Resource 5: Develop your own English

Here are some tips for improving your own pronunciation:

• Listen to English as much as you can, and notice how words are pronounced.
• Practise saying words or sounds that you find difficult.
• Don’t practise individual sounds only; you need to practise speaking longer passages too for stress and rhythm.
• If it is possible, record yourself and listen to the recording. Record yourself again, correcting any mistakes that you have noticed.
• Don’t worry about speaking English with a perfect accent. There are many different accents and types of English. What is important is that people can understand you when you speak.

Click on these links to find some more useful resources:

• Pronunciation tips: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ worldservice/ learningenglish/ grammar/ pron/ [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
• Phonemic chart: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ article/ phonemic-chart