Record a few minutes and then ask your classmate to respond later on the same tape. Imagine introducing yourself, disagreeing with someone's ideas, being interviewed or asking for information. If you can get someone to help, assign parts and do role - playing. Keep notes of words you often mispronounce and practice them. Visit a former English teacher either from secondary school or from a course you took at university.
Teachers like to hear how their students are doing.
Everyone knows that the only really effective way to improve on language skills is to use the language. In reality, however, we know that there are many reasons why people don't want to speak in another language - they are afraid of making mistakes, they can't express their real meaning easily, they are shy, they are afraid people will laugh at them. We all feel this way some of the time, but if you really want to improve your spoken English, try some of the suggestions we have made here. If you have any comment or suggestion on our handout, please use our review form .