2006-09-16 05:08:34 · 12 answers · asked by inder p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
practice in fornt on a mirror, watch movies, sing
2006-09-16 05:15:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start with listening to the news programs in that language and trying to make the sounds that you hear. Newscasters usually have very neutral accents.
For improving English pronunciation, try tongue twisters and nursery rhymes (you can buy the books in the kid's section of a bookstore). It will also help you get the rhythm of the language. And tapes of simple songs (again kid's nursery rhymes and songs are great for this).
Ask friends who are native speakers to correct your pronunciation. Tape phrases said by native speakers and by you. Check for similarities and where the phrases differ.
Also, ask the person to tell you where their tongue is in their mouth, feel for vibrations in their throat when they say the words, feel for aspiration (breath or no breath) when they make the sounds. Example. There are 3 T's in Urdu. Until you can hear them, you have to put your tongue in the correct place for each so that Urdu speakers can hear them.
2006-09-16 12:34:06 · answer #2 · answered by Aunt Biwi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All kidding aside, take a few Speech classes on public speaking. There are also a few speech coaches that you can locate via the yellow pages, too. That was what the late great actor, Rchard Burton used to do for many, many years and he was recognized as one of the most foremost speakers of the English language.
2006-09-16 15:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to language tapes and practice the pronunciations in a mirror - note the way you use your lips and tongue to produce certain sounds. For example, during world war II, lots of Allied passwords in the Pacific theater had L in them because Japanese didn't have a reference for them and had difficulty in pronouncing them effectively. So, for them to learn how to pronounce L, they have to learn a whole new set of physical mechanisms to produce the approriate sound. Not hard if learning language when young, but very hard once it is a second language and the mother Japanese language is hard-wired in.
2006-09-16 12:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by Skeff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a CD on the language you are interested in and start training your tonque in the correct pronunciation. Look in the dictionary to familiarize yourself with the symbols of correct pronunciation and accents.
2006-09-16 12:13:54 · answer #5 · answered by camilo r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen lots of music recorded in the language or dialect you want to learn. Works for me.
2006-09-16 12:40:15 · answer #6 · answered by Annie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to some serious radio station, they all usually speak very correct.
Listen to cnn.com if you want to acquire american accent and to bbc.co.uk if you like British English more.
2006-09-16 12:46:51 · answer #7 · answered by Mondschein! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try to watch a big number of movies.. just copy what they say and try to say it just the way they say it. make it sounds the same. keep practicing. have a little chit chat with your friends. It's okay to have mistake, at least you've tried... Okay??
* it's pronouncation, by the way
2006-09-16 12:15:02 · answer #8 · answered by lil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dictionary will show you how to pronounce words. And how to spell them too.
2006-09-16 12:10:55 · answer #9 · answered by larryjhere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all starts with proper spelling.
2006-09-16 12:09:54 · answer #10 · answered by all1g8r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋