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My friend just started to learn English and I want to listen to him speaking English. My question is what is the best / correct way to tell him it out of the following three choices (or more others that I didn't mention):
1) I want you to speak English (optional: already).
2) I want that you will speak English (already).
3) I want that you speak English (already).
"I want you to speak English" is the correct version.
See the Cambridge Dictionary entry for want:
> Warning: We don’t use want with a that-clause:
I want you to tidy your room before the visitors come.
Not:I want that you tidy your room...
