The document discusses the importance of overcoming the fear of speaking and writing in English, highlighting common fears such as anxiety and judgment. It offers strategies for improvement, such as practicing speaking with others, expanding vocabulary, and mastering grammar and spelling. Readers are encouraged to engage in regular reading and writing to enhance their language skills.

1. English
Learning
Kirti Sangole

2. ● Understanding English
● Fear of English
● Overcoming Fear

3. English is the world’s lingua franca, a common language that
people with different native languages can use to
communicate.

4.  Fear

5. ● The fear of failure
● Being misunderstood
● Grammar mistakes
We feel that the three most common reasons

6. ● Anxiety reduces your
brain’s ability.
● The fear of being judged
is usually present as well.
● It is the same thing with
foreign languages.
● We often think that
others judge us for our
grammar or pronunciation
mistakes.

7. ● Identify your exact fears
● Practice
● Speak
● Ask Question
● Slow Down
● Repeat
● Smile
● Take of Time

8. ● try talking to yourself
first
● Start the conversation
without fear.
● fear is not rational
● it will only hold you back
from your goal
● Speak English fluently.

9. ● Prepare and practice
● Natural talents of others
(practise a lot)
● Invest your time and
energy into practice.
● Improvement will be
overtime

10. ● If you feel afraid, one-
on-one conversation is a
good start.
● To overcome your fear,
try talking to one person.
● Concentrate on the speed,
style, way of speaking,
etc.,
● Especially if you talk to a
stranger.
● Relax…

11. ● One of the best- to ask
questions.
● Asking questions allows
you to participate
● Yet at the same time
doesn’t force you to be
overly included.

12. ● In the beginning speak
slowly
● It is interesting to know
that if you begin talking
clearly and slowly, your
fellow person will also
speak that way, too.

13. ● There are various topics
which you can repeat.
● No matter how many
different people you meet
repeat the topic
● Example: talk about
everyday life.
● It benefits because you
will use same words and
phrases
● vocabulary growth.

14. ● Keep an honest smile
● When you start talking,
don’t think about your
fears or about words or
phrases you might use
wrongly.
● Instead, put a smile on
your face and just speak.

15. ● What is English ?
● What are the Fears of
English speaking/ writing ?
● How to Overcome Fear?

16. ● How to speak English?
● Expand your vocabulary
Learn New Words Every
Day
● Expand your vocabulary
Learn New phrases and
chunks
● Pronunciation
● Think in English…

17. ● Build a Strong Foundation
● You need to have wide
variety of vocabulary
● the correct use of words
(pronunciation)

18. ● Gleaning new words.
● Target to learn at least a
word or three daily
● By learning one word every
day, after one year you will
have learned 365 new
English words.
● share with your friends/
family to check on your
progress.
● Some good resources
for words are the English
news depending on you.
● Music- pay attention to the
lyrics and take note of the
words if possible

19. ● learn words in groups.
● For example, you refer to
beverages as a glass of water, a
glass of milk, a cup of tea, a pot
of coffee, etc.
● You can also benefit from learning
words that are related.
● Example: The moon has four phases
during a lunar month: crescent,
gibbon, waxing and waning.

20. ● if you fail to say words correctly,
you will not be understood.
● check the pronunciation of any word
that you are not sure about.
● A, a (ah), an, on, with, the, the (ee),
for, it, with, he, she, they, them,
without, within, as, has, etc...
● Look for the soundings

21. ● Try out tongue twisters.
● Examples: Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers.
● I slit a sheet, a sheet, I slit.
Upon a slitted sheet, I sit.
● Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.
● The two Tibble twins tied tiny twine
to twelve teachers’ tipping trek
tents.

22. ● takes less time to produce or
respond in everyday conversations.
● No translation needed!
● A good way to start rethinking is to
keep a diary and express.
● It does not have to be perfect (but
start)

23. ● Speech shadowing
● Self-talk
● Retell a story in English
● Participate in public speaking events

24. ● What is English ?
● What are the Fears of
English speaking/ writing ?
● How to Overcome Fear?
● How to speak English with
confidence?

25. ● Many people struggle with
writing in English
● it is challenging to improve.

26. ● Expand your vocabulary
● To express yourself clearly,
you need a good active
vocabulary.
● not just being able to
recognise lots of words –
● it means actually being able
to use them correctly.

27. ● Example:
● When you learn a new word,
try learn all the forms of
that word and the
prepositions that are usually
used with it.
● For example- rather than just
the word ‘depend’,
● make a note of: to depend on,
to be dependent on, a
dependant, a dependent
person, he is completely
dependent on me

28. ● Master English spelling
● You must know how to spell
words correctly.
● Incorrect spelling changes
the meaning of your sentence.
● For example: ‘bare’ and ‘bear’
sound the same but ‘bare’
means naked and ‘bear’ is a
large animal.

29. ● Additionally, incorrect
spelling makes it difficult for
the reader to understand
what you’ve written.
● Tip: Practice your spelling
using flash cards and test
yourself whenever you have
some spare time.
● Example: Effect, affect
● Their, there, They’re
● Here, hear
● To, too, two
● Accept, expect
● Loose, lose
● Principal, principle

30. ● Read regularly
● People often say that we
learn to write best by
reading.
● Reading in English is useful in
many ways.
● It is a great way to get an
idea of the different styles
of writing and see how to use
words appropriately.

31. ● Tip: Choose books or articles
with topics that interest you.
● Read each text several times
to make sure you understand
how to use new words and
expressions in the text.

32. ● Improve your grammar
● Grammar is very important
because it improves the
quality of your writing.
● Always use the appropriate
tense and remember to use
punctuation.
● Punctuation is a great way to
make your writing clear and
fluent.

33. ● Tip: Always proof-read your
writing twice. The first time,
look for general mistakes and
the second time look for
mistakes with the particular
grammar point your are
studying at the moment.

34. ● Just do it!
● Writing can be daunting.
● However, the best way to
improve is get a pen and
paper or sit in front of your
computer and actually write.
● the first draft is never
perfect.
● Remember, practice makes
perfect, so now is the best
time to sit down and get
started

35. Expand Vocabulary
English spelling (mastery)
Read regularly
Improve grammar
Just do it…!