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Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Capableben(m): 8:12am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Hitherto, I have always admired people that speak good English- on T.v, films, neighborhood, and some friends.Even here on nairaland , we have a good number of people that write English as though they were related to Queen Elizabeth. I recently discovered that its much more easier for me writing English than speaking it impeccably. What should one do to speak English authoritatively and impeccably 46 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by ITbomb(m): 8:26am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Weed, son, good quality early morning weed and the grammar would flow If in doubt, ask our Prof Soyinka 169 Likes
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Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Heyliesha(m): 9:17am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Same here@ op 1 Like |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Yinkatolu: 9:25am On Aug 04, 2014 |
keep speaking it n don't be too conscious of making mistakes. 29 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Djicemob: 9:34am On Aug 04, 2014 |
SCHOOL 4 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Austyn44(m): 9:40am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Ask patience Jonathan 36 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by fr3do(m): 9:53am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Read Read more Don't stop reading 44 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by LaRoyalHighness(f): 9:56am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Speak, speak and speak. 11 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by wrench: 10:00am On Aug 04, 2014 |
I on the other hand speak good english but kinda poor in writing it down. 2 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by freezyprinzy(m): 10:03am On Aug 04, 2014 |
ITbomb: Weed, son, good quality early morning weed and the grammar would flowlwkmd..wonderfull no wonder fela was a grammarian 19 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Elnino4ladies: 10:03am On Aug 04, 2014 |
This thread wil be useful if those riff raff stop deraillin it.....d way i speak is aweful *no shame*...i nid practical ways 2 improve on it... 5 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by MadCow1: 10:07am On Aug 04, 2014 |
1. Read alot of Best Seller Novels. 2. Stop watching Nigerian Movies. #StopIt! 3. Watch more American Movies, preferably British movies (cos the Americans speak horrible english especially the Blacks). 4. Stop writing in short texts.. E.g: hw r u? It affects your spelling ability. 5. STop speaking Pidgin English entirely. 165 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Alimtoheeb(m): 10:29am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Austyn44: Ask patience Jonathan.....all the joke u are sharing on Nairaland about dame, der is God o 10 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by dridowu: 10:41am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Read novels, Read Quality Books, Listen to a very good program on-air/off-air. Stop using shorthand, write correctly and correct yourself immediately you find out you made a mistake, once in a while read those elementary english books, accept correction from both young/old. 47 Likes
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Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Capableben(m): 10:50am On Aug 04, 2014 |
MadCow1: 1. Read alot of Best Seller Novels. Yinkatolu: keep speaking it n don't be too conscious of making mistakes. MadCow1: 1. Read alot of Best Seller Novels.Thank you bro, I really appreciate. 2 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Capableben(m): 10:52am On Aug 04, 2014 |
dridowu: Read novels, Read Quality Books, Listen to a very good program on-air/off-air. Stop using shorthand, write correctly and correct yourself immediately you find out you made a mistake, once in a while read those elementary english books, accept correction from both young/old.Hmm I like this 1 Like |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Capableben(m): 10:56am On Aug 04, 2014 |
wrench: I on the other hand speaks good english but kinda poor in writing it down.irony of life 6 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Capableben(m): 10:59am On Aug 04, 2014 |
How does uni education affect one's command of the language |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Capableben(m): 11:03am On Aug 04, 2014 |
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Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Capableben(m): 11:07am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Mod, kindly do me well by moving to fp 1 Like |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by cc150615(f): 11:16am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Yea watching white movies help spoken English a lot, nd novels improve ur grammar nd broadens ur vocabulary not those romance novel o,real ones, we're all still growing!! 2 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Ariyke: 11:54am On Aug 04, 2014 |
Always speak Read good novels |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by ChiSun27(m): 12:02pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
I can write ooooooooo....as in even edit documents n books for pipul....but I don't lyk talkn...(My bad). Guz we cnt av it all all d tym. Mayb...u wil nid som1 lyk Caracta 2 tutor u....LOL!!! 1 Like |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by rexibity(m): 12:27pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
I op dis helped.
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Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Nobody: 12:37pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
Personally verbal english and written english has never been a problem,reason why? Because I take it as hobby to make word play,irony and metaphor eventhough I'm not a rapper,those are my verbal skills with a touch of phonetics with every words,I have no problem being honest to tell you chicks in my department often like chit chat with me because I'm good vocally and fluent verbally which makes my glow divine like a fountain flow. For further learning references,read a lot,listening to cnn,bbc and other top notch news broadcasters and lastly which works for me is listen to RAP,I'm talking hard core rap and little of commercial rappers too. *Not nigeria rappers but the US 10 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by jayseehe(m): 12:52pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
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Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by jayseehe(m): 12:52pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
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Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by vicadex07(m): 12:59pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
Just speak from your nose and form "phoneh" 1 Like |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by omicron(m): 1:21pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
Never take your secondary school lightly. Make conscious personal efforts to improve your spoken english, like listening to native speakers and always verifying the correctness of sentences, grammer and pronunciations It is not about vocabulary. 4 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Caracta(f): 1:23pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
ChiSun27: I can write ooooooooo....as in even edit documents n books for pipul....but I don't lyk talkn...(My bad). Guz we cnt av it all all d tym. Hian! @OP, it's not all about reading good books. You need to work on your elocution too. The environment matters as well. Listen to people that speak good English. Not those that form rubbish. I pronounce certain words differently and sometimes people are like, "wetin you talk?" Let the dictionary be your friend. Learn to transcribe too. It helps. We learn everyday. As simple as "omniscient" is, I just learnt how to pronounce it properly few months ago. So be ready to learn. Most importantly, be yourself. Use simple words. You don't need to impress anybody. 21 Likes |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by fyneboi79(m): 1:24pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
Capableben: Hitherto, I have always admired people that speak good English- on T.v, films, neighborhood, and some friends.Even here on nairaland , we have a good number of people that write English as though they were related to Queen Elizabeth.Read more books and learn a new word every week. Not forgetting also to understand the purpose of punctuation while speaking or reading aloud. 1 Like |
Re: Whats The Secret Behind Speaking Good English? by Vivly(f): 1:25pm On Aug 04, 2014 |
Atamuno. |
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