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Tài liệu hướng dẫn học toefl giúp các bạn học tập đạt hiệu quả hơn | xp Accent TVEDUCTION Table of Contents I. An Introduction to Accent Reduction II. How to Improve Your Pronunciation III. British English vs. American English IV. How Children Can Learn to Read and Speak Better Through Phonics V. Speech Articulation Disorders.and How Pronunciation Software Can Play a Role in Overcoming Them Copyright 2005. ESL Pro Systems Ltd. All rights reserved. Visit us online www.esl-pro.com and www.eslprosystems.com I. An Introduction to Accent Reduction Would you like to. -be better understood over the phone -be more confident when meeting people -speak English more like a native speaker -eliminate having to repeat Please say that again over and over -make more effective business presentations Many of the English pronunciation problems that ESL learners have are caused by mistakenly using sounds in their first language. Therefore the pronunciation problems that you may have are probably quite similar to the problems that other ESL students have from your native language. Native English speakers confirm this when they say that you have for example a Russian or Chinese accent. Many accent reduction programs are based on research that identified the specific sounds that each language group e.g. French Mandarin Chinese Spanish Japanese etc. has when speaking English. For example 70 of native Spanish speakers have trouble properly pronouncing the st sound in stick while native Mandarin Chinese speakers have no trouble at all with the st sound. In another example research shows that the final l sound in feel is omitted by about 70 of Mandarin speakers but only about 20 of Spanish speakers. Your native language provides a lot of information about typical problems that you MAY have in English. The following tips will help you reduce the influence of your first language on your English Observe the mouth movements of native speakers and try to imitate them. When you are watching TV look at the mouth movements of the speakers. Repeat what they are saying
