[General] For those who want to practice speaking....

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Silverobama

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I joined an online group and when I became a member there, the host asked me to use my English name there. Everyone is required to write down which part of the English we want to improve to make it like "Silver+Speaking+job".

I notice that many members there want to improve "speaking" but I haven't heard anyone speak or chat in English since I joined them. Today I said in the group "For those who want to practice speaking, shall we talk?"

Is my italic sentence natural?
 
Omit for at the beginning. Otherwise it's okay.
 
In British English, the verb is spelt 'practise'.
 
How about Do those who want to practic/se speaking want to talk?
 
Omit for at the beginning. Otherwise it's okay.

Will this be a little bit better "Those who want to practise speaking English. Shall we talk?"

I changed the comma to a period and added English.
 
Will this be a little bit better "Those who want to practise speaking English. Shall we talk?"

I changed the comma to a period and added English.

The first part is not a sentence.

How about: All /many of you want to improve your speaking, right? Why don't we start practising it now?
 
Will this be a little bit better "Those who want to practise speaking English. Shall we talk?"

I changed the comma to a period and added English.

For the utterance to be transcribed correctly, you'd need to use a different punctuation mark—I'd use a long dash.

However, there are better ways of saying what you want to say.

Who wants to talk?
Shall we practise (our) speaking?
Who wants to practise (their) speaking?
Does anybody want to practise (their) speaking?


I don't think you need to mention English, do you? I don't think anybody will think you need to practise your Chinese.
 
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