How can I improve my spoken English without staying in an English-speaking country?

How can I improve my spoken English without staying in an English-speaking country?

Good advice from Quora

You may want to explore these practical approaches to improve your spoken English:

1. After reading an English story book or the daily English newspaper, do a running commentary - by speaking aloud - about what you have learned from the story or the news;
2. After watching an English movie, articulate your impressions and/or feelings about the movie, say in the form of a quick movie review;
3. Upon listening to a pod-casts in English, or an English news broadcast, again make a running commentary - again by speaking aloud - to yourself;
4. Striking up a casual conversations with ordinary folks you meet in the streets or in the queue;
5. Using Skype or other internet technology to converse with international friends who speak English;
6. Calling up customer service of any MNC's, and pretending to put forward your complaint, or enquiry about a new product or service, in English of course;
7. Finding one daily news article in your native language, and translating it verbatim into English to the best of your ability. Get hold of a friend who is a top dog in English so as to elicit candid feedback;
8.  Grabbing any postcard or photo or picture at random, and proceeding to articulate what's in the picture: whats the theme/what's in the foreground/what's in the background/what's in the centre or middle/what's on the right/what's on the left/what's at the top/what's at the bottom/what at the top-right/top-left/bottom-right/bottom-left/what's happening/is it inside or outside/who's there/how's the weather and/or timing; how do you know/compare and contrast/how do you feel/what do you like/what do you dislike/would you like to be in the postcard or photo or picture; why and why not?
9. Once in a while, inviting your friendly English teacher or a buddy who is a top dog in English, over a cuppa or a simple quick meal, under the pretext of holding social conversations/intellectual interactions;

In a nut shell, the key to fluency in speaking the English Language is Practice, Practice, and Practice!

Naturally, nothing beats the dynamic interpersonal interaction of your everyday real life activities, as much as you can, involving real communication with real people!

Most commonly used idioms

"Dead duck" meaning?

"Dead duck"

Someone or something that is very unlikely to be successful, especially because of a mistake or bad judgment.

Example
"Thanks to the lack of market research, the project was a dead duck right from the start."

Opportunity only knocks once

Commonly used idioms

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

There's no smoke without fire

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

You can't tell a book by looking at its cover

The pen is mightier than sword

Opportunity only knocks once

Most used English idioms

Curiosity killed the cat

IDIOMS
"Curiosity killed the cat"

Said to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something.

Being curious can get you into trouble. Often used to warn someone against prying into other's affairs.

Example:
Jill: Where did you get all that money? 
Jane: Curiosity killed the cat.

Warn someone not to ask too many questions about something 
'Why are you going away so suddenly?' 
'Curiosity killed the cat.'

I killed two birds with one stone...

"A little bird told me"

Said if you know who gave you the information being discussed but do not want to say who it was:

"How did you know he was leaving?" "Oh, let's just say a little bird told me."



"As the crow flies"

Used to say that a distance is measured in a straight line between two points or places

"Dead duck"

Someone or something that is very unlikely to be successful, especially because of a mistake or bad judgment.

Thanks to the lack of market research, the project was a dead duck right from the start.

"Kill two birds with one stone"

To succeed in achieving two things in a single action.

I killed two birds with one stone and picked the kids up on the way to the supermarket.

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Big fish in a small pond

Big fish

A person who has an important or powerful position in a group or organization.
The boss, the leader.

She's a big fish in city politics.
He's a big fish in advertising.

Big fish in a small pond

To have a lot of influence only over a small area.
A person who is important in a limited arena.
 someone overqualified for a position or in relation to colleagues.
 Another variant is the proverb -" Better a big fish in a little puddle than a little fish in a big puddle."