Improve English Speaking Skills Everyday (Tips to speak in English) English Conversation Practice

Sergio what are you doing here the  class has already finished you can  

go home hi teacher yes I know I  stayed because I need to ask you

something I have serious problems with  my pronunciation I think that's the most  

difficult thing about learning English for some  students yeah that might be true so you need help  

with your pronunciation then yes I know I can  speak English but my pronunciation is not good  

can you help me sure I can pronunciation is key  to being understood by native English speakers

I know many language Learners that  really struggle with their English

pronunciation perhaps they've been learning  for years they can read complex English texts  

and they can watch Netflix and YouTube videos and  understand them but when they speak with a native

speaker the other person can barely  understand them there are some things  

you can do first you need to understand  that there is no right way to speak

English English is spoken natively in countries  like Nigeria Jamaica and India and native English  

speakers from from each of these places will speak  differently and each of these ways of speaking  

English is right having said that to speak English  with someone you must be understood that's the  

important thing now if there are many right  ways to speak English what accent should I end

for my advice Pi an ask that  you like and is relatively

standard like the standard British accent  a standard North American accent a standard  

Australian accent or another one then  am to pronounce close enough to that the  

more standard you sound the better you will be  understood by others now learn to listen being  

able to pronounce words words correctly requires  that you can first hear the differences between  

various types of pronunciation for example  you need to be able to distinguish a sound  

from a sound and an L from an R this can be  tricky depending on what your native language  

is get better at hearing the difference  by listening to lots of native English

speakers podcasts are great for that or also  videos on YouTube but you can't improve your

pronunciation without listening always  remember that practice moving your mouth

differently a huge part of pronunciation is  making the muscles your mouth work differently  

than they are used to your lips tongue throat  and jaw are all involved in making the sounds  

seriously I remember when I was learning English  many years ago my mouth felt sore from speaking in  

English all day that's a good thing my muscles  were working differently than they were used

to because I used to exaggerate  my pronunciation that helped me a

lot and that is another important part about  improving your pronunciation at the beginning

exaggerate exaggerate the sounds so your  mouth gets used to it at least at the

beginning let's do something here are  some tips for practicing moving your mouth

differently watch yourself pronouncing words  using a mirror this will allow you to notice  

how your mouth is moving and help you correct  yourself what else think about your mouth  

in English we usually use a more up mouth position  as opposed to a closed mouth position that  

languages use also think about how you're using  the tongue all right what else you can do simple  

shadowing another way you can use a podcast  to practice pronunciation is to do shadowing  

basically shadowing just means  repeating the words right after you hear

it almost at the same time like a shadow or  an echo it's really effective believe me for  

practicing the physical aspects affluency  like pronunciation Rhythm [ __ ] tones  

and developing muscle memory in your mouth  I love it I still do it you can Shadow any  

audio text from native speakers and you could  find many videos to do it in my opinion that  

is the best way for example to use these videos  from YouTube to learn English and pronunciation  

record yourself one of the best ways to  correct your pronunciation is to listen to  

native speakers and compare your pronunciation to  them but often it's hard to really hear ourselves  

properly when we're speaking because we're  busy thinking about what to say and how to say

it that's why it can be really helpful to  record yourself speaking really helpful that  

way you can go back and listen to know where  you get stuck or where your pronunciation was  

significantly different from a native speaker  I will give you some ideas to record yourself  

record yourself shadow in a podcast then  play it back at the same time as the

podcast take note of what words or  sounds you pronounce differently  

practice those sounds record yourself  pronouncing sounds you find difficult

then listen to a native English speaker  saying them what is the difference ask  

yourself this question recording yourself  is also great for showing your progress look  

back months later and see how much better  you are after all your practice you will

notice try even using a video recording to  see the way that your mouth moves and you  

know what you don't need any special tools to  do this the microphone and voice memo app on  

your phone will work great the important  thing is that you get into the habit of  

recording yourself speaking and adjusting your  pronunciation it is really useful please try

it I will teacher I will do  everything you said to improve my

pronunciation can I ask you for more  tips to improve my English teacher

please sure I will be happy to help you if you  also want it please like this video I hope you  

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