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Dear Mr. Robby Kukurs,

I am Ashkeen Ahmed, I am an Anglophone from India. Sir When It
comes to speak in English. We don’t have facial expressions However, when
English speaker speaks in English they have facial expressions.

I would like you to write about facial expressions, if you
speak English positive word and give negative expressions it changes the
meaning. Alongside I would like to write about “Project writing skills” How to
write any kind of project and in which tense we have to write

Commonly made errors as well. Here in India people make blunders.

Make mistake: they say commit mistake or do mistake.

My pen is not writing: they say my pen is not working

Help us out sir

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Hi Robby. Could you make a video about
how to speak more clearly? When I am trying to speak my speech sounds like my
mouth full of rocks. In my mind, I can say English words clearly, but when
voicing them I mumble. How to overcome that problem?

Hi Robby, I would suggest you to write about poems that you like and some thoughts and analysis of your favourite books 🙂

I didnot know about any other…..it is just my own opinion….

Thanks Camille for the topic, I’ll definitely write about it!

Needless to say, you’re participating in the draw now as well.

Regards,

Robby

Hi Ioannis,

Believe it or not, but I’ve written PLENTY of blog posts centered around these topics, here’s just a few:

http://englishharmony.com/struggling/

http://englishharmony.com/speaking-is-like-fighting/

http://englishharmony.com/reverse-psychology/

http://englishharmony.com/stuck-for-words/

http://englishharmony.com/conquer-fear-of-making-mistakes-when-speaking-english/

Regards,

Robby

Hi Robby
My suggestion s that we can speak english fluently in front of our daily recongniser but it is very hard to speak in front of new person. Specially infront of native user

I had to think a while what you haven’t written before or what I haven’t suggested already. But I’m sure there are going to be hundreds and thousands and surely even more good topics you can write about in the future. I noticed also that someone suggested similar topic I suggested before about doing IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge exams, etc and about the necessity of
traditional grammar studying in them. That’s surely the great and also wide topic to cover next year. It’s probably a demanding
and a bit time-consuming project to write about them but I’m eager to find out what is your present opinion on the role of grammar studying in them and what kind of grammar studying you have to do or is simply memorizing natural speech patterns and natural collocations enough which I’m sceptical because there are many tricky grammar and vocabulary questions in those exams and memorizing the sufficient amount of speech patterns and natural correct collocations without acquiring colloquialisms and commonly used wrong grammar structures (possible even among native English speakers) which are perceived as mistakes in the exams is very challenging and it takes maybe too much time. And you have to also memorize them sufficiently well so that you develop the gut feeling about what is wrong and what is right but the problem is that this process takes a huge amount of time if you want to get the best possible scores in Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) which is the most difficult Cambridge exam according to their website http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/proficiency/ . I really don’t have any kind of clue how difficult this exam is comparing to other exams like IELTS or TOEFL but this is just an example and you get the drift. And only getting the best scores in those tests by using traditional methods counts for nearly nothing in real life if you can’t use that knowledge in real professional situations and you can’t talk properly and naturally with ordinary people. That’s why those kind of tests can be a real double-edged sword.

I have still one other topic I haven’t suggested before and you haven’t written about this specific problem in detail or so I thought but then I realized that many components of the solution are to be found in here and there in your blog and actually your whole blog touch upon this problem somewhat but my point is that there are learners who feel that the abundance of material in your blog is overwhelming and they can’t find the exact solution for their problem. Well, there is the FAQ or the first steps to English fluency http://englishharmony.com/how-to-improve-english/ but it can be too difficult to find the specific advice for people who feel that they are completely hopeless when it comes to speaking English or any foreign language and they feel inability and speech anxiety to such kind of degrees that they can’t speak foreign language in any circumstances at all and they can’t speak at all even in completely stress-free environment like speaking with good friends or with
themselves despite the fact that they have a quite decent knowledge about English. These kind of people don’t get benefits from fluency management techniques because there isn’t anything fluent in their speech that they can manage and thus much advice in your blog is irrelevant for them. They simply believe they are untalented in foreign languages and specifically in their spoken form. I was clearly one of them but I’m not anymore. What’s changed since then? Am I speaking much more better than before or have I improved my fluency considerably or am I much more confident? Answer for any of these questions is no because I haven’t practiced my spoken English and my all other necessary skills sufficiently and I truly realized the importance of spoken
language over a year ago or so. Of course, there are many sides in this issue which you have elaborated already and you have
also written about lowering our standards and they all have affected to my fluency issue but what truly helped me was that I
lowered my standards tremendously when it comes to speaking but at the same time I still continued to learn more about English
and thus developing my knowledge in English. It helped because before I kind of felt all the time that I’m forced to speak sufficiently well because I have a decent knowledge in English but it’s not true: I had learnt English in its written form and if I remember right I didn’t speak freely and creatively in my English classes not even once. It feels absurd but it’s true: The amount of my speaking practice was really zero after my long school studies. Of course, there were reading out loud and cramming words by repeating them out loud many times (and creating unnatural associations) and even few role plays and one short discussion but they were so mechanical and artificial that they didn’t contribute much or practically at all to our speech and so on and so forth. So the point I’m making here is that anyone who wants to speak fluently has to start speaking simply and even very, very poorly and then to build upon that by mimicking, adjusting our pronunciation according to natural input and then using the same expressions as freely and creatively as possible and then doing it again and thus becoming better and better. And I believe also that almost any kind of hesitation, struggling, stuttering, stammering, mumbling and messing up the whole speech is due to the fact that our mouth is uncomfortable and unfamiliar to produce the natural strings of English sounds. The same process in its written form happened when we learned to read and write in the school but the real problem is that there wasn’t any kind of learning process when it comes to speaking and even to listening. Therefore we have to lower our standards tremendously even to a beginner level and to start the whole process again in its spoken form by learning English language through careful speaking and listening which are inseparable in reality. And even much more important point is that no one can expect anyone to speak somewhat decently if they haven’t practiced specifically their spoken language! That’s very
simple truth but I have started to believe it’s one of the biggest reasons behind my and others’ speech anxiety and confidence problems.

I could have said this before but it’s so damn simple that I didn’t realize it. I wasn’t sure how to put these thoughts into words but I hope you get the drift well.

And thanks Robby for asking the topics!

Hi Robby! Could you cover in your video how to easily find a native English speaker, I am living in non-English speaking country, to practice with for free? And how to approach him or her without being annoying? Should I have some plan of questions to ask?
I need natives to see how my pronunciation is, if my English comprehension on a good level and so on. I registered on many English learning websites in order to find a speaking partner, but they are crowded with non-natives and fewer natives.

And other options are not for free so they are out of the question.
I would’ve been glad to see your response how to deal with
that issue.

Thanks Joci, I’ve actually written about it before, please read this article where I’ve explained principles any beginner English learner should follow: http://englishharmony.com/english-learning-for-beginners/

Speaking of a course – there’s no reason why I couldn’t work with total beginners on my Skype-based program called Fluency Star http://fluencystar.com/ When it re-opens next year, I might actually include an option for beginner English learners there!

Cheers,

Robby

I’ve actually posted a very extensive blog post on this matter, please read it here: http://englishharmony.com/desire-to-translate/

I’m sure it will shed some light on the issue!

Cheers,

Robby

You’re damn right about it David.

I’ve made similar observations during my Fluency Star Skype sessions and I’ll definitely touch upon this subject in the article!

Thanks for your 2 cents!

Robby

Hi Agnes,

As a matter of fact, there is a Small Talk section on my site – here it is: http://englishharmony.com/small-talk/

I update it regularly and it’s got a good few phrases in it that can be used in all sorts of social situations!

Cheers,

Robby

Hi Krunal,

I’ve already published an article on how to use the simple verb “to get” – now I’m going to do another one about “to make” as per your request.

Thanks for participation!

Cheers,

Robby

Hi Marzouq,

You mean making videos such as these?

http://englishharmony.com/come-up-with/

http://englishharmony.com/to-get-across/

Fair enough, I’ll do more of them next year!

Thanks for your submission, your name is in the draw box!

Cheers,

Robby

Hi Carlos Alberto!

Believe it or not, but you can find this EXACT type of content in my products – both EH system http://englishharmony.com/improve-spoken-english.php and Accent Genie program http://accentgenie.com/ consist of 120 videos total which are stuffed with phrases and sentences covering all imaginable life situations!

Regards,

Robby

I would like to suggest to do about 60 short videos talking alone or with another persons about different matters covering a lot of situations of real life, with transcripts in english, without translations. The themes can be about a lot of different questions so students will be interested in many of them, improving the prounciation and increasing their vocabulary with new phrases.

Hi Robby, you ‘ve suggested that we can improve fluency by stopping trying to remember the exact word and saying something even it sounds incorrect, silly and stupid. For example, we can forget about grammar in some specific situations when you don’t want to put your brain into overdrive trying to remember the exact grammar construct. I totally agree with you. However, as international English tests like TOEFL or IELTS have become more crucial that many people, including me, consider it as the target when we learn English, I think you should mention it in your blog in 2015. These tests have discrete Speaking part and because they design specifically for academic purpose, the examiners must ensure fluency as well as grammatical accuracy (they are both included as criteria for marking). So can you tell us how to deal with these tests, which books to use, how to brainstorm when we have to present about a given topic, how to speak more complicated sentences to raise our scores or just generally about what you think about these tests?

Hello Robby, I’m quite fluent with non-native English speakers, but when it comes to communicating with natives – it’s quite hard for me. The question is – why it is far more easy to find the words and expressions when there is a non- native in front of you and are you really fluent if you cannot communicate with the natives on the same level? Thank you in advance.

Hi Robby! The topic I could suggest is about pronunciation, an accent. I know you’re not a native speaker, but your English is excellent in my opinion. Believe me I don’t flatter you, I know what I say. I used to be a pilot of the cargo plane, AN-12, (I’m sure you know that aircraft). Where was I? Yes, the pilots and air-controllers speaked very different English, I could surely recognise who was speaking: German, Arab or Chinese or someone else..My English was very feeble that times but I remember it! We were laughing about how some pilots were speaking(air-phraseology is pretty standart). Now I understand how we were silly and young, maybe our English was weird, who knows? Therefore, my question and suggestion to reveal this theme is: how to avoid the ridiculous sound in non-native language? I bet you know the answer. You’re originally from Baltica and you know that people from there speak Russian in my country very well but with a light accent and the accent is pleasant and charming(especially your women!). From another hand, some people sound weird and rediculous, as father to the South. To make this story shorter, I’d like to hear what you think about it. Hope you explain it in your next lessons. Please excuse my grammar, I’m not good at it and this problem doesn’t bother me at all (your tip, by the by, thanks). I just want to improve my speaking and listening skills. My good wishes to you and yours in 2015, Robby!

Hello,
I would like to read about english( phrases) which can be used in a social situations ( I mean small talk) . I can admit that I am quite fluent in English speaking environment at my work but sometimes I am quite confused about natural behaving and speaking during social events .
It would be interesting to read something about this .
Cheers

hello robby, i hv seen most of hollywood movies..but without english subtitle its become quite difficult..from movie and serials i have come to the topic about use of make and get..e.g.” i wanna make him to do for me”..how we use it in speech..i tried but..i can only speak simple english..

I would like to suggest talking about different usage of common verbs and phrasal verbs in particular.

Although you may have addressed this issue but you probably haven’t in detail .. You could talk about imagining the situation related to that particular idiom , most people say I learn the idiom I repeat it a good few times and then when I need it , it doesn’t come out automatically and spontaneously . for instance the idiom ” to steal someone’s thunder ” you will probably never remember this term when its called for but if you imagine the situation lets say ,, on your wedding day someone says hey guys I am pregnant now she is definitely stealing the bride’s and groom’s thunder .. whenever you are in that type of situation and someone does that you will naturally remember the term or at least I hope you will ): thank you Robby you are great