10 Tips On How To Be Confident To Speak In English

Hi everyone! *smile*

There a lot of you feel not confident when speak in English, right?

"I scared that audience will notice grammatical errors in my speech."

"I am afraid that people don't understand what I want to tell because of my bad pronunciation " 

We tend to be nervous because we fear to make a mistake. But, it's normal and totally okay.  So, I want to share some tips to be confident in speaking English. Well, you can practice it in your daily life and all the best to you!!! Fighting!

• Fake it till you make it

          Means that you need to pretend to be good at something and pretend to be confident. So, people will  have positive thought about you.

• Don't be afraid to make mistakes

         Yes, mistakes are good! Making mistakes is very important because you can see which areas you need to work on.  The key is to try not to make the same mistake twice. Don't let fear of saying something wrong stop you from speaking at all. Even you think you're making mistake, just continue speaking .

• Repeating television or radio lines or song

          Repeating television or radio lines or songs.Turn on your favorite English station and try to mimic what you hear.  This will help you with proper pronunciation, grammar, understanding various phrases, and to practice the speed of everyday speech.

• Reading out loud

           By reading out loud, you will develop fluency, which is the art of speaking smoothly and having the words, phrases and sentences flow. It’s okay to stumble on a few words or have to look a word or two up in the dictionary. Hey, you can even skip a few words. Just continue to read.

• Get a conversation partner

         Before you speak in front of a large group, find a conversation partner with whom you can practice. You can even do this on Skype. Go ahead and tell the person that you are nervous and that your goal is to become more confident. Once you admit it, the hold that fear has on you may weaken.

• Practice, practice and practice

          You can practice speaking in front of the mirror and rehearse out loud with all the materials that you had prepared. The more you practice, the more natural and well-spoken you will sound when it's time to speak. And the better you feel like you know what to say, the more confidence you'll have when it counts.

• Be prepare

          Before you give some speech or something, you need to prepare the task given. If you know a lot about something, it will help you to be more confident when you have to speak about it. 

• A special technique

         Finding a technique that works for you can also help you feel comfortable when speaking aloud. You may find that simple breathing exercises can quickly make you seem calmer.

• Self-talk

        Positive thinking can replace negative thoughts in your mind and lead to a better self-image. You must get in the habit of praising yourself for a job well done, for trying something new or for any other behavior that you would like to encourage.

• Never give up

          If you want to work on never giving up, then you have to have the mentality that there will always be more ways to succeed in the future. Stay optimistic and being positive makes you see all of the good things in your life. Keep learning so that you'll be able to achieve success.


I hope all this tips can help you in order to build up your confident. All the best :)


Lots of love
Lekha

Challenges In Acquiring English Languange

English language is one of the most spoken language around the world. English might be a popular language to learn, but this doesn’t mean it is a simple language to be master. Okay, let’s me ask you a very long question:

"What’s the biggest thing you’re struggling with right now when it comes to learning English?"

I guess many of you have difficulties when it comes to English language, isn’t? Even 12 years of school study do not make us mastery over English. I think that’s normal and I’m sure many of us have this kind of feeling. 

So, I like to list down some problem that I need to face in acquiring English language. 

Here we go!

10 challenges that I face in acquiring English

1.Sometimes, I have lack of motivation to do well in acquiring English.     Maybe, the reasons for a lack the motivation is that I have no ideas     of what I want to do or can’t see benefit from learning English. 

2.I get so embarrassed when trying to speak English. I definitely           remember situations when I’ve made a mistake when speaking or             attempting to speak, and that has made me feel insecure,                 embarrassed     and ashamed of my level of spoken English. 

3.English is boring language because there is no fun when learning it. I   always learn the same topic; grammar, writing, speaking, listening and   reading and repeat it every time.

4.Negative feedback from people around me is worse when I’m trying to      speak in English with them. They always want to tease back and laugh      at me. It make me want to give up in English language.

5.English grammar is complex and has some really strict rules. It hard     to follow the rules as I have tendency to be careless. I’m also use it   wrongly.

6.Vocabulary is often a challenge to me, particularly when it comes to     verb variation and understanding which tense I should be used in         various situations

7.It hard to me to watch English movies without subtitle because I can’t   fully understand them. They talk to fast and use different slang so I     can’t capture what they’re trying to say.

8.I’m often do not use English language in my daily communication with     my friends and family because I find it hard and awkward to do so. 

9.I dislike reading English novels as I take a long time to finish it.     When I don’t know the word, I need to stop my reading and open the       dictionary to find the meaning in order to understand the story.

10.I am bad at pronounce the new words because one letter does not          correspond to only one sound. As a result, it’s challenging to learn      the pronunciation of a word simply from its spelling.

So, I need to face all the challenges and try to solve it in order to master in English. Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build our strength and character. All the best and fighting! 

      DON'T 

         BE AFRAID

           TO FAIL,

          BE AFRAID 

            NOT TO TRY !

Lots of love
Lekha

The New Me

Hello everyone!

If someone asked me to use two describe the path I have lead in my life till now, I would have to say it has been one of hardship and determination. The difficulties that I had faced make me to be a better person in my life. I often difficult to get what I want but I always remind myself to not easily give up. At the end, I manage to get what i want. 

Actually, I have low self-confident level especially to talk in front of people. After SPM, I decided to participate in English camp for three months. At the moment, I think this is the perfect time for a turning point in my life. I learned how to be more confident in front of people as I need to present the task given almost every week .

At first, I’m quite nervous, how if someone notice my terrible grammatical errors and what would I answer when someone ask me a question. Luckily, I have a supporting lecturer that always encouraged me that I need to overcome it and don’t be such a coward if I want to be a successful doctor. With determination, I managed to overcome it and now I’m quite confident of myself.

As usual, laziness is the common critical disease among student. I tend to study at the last minute which exam just around the corner. I didn’t even make a proper preparation. I’m so lazy to study earlier, lazy to do the revision and lazy to talk to people. But when it comes to thing that make me feel good like watching movies and reading novels, I will never be lazy!

Living the boring life like this for 18 years make me want to change in order to be a better person in the future.

People around me often say that I’m unapproachable person and I definitely agree with them. I don’t know why I love to be alone while thinking what I need to do after this. I have tried everything to be more talkative but I feel like being talkative is not suitable with me. That was not so me *laughing*. But, actually I’m a crazy and talkative person with my close friend. I’m also not barely to told the other about my secret and my personal issue unless I totally trust her because I had a bad experience before, so I didn’t give my  trust easily. Trust like a paper, once it’s crumple, it cant never be perfect again. Isn’t?

Now, I’ll change myself to be more friendly *please support me**wink*.

Lots of love,

Lekha