How to speak like a native speaker
Nobody wants to speak ‘textbook English’. The dated expressions and formal phrases you may remember from school can be entirely different from the real-world English used by native speakers. While achieving native-level fluency is a lofty goal, there are many small steps you can take to sound more like a native speaker yourself . Listen more carefully Speaking more fluently actually starts with improving your listening skills. Listening to a range of accents and different speakers will help you to mimic their speech patterns and sound more fluent in your own speech. Watching a film or listening to the radio is a great place to hear real-world English. You’ll pick up new vocabulary and also get more comfortable with the natural intonation of natively-spoken English. Of course, our online English school is also full of listening exercises and mini movies to help improve your listening. Use idioms By listening to native speakers, you’ll undoubtedly pi...