you can make. By searching Google “Become A Fluent English Speaker” You’ve already passed the very first step of this journey. Be proud.

The Lead

A few years ago. Exactly in 2014, I got a chance to participate in an interview based on my polytechnic degree. There were B tech students too. When I entered the interview hall, I realized that the interview was for hiring “Customer care Executives” for a reputed company, whose customers were mainly Native English speakers.

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Wait. What? Dealing with native speakers? If I had to rate my English skill on a scale of 1-10 I would give myself just 1. Murmuring a four-letter word many times I started paying attention to the interviewing executives. I really wanted to leave that hall but sadly I made some acquaintances in the first place. I cannot escape from them without getting noticed.

The interview has not yet started. But because of a large volume of applicants, they have to filter out some weeds. Yeah.. (including me).

The filtering process was amazing. Each one of us got to stand up against that entire crowd and talk about any topic. Thanks for giving me a choice. But the truth is I am bad at English. I didn’t even have the skill to read and understand an English newspaper.

Now they are telling me to make a speech out there. I think you can feel the emotions, the humiliations I felt at that time when I was standing among that crowd.

God. I looked around for an opportunity to exit by skipping that weed filtering exercise. Obviously, I don’t wanna be their weed. I asked for their permission to go to the bathroom and thank god, I found a way out. hurrah.

Self Reflection

On the way back home by bus, I got a side seat. I reflected upon my situation. No job. No skills. What a waste I am. Yeah, I’m a weed in this world. But, instantly I got a strange sensation to check the meaning of weed.

I found this on google: a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.

Yeah, of course. I’m not a weed. I may be wild but I don’t want to compete with anyone. I wanna be myself. But how? What do I wanna do to become the best version of myself?

Somehow I gravitated towards the self-investment and motivational industry and decided to become a fluent English speaker at any cost. Thanks for that failed-interview. No. I Didn’t fail, I didn’t even attempt it. I didn’t even give it a try. Too bad.

Why did I tell this *king story to you guys? To motivate you. Yeah. Whatever your dream is it’s possible through goal setting and thorough planning, but if you have the motivation to achieve it. Do you have the motivation to become a fluent English speaker and speak English better than a native speaker? Here I’m gonna share the methods I’m Using.

I said. I’m using, which implies Language is a learning process. There’s no destination. The more you learn the more you are exposed to. LEARNING NEVER ENDS.

Methods to Become A Fluent English Speaker

Set Goal

I always recommend my friends to keep a goal book. It helps you keep track of your achievements. Buy a brand new diary. Start Setting goals. Use colors and visual images to make it attractive.

It’s all about the law of attraction. You attract what you hold in your mind. So make sure your goal is beautifully designed. For example, draw a picture of you speaking to a native English speaker. The picture does not have to be exactly like you. You get my idea right?

Plan How you are going to do it

Have a clear idea about what are you going to do each day to achieve your goal. The things I should avoid, different methods to get faster results. Search Google how to become a fluent English speaker and there are a million results showing you how to do it. Read them, filter out the weeds, write them down in the goal book.

Read Read Read

Without reading a lot of English, you can’t make significant progress in a short time period. period. Do you have an interest in any type of literature? Join a library and start reading. There are also some amazing blogs out there on the internet, follow them.

Give your mind the building material to develop what you want. Words are the building materials of the language. Unless you acquire it, how are you gonna build the foundation? Reading and writing are correlated. Without reading you can’t improve your writing skills. If Reading is the Input writing is the output.

Listen Listen Listen

As I said earlier in the case of reading and writing, listening and speaking are also corelated. So your speaking ability is mainly dependent on your exposure to good english. Yes, i just said good English. Be selective when choosing podcasts, movies, and YouTube videos.

Pay attention to the Pronunciation

When I started to learn English I realized that pronunciation plays an important role in better communication. English is a beautiful language. If your pronunciation is good it will help you deliver better.

That’s why I started paying more attention to my accent and pronunciation. Decide which accent and pronunciation you wanna follow and stick with that. Find a celebrity and start mimicking his English accent. It’s a powerful technique. Give it a try.

Practice English On Phone Apps

There are applications like open talk to find new people from all around the globe who share the same passion as you, to become a fluent English speaker. Install such apps. Start calling. But make sure, be kind. If you are shy, you can start by talking to yourself. It works.

Join any English Cource

Joining any type of English course online or off-line will help you to get emersed in English content. I’m not very fond of degrees. I value skills over qualifications. That’s why I’m still pursuing my PG in English,. It gives me more content to exposed to. Really amazing literature.

Immerse Yourself in English be Consistent

Don’t believe in any advertisements which say they will make you a fluent English speaker in three or six months. It takes deliberate action from your side to see the results, of course, it will take time. If you learn 1 hour per day for six months you can make a significant improvement in your English language skills.

Your Dream is Possible

I have an exam pending. So, I am wrapping up. All I have to say to you is this, Your dream is possible. Whatever that is. Imagine. Visualize. Hold it. Believe. Expect. See you with another Article soon. Be legendary. Comment your opinion.

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