To speak and pronounce English 100% like a native
is really hard.
To be able to speak English fluently
confidently pronounce like Americans
And speak English freely that any native speaker can understand
will take less effort, and much simpler.
In this video I will show you how to pronounce American English properly
Help you speak English correctly
and naturally
like a native after only 1 month of practice.
I'm Conor from X3English.
And James - an associate of X3English
will share with you 3 core tips
That helped more than 54 thousand students successfully.
Discover it now.
Hey guys
In this video
We gonna show you how to learn English pronunciation
quickly and effectively
So if you wanna improve your pronunciation
understand native speakers
and speak English confidently
you are in the right place
In fact, I used these techiques
from the X3 Pronun course
to help thousands of students all around the world
I'm James from X3english
And in this video
I'm gonna show you three step-by-step techniques
to help you pronounce correctly
including many exercises you can practice
Stay tuned
Some people try to learn pronunciation
just by looking at book
reading as much as they can
without any instruction on how to properly say words
And they still think that if they read alot
then it will help their pronunciation and speaking skills
But that's completely wrong
There was a boy
his name is Tim
He has got a dog
They like to go outsite
Tim... want... to... buy... a... book
It doesn't work
So what does?
In this video
I'm gonna share 3 techniques with you
that will dynamically change the way you speak English
and help your pronunciation to be absolutely perfect
Technique #1: 80/20 rule in pronunciation
With our method
you will be able to pronounce english correctly
after only 20 hours
or 45 minutes per day in just one month
Before talking about this principle, I wanna tell you my story.
I've been in Vietnam for 4 years
when I came here
I decided to teach English.
And when I looked at the IPA, I felt like...
Ok, now let’s practice the …
There are 44 sounds in IPA system,
not to mention hundreds and hundreds of sound clusters
that are much more difficult to pronounce.
But …
We found 8 important sounds.
If students can master these 8 important sounds,
they’ll know how to pronounce other sounds
with only a very small modification.
So what are the steps to apply this rule?
Here goes…
There are 2 steps:
Number 1
1. Learn the essential sounds.
2. Learn the other sounds.
The first step: learn the essential sounds.
To learn the most important sounds easily,
you can practice 1 or more vocal exercises
to master these sounds easily and effectively.
Some key components of building the sounds
are the lips, the tongue, the jaw, the throat and the soft palate.
Now we’re going to do some lip exercises
to help your pronunciation to make you feel more confident.
Here we go.
The first one is: you just blow through your mouth.
So check it out. Watch me.
Can you do it? Give it a try.
The second exercise is called: the fish face.
Are you ready?
It’s a little bit difficult. Give it a try.
Here is tongue exercise to help you get started
on making your way to having great pronunciation.
Here we go. It’s called the tongue push – up.
I’m gonna show you from the front,
and I’m going to turn my head to the side
so you can see it better. Here we go.
Now from the side.
You got it? Give it a try.
Also, you should try throat exercises
to create vibrations when pronouncing voiced sounds.
You should feel the vibration in your throat.
Here are the 8 important sounds.
Please listen carefully.
They are really important
because they train your ears, vibrations
and become part of your permanent memory.
Using your mouth muscles and memory becomes automatic.
It’s a lot like "riding a bicycle".
When you can master the 8 important sounds,
you will find that the other sounds will be like a piece of cake.
Not bad.
Techique #2: 3 - Stage Technique
The next technique is the 3 - stage technique.
So this means you will hold the sound that you are practicing
in 3 stages.
First you’re gonna hold the sound for 3s, then 1s
and finally you’ll say the words naturally.
Let’s practice some words with the /i:/ sound
and don’t forget to hold the /i:/ sound
for 3 seconds, 1 second and then say the words naturally
Are you really? Here we go.
Here we go, we’re gonna say the words again
but only hold the sound for 1s.
Now we’re gonna say the words normally.
Here we go.
When pronouncing a sound in a sentence,
continue to sustain the /i:/ sound
in 3 parts.
Here we go, here is an example.
Now we’re gonna hold the sound for just 1 second.
Are you ready?
And now we’re gonna say it naturally.
Techique #3: 3 - Sharpening Technique
For this technique, you should practice the sound in different ways.
Why is that?
It helps train your ears in different ways.
It sharpens the sound inside your mind
and helps English become yours subconsciously.
Here is how you can do it:
Practice the sound in 3 parts
Practice the sound with pitch
Repeat the sound in the beginning, middle, end of the words
And finally, Repeat those sounds in some sentences
Let me give you an example.
With the /i:/ sound, try to practice it in 3 stages.
Are you ready?
Let’s practice the sound
with rising and falling intonations.
Are you ready?
Let’s do it.
Here are some words.
Let’s practice. Are you ready?
We’re gonna do the falling intonation.
Are you ready? Here we go.
We’re going to do the rising intonation again.
But we’ll just hold the sound for 1 second.
Here we go.
Now we’re going to move back to the falling intonation again.
Remember, just hold the sound for 1 second.
We’re saying the words again but normally,
with the rising and falling intonation.
Here we go.
Let’s practice the /i:/ sound in this sentence.
Are you ready?
Now let’s practice that again
but hold the /i:/ sound for just 1 second this time.
Here we go.
Now let’s say it one more time
but now just say the /i:/ sound normally.
Here we go.
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