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First impressions Pronunciation is definitely the
biggest thing that people noticewhen you are speaking English.Let me tell you a personal
anecdote about this:
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We once went to a conversationclass taught by native speakers.Before the class started, theteacher said to us: "So, do youspeak good English?". My friendreplied "We think so", and theguy said "It sure sounds like you
do". Notice that we just said three
words, and the teacher couldalready tell if our English wasgood or bad.
Why did the teacher think ourEnglish was good?
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Because of the difficultwords we used? No.
Because we used advancedgrammar structures? No.
It was our pronunciation.
When you meet a person,and you just say a sentence
or two, do you think they
will notice your poorvocabulary or bad grammar?
Probably not.
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But they will notice if yourpronunciation is good or bad.
If your pronunciation is poor,
they will immediately think
about you as "the guy/girl whospeaks bad English".
Your pronunciation creates the
first impression you make.
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Communication
Good pronunciation should be
one of the first things that youlearn in English.
You can live without advancedvocabulary you can usesimple words to say what youwant to say.
You can live without advancedgrammaryou can use simplegrammar structures instead.
But there is no such thing as"simple pronunciation".
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If you don't have good
pronunciation, you have...bad pronunciation
And the results of bad
pronunciation are tragic. Even if you use great
vocabulary and grammar,
people may simply notunderstand what you wantto say.
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Can you communicate inEnglish? Almost all English learners say
"I don't need to study
pronunciation. I just want tocommunicate in English."
Many of them think that they
can communicate in Englishbecause they can communicate
with their teacher and other
students.
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The only true test is: Go to
America or Britain and try to
talk to "normal people" a
clerk at a supermarket, a
bus driver, etc. If they can
understand you,then you
can say that you cancommunicate in English.
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Unfortunately, many learnersignore pronunciation.
They can communicate in class,
so they think that they are goodenough.
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Communication is notenough If you can communicate in English
with people from other countries,
congratulations! It's a big
achievement. But it may not beenough.
If you are at Level 2 of
pronunciation skill, your English isunderstandable, but you have a
strong foreign accent which is
unpleasant for other people.
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We have already said that your
pronunciation is important because
it makes your first impression. Thisis certainly true nobody will say
that you speak good English if you
have a strong foreign accent. But
there is more. If you have a pleasantaccent, people will simply enjoytalking to you. They will want tospend time with you. On the other
hand, if your accent is bad, people
may be even avoiding you
(consciously or unconsciously).
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The good news is that you can
work on yourpronunciation untilyou speak "understandable and
pleasant English" (we simply call
it good pronunciation). For
example, you can learn the sounds
of English, listen to recordings,
watch English-language television,
etc. But first you have to realizethere is a problem! Most English
learners don't.
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Please recognize yourpronunciation problems and
strive to overcome.
Were here to help you inthis life-long journey!
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PRONUNCIATION
Practice makes perfect!
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