Colloquialisms and slang in English
There are a lot of colloquialisms and slangs in this language, this makes it difficult for students to learn. However, pupils recommend the following:
The best option to learn and improve the vocabulary, students should watch television programs and listen to radio in English. They may not fully understand every exchange that takes place and every word that is spoken, watching and listening to television and radio can help them to have conversations taking place and the tone and intonation that underpins them.
The reading and the speaking are different
The English text appears on the page and the way that it is pronounced and delivered are different. For non-native speakers of English, this can understandably be very challenging and quite confusing.
One way to overcome this challenge is to participate in a range of speech related learning activities. The Internet makes a wonderful contribution here as a number of different online speaking and listening activities can be accessed, where participants can listen and then use small sentences to speak.
Online as well as offline programs or applications have been created to focus the learning of English in this way and are designed to provide a listening opportunity followed by the opportunity to put sentences together, rather than trying to memorise and combine separate, individual words.
Fluency and speaking
In the specialised context of the classroom of an English course, it is common for spoken English to be delivered slowly and exceptionally clearly. Students of English find that when they are removed from this situation and trying to speak and understand English in more general settings, making sense of the language is all the more difficult.
One of the best and most successful tips for overcoming this challenge is to talk with English speakers as often as possible. In fact, engaging in conversation about all sorts of topics can be remarkably educational, and also a lot of fun.
Talking with English speakers can be fun, entertaining, educationally beneficial and very significant in building your confidence and oral proficiency. Learners will achieve the best outcomes when you are able to practice your oral language skills with a fluent and accurate speaker who will allow them the freedom to make mistakes, but will also provide them with guidance to overcome any mistakes they may make.