10 TIPS ON HOW TO BE CONFIDENT TO SPEAK ENGLISH

      Hye guys!! Have you read my previous post ? Hopefully, you have done and enjoy the reading okay.. It’s quite embarrassing to me actually because you all know my weakness in English hehe..

      I’m still nervous about speaking in English to others even though I have spent a long time studying English. It is because I rarely practice speaking as I’m afraid that I will make a mistakes or to be laughed at.

      Now, I want share to you some tips on how to be confident to speak in English. Yaa I know all of you might have your own tips in acquiring your English, right? But I think it is not wrong if I want to share some tips also. Hehe

1) Read texts out loud. You may start by reading aloud by yourself at home if you are nervous about speaking in front of others. You can also develop your fluency by reading some materials even only for 5-10 minutes a day at your own pace and on whatever topic interests you the most.

2) Start to make friends with English speaking expats. If you do that, you are then forced to speak with them in English, instead of relying on your native language. This tips can be done by posting a profile on an expat website offering language exchange services. Moreover, this can make you to know more people.

3) Work in groups of four or smaller. This is the best way to increase your confidence level. Many people get very nervous if they have to speak in front of large audiences. Try speaking English to others in smaller groups to build up your confidence. Share mistakes or stories with each other.

4)  Avoid being so overboard because the faster you try to learn English, the more pressure you will put on yourself. When you learning English with less pressure, you will feel less nervous when you make mistakes.

5) Always remember why you want to learn English. It is natural to feel frustrated if you are not confident with your progress. Whenever you fell this way, it is important to remind yourself of why you started learning English. Furthermore, it also can be a motivation for you to continue your spirit to become master in English.

6) Realize that your mistakes don’t matter. It’s because the people you’re speaking with probably don’t care whether your grammar is good or bad. They have their own problems to worry about.

7) Always be prepare. This is because what you prepare more will be the one you master. You can also try to speak with yourselves in English. This is one of the way to increase your English knowledge in a simple way.

8) Being calm. When we are calm, we can remind ourselves to relax and use our English knowledge correctly.

9) Positive mind set. This can make us become more mature and brave when speaking with other people. Believe that everyone have their own mistakes and remember, mistakes are good.

10) Practice the best method. This can be practice when we are speaking in front of many people, it is easy to use simple breathing exercise because it is quickly make us seem calmer and allow us to speak clearly.

      And these are some of the tips for today. Hopefully we can practice this simple tips and making us more confident to speak in English. Let's change our weakness into becoming a great English speaker.

'When you confident to speak in English it’s can correct your pronunciation mistakes until you make no errors. The more you practice fluency, the more confidence you will have because it gives you a safe environment to practice in, increase your reading speed and to process words faster.'

Challenges In Acquiring English

Hello everyone!

Nice to meet you again! Today, I want to share with you guys 10 of my challenges in acquiring English. It's not a simple language to master actually...and I still have a long way to improve my English :(

First of all,

1) I'm not master in grammar. English grammar is actually complex, difficult to remember and need to be use logically. I'm always use it wrongly. hehe.. This is because incorrect use of grammar can confuse the person that you are talking with especially to those who are hyper aware of grammar..

2) I'm poor in vocabulary.. It's very confusing for non-English speaker like me to master because as we know English has the biggest vocabularies of all languages..

3) I tend to spell words incorrectly. I think this is because I was exposed to many differences colloquialisms and simplified words for thing like texting. Such as when texting, I always use short form. This is my bad habits that I cannot throw nowadays.. and I think this is not only my habits but yours too!

4) I have problem in listening. I'm not DEAF! haha. Actually, it's become problem when I cannot understand the question that have been ask because the one who asking speaks too fast and I need to ask them again for many times :(

5) I'm also lacking of experiences in speaking English. I rarely speaks to other people using English language especially when I met foreigners. Often, I’ll avoid to be with them and I think this is my flaw.

6) I’m also have low self-confidence because to me it is different when  the language I am using is not my first language. I find it is hard to express myself and feel not comfortable.

7) I’m afraid to speak English especially to the foreigners. It would be even weirder if I spoke broken English, because I rarely use this language.

8) The medium of instruction in school that I use is Malay. This means everything such as Biology, Physic, Chemistry and Mathematics are taught in Malay except English. This make me using more Malay when at school compare to English. This also bring disadvantages for the future such as when we are common with this situation, it will be hard for us when facing different environment of studying. The main language in this world is English. So, this will be difficult for us to adapt with the situation and making us become more stress.

9) Lack of practice. I don't really like to read any English books. One of the reason is because when I'm reading the book, I easily get bored because of some words that I cannot understand.

10) Negative perception among community. Many people especially Malays become very under estimate with people who talks in English. This type of behavior really discourage the learners who want to increase their language level.

In the nutshell, I hope I can become  master in my English and I will always try to practice English Language because Practice Is The Key To Success.

‘It does not matter how many hours you spend on studying English. The only thing that matters is how many hours you spend using it.’

The New Me

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

-William E. Gladstone.-

This quotes give an inspiration to my life. Now, I will run for my happiness. Everyone have their own vision to achieve for the rest of their life, right ? 

Nobody wants any sad story in their life and same goes to me. I want to share with you guys a story. A very fantastic story for me and this story makes THE NEW ME . 

I am now in my second semesters in this beautiful college. Why I'm saying it as beautiful? Because it is near to my house hihi (i'm not a person that can live far away from my parents). I can't imagine how my future will be when I need to study away from here. 

Guys, my first semester was going well (alhamdulillah) but now I still did not know my final examination's result. I'm a little bit scared and what I'm hoping for now is I can get a flying colour result to make my parents and my whole family happy. InsyaAllah. 

Before I'm attending this college, I was studying in SMK Tengku Bariah in Kuala Terengganu. Not many people know about my school because it's only an ordinary school, not like the other boarding schools that many people know about it. However, I'm was thankful because I was growing up there and i met lot of friends there that are very nice to me. Thank you everyone :)

In SPM, I obtained a very magnificent result that I never imagined. Alhamdulillah. I managed to make my parents, family, teachers and friends proud of me. But, it's not the end because I know I need to continue to achieve my dreams. I was chosen to continue my study at
ASASI PINTAR, UKM and takes Foundation In Science as my course.

I became a very passive person when I was there. Maybe I was shocked with the new environment. Everyday I will called my mother and  I'd cried huhu

Instead of that, I'm a person that very hard to share my feeling with others people. I'm going to keep it by myself because I know everyone just can hear our story but what can they do? Yes, maybe they can give us some motivation to stay strong but that's not enough for me. Everyone in this world have their own story and we cannot understand it unless we face it too.

What I noticed when I was there is their daily life is quite different with mine. The students there have a very brilliant kind of mind and I felt I'm feeling insecure. There's one time when I'm feeling like giving up and leave from there as soon as possible but it's only my plan. Who am I to decide what's my plan,right? and Alhamdulillah Allah have better plan for me.....

Alhamdulillah, I was chosen to get scholarship under Yayasan Terengganu to further my study in medical course and now I'm continuing my preparation at TATI University College. Although I felt very sad to leave UKM but I knew this is the better plan for me.

I have set in my mind, this time I'll do the best. I do not want to become passive person again because to me I need to do some changes in my life, I hope I can achieve my dreams and become someone that can bring happiness to other even I know I can't do it but I'll try to fit in with other people. I'm only an ordinary person that full with mistakes and I hope everyone can accept me.

I need to start my new topic of my life as good as I can. I hope I can study very well and achieve my dream! (to become your future Doctor. InsyaAllah)

That's what I'm saying everyone can get happiness because when you down there, believe that there are better plans for us.

Ma,abah,sisters,brothers,teachers,lecturers and friends.. please pray for me...

Thank you for spending your time reading my entry. :)