Below are 10 tips to help you enhance your English speaking skills and feel more confident when speaking.
1. Practice speaking with others as much as possible. Try to practice in standard speaking situations. Maybe you should join a English learning club like InFocus's weekly English club or some organization that will help you practice speaking English more.
2. Practice speaking alone. You can practice speaking on a specific topic, or write a question card and practice answering them.
3. Expand your vocabulary so you can talk about a variety of topics. Try to learn many new useful words in many contexts. Using a large dictionary is an effective way to expand your vocabulary.
4. Practice changing the intonation of your voice. Listen to native English speakers and remember how they speak - the intonation of the conversation. How do they sound friendly/unfriendly, bored/interested, kind/cruel? Listen to how their intonation affects the message they are conveying. Try to change your intonation when speaking.
5. Try to emphasize and stress important parts of what you are saying. English is a rhythmic language, which means in any sentence a few words are emphasized to express the importance of the message.
6. Pay attention to the time when you are asked and remind yourself. This can show problems with your pronunciation or voice, and let you know which area needs practice.
7. To improve your English speaking skills, find a friend to practice learning English together. One piece of advice is to find someone with the same ability as you, but with a different mother tongue than yours. By doing that, you will be encouraged to practice in English!
8. Practice your grammar skills. Record yourself speaking and try to identify your grammar mistakes. Learn from the mistakes you make and try again.
9. Practice clear and loud reading. When you read, think about the different sounds of syllables between words.
10. Record yourself speaking and check your volume and speed. Are you speaking loud enough? Are you speaking too fast? If you speak too quickly, others will have difficulty understanding you. Remember to pause when asked to.
Remember, to improve your English speaking skills, you need to practice, practice, and practice!