Five common mistakes you should avoid while speaking English

It’s not that tough to learn to speak English without making any mistakes.  You just need to direct your brain to remember correct sentences and use them whenever required.

It is very common to see people committing mistakes while speaking English, and to avoid them, you can consult some dictionaries and books.  How about listening to spoken native speaker’s language?

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If you are serious about learning English, then you should practice seriously! First of all, try to abide by the rules of speaking perfect English.

If you are aware that you make mistakes regularly, then you certainly need to practice more! Try to practice by reading and listening in English.  To become fluent, you need to avoid making some of the most common mistakes, which are quite frequent in spoken English.

 1.  Forming complicated sentences

There are a number of beginners who speak some long and complicated sentences to impress the listener.  The most common mistake is made while trying to use tense in wrong ways, which can lead to horrible mistakes.  This is always a no-no! Experts suggest forming simple sentences and then moving forward to use complicated ones.  If you have just started to learn English, complicated sentences will always haunt you and there are more chances to make mistakes.  Right now, you do not have to express your thoughts in English; just try to learn the language.

2.  Talking about unfamiliar things

If you are not sure how to say something, better don’t say it at all! If you do, chances are you’ll end up speaking wrong sentences, so you should avoid such blunders! Of course, you do not want to learn something that is wrong.  Therefore, you should make sure you know exact meanings of new words before you start using them in speech.  Meanwhile, try to say something else, something that you are more confident about!

3.  Ignoring your weakest points

The beginners usually do not care or realize how English differs from their native languages, and while speaking, they usually translate word for word and think that the sentences are correct.

While reading or listening in English, you need to pay close attention to things such as word order and sentence structure and be particularly mindful about using sentence elements (nouns, articles, verbs) and tenses correctly.  Try to compare the English sentences with your native language sentences and notice the difference! This way, you will be more careful while speaking in English.

4.  Worrying about fluency

You can speak fluently only if you talk simply.  If you practice spoken English regularly, your skills will gradually improve and after some time, you’ll notice significant differences.  In the early stages, you should talk slowly and use grammatically correct sentences.  If you talk fast and make a lot of mistakes, then it would be tough for you to learn things.

5.  Speaking without knowing how to pronounce it

It is always a good idea to start writing sentences before you learn how to pronounce English sound.  You should be capable of pronouncing all the English vowels and consonants clearly, before you start speaking.  If you do not, you will become habituated of speaking wrong.

Make yourself start reading English newspapers and books, or listening to English songs and movies.  This way, you can learn some new words and become able to build your own sentences.  Give some activity to your brain by building more and more sentences so that you can express in English easily.  If you are not listening to natural English sentences, you will never know to speak up in English!

Rashmi Karan writes for the leading educational websites, particularly for the higher education aspirants.  She offers suggestions related to all education related queries and dilemmas.  Explore to learn about professional courses across various colleges and universities.