It’s not always easy to practise the pronunciation in crowded classes (25-32 pupils per class). These days I’ve been showing my students a few resources and a couple of funny videos in an attempt to draw their attention to the importance on this issue.
There are some things you can do to improve your pronunciation:
1 Listen to English as often as possible: songs, short listening exercises , interviews of famous people you are interested in, etc.
2 It is advisable to know the phonetic alphabet.
3 Work out which English sounds cost you the most problems and practise them.
4 Be aware of intonation and sentence stress: stressed words are generally those which carry “information”, such as nouns and verbs. (more info here).
And now the couple of funny videos:
Malk, molk or milk?!
What are you “thinking” about?
Keep improving your English!!
