Listening is important to learning spoken English. While getting ready in the morning listen to English radio. Pay attention to conversations that occur around you while you are shopping. Watch the news every evening while you make supper. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lounge is a resource that allows students to practice their communication skills by using dialogues that occur in everyday conversation. There is a quiz at the end of each listening segment that tests comprehension.
Part of learning spoken English is in understanding how English words are formed. Watch the mouths and tongues of native English speakers carefully. Observe how much the mouth is opened to say certain words. Scrutinize how the lip forms certain sounds. Imitate what you see.
Rent movies over the weekend. Try to follow the story line of comedy shows. Watching TV shows and movies allows you to hear English used in conversation. No pressure of having to respond in English lets you concentrate on simply understanding what is being said. Understanding how English is used in conversation will help you to better communicate in the language.
Find a friend or teacher who is willing to help you learn English. Ask to feel the throat and mouth of this individual while they speak certain words. Touching the throat allows you to better understand where the word is formed. Feeling the mouth allows you to better comprehend how your lips should form when speaking and how much pressure should be expelled from the mouth when speaking.
Learn the alphabet as well as the sounds that accompany every letter. Knowing what sounds the letters make will help you formulate English words more accurately.
Read out loud for twenty to thirty minutes every day. When you are reading, place more focus on the correct pronunciation of the words you are reading rather than comprehension of each word. Read easy books that were written for children. Reading simple books takes away the frustration of sounding out hard words.