India - the Home of Fluent English?

October 16th, 2008

Hi Everyone,

Today I came across a website about English fluency called Fluentzy.com.

It’s pretty cool in the fact that they’re basically talking about all the same issues with speaking fluent English that I do!

You have to speak English and have pre-planned the speech in your head. But when it comes to speaking with a person for real, you just can’t say a word…

And the actual reasons behind this issue is the following – learning the English language through your mother’s tongue. You know – it’s the traditional way of learning a language.

You write the English words down in your copybook and translate them into your native language. Then you memorize the meaning of those words and you’re perfectly fine with using them in your writing, speaking in the class and so on.

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