Top Tricks to Learn English In the UK

GREATER MANCHESTER, U.K. - Aug. 13, 2021 - PRLog -- Fortunately for people who want to learn English there is a myriad of resources available. English is undoubtedly the world's lingua franca (a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different) and as a result English learners have a wealth of speaking opportunities at their disposal. These resources span across a huge range of resources and disciplines including everything from culture and entertainment to business and cyberspace.

There are so many ways to practise speaking skills. Attending classes at a language school is a great way to benefit from native teachers and mix with other students who also have improving their conversation as a main goal. The best way to practise speaking skills is to simply… start speaking! Studying at Express English College here in Manchester will allow you to take advantage of a very friendly city. Mancunians love to chat, so why not start speaking straight away by practising in shops, on public transport or in the pub? You can also look for conversation clubs to find learners who are at a similar level to you.

It can be very helpful to practise specific scenarios through role plays, for example buying train tickets in the train station. Websites such as iTalki are useful for this purpose. You can hire a native teacher for short 30-minute lessons and go through specific dialogues with them. This can help you feel more prepared when you are faced with a real-life situation of hiring a car, exchanging currency in a bank or asking for a different shoe size in a shop! Podcasts such as Coffee Break English are also super helpful for developing this type of situational vocab.

Improving pronunciation is key to successfully speaking a foreign language. It really pays off to spend some time learning how certain letter combinations sound together. For example, regular past tense English verbs end in -ed, but annoyingly -ed has three different sounds! It can sound like either -t, -d or -id. Getting familiar with how these sounds work will really help you feel more comfortable.

Another pro tip is to use websites like the online Cambridge Dictionary for British pronunciation or the Merriam-Webster dictionary for American pronunciation. (Don't forget there are many, many different accents and regional variations across the English-speaking world!) These websites have a little speaker button where you can hear the word pronounced by a native speaker. Try hearing how the following words are pronounced differently by a Brit and then by an American? Tomato, mobile, semi. You will hear there is a considerable difference!

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