TIPS FOR PRONUNCIATION
Pronunciation would become like native speakers if you will practice these exercises. As everyone knows Speaking fluently like a native speaker is the goal of the English language learners. And this hard work can be very interesting and joyful. Some activities are there, which you will practice and the results will be awesome. There will be a good chance of speech flow in English while conversation.
Some exercises which you will find entertaining and enjoy it while doing. It will make your work easy and keep you involved. Some steps are.
VOICING- You can start with this step. In this step you only need to do is, keep your fingers on your neck while speaking and observe the vibration coming when you speak. This step is helpful for giving stress to the syllable of words.
ASPIRATION- It means that the pressure applied to speak the words. and the release of air from the mouth while speaking any of the letters or words is an aspiration. This activity is very interesting and you will love to perform. You will need one piece of tissue paper and keep the tissue paper in front of the mouth and speak consonant letters by applying pressure on it so that the tissue paper moves. Puff is required while speaking consonant letters. This step is recommended for practicing stress and intonation.
MINIMAL PAIRS- Try speaking those words which seem to be similar. Some minimal pairs are:
Ship-Sheep
Heat- Hit
Heel-Hill
Seat- Sit
Sale-Sell
Pool-Pull
Luck-Lock-Look
So, you are able to differentiate the sounds and correct yourself.
MOUTH POSITION- This step is also important to practice. You can use a MIRROR for this activity. You have to Speak letters in front of the mirror and observe yourself while making different positions of mouth. You can also imitate a native speaker, this is called the parrot technique.
INTONATION-Intonation is like the melody of a song. Its pitch goes up and down. There are the rise and the fall of the pitch. This is used because another person will be able to understand either you have to say something more or you have finished your dialog. It helps to express your moods like you are shouting or simply saying anything. You have to ask something or you are answering.
LINKING- It is helpful in the development of fluency in the language. In this, you have to link the words, and no pause should be there. Like: tree is green in color. It would be treeisgreenincolour. This step is mandatory for fluency.
VOWEL LENGTH- This activity is done by an elastic rubber band. You have to speak the vowel sounds of letters in different words. And stretch the elastic according to the time taken to speak that vowel. Through this activity, you can differentiate between the long and short sounds of vowels.
SYLLABLE And STRESS-The words are divided into parts called syllables, to make the pronunciation better and stress can be applied and adjusted to different syllables.
PLACEMENT OF THE TONGUE- While speaking it's very important to observe the position of the tongue. The tongue plays an important role in the formation of letters and words. This step is required to correct pronunciation by practicing.
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