How to Improve Spoken American English - Sound like a Native Speaker

Kako poboljšati govorni američki engleski - zvučati kao izvorni govornik

A lot of people ask me if it's possible to sound like a native speaker if you weren't

Mnogo ljudi me pitaju može li se zvučati kao izvorni govornik ako niste

born in the US. They want to know how long it will take. That, of course, depends entirely

rođeni u SAD.Žele znati koliko će to dugo trajati.To, naravno, u cijelosti ovisi

upon the individual. Really focused pronunciation practice can yield great results. In this

od pojedinca. Fokusirana vježba izgovora može dati velike rezultate.

video, I'm going to go over two different ways to study English to perfect your pronunciation.

U ovom videu pokazat ću vam dva različita načina da vaš izgovor engleskog dovedete do perfekcije

All you need is the audio or video of a native speaker speaking.

Sve što vam treba je audio ili video zapis izvornog govornika.

First, we're going to do a Ben Franklin exercise. This is when you write down everything you

Prvo ćemo raditi Ben Franklin vježbu.To je kad zapišete sve što

can about what you hear: whether or not you hear words being linked, or if you hear something

čujete: bilo da čujete da su riječi povezane ili ako nešto čujete

being reduced, for example. Now, we'll do this together to help you get

da je naprimjer reducirano.Sada ćemo to učiniti zajedno kako bismo vam dali ideju

an idea of how to listen to and analyze what you hear. "A lot of people ask me if it's

kako slušati i analizirati ono što čujete."Puno ljudi me pita je li

possible to sound like a native speaker-- A lot of people ask me." So the first thing

moguće zvučati kao izvorni govornik--A lot of people ask me." Prva stvar

I notice is that this T is a flap T, it sounds like a D, "a lot of," that's because it's

koju primjećujem je da je T lepršavo T zvuči kao D,"a lot of,"to je zato što

coming between two vowel sounds. I also notice that I hear these three words as one unit:

dolazi između dva samoglasnika.Također primjećujem da čujem ove tri riječi kao jednu cjelinu:

"a lot of, a lot of," with the stress happening on the middle word. "A lot of, a lot of people

"a lot of, a lot of,"sa naglaskom na srednjoj riječi."A lot of, a lot of people

ask me--" I also notice that this word ends in a consonant, this word begins with a vowel,

ask me--"Također primijetim da ova riječ završava suglasnikom, ova riječ započinje samoglasnikom,

there's no punctuation in-between, "a lot of people ask," and I do hear that L as really

nema razmaka između, "a lot of people ask," i čujem da je L

linking to the beginning vowel sound: "people ask." Another thing you'll want to note as

zapravo povezuje početak vokala "people ask."Još jedna stvar koju ćete primjetiti

you listen is any sounds that you know are difficult for you. For example, many of my

kada slušate jest da vam je teško.Na primjer mnogi od mojih

students have problems integrating the AA sound into their speech. They know how to

učenika imaju problema s povezivanjem AA glasova u govoru. znaju kako da

do it, but they just don't use it in speech. So I would definitely, if was one of them,

to urade ali jednostavno ga ne koriste u govoru.Znači, definitivno bih, ako sam jedna od njih,

mark this AA vowel, so that I'll be sure to note it, and then will hopefully begin to

označila taj AA vokal, pa ću biti sigurna da ću to primijetiti, a onda ću nadam se početi

integrate AA into my speech when I see this word 'ask.' "A lot of people ask me." Let's

spajati AA u mom govoru kada vidim ovu riječ "ask". "A lot of people ask me."

keep going. "A lot of people ask me if it's possible to

Idemo dalje."A lot of people ask me if it's possible to

sound like a native speaker-- if it's possible to sound, if it's possible to sound--" So,

sound like a native speaker-- if it's possible to sound, if it's possible to sound--"Dakle

I notice the stress here: possible, first syllable is stressed, "to sound," I notice

primijećujem naglasak ovdje: possible, prvi slog je naglašen, "to sound," primijećujem

that has stress too. "--if it's possible to sound--" The word 'to' is definitely reduced

da također ima naglasak. "--if it's possible to sound--" Riječ "to" je definitivno reducirana

to the schwa, so I may mark that so I don't forget to reduce it. "Possible to sound."

u "schwa" tako da mogu označiti tako da ne zaboravim reducirati.

"If it's, if it's." Here's another case where one word ends in a consonant sound, the next

"If it's, if it's." Evo još jednog slučaja u kojem jedna riječ završava suglasnikom , a sljedeća

word begins with a vowel sound, "if it's, if it's," and I do definitely hear those connecting

počinje samoglasnikom. "if it's, if it's," i definitivno čujem da su povezane

together. "If it's possible to sound." "A lot of people ask me if it's possible to

zajedno. "If it's possible to sound." "A lot of people ask me if it's possible to

sound like a native speaker-- like a native speaker--" I notice my voice goes up at the

sound like a native speaker-- like a native speaker--"Primjećujem da mi glas ide gore na

end here, "speaker." That's because the sentence isn't over, the next word is "if." I also

"speaker." zato što rečenica nije završena, sljedeća je riječ "if".Također

notice the stress is big, small, big, small, big, small. "Like a native speaker." DA da

primjetite da je stres velik, mali, veliki, mali, veliki, mali."Like a native speaker." DA da

DA da DA da. "Like a native speaker." Also, again here we have ending consonant sound/beginning

DA da DA da. "Like a native speaker." Također, opet ovdje imamo završetak suglasnikom / početak

vowel sound: like a, like a. I hear the K linking to the schwa. "Like a. Like a native

samoglasnikom: "like a, like a."Čujem glas K povezan na schwa."Like a. Like a native

speaker." Native -- I hear this T as a D because again, it's a T coming between two vowel sounds:

speaker."Native--Čujem ovo T kao D, jer opet, to je T koji dolazi između dva samoglasnika:

will be a flap T, sounds like a D. "Like a native speaker." In the entire sentence, I

bit će lepršavo T, zvuči kao D."Like a native speaker."U cijeloj rečenici,

don't hear and gaps or pauses between words. So in some cases, there's a very obvious link,

ne čujem praznine ili stanke između riječi.Tako je u nekim slučajevima vrlo očita veza,

like when one word ends with a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel. But even

kada jedna riječ završava s suglasnikom, a sljedeća riječ započinje samoglasnikom.Ali iako

when there's not a very obvious linking sound, there's never a gap between the words.

ne postoji očigledno povezivanje, nikada ne postoji razmak između riječi.

"A lot of people ask me if it's possible to sound like a native speaker--" We've been

"A lot of people ask me if it's possible to sound like a native speaker--"

working for several minutes, and here we are only half way through one sentence. This is

Radimo već nekoliko minuta, a ovdje smo tek na pola puta kroz samo jednu rečenicu.

just an example of how you might take notes from the audio or video clip of your choice.

Ovo je samo jedan primjer kako možete bilježiti audio ili videozapis po vlastitom izboru....

After you've listened several times and taken thorough notes, you then put the audio or

Nakon što ste nekoliko puta saslušali i uzeli temeljite bilješke,

video away and, from your notes, try to speak the way the native speaker was speaking. If

sklonite zabilješke i pokušajte da pričate kao izvorni govornik

you can, record yourself, and then compare this to the native speaker. This is how you

Ako možete snimajte se i uporedite svoj govor sa izvornim govornikom.

can figure out where you still need to work. And now we'll do an imitation exercise. In

Ovako možete shvatiti gdje još trebate raditi.A sada ćemo napraviti imitaciju

this video, you don't look at the text. You're not concerned with the actual words because

U ovom videozapisu ne gledajte tekst.Ne brinite zbog stvarnih riječi jer

you do already have ideas about how words should be pronounced. So in this exercise

već imate ideju o tome kako se riječi izgovaraju.Dakle, u ovoj vježbi

you're just listening. And I loop things three times in an imitation exercise so that you

samo slušajte. Tri puta ponovit ću imitaciju vježbi, tako da ćete i vi

begin to think about the pitch changes and the musicality of the speech, rather than

početi razmišljati o tonalitetu i tečnostii govora radije nego

the individual words themselves. Repeat it back exactly as you hear it, even if you're

o pojedinačnim riječima.Ponavljajte ih točno onako kako čujete, čak i ako niste

not sure of the individual words. It's ok, that's not what we're going for in this particular

sigurni u pojedine riječi.To je u redu, to nije ono što tražimo u ovom dijelu

exercise. A lot of people ask me [x3]

vježbe.A lot of people ask me.A lot of people ask me.A lot of people ask me

A lot of people ask me if it's possible to sound like a native speaker [3x]

A lot of people ask me if it's possible to sound like a native speaker if it's possible to sound like a native speaker if it's possible to sound like a native speaker

if it's possible to sound like a native speaker

if it's possible to sound like a native speaker

if you weren't born in the US. [x3]

if you weren't born in the US if you weren't born in the US if you weren't born in the US

Because of the internet, there really is an

Zato što na internetu doista postoji

endless supply of audio and video where English is being spoken by native speakers. I know

veoma mnogo audio i video zapisa, gdje izvorni govornik govori engleski .

looping something over and over, as in the imitation exercise, can be more of a hassle

Znam da ponavljajući nešto više puta, kao u imitaciji vježbi, može biti gnjavaža

on your own. That's why, on my website, I do have both Ben Franklin and imitation exercises

na neki način.Zato, na mojoj web stranici, imam spremne za vas i Ben Franklin i vježbe oponašanja

ready for you. So I encourage you to take a look at these, or any other audio or video

Stoga vas potičem da pogledate ovaj ili bilo koji drugi audio ili video zapis

clip that interests you, and turn it into a pronunciation exercise: study it this way.

koji vas interesira i da ga pretvorite u vježbu izgovora: učite na taj način.

It will really take you far in your practice. That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

Na taj način će te mnogo napredovati.To je to, i hvala mnogo za korištenje Rachelovog engleskog jezika.