There are several techniques for learning to pronounce words, sentences or texts in English. However, I am going to share with you 6 known techniques for learning to pronounce in English.
- Listening: as simple as it seems to you, listening to a language is very important because it is in this way that your brain begins to be captivated. A first listening is enough to enter the so-called "receptive" phase. With a second listening, you enter the so-called “assimilation” phase.
- Practice: after having listened, you must try to practice the language even if you encounter difficulties, because without practice you cannot learn a language. I advise you more particularly to practice what is called speech shadowing: shadowing is formed on the English name shadow, which means “shadow”. And for good reason: with this technique, you have to follow and repeat a speech (speech) that you hear as if your voice were the shadow of that of the speaker. A parrot-style training which, if it may appear stupid and nasty, nevertheless bears fruit!
- check the phonetics of unknown words: when you are reading a text and you are not sure of the pronunciation of a word, I strongly recommend that you write it for example on Google translation and check the sound of the word, not forgetting the Cambridge Dictionary:
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary or CALD (or simply Cambridge Dictionary) has the advantage of being freely accessible online but, above all, it presents a double advantage with each new search, in addition to the definition of the word typed.
- Identifying the place of the tonic accent: English has another specificity because you have to know when to place a tonic accent: refers to the fact of insisting on the syllable of a word by increasing the intensity of your voice.
- Watch excerpts: in order to learn a language, you have to watch as many films, series, documentaries as possible, with the original audio preferably without subtitles but you can completely activate the subtitles if you want to understand the general idea of the film for example. Many people have learned a new language only by watching movies and series, because it is the most fun way to feed the brain with new information.
there are plenty of interesting movies to watch:
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- Be accompanied by a native speaker: if you want to improve your level of English, support from a person who knows the language is necessary in order to achieve your goal. being followed by a teacher is one of the best investments you can make, and who knows? maybe it will change your life.
there are several ways, you can learn for free on YouTube or be trained face-to-face, or most often online.
