Housewives can improve spoken English at home. You may be wondering how? Sometimes, you feel that you are completely lost in your domestic chores. Sometimes, you think you can’t afford to take language classes to manage the home budget and think about fulfilling your kids’ and family’s dreams.
Sometimes, you sacrifice your goals for the sake of the loved ones. Are you facing the same problems? If yes, here you will find how you can improve Spoken English skills at home.
Do you lack confidence level because of your English when you accompany your husband to his corporate parties?
Do you step back to not becoming a humiliation for your husband?
Do you lack the courage to go to Parent Teacher’s meeting as you feel inferior because you can’t speak English fluently?
Do you feel discouraged when other women in your surroundings speak fluent English and you can’t?
Do you feel the same humiliation?
Do you think that speaking in English can help you change your life?
Do you want to learn English at home?
Then, what is stopping you?
Now, you don’t need to live the same life. Make a big difference by investing a little time every day in learning English. In this blog, you will learn the techniques to improve Spoken English skills at home.
This blog will help housewives to improve their English Fluency while staying at home:
1) While Cooking:
a) One word a day:
Do you cook every day? Yes, thrice a day! Then spend this time learning a new word daily. If you spend around 5 hours every day in the kitchen, why shouldn’t you spend 5 minutes daily learning new vocabulary words?
b) Learn the name of ingredients:
Start with the terms of spices and pulses you use every day in the kitchen. Initially, you find the words confusing, but if you label the jars with the name of pulses and spices in it. It will help you see the words every day in the kitchen, and within one month, you can quickly learn them without cramming it. That’s what you need to do in the kitchen.
c) Don’t stress:
Don’t overburden yourself by learning all pulses and spices’ names in one or two days. Label the spices and read out whenever you pick the pulses and spices box. It is an easy way to improve Spoken English by cooking in your kitchen.
2) Take help from a family member or speak to yourself:
a) Speak for 1 minute in English with others:
If your family members are helping and encouraging, try to speak with them for at least 1 minute every day. Don’t overburden yourself by practicing for 15 minutes to 20 minutes daily. Your goals should be achievable and realistic. So, make your goal realistic by speaking for 1 minute everyday.
However, if your family members can’t help you, don’t worry; you still can find how you can improve spoken English without a speaking partner.
b)Speak for 1 minute in English with yourself:
Trust yourself and start speaking to yourself for 1 minute every day. It is the best way to improve your spoken English by yourself. You can start your day by planning it in English. Initially, you find it difficult, but gradually you will improve. Even spending 1 minute every day will help you to improve your English proficiency fast.
3) While watching Cookery Shows:
a) Be Regular:
Start watching some cookery shows if you love to cook new dishes for your family. Many Hindi cookery shows use the ingredients in the recipes in English, which helps you learn fast. If you regularly watch such shows, you will learn and revise new words every day.
b) Set weekly targets:
Make a habit of watching at least one or two cookery shows in a week, it hardly takes 30 minutes, and you will learn two skills simultaneously, one new dish and one vocabulary word. It is the easiest way to improve Spoken English and vocabulary quickly.
4) Watch English Channels:
a) Learn through English seasons:
Most of us like to watch family dramas in our native language, but if we replace it with English seasons, it can improve our listening skills, vocabulary, and fluency.
b) Watch seasons without subtitles:
Initially, you can start watching seasons with subtitles but later on, try it without the help of subtitles. By being regular, you will generate your interest in English Seasons, and gradually you will see how your English has improved. Your curiosity and interest in the seasons will help you to be regular and motivated in the long run.
c) Learn through English movies:
In addition to seasons, you can also watch movies in English. There are many entertainment channels available online like Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon Prime; you can enhance Spoken English and vocabulary without putting much effort.
5)While going for a walk and listening to Hindi Songs:
a) Translate the songs from Hindi to English:
You may question how going for a walk can help you improve your English? Yes, you can improve your health and your English simultaneously. For instance, your favorite song is “Jag Ghoomeya Thaare Jaisa Na Koi” from the Bollywood movie: “Sultan,” and you love to listen to the same song every other day.
Just try to translate the first four lines into English. You may doubt that the translation won’t work. But, this technique will help you learn vocabulary faster as you keep on practicing the same song regularly.
Here is an example from the movie “Sultan”:
Na Wo Akhiyan Ruhani Kahin
I didn’t find those divine eyes anywhere
Na Wo Chehra Noorani Kahin
I didn’t find that glowing face anywhere
Kahin Dil Wali Baatein Bhi Na
Neither I found those heartfelt talks
Na Wo Sajri Jawaani Kahin
Nor that fresh youthful beauty anywhere
Jag Ghoomeya Thaare Jaisa Na Koi
I wandered the entire world yet unable to discover anybody like you
Na Toh Hasna Rumaani Kahin
I didn’t see that dreamy chuckle elsewhere
Na Toh Khushboo Suhani Kahin
I didn’t see that fascinating fragrance elsewhere
Na Woh Rangli Adayein Dekhin
I didn’t see that radiant coquetry elsewhere
Na Woh Pyaari Si Nadani Kahin
I didn’t see that exquisite innocence elsewhere
Jaisi Tu Hai Waisi Rehna
Always remain as you are
b) Take help from Google:
While following the translation technique, you can start with the first four sentences the first day and the second day revise it, and the third day, try to translate the next four lines and go on.
c) Take other people’s help:
If you cannot find the meaning of a specific word, search it on Google, you will easily find the meaning. However, if you face the problem of not getting the appropriate word in the context in which it is used, write it in your diary and take other people’s help.
6) Maintain a diary daily:
a) Revise every week:
You must prepare a journal daily to write everything you learned and review it later because if you revise your notes regularly, it will remain in your memory for a longer time.
b) Write the words in alphabetical order:
Purchase a good diary, which is in alphabetical order. This way, you won’t write all vocabulary words on the first 5 or 10 pages but arrange it as per alphabets. Maintaining a diary will help you to revise the vocabulary words as they are already arranged alphabetically. It is an effective way to improve your vocabulary.
7)Make Mistakes:
a) Learn as a child:
It is a societal norm that discourages making mistakes in life, but if we won’t make mistakes, how can we learn? Ask yourself how a child learns to ride a bicycle? He falls many times initially, and then he rides again and starts riding in the nearby streets, and finally, the day comes when he takes his bicycle on the road and becomes a champion. It means you need to learn from your mistakes and gradually grow from it.
b) Don’t overstress:
Don’t take the stress. Ask yourself: How to learn a new language? If you have to learn German or French, Do you take the same pressure? Then, why are you taking stress while learning the English language? Don’t overstress. Try to learn English as you are learning any other language?
8) Read storybooks:
a) Choose short stories:
These days, we have a plethora of children’s storybooks in the market. Choose an exciting storybook to make a habit, read one story every day, and learn new vocabulary words. Make sure the book’s stories are not very long because reading lengthy stories will never generate your interest in improving English if you are not a regular reader.
b) Find good storybooks:
Children’s storybooks comprise easy vocabulary and simple sentence structure that grab your attention quickly, and the language will spellbind you and easy to memorize. Reading storybooks can help you improve your English Grammar and vocabulary quickly.
9) Learn while shopping:
a) Speak in English with a sales representative:
We all like to go shopping in big malls now and then, but we can improve if we spare a minute while shopping. Learning English and boosting confidence level go hand in hand. Therefore, it is essential to work on your confidence level too. Try to converse with sales representatives in English whenever you go to any mall.
b) Start with 1 or 2 sentences:
Whenever you go to any mall, try to speak a little English with sales representatives. It will help you boost your confidence level. If you are not comfortable speaking for 1 or 2 minutes, don’t worry; start with 1 or 2 sentences. The next time speak 3 or 4 sentences, and go on and on. It is an effective way to improve Spoken English for beginners.
10) Be regular and motivate yourself:
a) Patience is the key:
Regularity is the key to improve English. If you regularly follow the routine, you can drastically change your level of English. But, don’t burden yourself by learning everything in one month. The faster you learn, the quicker you forget.
b) Learn Slowly:
Many centers claim they help you to improve Spoken English in one month. But, if learning English is so easy, you had English as a compulsory subject from the nursery until graduation, and still, you can’t speak fluently. Hence, it indicates how much effort you need to put into improving your fluency in English. So, go slow and learn every passing day.
c) Start with 1 or 2 sentences:
Whenever you go to any mall, try to speak a little English with salesmen this will help you boost your confidence level. If you are not comfortable speaking for 1 or 2 minutes then don’t worry just start with 1 or 2 sentences. The next time 3 or 4 sentences and go on and on. This is an effective way to improve Spoken English for beginners. 
d) Stay away from toxic people:
Besides regularity, keep yourself motivated. If you find people in your surroundings always discourage you, stay away from such people who always criticize you and find fault in you. Staying away from toxic people can help you grow in your life.
To conclude: Learning English is a long and tedious process. You need to be patient, and just as we can’t lose weight in a day, similarly, we can’t learn English in a day. So, patience and regularity is the key to success.
I hope this blog helped you make some positive changes in your life and encourage you to become a better learner.
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