Introduction

Speaking is usually a weakness for all Chinese learners. This is a common issue among language learners everywhere. The reason for this is obvious: When language learners first start learning a language, they usually start with reading. They read online articles, books, information on apps, and so on. If they take a class, they spend 20% of their time repeating words, and 80% of the time reading the textbook, doing homework, or just listening to a teacher. So, if you spend most of your time reading instead of speaking, you might get better at reading but your speaking skills never grow. You get better at what you focus on.

So if you want to improve your speaking skills, you need to spend more of your study time on speaking. Here are tips to help you get started:

Best solutions to improve your Chinese speaking skills

1.Make time instead of trying to find it

While I highly encourage people to learn Chinese through self-study, the lack of a structured program can cause your progress to stagnate if you’re not organized. If you say that you will study and practice your Chinese when you have time, that time never comes. There’s always some other distraction, or something else to do that’s seemingly more important. If you’re serious about improving your Chinese skills, you have to make time. Schedule it in, and don’t let anything else get in the way.

2. Online courses

 This is probably the most convenient option because you can take online courses from all around the world.  Nowadays so many apps are available on play store to learn languages. For example- Multibhashi. When using a smartphone, you can even learn Chinese on the go while you are waiting for the bus or relax outdoors in a park.

3.Learn actively, not passively

It is a common misconception that you can learn a second language the same way you learnt your first, and that by immersing yourself in the language, you will naturally pick it up over time. Certain language products are even built around this very idea, but it’s nonsense. It’s the ultimate marketing lie that appeals to the laziness in all of us.

There are no magic pixies that implant linguistic knowledge in our brains while we sleep you have to put in the work. The truth is, as an adult, you already have a language that all your complex thoughts are based in, so you don’t have anywhere near as much necessity to learn a new language as you did as a young child. Besides, it takes a child several years of constant support and attention from their parents before they can put any kind of sentence together, let alone a coherent one.

4.Read Children’s books

If you know any little kids between the ages of 5-8, try reading one of their books to them. Usually little kids know their favorite books by heart, so if you stumble a little, they’ll be able to help you.

If you enjoy this method of improving your Chinese and you find yourself to be pretty good at it, then try reading a few poems. The rhyming will challenge you, but once you master it, your pronunciation of Chinese and your delivery will have been considerably refined and improved.

5.Listen to Chinese podcast and music

Listen n to Podcast and Music, take note of common phrases from native speakers, practice conversations and read out loud

Building on the previous point, if you can build your “phrase bank” from answers you often hear from native speakers, this will help you become even more secure in your conversation, safe in the knowledge that you’re using authentic, natural Chinese.  

6.Practice shadowing native speakers. Shadowing is a technique where you listen to someone speaking the target language and then repeat what they said aloud as clearly as you can. Don’t worry about repeating things perfectly, just try to repeat as much as you can as quickly and clearly as you can.

7.Read out loud 

If you’re listening to a lesson and reading along, read out loud. Then re-read and speed up your tempo. Do this again and again until you can speak faster. Try your best to pronounce the words correctly, but don’t obsess about it. Read swiftly, emote and put some inflection on the sentences. Reading aloud helps to train the muscles of your mouth and diaphragm to produce unfamiliar words and sound

8.Native Speaker – an important resource 

One of the best ways to put your Chinese skills to the test (and improve them) is talking to a native speaker. This way, you can examine for yourself if you can follow and contribute to a conversation. There are several ways you can get in touch with native speakers: hire a private tutor, look for meetings of a Chinese speaking community in your country (Google will be very useful in finding one) or become friends with exchange students from a Chinese speaking country.

9.Talk to yourself 

This may sound strange, but don’t worry! You do not have to start with a self-talk in the tram, which is full of people. Try it when you are at home while cooking or hanging up the washing. Self-talks help you repeat what you have learned and test yourself. You can practice the pronunciation and even support thinking in the Chinese language. It also can help those who do not like to talk in front of people.

10.Practice using Chinese with the people you have met.

Try to engage in actually speaking the language if possible. If you are doing this online, there are several voice chat programs out there that will help you communicate freely over the internet. You should ask other people online which programs will work best for them.