NJIA ZA KUJUA KIINGEREZA CHA KUONGEA HARAKA
WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS
Description in:
1. Swahili Language
2. English Language
Also Read:
English Course – Speaking and Writing
A) SWAHILI LANGUAGE
KUJUA KIINGEREZA CHA KUONGEA HARAKA
– Kujua Kiingereza vizuri hasahasa cha kuongea kunataka
uwe na mazoezi (practice) ya kutosha.
– Kumbuka wakati unasoma Kiswahili, mwanafunzi
ulitakiwa kusoma au kusimulia hadithi kwa sauti darasani, kuimba nyimbo, au
hata kutoa hotuba mbele ya wenzio wakati mko mstalini.
– Sasa na Kiingereza kinataka hivyo hivyo kama
ulivyojifunza Kiswahili. Ndipo sasa utakijua Kiingereza katika nyanja zote
yaani kuongea, kuandika, kusoma na kusikiliza.
– Kwa bahati mbaya, Mfumo wetu wa Elimu sio rafiki sana na Kiingereza, usipojitambua mapema, utajikuta unamaliza hadi Chuo
Kikuu lakini hujui kuongea Kiingereza.
FANYA HAYA YAFUATAYO
1. Hakikisha unashiriki ipasavyo Program zote
zinazohusu kuongea kiingereza hapo shuleni, kwa mfano: Debate, English Club,
Morning Speech nk.
2. Kuwa na mazoea ya kuuliza maswali au
kuchangia hoja kwa Kiingereza uwapo darasani
3. Kama uko mtaani, basi hakikisha unakuwa na
Rafiki wa kuongea naye Kiingereza, itapendeza sana kama atakuwa anajua
Kiingereza kuliko wewe.
4. Soma hadithi mbalimbali za Kiingereza hata
kama ni za wanyama.
5. Tazama au sikiliza vipindi vya TV/Radio
ambavyo ni vya Kiingereza, kwa mfano: Habari
6. Sikiliza nyimbo za Kiingereza, na tazama pia
movie za Kiingereza.
7. Penda kushiriki ibada au misa ambazo ni za
Kiingereza
8. Usione aibu kukosea, maana kukosea ndio
kujifunza kwenyewe
B) ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HOW
TO BE GOOD IN SPEAKING ENGLISH
1.
Speak, speak, speak
Let’s
start right off by saying that there isn’t a magic pill for better speaking.
That would be too easy, right? Basically, the best way to speak better is to,
well – speak! Commit to practicing often and with as many different people as
possible. Do you already live or study overseas? Take advantage of the
thousands of native speakers in your immediate community, such as your friends,
their families, your coworkers, classmates, employees at the coffee shops,
supermarket, post-office and other places you visit. If you’re learning in your
own country, increase your practice time by meeting your classmates after
class, finding an language exchange partner or joining an online community of
learners.
2.
Watching TV Shows, Cartoon Shows, and Movies
Nowadays,
kids are more into mobile phones, television, laptops, and other electronic
gadgets in their free time. Most of them are busy watching TV shows, cartoon
shows, web series, movies, motivational videos, etc. Being a parent or a guide,
we can take the best advantage of it by helping them utilise their time. We can
motivate them to watch shows or series which are in English. There are a lot of
English shows, including cartoon shows which can be the best learning method
for children. Another best way to learn is by switching on the subtitles. They
can listen and read alongside, which will help in understanding them better and
improving their listening skills.
3.
Listen to what others in the class say.
During
group lessons, some students turn down the volume of their classmates until it’s
their turn to speak. Not a good idea! Listen to what others say. First, they
may make mistakes that you make too and you can both improve when the teacher
corrects them. Second, English is universal. You have to get used to hearing it
from people all over the world. A French person speaking English may sound
different from a Chinese person. English is the language of the world, so it’s
important to understand the variations.
4.
Talk to yourself
You
don’t need an audience to practise speaking English. You can talk to yourself
at any time! The big advantage of talking to yourself is that you can choose
whatever topic or theme you like. For example, one day you could decide to
speak using the present tense. The next day you could switch to the future or
past tenses, and so on. One top tip is to speak to yourself while standing in
front of a mirror. That way you can see how clearly you are pronouncing words
and phrases. An even better alternative is to video yourself as you speak in
English. This lets you play back the footage and get a more objective view of
your pronunciation and fluency.
5.
Learn from native English speakers
With
any language, going from the version of the language you learn in lessons to
the way people actually use the language in real life can be challenging.
Pronunciation, grammar, intonation,
and slang can
all make it difficult to sound like a native speaker, even when your English is
otherwise perfect.
6.
Listen to Yourself
If
you do not have anyone to practice English conversations, look for English
language apps that have a recording tool. Use the recorder to record yourself
speaking English and then listen to it. Do you sound like the English speaker
you are repeating? Take note of what sounds and words you are struggling with and
practice speaking them aloud into the recorder.
7.
Listening to music
Songs
can be of great help when learning a new language. You can improve your English
speaking skills by listening to and singing English songs. Pay attention
to the words in the lyrics and try to understand them. You can even learn new
words and how to form sentences musically through songs! We’ve made a list of
songs with unique words and phrases to help you improve your English
speaking skills.
8.
Improve your pronunciation
You
might know a lot of words, but if you fail to say them correctly, you will not
be understood. That seems like a waste of the time spent on remembering words,
right? When using online dictionaries such as Macmillan and Merriam-Webster,
make use of the little speaker symbol to check the pronunciation of any word
that you are not sure about. There are English pronunciation tutorials on
YouTube or podcasts like English Pronunciation Pod or American English
Pronunciation to teach you the many aspects of American English pronunciation. When
you are ready for something more challenging, try out tongue twisters.
LEARN
A NEW LANGUAGE FASTER
1.
Write things down (by hand)
Despite
the fact that constant progress in technology seems to make handwriting a thing
of the past, do not underestimate the power of writing things down to stimulate
your memory! Whenever I start learning a new language – I’m trying Croatian at
the moment – I keep an old-fashioned notebook where I can write down all the
new words and the main grammar points. The physical effort to actually write
the words down helps me to memorize them better, and using different colored
inks makes it even more eye-catching.
2.
Start with short, simple dialogues
Richards
believes that it’s possible to become conversational in a language in just 90
days – as he did with Italian – by starting with reading and
listening to stories. But how can you do that when you’re so new to the
language that you barely understand a thing? Well, Richards says, “At the
beginning, you need to use material that’s really, really simple.”
In
the first week or so, stick to reading the short, simple dialogues you might
find in a beginner language learning textbook, such as “I go to the grocery
store” or “I like to run and watch movies.” Although these phrases might seem
too basic, you’ll learn more than you think.
3.
Study the language every day.
Consistent
study will get you quicker results. People often claim to have studied a
language “for five years” and still not be fluent. But when they say
five years, they probably mean that they studied the language for only a couple
of hours a week over that entire time period. If you want to learn a new
language quickly (that is, in the space of a few weeks or months),
you’re going to have to commit to studying the language for a couple of
hours per day.
Language
learning is based on repetition hammering something into your brain over and
over again until you remember it. If you break too long between study sessions,
you are much more prone to forget what you learned last time and you will waste
valuable study time going back over what you’ve already learned.
4.
Immerse yourself in the language
Immersion
is praised as one of the best ways to learn a language. Once you become able to
speak your new language fluently or even at a satisfactory level, it’s time to
go out into the world. Your objective is to communicate with real people as
much as possible.
Unfortunately,
immersion isn’t always cheap. You’ll need both time and money to travel to
another country and spend enough time there to experience immersion.
So,
what’s to be done? The cheapest way is to create an immersion environment at
home. Basically, apply all the above-mentioned tips at once. Surround yourself
with books in the language you want to learn, listen to music, learn the lyrics
and sing along, read books and articles in your target language – everything
all at once. The idea is to bring the new language into your environment.
