Why Study English Pronunciation

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Why study Englishpronunciation


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First impressions Pronunciation is definitely the

biggest thing that people noticewhen you are speaking English.Let me tell you a personal

anecdote about this:

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We once went to a conversationclass taught by native speakers.Before the class started, theteacher said to us: "So, do youspeak good English?". My friendreplied "We think so", and theguy said "It sure sounds like you

do". Notice that we just said three

words, and the teacher couldalready tell if our English wasgood or bad.

Why did the teacher think ourEnglish was good?



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Because of the difficultwords we used? No.

Because we used advancedgrammar structures? No.

It was our pronunciation.

When you meet a person,and you just say a sentence

or two, do you think they

will notice your poorvocabulary or bad grammar?

Probably not.



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But they will notice if yourpronunciation is good or bad.

If your pronunciation is poor,

they will immediately think

about you as "the guy/girl whospeaks bad English".

Your pronunciation creates the

first impression you make.



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Communication

Good pronunciation should be

one of the first things that youlearn in English.

You can live without advancedvocabulary you can usesimple words to say what youwant to say.

You can live without advancedgrammaryou can use simplegrammar structures instead.

But there is no such thing as"simple pronunciation".



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If you don't have good

pronunciation, you have...bad pronunciation

And the results of bad

pronunciation are tragic. Even if you use great

vocabulary and grammar,

people may simply notunderstand what you wantto say.



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Can you communicate inEnglish? Almost all English learners say

"I don't need to study

pronunciation. I just want tocommunicate in English."

Many of them think that they

can communicate in Englishbecause they can communicate

with their teacher and other

students.

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The only true test is: Go to

America or Britain and try to

talk to "normal people" a

clerk at a supermarket, a

bus driver, etc. If they can

understand you,then you

can say that you cancommunicate in English.



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Unfortunately, many learnersignore pronunciation.

They can communicate in class,

so they think that they are goodenough.



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Communication is notenough If you can communicate in English

with people from other countries,

congratulations! It's a big

achievement. But it may not beenough.

If you are at Level 2 of

pronunciation skill, your English isunderstandable, but you have a

strong foreign accent which is

unpleasant for other people.

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We have already said that your

pronunciation is important because

it makes your first impression. Thisis certainly true nobody will say

that you speak good English if you

have a strong foreign accent. But

there is more. If you have a pleasantaccent, people will simply enjoytalking to you. They will want tospend time with you. On the other

hand, if your accent is bad, people

may be even avoiding you

(consciously or unconsciously).



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The good news is that you can

work on yourpronunciation untilyou speak "understandable and

pleasant English" (we simply call

it good pronunciation). For

example, you can learn the sounds

of English, listen to recordings,

watch English-language television,

etc. But first you have to realizethere is a problem! Most English

learners don't.

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Please recognize yourpronunciation problems and

strive to overcome.

Were here to help you inthis life-long journey!



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PRONUNCIATION

Practice makes perfect!

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