Improving Fluency Via Writing

@else34 (13515)
New Delhi, India
October 29, 2015 7:30am CST
While interacting here in Mylot I have noticed one thing that if you go on writing regularly in a language other than your mother tongue,your fluency in speaking that language gets improved.I can now speak in English more fluently than I could before joining sites like Mylot. Have you ever experienced such improvement in your spoken English?
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Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
29 Oct 15
English is my natural language but I would like to learn other languages.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
29 Oct 15
@simone10,In this age of internet it is simple.You may learn any foreign language you like.
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Gudheart
@gudheart (12659)
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29 Oct 15
I think you are right about that. I think it must help improve written and oral language.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Oct 15
@gudheart,You are right.While using a language,here English,in typing our discussions,responses and comments we think and use words.In brief,we practice.This daily practice makes us fluent in spoken English.
Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Oct 15
I'm obv. an English first writer, BUT I have seen many who are not get much better from the practice!
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt,I agree.Here there are many who are not native English users.They participate here in interaction,but think little while interacting with others.The don't take pains to think what words should be used and how to use them while typing their responses and comments etc.That's why they don't get benefited.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Oct 15
@else34 They might be getting better and don't even know it!
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt Certainly.They deprive themselves from the a benefit.Interacting with an open mind is the key.
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Happy Homestead
@destry (2567)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
29 Oct 15
I am glad that you are improving. I have noticed a decline in my Spoken English because I am typing more than I am speaking!
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
29 Oct 15
@destry,Is not English your mother tongue?Mine is Hindi.And my experience is just the opposite of yours.People around me are Hindi speakers.I don't have a conducive environment that may improve my fluency in spoken English.But after joining Mylot and participating here regularly I see an improvement in speaking this language.
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INDIAN WOMAN
@hema7213 (3517)
• India
8 Nov 15
yes, i am improving my english language as well as i am able to type more faster than i usually do
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
8 Nov 15
@hema7213,I learned English in school and college,but improved it in Mylot.I also learned typing here.And I have noticed that by regular participation here in interaction my spoken English has also got much improved.I can now speak fluently in this foreign language.
jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
8 Nov 15
@hema7213 No,no,I was talking about English.English is after all a foreign language for us.I don't learn any other foreign language.
INDIAN WOMAN
@hema7213 (3517)
• India
8 Nov 15
@else34 omg .....you learn foreign languages too ...this is amazing...and it is really helpful to you
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Lynn Proctor
@ThankyouLord (698)
• St. Petersburg, Florida
31 Oct 15
I think you speak quite well! I am amazed at how well people from other countries learn English, which is a difficult language. I wish I spoke another language, but I do not. My son married a woman from Ecuador, and he has learned Spanish in the last five years, and can converse quite well in it. I watch him chatting away in Spanish, and I am stunned.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
31 Oct 15
@ThankyouLord,Thanks,my friend,but I still have to learn a lot.One of my friends has married a Swedish girl.Now she can speak in Hindi,our national language,and he is fluent in Swedish.
youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
30 Oct 15
You are right. We can be beneficial to improve English when we post in Mylot. There is a famous saying: Practice makes the perfect. Language can be forgotten if you don't use it often.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Oct 15
@youless,Exactly.What we do here everyday is practice.We think and type our discussions,responses and comments.This improves our fluency in the language we use here_English.
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Shane Chan Chooo
@iamshane487 (1138)
• Manila, Philippines
30 Oct 15
I don't speak English at home. It's just when I'm interacting with you guys. hehe. Yes, it's improving.
sofs
@sofssu (23660)
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30 Oct 15
Practice makes perfect is the saying. Whether its your native language or not, you improve with practice.. its not just your writing your thought processes also take a turn for the better,.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Oct 15
@sofssu,That's what I say.As for example,here in Mylot we write discussions,responses and comments everyday and while doing so think and write.Perhaps it's therefore our fluency.gets improved.
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Val
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
30 Oct 15
How wonderful you've had that success since writing in English. Keep going with it. English is my only language.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Oct 15
@valmnz,Thanks.I can see the improvement in my spoken English.This improvement is the result of my daily participation in interaction here.I'll continue.Thanks again,my friend.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
29 Oct 15
In anything in life, when you practice you get better.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Oct 15
@marlina,Exactly,While writing discussions,responses and comments we think,and write,and we do it regularly.That's we practice.This improves our fluency.
Joanie
@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
That is great. I am so glad that mylot has contributed to improving our English language skills.