Hi everyone, are you trying to desperately sound like a native English speaker? I mean,
you know the words, but ..don’t get me wrong..you sound kind of funny when you start talking.
If you’re Spanish, you might sound like, ‘I leeeev in Lawndawn.” If you’re Indian
like me, you might sound something like, “ I liwe in Lundun”, Hey ..look here, I’m
not making fun of you! I was just like you many years ago. So I know exactly what it
takes to help you speak just like a native speaker. Trust me. So I’m gonna share some
really practical tips with you to help you speak English with a natural ease. It will
help you speak properly at school, it will help you speak properly at work and even help
you when you’re taking the IELTS test. So pay attention-here it comes!
My dear friends, what you probably don’t know is that native speakers always connect
words. Think about it. When you speak your own language, you speak really fast and because
you speak fast, you have to connect the words. That you’ve spoken, obviously! So you don’t
pronounce each word individually! Well, you need to do the same thing if you want to sound
like a native English speaker. Right? But how do you do that? I’ve got the best solution
for you. Infact, I’ve got a few rules that helps you connect words. Number 1-Remember,
if a word ends with a consonant, i.e. anything apart from the a,e,I,o,u, and if that word
that ends with a consonant is followed by a word that starts with a vowel, then, you
will drop that consonant sound. And only produce the vowel sound. Let me give you an example.
An expression like –A part of it. We don’t say every word while talking. We don’t say
A part of it. Let me eat a part of it. No! Native speakers don’t do that! They say,
“a partovit” Why? Because the letter “t” in the word “part” gets dropped and you
pronounce the vowel “o” which is the first letter of the next word “of” Alright,
so let’s look at some other examples. Expressions like “mine and yours” is pronounced as
“mine anyours” “mine anyours” NOT “mine and yours” “mine anyours”. You
don’t pronounce the “d”. Sometimes, you can have a word that ends with a consonant
letter but that is again followed by a word that starts with another consonant letter.
What happens then? You just make the first word flow or blend into the other word. Like
for example, Black tea ..you don’t say “black Tea”. You just say, “blacktea” “I’m
gonna have blacktea” Or you can ask someone “whajyado?” “whajyado?” You don’t
say, “What do you do?” If you notice, the “t” in the “what” and the “D”
is the “do” gives you a “j” sound. So, I say “whajyado?” “whajyado?”
Now if the letter “t’ comes before “y”, it gets pronounced as “ch” “ch” “nexchyear”
NOT “Next Year”. “Nexchuesday” NOT “Next Tuesday”. Funny right? Well, English
is a funny language. But, you need to know how to connect words in order to sound like a native speaker.
I’m gonna be honest with all of you. The
reason I learned to speak like a native speaker is because I created an English environment
around me. Yes, if you wanna speak like a native speaker, there’s no choice. You’ve
got to surround yourself with English words. Well, I know, not everyone is English or American
or Australian that you know of. But that’s okay! Today, there’s an amazing online platform
that gives English learners like you a chance to speak to native speakers. It’s called
the Cambly App! A lot of my students use this app and I cannot tell you how much it has
helped them. How much their English has improved! The best thing about this app is that you
can get instant access to any tutor on any device which is your mobile phone at any time
of the day or night. I mean-how cool is that! I so wish I had this over 10 years ago! So,
all you have to do is download this app. So let me show you how this works. Okay, so I
have downloaded the app and I’m now signing into it. Yeah! We’ve signed into it.. And
I’m going to go into the tutor’s option. Wow! There’s so many tutors and they’re
marked in green. Which shows that they are available. Who do I talk to? Okay, I’m going
to talk to Michael Gray.
Ceema: Hey Michael Michael: Hi, how are you?
Ceema: I’m good, how are you doing? Michael: Good, your English is wonderful!
Ceema: Great, I was actually testing this app and since I’m a learner of English,
I have a quick question!Um, uh, I was watching this movie and I heard someone say, “I wanna
go to the party” “I, I, I’m gonna go”, “I wanna go” What does that really mean?
I mean I’ve not heard that while I was learning English
Michael: Uhh..Generally, it’s how your… it’s it’s context.
Ceema: But why do they say “wanna” like is that, is that a real English word? Wanna?
Gonna? Is that a real English word? Michael: I think it’s more an American type
slang word. Or street word. Ceema: So Americans say that? They say “wanna”?
Michael: We say it too much. Ceema: Okay
Michael: Yeah Ceema: Okay thank you so much
Michael: “I’m going to the party” “I’m going to” is more proper, the more grammar
correct way Ceema: Okay, they mean to say “going to”
when they say “gonna”? Michael: Yes
Ceema: Oh OK, so,they’re saying two words but making it one, is that what it is?
Michael: Yes Ceema: Oh ok, ok, I think you’ve answered
my question Michael: Yeah that’s a problem with native
speakers; of Americans, and British and Australians. What we do is a problem. Is we’ll speak
one word and we immediately go to the next. Ceema: Right! So they link the words then?
They link the words? Michael: Yes
Michael: Yeah, I’ll give you another example. Uh..”A lot of” Americans pronounce it
as “a lotta” Ceema: Right, “a lotta”
Michael: So it’s too too fast..it’s combined too much.
Ceema: Right, right So you just combine it and say “a lotta”
Michael: Yeah Ceema: Right
Michael: But I would not focus too much on that as long as you understand the context
of how it’s used. You already picked it up! You already have an idea of what they’re
saying! Umm..a long time ago, there was Old English. Old English is not even used today.
So “gonna”, “I woulda” ..those words are gonna be evolved and come maybe in the
next generation or so. Ceema: Right, right!
Michael: Yeah Ceema: Well, thank you so much!
Michael: You know it’ll be a cyber English. (laughs)
Ceema: Well, that was very helpful Michael. Uh., thank you so much. And you’ve cleared
my doubts. Michael: You’re welcome,I hope I gave you
less worries Ceema: Sure,Have a nice day, Bye
Michael: Bye I hope you’ve really understood how to use
this app and get the best out of it. In order to improve the way you talk. To get This app,
please click onto the link in the description of this video. So go ahead and try it! I know
it’s gonna help you so much.
So this is a technique called shadowing which
has been developed to learn the English language. By hearing the language. So you learn it by
hearing it. It’s called shadowing because you attempt to repeat or shadow what you hear
as quickly as you hear it. So how do you do it? OK, now how many of you watch TV? How
many of you watch youtube? Of course you all do! You’re watching one right now! Yeah!
Ok, so if you have a favourite TV actor, a talk show host or a motivational speaker..just
play a recording of what they’re saying. Then repeat whatever they say exactly the
way they say it. Yes, you need to shadow them , imitate them or mimic them. And soon enough,
you will start to sound quite like them. Quite like a native English speaker. I had a student
from Columbia who did this for months. And he’s now developed a lovely American accent.
So do it, I know it’s gonna work for all of you.
Now English words are made up of parts or syllables. Each part or syllable is said louder
and longer than other parts of that particular word. That’s right! Only one part of the
word is stressed. It’s the stressed syllable. If you don’t know which syllable of the
word you have to stress, your pronunciation is going to have a lot of issues. So, in order
to know how many syllables a word has, say the word while you place your hand under your
chin. Maybe like this! So every time your chin touches your hand, that’s one syllable
right there in that word. Let’s try this word-it’s called Develop..duh-veh-lup My
chin’s dropped thrice, it’s touched my hand, my palm thrice. This means that the
word has got three syllables. And this word requires that I stress on syllable number
2. So I pronounce it as “deVElop”. Not DE-velup, Di-VEL-up. “deVElop”. So make
sure you understand the rules to syllable stress to know which syllable requires to
be stressed. That will help you get your accent and your pronunciation “bang-on”.
Thank you so much for watching. I believe that if you apply these tips to your English learning,
you will learn to pronounce and say English in the right way. Believe me, it worked for
me, and I know if I can do it, anyone can! SO go ahead and apply these tips! So, do subscribe
to our channel and also watch these videos in order to help you improve your English.
I’ll see you again with another video. Until then this is me saying take care..