Practice makes perfect. English speaking consists of speaking and listening as against writing and reading. Hence, talking and listening to TV and radio broadcasts, watching English language movies will develop speaking skill.
While written English demands certain skills,the requirements of spoken English are very different.The biggest challenge lies in the form of acute self-consciousness,the psychological uneasiness which must be overcome in the intial stages.I would prefer some interactive conversational exercises on a regula basis with those who know the stuff!
the english speaking skills are improve only in practice. just see the english channels, tv news in english, pogo channel.and also practice spoken english in leasure time.
I totally concur with all the other members' views in regards to perfecting your spoken skills. In addition, if you really wish to improve your written skills, consider using a Wren & Martin's guide to grammar and also use a dictionary as often as possible.
Yes, and I forgot to add one more thing, there are some very excellent yet easy to understand articles written by our very own senior moderator and editor, Swetha Shenoy! Reading them will also help you a lot!
I shall add one more to the suggestions by others.Read English novels regularly.They are a great source to enhance English speaking ability.Moreover read English magazines which interest you.I am thankful to STARDUST, for my early interest in English developed as a result of my interest in the news of Bollywood stars which I read in STARDUST.
All you have to do is you have to 'think' in English in order to speak in English!
Our Regional languages are easy to grasp,understand and speak as most of the spoken and written languages are similiar. Like for example in Hindi we speak "Hum jaa rahe hai" so we write the same in Hindi.But if you see in the case of English,we cannot exactly write what we speak,we have to write in basis of someone speaking it.For example if you say "We are leaving",we cannot exactly write "Sarala say we are leaving" we have to write Sarala said that they were to leave and so on
Sarala,I suggest you speak to your family members in English,it will be fun!
A special thanks to dear Kalyani for making a mention about my articles.....glad to know you still read my articles!!
Dear Swetha, its a pleasant surprise to see you on the forum after a long time! Welcome back! Of course I do read your articles occasionally, they are always helpful when I find myself in doubts over something! :) :)