Are you looking for a few new ways to increase your ability to speak fluently in English? If so, you’re in luck! In this blog post, I am sharing five different ways that you can use everyday interactions to get comfortable speaking English. An added bonus is you’ll get to know people better too in the process.
Using Commonplace Conversations to Build Relationships and Increase Speaking Comfort:
1) Share snippets of your day-to-day life
Use commonplace conversations to create a more personal connection with the people you chat with. Keep it simple. This could include things like what you had for breakfast, what you do in your spare time or what you did on your latest vacation.
By sharing these small bits of your life, you make it easier for people to get to know you on a more personal level. Meanwhile, you’re becoming more comfortable sharing this basic information with each conversation you have.
2) Use pictures to guide you
You can use photos on your phone to give you ideas about what to talk about, specific vocabulary to use related to the image, and make your conversations more interactive.
Photos also take the focus off of you so that people are looking at the images instead of at you. This small distraction helps you speak more confidently because you aren’t the center of attention. Remember they are interested in hearing what you have to say about the picture.
3) Share tips and stories
If you see an opportunity to share a tip related to something you’re passionate about or a story on a topic you love, take it! For example, if you have a green thumb and someone is having some plant problems, take that opportunity to give them some advice. You’ll help them out while you get the perfect chance to talk about a passion of yours.
4) Have a back-and-forth Q&A session
Conversations are an ideal time to practice asking and answering questions. Take advantage of every conversation to strengthen your question-asking skills. Ask the other person what you want to know more about, and then be ready to answer those questions too!
This is an excellent way for you to connect in English with your conversation partner on a different level and build more personal relationships. And there’s no shame in preparing a couple of questions in advance. Why not!
5) Showcase your personality
You can use conversations to let people get to know the real you. Show your funny, serious or sarcastic side as you talk. Sharing these parts of yourself in English is a great way for you to get to be your real self which transforms conversations into a more enjoyable experience for you.
Final Thoughts
Using commonplace conversations is a great way to increase your ability to speak English fluently. By using the tips shared in this blog post, you can have engaging and delightful conversations that you will be excited to repeat so you can keep getting to know people while using English.
Which tip will you use in your next conversation?
