Many people want to lose their accent or at least modify it so that they can be more easily understood. So, I would like to share an article thar I have read recently. The tips are really useful for me and I would like to inform you as well.
This article will give you step by step instructions which will help you how to lose your accent.
Before you read this article, I honestly want to make sure these facts which included in article is not written by my own. I just want share what I have read which is very useful one to me. Anyway, let’s check it out.
Steps
- Practice your vocalic sounds. English has five written vowels (a,e,i,o and u), but twelve vocalic sounds and twenty six vocalic sounds.
- Listen to and repeat examples of words by a native English speaker.You need to identify an example accent that you wish to imitate.
- Make sure that you open your mouth widely enough and read out loud for at least thirty minutes daily.
- Practice the “th” sound. Th is pronounced behind the teeth, where most language pronounce ‘d’ and ‘t’. It’s not achieved by sticking your tongue between the your teeth. The ‘th’ sound can be easily made by putting your tongue between the top and the bottom teeth and then gently blowing as in the words Three and Through. Never ever put the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth in order to create the TH sound!.
- Stress the correct syllable if there is more than one syllable in the world. English is stress-based language.
- Speak slowly. Finish one word before you start the next. Remember to say the final consonant in a word.
- Watch English TV channels as much as and try to listen carefully to every word and then practice them.(I absolutely agree with this fact). If you don’t have access to English TV channels, try the BBC Radio world service.
- Listen to something in English daily, whether its news , songs, television, a film or an audio book.
- Buy a pronunciation dictionary and start working on it.
They are some useful tips that I have read and practiced. In my opinion, not only in English but also in other languages these facts are really needed to know. Furthermore, language is not a gift nor special talent. Me, you and everybody can be perfect by practicing. Practice makes perfect as usual. Hope you guys will like my sharing. Have a nice day.