S2 46.0 Pronunciation

Teaching pronunciation can be challenging, especially in a language like English. Hearing a native Spanish speaker share his tips for how he mastered English pronunciation and teaches his students techniques, may inspire you. Learn tips that can be applied to all language backgrounds. Working as a Director with the Platzi English language Academy, Jhon Carvajal has years of experience learning and teaching English, and has a passion for helping students improve their English pronunciation. 

Some Tips and Topics from this Episode:

Breaking Myths

1. It takes time to master a language
2. Understanding how a language works allows us understand our body
   1. We are not conscious of what we are saying. We start imitating sounds.
   2. Give yourself a chance to repeat things and imitate and repeat - teach yourself “where to go”
   3. Choose people within your network to practice from
   4. Imitating pace, sound, pronunciation
3. Accent and pronunciation
   1. Having an accent is OK
   2. You can have good pronunciation with an accent
   3. If you have an accent it means you speak more than one language.
4. Repeat lyrics of songs
   1. Record yourself too and listen back
   2. Listen to yourself - this tells your brain this is alright
5. Stop comparing languages
   1. Every language works differently
6. Tongue twisters are a great thing to practice - They let you have fun

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