TOP 3 Ways to Improve Your Pronunciation Advanced English Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm today we’re gonna talk
about three ways to improve your english
pronunciation
let’s get started the first way to
improve your pronunciation is similar to
the first way to improve your grammar it
is to focus on one concept when your
mind is focusing on one concept you can
really master it a fun way to do this is
with tongue twisters a tongue twister is
a difficult sentence usually difficult
for native speakers to and it focuses on
one sound let me give you an example if
you are a German speaker or maybe your
language just has difficulty with the W
sound let’s practice this tongue twister
together which which is which which
which is which this is a silly sentence
but as you saw it uses the W a lot W so
your lips are really exercising that
form which which is which and there are
thousands of tongue twisters that you
can use I recommend just searching on
google English tongue twisters you can
find thousands of these ideas and even
other sentences but I recommend focusing
on one concept one concept that’s
challenging for you this second way to
improve your pronunciation is different
from the first one because it is focused
on two similar sounds to similar sounds
so let’s say you have difficulty with
the th sound in English I know it’s a
big challenge for a lot of English
learners so let’s say that often when
you try to say a word like three instead
of th maybe you say the D sound three
this is pretty
so I want you to focus on both of those
sounds in the same sentence let’s
practice a sample sentence together
three deer think differently three deer
think differently you’re gonna have to
understand the difference in your head
and your tongue is also gonna have to
really exercise the difference between D
and th so if there is a sound that’s
challenging for you that you don’t use
correctly in English maybe a vowel sound
E and I maybe the th maybe the th sounds
like an S for you this is a good chance
to practice those two sounds together
write one sentence or find something on
the internet there’s plenty of examples
you can write your own sentence using
those two sounds side by side and try to
say them together your mouth will be a
little bit sore but you can do it
the third way to improve your vocabulary
is something that I’ve talked about
before it is shadowing shadowing a
shadow is what happens outside when the
sun is shining there’s probably a dark
area under the tree or under you there’s
a dark area this is a shadow and it’s
not the real thing it’s an imitation so
with this technique shadowing you can
imitate a native speaker so let’s
pretend the same example as before the
th is really challenging for you when a
native speaker says a sentence with th I
recommend immediately pausing the video
pausing the podcast and imitating
shadowing their sentence out loud let’s
practice one th sentence together so
that you can see what shadowing is like
I’m gonna say a sentence the full
sentence and then let’s go back and you
can shadow each word if you’re in a
quiet place right
I challenge you to just follow along in
shadow right now if you’re not in a
quiet place you can watch this video
again and do it later are you ready for
my sentence we’re gonna be practicing th
imitate my mouth imitate the sounds
first just listen to the sentence three
thirsty men go to the theater on
Thursday let’s practice this together
now that you know the sentence I’m gonna
say each word you can shadow after each
word or after the full sentence are you
ready
three thirsty men go to the theater on
Thursday let’s say the full sentence
three thirsty men go to the theater on
Thursday I hope that this extra practice
out loud shadowing my pronunciation will
help you to really fix those
pronunciation problems that you have
once you know which sounds are difficult
for you you can focus on them and
shadowing is a great way imitating a
native speaker is a beautiful way to
improve I hope that these three ways
focusing on one sound like tongue
twisters focusing on two similar sounds
and shadowing will be helpful for you to
improve your pronunciation skills do you
have any other suggestions for improving
pronunciation write them in the comments
below and let’s share our ideas together
thanks so much and I’ll see you later
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