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Improve my pronunciation

hiya, which book do you suggest me to improve my pronunciation by myself?

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wav files that pronounce the word for you over your computer's sound system. Even then, working by yourself is not always enough. Those speaking a language foreign to them often just don't hear certain subtleties.

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  • wav files that pronounce the word for you over your computer's sound system.
  • Even then, working by yourself is not always enough.
  • Those speaking a language foreign to them often just don't hear certain subtleties.
  • It takes an elocution teacher (as opposed to a language teacher) to note erroneous pronunciations and call them to the student's attention.
  • In some ways it's more like learning to sing than learning to speak.
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[nq:1]hiya, which book do you suggest me to improve my pronunciation by myself?[/nq]
A software dictionary that includes .wav files that pronounce the word for you over your computer's sound system. Even then, working by yourself is not always enough. Those speaking a language foreign to them often just don't hear certain subtleties. It takes an elocution teacher (as opposed to a language tea
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taquitto writes:
[nq:1]hiya, which book do you suggest me to improve my pronunciation by myself?[/nq]
Books on corrective phonetics are tremendously useful, although unfortunately I don't have any specific titles in mind. You generally need to study this to suppress an accent, although you can learn to pronounce acceptably without it.

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I believe imitation is a great start. Some people imitate the accents and voices of others by listening carefully and then "pretending" they are that individual they are imitating. I am one of those, and I can imitate most language styles after listening to them for only a short period of time. Silly as it sounds, you may want to tackle your goals from this approach.

HTH :-)
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[nq:1]I believe imitation is a great start. Some people imitate the accents and voices of others by listening carefully and ... only a short period of time. Silly as it sounds, you may want to tackle your goals from this approach.[/nq]
For instance, can you imitate an English speaking person who speaks your native language badly? If you can, try speaking English in the same way, because all t
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[nq:2]I believe imitation is a great start. Some people imitate ... you may want to tackle your goals from this approach.[/nq]
[nq:1]For instance, can you imitate an English speaking person who speaks your native language badly? If you can, try speaking ... habits that make him speak your language with an accent are just the habits you need to speak English better.[/nq]
That definatly mak
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[nq:2] For instance, can you imitate an English speaking person ... are just the habits you need to speak English better.[/nq]
[nq:1]That definatly makes sense - conversely, when I was learning French someone suggested I tried to do an accent based ... is perfectly comfortable in his native language and can branch out into accent without being hindered by grammar or vocabulary.[/nq]
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Why don't you, simply, try to repeat a text after someone else.You can do it on the web if you like. Why don't you go, for example, at Webster's site and connect you to "word for the wise". It is absolutely great! The speaker has got an angel voice. M.R. --30- "taquitto" (Email Removed) a écrit dans le message de news:(Email Removed)...
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