Practice Speaking English by Talking to a Friend
One of the best ways to practice speaking a language like English is by simply talking and talking and continue talking like there is no tomorrow. This effort of continuously talking will become a habit and eventually you start thinking in the English language, no longer thinking in your own native tongue.
When learning anything, all the teachers will tell any student that the only way to perfection is through continuous practice. If you are learning to speak English, then the best way would be to continue practicing by talking, reading and writing. Here’s how:
Talk, read, and write. That is how you do it. No other way to it. You just have to take it at face value, you cannot practice by thinking your way through it, and you have to actually do it. Dreaming of practicing will not help improve your skills, especially the English language.
You, as the learner, have to understand that the English language is not altogether a pure language when it is spoken. One of the purest languages is the Basque language, and that is not English. English has been influenced most specifically by several other languages. The language that we now know as English is not the language of Shakespeare, Wordsworth or even Chaucer. How do I know? Just read their works and you will find that a lot of the spellings are different, the uses of the words are also different and definitely the grammar is different.
When you talk to your friend in English, you will be using the modern English, American, not British. Talk to your friend in English and even if they answer in your native tongue, just keep going and answer in English. However, you have to inform them the why of your actions or they will feel that you are insulting them. Once they know that you are practicing, they will actually practice with you and even learn from you.
As long as you keep speaking it, you also have to learn from books and other media to help improve your grammar and vocabulary. Going back to the classics, this you can eventually go to, after you have acquired more skills. Once you have done so, one of the best ways to improve your grammar and vocabulary is through the classics.