When I was teaching English in Prague I knew two groups of Czechs: there were my students and there were my friends.
And usually, my friends had better English than my students.
It wasn’t because they had the language gene or some other advantage.
It was, as far as I could tell, simply because my students had 60 or 90 or 120 minutes of English every week, and my friends had much more exposure to English.
And they had more exposure to English simply because they had English-speaking friends.
So is that the key to better English?
What do you think?
According to my survey last week, 40% of you would prefer English-speaking friends more than language lessons at The British Council and even more than living in the US/UK.
Do you have any English-speaking friends?
Would you like to have English-speaking friends?
Share your comments below.
I feel there should be native English speaker friend for improving English, which I don’t have
My need english speaking friend. You tell us what to do?
I need a native english speaker, please. I am angolan.
Hello aminul how are you
It’s true because practice makes perfect!
I don’t have any one speak English so I hope to have to practice with them
I’m interested.Are you willing to start?
Join
I have only friends whose English is worse than mine!
I don’t have any one to speak.
Really wanna have native English speaker friend, to talk more and practice
I have friends but they are not native speakers so they speak mostly bilingual.
Yes, you are right. Practice is all we need.
I need the frends
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your help, Last three months I was very sick, now I’m trying to develop my mind and health.
I always want to speak in English but I don’t get an environment if you can arrange a good friend who will speak in English and he or she will help me to improve my speaking and writing in English.
Regards,
Arif
Dear friend, Are you Bangladeshi?Please say something about you.
I would love to join
I do not have any one to speak
I feel there should be native English speaker friend for improving Englis
I dont have any Englsh speaker frend
Hello I prefer to speak with you in order to practice English language
It is nice and at most O.K if you have An English speaker fried, in particular, the required issue is directly relative to home have a language as a culture, it is very attractive to make much sines with this kind of human relations to support and strengthen your language by culture, so, language mean the communication, this is what can I address the topic, there fore, it is may be to communicate more and more singular and with groups of English speakers.
all the best and Rgds
I do not have any one to speak
Friend
I need a native friand speaker to imprime my english thank a lot
Hello Mr Vig,
I’m a teacher of English for about 37 years.I taught in Middle Schools and in High Schools but I also need to have some native speakers to improve my English.I live in the South East of the Algerian Sahara and the environment her is not English.
Take care
Zekri
Loking for someone to practice
Thank you I have practical advice to improve my English language. I need some one to communicate through English language.
I don’t have English speaking friend. So I want to get English speaking friend because I forgot what I learnt as I have speaking practice.
I forgot what I learnt as I have not speaking practice.
Join with me in order to practice English language because I’m me I want to practice it
I dont have any english speaker friend.i wish i would find one of them
Hello!
I am angolan.
few years ago my english was terrible. i was so confused in using the said conjugation, when to use past tense, future tense, present tense and i was hard up to composed a sentence as well. i felt so embarrassed when someone talked to me in english and sometimes i could hardly understand what they are saying. for that horrible experience i decided for a home study like reading books, magazines and news papers and of course i got my dictionary. at the moment i guess my english is getting better but i wanted to increase my knowledge in speaking in english. and my accent and pronunciation needs to improve as well.
Hiii. I really would like to have a english speaking friend. But unfortunately i don´t have one.
I believe that kids also should be able to learn the vigorous method, of course.
I want to speak with a friend who is a native speaker.
Hello!! Can I join?? Can I have somebody who is better in English speaking especially those come from UK/US? Lets be friends.
I don’t have an English speaker friend
Hi Sumaya! Where are you from? I’m interested to be your English speaking friend. You may contact me through email or cell phone.(01725870333). Have a good day.
I’m looking for one that wants practice with me
I want to improve my English, I’m in need some English speaking friends. So I hope you’ll help me out
I haven’t any english speaking friend so far, may you help me?
I need friend who practice English I’m from Africa Tanzania
i have English speaking friend but they don’t have real accent and also they need to learn more that’s why they are not from UK/US.
i like to have English speaking friend but i couldn’t find it.
yes, this is right
How to improve your speaking skill
All guys I live in Laos so I don’t have any partner to speak with so, how can I do…?
I had English speaking friend some years back and accordingly i improved my English skill. But not now. So, i would like to have English speaking friends for long. I wanna build long lasting relationship with such a friends. I do believe having speaker friends of the language we want to able with is vital than mere reading the boring grammar and the rigid rules.
I think being exposed to the English linguistic environemnt is very helpful to better use the language. It helps to get in touch with the idoms, the variety of th evocabulary and structures. The oral practice will alert the brain for better interaction, interpretation and production. It also trains the ears for the good reception and better understanding of the language.
Unfortunately no I don’t have any friend to speak English with, but I realy want to have. I think it is better to have one to speak English most of the time like your brother, sister… , unfortunately my family don’t know English.
I don’t have English friends i depend on cautious learning and it feels like it takes long for me to fix my fluency because i don’t have English native speakers by my side
I agree that friends are important in the mastery of the English language. As we interact with other people, we gradually develop our language skill, learn new vocabulary, and adapt the language. It is indeed true that practice will lead us to progress…. Let’s talk my friends…..
Hi.
Yes I would like to have English speaking friends 😀
I’m tried to join to The Society but I can’t, the checkout process isn’t working properly.
Hi I’m from Bangladesh, a beautiful country, looking for a wonderful native English speaker friend whom I can speak, visit, and spend a wonderful time together.
Dear Mr. Vig, I agree totally with you. I have been searched the web for a long time to find friends for the practice of speaking the English language, but till now I don’t have any friends for this purpose. So what can I do? what are your suggestions for me and for people like me? Best Regards
Yes, l am searching a native English speaking friend. If any body plz contact me through this address.
Dear Friends
i really need one friend to help me to improve my English, before i had some friends talking with me but they are not very good English also. so, i hope, will have one English native Speaker for my improvement in the future.
thanks and Regards.