Improving English Speaking Skills Through The Imitation Technique

Speaking correct and well structured English is one of the most important and basics of every student on campus. Well, maybe this is why in the first and second semesters of the first year in my university, every student irrespective of their field of study is obligated to take on GST111 and GST121; Use Of English—two mandatory all-English courses.
This one, I'd say is one of the best policies set up by the school management, as it has further enhanced the English speaking skills and techniques of its own students.

"Practice, they say makes perfect". That, I say is totally correct, and is not an exception in the active process of trying to improve in the way one speaks the English language.

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This would mean that you actually have to speak it, as just studying grammar or listening to English audio files isn't just going to be enough to attain such goal.
If there's no one to speak to in attempt to practice, you could still do practices all by yourself, using the technique of imitating other people who speak correct or proper English. This technique does not requires a partner to practice with.

Imitation, tho, doesn't necessarily require you repeating word for word everything the person you are imitating has said. Imitation could involve listening to conversations, watching films or any kind of speech, and then trying to redo the speech in your own unique words.

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For instance you could rather imitate larger portions of a speech such as whole thoughts or ideas, than imitate smaller portions such as short sentences and phrases,

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You could listen to the entire speech and then express it verbally in your own words.

This technique has several benefits :

• You listen to and also imitate correctly spoken English.

• You learn to construct even better sentences.

• You learn more idioms, their meanings and how to use them properly.

• You learn patterns of speaking as used by persons you meet daily.

Hearing other people speak makes you learn through a process called implicit learning. This process happens, probably without you being conscious that it is happening.

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This is literally how kids growing, and infants get to learn their early basics of spoken language. Usually during this process, you might basically not be bothered about the sentence composition itself, rather you are just focused on communicating, understanding and expressing thoughts or ideas.

Learning English speaking skills through the imitation technique is the most commonest and effective way to improve your spoken English.

I hope this has been entirely helpful?
Thanks for reading!