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    Janine
    Nov 27, 2017

    Pronunciation: mechanics and muscle memory

    in Techniques

    When I work with a student who wants to improve pronunciation, or sound more like an American, I think it's important to explain exactly how to position or move the tongue, the teeth, and the lips and how to use the breath and the voice - the mechanics involved in making a sound. Then I explain that the new way of making a sound or pronouncing a word must be practiced repeatedly until the muscles of the mouth have memory. Achieving muscle memory means not having to consciously think about how to make the sound.


    I encourage techniques like listen and repeat, shadowing, reading out loud and recording/listening to yourself.


    What has worked for you?

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    dannc.globe
    Nov 28, 2017

    Absolutely agree with Jannie. Practicing speaking English skills is like a gym rat who goes to the gym every day. He gradually gets his muscles by often repeating his workout. Shadowing and reading out are two techniques which I have been doing, and I am getting better day by day.

    Luana Sartori
    Nov 29, 2017

    I agree with Janine too. The techniques Shadowing and Reading that she thought me works for me to improve my English.

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