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How do I improve my english speaking?

I'm better at writing than speaking. I noticed that most of english speakers use idioms in their speech or casual conversation. Is it really necessary to memorize the common idioms? Also I tend to think before I speak (taking time to translate native to english in my head), hence why my speaking isn't very fluent.

Btw I'm not a pajeet.

>> No.12599061

>>12599046
By speaking more English. Practice makes perfect.

>> No.12599066

You improve your speaking skills by speaking. Sounds crazy, but it’s true. The real problem is finding a reason to speak another language regularly.

>> No.12599070

>>12599046
eat hot potaeto

>> No.12599076

>>12599061
Does self-talk counts? I don't have any friends here who are actively speaks english. Living in this shithole country when you try to even speak english people will stare at you like a commie

>> No.12599094

>>12599046
Get some English china plates that wont botany bay when you show your unbob squashed boat race

>> No.12599134

>>12599076
yes it does, talk to yourself in english, think in english and watch a lot of shows and movies.
i'm a multilingual and in my experience the best way to be fluent in a language is to travel to a country where the targeted language is native, melt into their society and live as if you are one of them.

>> No.12599177

>>12599046
You can't translate. You have to learn to think in another language to speak fluently. And yes, Americans use idioms like a bear shits in the woods.

>> No.12599209
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12599209

Read the texts written by this guy aloud to yourself. Helped me immensely.

>> No.12599319

Listen to Eminem, I hear it helps

>> No.12599432

>>12599209
thinkingemoji.jpg

This might work for me for now.

>> No.12599447

>>12599432
"History of western philosophy" is very interesting

>> No.12599471
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>>12599046
Speaking english requires a standard you have to prop yourself to. What kind of "speaking" english do you want? American? British? Australian? These are far limited kinds of english and certainly are varied.

>> No.12599487

>>12599471
Casual ones...? Like how we are talking in text right now. But what's the difference between those?

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>>12599487
>>12599487
>Casual ones...? Like how we are talking in text right now.
What I am trying to say is, "Casual" highly reliant on a number of factors.
Casual for the red part of this image is different from casual in the yellow part, and that is just in America.

In another note of personal preference, take this data 4chan collected:
>Age: 18-34
>Gender: ~70% male, ~30% female
>Location: United States (47%), United Kingdom (8%), Canada (6%), Australia (5%), Germany (4%), France (2%), Sweden (2%), Netherlands (2%), Poland (1.5%), Brazil (1.5%)
>Interests: Japanese culture, anime, manga, video games, comics, technology, music, movies
>Education: Majority attended or currently enrolled in college

I basically read the text here in a simulated element of a mid-adult male(born late 90's) from north-east United States(based on a population density heat chart).

>> No.12599616

>>12599066
playing multiplayer co-op games, Omegle strangers can etc

>> No.12599621

>>12599076
You could sign up for a site like verbling.com That's how I took my Chinese to the next level. Your English seems pretty good though.