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Yes,
you can. You definitely can – if you already know reasonable
English.
In
fact, it’s only through self-study that you can become
truly fluent in spoken English. That is, it’s not just
that you can become fluent through self-study. The fact is,
self-study is the only effective way of gaining true
spoken English fluency. The one and only effective way.
This
may sound incredible or surprising to you at first, but it’s
the truth. Plain, unvarnished truth. Read on, and you’ll
be convinced.
Alternatives
to self-study route, not really practical
If you want to achieve fluency in spoken English, there are
two courses of action open to you: 1). Master fluency techniques
through self-study. Or, 2). Try an alternative method.
And there are only two alternatives worth considering
at all:
•
Classroom instruction:
You’ll find out from the following paras that this alternative
is not an effective one – if your aim is to achieve
the fluency skill. This option has certain built-in limitations.
And these limitations can even work against your fluency efforts.
•
Living and working in a place where people speak mostly in
English:
The things we’re going to look at in the following paras
will show you that this is not a practical option for
most adult learners. If you choose this option, it would take
several years (and not just a few months) for you to become
fluent in English. And the value of this option depends upon
several other variables.
Of
course, there are one or two other options that might
look like alternatives. But they’re not really
true alternatives at all. No. For example, doing translation,
spending time listening to cassettes or CDs (containing theoretically-correct
sentences), and learning theoretically-correct sentences by
heart from books are not even options worth considering
– if your aim is to become good at producing fluent
speech spontaneously. These options would only help beginners
– people who are trying to learn English. Of course,
many people don’t realize this truth – until after
they’ve tried these methods... and failed.
These
are facts – and not mere opinions. And they’re
true and correct – though they may be contrary to what
many people believe.
Now
let’s go ahead and look at the alternatives in detail.
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