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Why
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"England
may be the home of English, but India is the home
of fluent English. India is where English fluency
building was systematized for the first time in
the world as a distinct teachable subject. An Indian
loved the English language so much that he studied
its fluency-secrets in great depth and designed
the world’s first dedicated course in English fluency
building (as distinct from EFL/ESL courses and translation-dependent
bilingual courses). And that was Sri. KevNair, better
known the world over as the father of fluency development."
-The New Indian Express |
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Many people try very hard to become
fluent in English, but fail.
The chief reason is this: They use
the wrong method. Yes, the wrong method. That
is, they follow methods that are not suited
to fluency building. But they're not aware
of that truth.
This happens because there are a
lot of misconceptions about what exactly the fluency
skill is, and about how non-native speakers would
be able to achieve this skill in spoken English. Because
of these misconceptions, many people have wrong
ideas about fluency building. And they assume those
ideas to be true and base their fluency building efforts
on that assumption.
And people have these wrong ideas,
mainly because all the facts they need to know
about fluency building have not yet come to their
attention.
So here are all the fluency facts
you need to know about fluency building.
You'll find these facts given as
answers to 14 questions. These are questions that
a number of advanced learners and expert-level users of English have asked us over the years.
Here we go:
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First
off, what exactly do the Fluentzy books do
to help their users speak fluent English? Can you
put it in a nutshell, in as few words as possible?
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I know
English fairly well, but I can't speak it fluently.
Some people say that a few months of speech-delivery
practice would make me fluent. Do you think this
is possible? Show
answer |
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So if
5 or 6 people who aren't fluent in English get together
and practice speaking by having conversations in
English, won't they be able to achieve fluency in
a few months? Show
answer |
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Many
people think that if they do speech practice in
the presence of a teacher, that kind of practice
would make them fluent, because the teacher can
correct their mistakes. Is that true, do you think?
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Fluency
is an oral skill. And the course I’ll be able to
do with the Fluentzy books is a self-study
programme. I wonder how I'll be able to learn an
oral skill through a self-study programme. I mean,
how will I be able to speak fluent English without
getting oral training?
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The
course I’ll be doing with the help of the Fluentzy
books is a self-study programme, and so I won't
get face-to-face instruction from a teacher in a
classroom. Won't this handicap me and make it difficult
for me to become fluent?
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So do
you mean to say that I can learn to speak fluent
English without taking part in classroom practice
sessions or contact classes?
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Could
you explain the last point in detail? Many people
think that if someone wants to speak English fluently,
they must get training in interaction in a classroom
- by actually taking part in group conversations
and discussions and by trying to speak in English
to other learners and to the teacher. Now, the course
of study I’ll be able to do using the Fluentzy
books is a self-effort, and it won't give me this
sort of classroom training in interaction. Are you
saying that this sort of classroom training in interaction
is not really necessary, as far as educated adult
learners are concerned?
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Some
people say that if I want to learn to speak fluent
English, I must live in an environment where people
normally speak in English. If what they say is true,
how can a self-study course help me?
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If an
instructor does not get feedback of my work from
me, and if I don't get feedback of my performance
and progress from the instructor, can the fluency
training I get be effective?
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I agree
with what you've said. By the very nature of things,
feedback can't be as important in fluency training
as in learning other subjects or skills. True. But
many people think that some sort of a final exam
or test may help an instructor to evaluate the performance
of a learner. Do you think they're right?
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Suppose that learners who do self-study using the Fluentzy books run
into difficulty. How will they get help? Who from? Show
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The course
I’ll be able to do with the help of the Fluentzy
books — that course is a self-study course. So some
people may think that it is best-suited only to
people for whom alternative ways are not available
to become fluent. Would they be right if they thought
so? Show
answer |
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There
is one more thing I'd like to ask you about. I've
been wondering whether a self-study course will
be able to teach me English pronunciation. Do you
think this can be done?
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You
see, I haven't thought of these things along these
lines before. Now I understand three things perfectly
well: First, for an adult learner who already knows
English, classroom instruction is not really necessary
at all - to learn to speak English fluently. Second,
suppose you try to become fluent simply by listening
to others speaking in English and by trying to speak
to others in English. Then you're going to take
a long time - several years, actually. Even then,
the chances are, you may not become as fluent at
speaking English at length as a person who has learnt
fluency techniques. Third, the quickest way of becoming
fluent is to learn fluency techniques and train
yourself in them, and to gain experience by putting
them to practical use in real-life situations. Am
I right? Show
answer |
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See also:
Fluentzy Principles, Fluentzy Techniques, Fluentzy Aims, The Approach, Self-study System, Self-study Books, How to do your Self-study and Book Contents |
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"This course has become
the international standard against which advanced
courses in English speech production are compared
everywhere."
- General Knowledge Today |
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| A
two-pronged strategy |
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Q1. |
First
off, what exactly do the Fluentzy books do to help
their users speak fluent English? Can you put it in a
nutshell, in as few words as possible? |
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Answer: |
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Prof.
Kev Nair’s Fluentzy books are ideal for use as
a self-study course — a self-directed self-study course.
Essentially, they deal with your fluency problem from
two different directions. You see, there are certain factors
that prevent you from speaking English fluently. From
one direction, the Fluentzy books help you get
rid of those factors. This will smooth your way to
high levels of fluency, and make your progress easier.
From the other direction, Fluentzy books teach
you a series of fluency techniques, and these techniques
build and add to your fluency. |
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"England
may be the home of English, but India is the home of fluent English.
India is where English fluency building was systematised for the first
time in the world as a distinct teachable subject. An Indian loved
the English language so much that he studied its fluency-secrets in
great depth and designed the world's first dedicated course in English
fluency building (as distinct from EFL/ESL courses and translation-dependent
bilingual courses). And that was KevNair, better known as the father
of fluency development"
- The New Indian Express |
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