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SPEAKING
Pronunciation
Speaking a language requires certain level of fluency and, above all, a very good pronunciation. This article aims at giving some tips for you to improve your pronunciation or your students' pronunciation as well.
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# 1
Choose and focus on one accent or English dialect in particular.
# 2
Learn the IPA phonemes (consonant and vowel sounds). Remember that the sounds you acquired in your native language are not the same in English, which means you need to have a look at those new sounds. Here you can find the IPA alphabet
# 3
Try to imitate other’s accent. This helps beginners to acquire the language step by step. You can do it by watching as many YouTube videos or podcasts as you want. Watch this and this for an example
# 4
Check out the right pronunciation using website dictionaries. Here and here are some examples.
# 5
Before listening any audio or video, practice with the words you want to work on or vocabulary with the most difficult phonemes to pronounce. Circle the word, speak it out loud and imitate the sounds. Maybe you can record yourself using these websites: Audiovoo, Soundcloud or Vocaroo.
# 6
Intonation is definitely something you need to take into account. Have a look at this interesting page
Resources
Here you have a couple of websites where you can find wonderful tools for improving your pronunciation:
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