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10 Steps to Improving Your English Language andPronunciation Skills | Part 2

This post is the second in a series on How to Improve Your English Language and Pronunciation Skills .

Part 1: Lessons. Check out pronunciation lessons here.

Part 2: Practice. Tips on How to Improve Your English Pronunciation and Speaking

Part 3: How to Improve Your Pronunciation | Mouth Movements

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My students come from all around the world, and they all ask me the same question: How can I improve mypronunciation?

Here is a list of practical tips Ive come up with for my students to improve their pronunciation. But many of thesetips apply to improving your English language skills, so you can apply them to improving your grammar andvocabulary, too.

Remember, your improvement will come from addressing your linguistic issues outside of class.

Re-training your muscles and mind takes awareness, practice and perseverance. If you put in the hours and thework, you will see positive results!

10 Steps to Improving Your English Pronunciation and Language Skills

1. Learn and become aware.

After learning the various rules of English, you must become aware of the errors that you make in your speech.

Keep an organized list of your corrections that have come from being monitored by other speakers, preferablynative English speakers. If you dont have a native English speaker to monitor you, simple listen and repeat withthe Elemental English pronunciation and speaking lessons, and take note of how your pronunciation differs frommine.

For example, does my [] as in think [Ink] sound like [t] or [s], as in tink or sink, when you say it?

Once you become aware of the errors you make, you are then ready to correct them. Obviously, if you areoblivious to your errors, you cant fix them!

2. Monitoring.

Any time you are corrected, write down the correction that you were given on a special monitoring list.

Constantly update this list, and keep it organized. This is extremely useful, because the errors that you produceare usually not random mistakes that come from a slip of the tongue. Most errors are part of a pattern ofmistakes that you repeat again and again.

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3. Repetitive Review.

Consistently review your monitoring list of errors. You should start to notice a pattern and then be constantly awareof that pattern of what you need to correct.

4. Repetitive Practice.

Now that you are aware of your errors, you need to routinely practice the corrected pronunciation (or correctsyntax, vocabulary use, etc.). Practice again and again.I suggest that you practice out loud at home. Listen to the sounds that you produce, and compare these soundsto native speakers. Ask yourself questions when you pronounce the sounds, such as How is my mouthmoving? Where is my tongue? Are my vocal chords vibrating? Notice the physical aspects of pronunciation.

5. Self-Correction.

With practice, you can develop the imperative habit of self-correction. Be so aware and in tune with the sounds ofEnglish that you can notice and hear your own errors. This ability to self-correct can only come from the abovesteps of monitoring and awareness.

6. Write down your questions.

There are plenty of times when all of us wonder how to express something in another language, but then donothing with those questions! When you are unsure of how to say or ask something in English, write it down sothat you can ask a native speaker, google it or post your question on ElementalEnglish.com.

7. Keep a running vocabulary list.

Be organized. Write down vocabulary that you want to look up but dont have time to at that moment. Make a habitof reviewing vocabulary. If you dont do this, you can easily forget new words before they are locked into your longterm memory.

8. Think in English.

A huge mistake English language learners make is to think in their native language and then translate into Englishin their heads.This is a mistake, because English syntax and word order is typically something that cannot be translated fromanother language.Also, in order to speak with the correct music, stress and rhythm of English, you need to think with that music.

9. Talk to yourself out loud at home.

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Talking to yourself out loud will help you in the process of thinking in English instead of translating to English fromyour native language. Get in the habit of speaking freely without the worry of being heard or criticized.Play with the sounds and write down the ideas you want to express, but dont know how to. Its those questionsthat you should ask a native speaker or post on ElementalEnglish.com.

10. Train your Ears.

Listen to a lot of English in the form of podcasts, television shows, movies and radio. You can always listen to thefree Elemental English podcast on iTunes, but also listen to a variety of native speakers voices and accents tohear how the the music of English stays consistent.Train your ears like a musician does! ******Remember, your goal never needs to be to sound like a perfect, American speaker. In fact, Americans makemistakes in their speech all the time and speak with a variety of accents.

Improving your pronunciation is always about giving you the freedom and power to speak with confidence and tobe understood when you communicate in English.

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