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• Make sure that your English matches the occasion. It’s OK to use slang with friends but not in a business meeting. Decide in which situation it’s appropriate to use the words and phrases you have learned.
• Textbook English is often different from the way we casually speak. To learn casual ‘slang’ watch movies.
• Idioms can be difficult to memorise, but they are great fun to use and they’ll make your English more colourful.
• When talking we usually link words together so that two words can sound like one. Simply put, we link words ending with a consonant sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (consonant > vowel). We link words ending with a vowel sound to words beginning with a vowel sound (vowel > vowel). Practice these to improve your listening and pronunciation.
• Make use of the internet. It’s full of resources to help you learn: BBC Learning English ; learnenglish.ecenglish.com