Tips and shortcuts to get rid of your accent fast! 1. Avoid speaking in your native language. Speaking in your native language will prevent you from memorising the correct placement of the speech organs and developing the speech organ muscles for the American sounds. 2. Avoid speaking too fast, pronounce every syllable. Many people are not able to make clear sounds when speaking rapidly and these lead to indistinct speech. 3. Read small sections from newspapers, magazines or books out loud. Audio books are fantastic to listen to and to imitate the correct pronunciation. 4. Do regular weekly recording exercises: • Record yourself reading, • Listen to your tape, • Make a note of sounds where you made a mistake in pronunciation, • Practice the sounds where you made a mistake with this book. 5. Learn poems and read them expressively; modulate your voice. 6. Join public speaking clubs such as Toastmasters, literature societies, and book clubs where you can speak out loud in public. See toastmasters.org for information.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:09:44 +0000
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