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Pronunciation problem

Ok, so I don't really know where to put this thread but my IELTS exam is coming up soon and my English pronunciation is horrible. I know how to pronounce words but I can't do it right. I've even bought a book about it and I just wasted my money :facepalm:

Do you know how can I improve my pronunciation skills? Helppppp :colondollar:

Reply 1

Lover's Knot

Yes, have regular conversations with English people. Learn tongue twisters.

Reply 2

Butterflyleg

Lover's Knot

Yes, have regular conversations with English people. Learn tongue twisters.

But I don't live in the UK :hmmm:

Reply 3

User237126

Speak english loads with other people. The foreign guys I know who go to my school who are outgoing end up with much better pronunciation than the ones who don't speak to anyone much, and it actually improves their general english too (like grammar etc).

Reply 4

Lover's Knot

Butterflyleg

But I don't live in the UK :hmmm:

Yes but you have mobile phones to communicate with English people? :p:

Get chatting to someone on the phone reguarly.

Reply 5

Teaddict

Watch the BBC.
Repeat after them.

You will not only learn English, but you will learn a decent accent :biggrin:

Reply 6

Butterflyleg

Teaddict

Watch the BBC.
Repeat after them.

You will not only learn English, but you will learn a decent accent :biggrin:

Yeah, BBC accent is :awesome:

Reply 7

Lover's Knot

Butterflyleg

But I don't live in the UK :hmmm:

You don't live in Germany either. :hmmm:

Reply 8

Butterflyleg

Lover's Knot

You don't live in Germany either. :hmmm:

Haha, indeed. I live in Poland.

Reply 9

Broderss

Record yourself saying some words, play them back and keep trying until you get them right.

Reply 10

Butterflyleg

Broderss

Record yourself saying some words, play them back and keep trying until you get them right.

I tried

But I'm biased :sigh:

Reply 11

Lover's Knot

Butterflyleg

Haha, indeed. I live in Poland.

Oh wow, I knew a hungarian girl once who I used to work with and she loved the English language when she came to stay here, consequently she learnt it really fast, within 3 months of knowing her, her English improved alot, fluent to the point where you couldnt tell she was a foreigner :p:

So yeah, it won't take you long to learn proper pronounciation if you have a liking to the language. And you'll adapt a particular accent.

Reminiscing back though, I think I helped her alot with the language because we used to talk alot and she didnt usually talk in English to anyone else. :biggrin:

Reply 12

-WhySoSerious?

Butterflyleg

But I don't live in the UK

Join the Skype thread?

Reply 13

Butterflyleg

-WhySoSerious?

Join the Skype thread?

Skype thread on TSR? Where?

Reply 14

judicious

Butterflyleg

Skype thread on TSR? Where?

PM me your skype name...

I will teach you!
:mmm:

Reply 15

username163092

Butterflyleg

Do you know how can I improve my pronunciation skills? Helppppp :colondollar:

As people have said Skype, or Livemocha - you can submit audio of you reading a ;arge number of set texts and native/fluent speakers will give you tips (and perhaps record themselves saying it to help you even more).