What do I do to improve my pronunciation?
What do I do to improve my pronunciation? To be honest, this question is not very easy to answer to me. In my previous blog post about vocabulary learning, it was much easier to write about different techniques I have developed so far. I have worked very much with new vocabulary while learning a new foreign language as it is a fundamental thing if you want to read or understand something in a language. However, when it comes to pronunciation, I see now that I probably haven’t paid sufficient attention to this particular topic. I cannot clearly state the reasons as to why this happened that way, but I can imagine that I often wrongly thought that I knew exactly how to pronounce a word, not knowing that I actually pronounced it the wrong way. Nowadays, we often hear people talking in English, whether it is on the radio, in television, or maybe during our holidays in different countries. It can happen, that those people don’t pronounce different words in the right way, leading to us remembering the wrong pronunciation of a word and subsequently pronouncing it wrong. Moreover, while studying English at the University of Graz, I often recognize that I am pronouncing a particular word in the wrong way when talking to a fellow student pronouncing it differently. It took me quite a time to discover that I definitely need some practice to improve my pronunciation. For this reason, I was very lucky when we started with the topic of improving pronunciation in our English class.
A very good example of how I could improve my pronunciation is definitely Rachel’s English at www.rachelsenglish.com. At her website, Rachel absolutely tries her best to help you study the pronunciation of a word. What I personally like most about her website is that you not only can hear her pronouncing something, but also see her face and especially her mouth, her lips, and her tongue while the process of pronunciation. When I watch her videos and see her that way, it helps me to get an understanding of how I would form my own lips while pronounciating a particular word. So far, I can say that I like her website really much and since I know it I am visiting it on a regular basis in order to improve my vocabulary. Whenever I master a new word, I am really lucky and proud which subsequently makes me want to further improve my pronunciation.
Another great feature of Rachel's website are the Ben Franklin exercises. These are pronunciation exercises where Rachel enables you to study how something is pronounced and to take detailed notes on it. In those videos, Rachel really analyzes all the different vowels and consonents that occur in the words of the example sentences. This technique is a great way for me to really understand why something is pronounced in a particular way. After watching those videos, I am able to apply the technique used in the videos to words that I don't know yet how to pronounce them. For a better understanding, I will show you a screenshot of one of Rachel's Ben Franklin exercises:
She tries to explain how different vowels or consonents are pronounced when they appear next to a particular vowel or consonent.
I am really a great fan of Rachel's website and hopefully will benefit greatly from it in the future.
As I know that I cannot list pronunciation on my list of my greatest strengthes, I try to listen very carefully whenever I hear a person talking in English. I am really looking forward to improving my pronunciation in this semester.
A very good example of how I could improve my pronunciation is definitely Rachel’s English at www.rachelsenglish.com. At her website, Rachel absolutely tries her best to help you study the pronunciation of a word. What I personally like most about her website is that you not only can hear her pronouncing something, but also see her face and especially her mouth, her lips, and her tongue while the process of pronunciation. When I watch her videos and see her that way, it helps me to get an understanding of how I would form my own lips while pronounciating a particular word. So far, I can say that I like her website really much and since I know it I am visiting it on a regular basis in order to improve my vocabulary. Whenever I master a new word, I am really lucky and proud which subsequently makes me want to further improve my pronunciation.
Another great feature of Rachel's website are the Ben Franklin exercises. These are pronunciation exercises where Rachel enables you to study how something is pronounced and to take detailed notes on it. In those videos, Rachel really analyzes all the different vowels and consonents that occur in the words of the example sentences. This technique is a great way for me to really understand why something is pronounced in a particular way. After watching those videos, I am able to apply the technique used in the videos to words that I don't know yet how to pronounce them. For a better understanding, I will show you a screenshot of one of Rachel's Ben Franklin exercises:
She tries to explain how different vowels or consonents are pronounced when they appear next to a particular vowel or consonent.
I am really a great fan of Rachel's website and hopefully will benefit greatly from it in the future.
As I know that I cannot list pronunciation on my list of my greatest strengthes, I try to listen very carefully whenever I hear a person talking in English. I am really looking forward to improving my pronunciation in this semester.
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