Learning to speak English the inexpensive way

Speaking English is much more difficult to do and master than reading or writing English. To converse effectively we must be able to choose the right words within a very short period of time and deliver these words with correct grammar and pronunciations. This takes a lot of work and practice. Nowadays there are many online classes that may help. Following is what I did when I first arrived in America many years ago, which could be the least expensive way to enhance our English speaking capability.

At that time every foreign student coming from non English speaking countries must take speech lab lessons. In the speech lab we were provided a tape recorder with pre-recorded lessons and a textbook. And, we were required to purchase a reel of 7” 3M tape to record and compare our pronunciations of the words, sentences and paragraphs against those pre-recorded lessons and make corrections. The lab was open 24 hours a day, and we could walk in to practice whenever we had time. A number of weeks later, improvement was obvious. Will this work for you?