Secret Way Americans Talk That English Learners MISS
From Schwa Mill: The American English Pronunciation Show · 00:04:52
Show by Fluent American
If you want to learn how to speak and sound natural when you talk in English, one key is being able to hear the melody, music, and repetitions that occur over and over again in the language. The reality is that, regardless of the words or grammar you use, everything is said in predictable, repeated patterns. The better we are to hear these patterns, and use the patterns in our own speech, the more natural we will sound. Let's practice hearing and repeating patterns in a series of exercises together.If you want to sound confident and speak with authority, but sound nervous and lack confidence when you talk right now, there are some techniques that you may be doing that are causing your sense of insecurity, just as there are some strategies to speak in a natural, confident manner! Let's discuss and practice togetherGet a free podcast/mp3/audio version: https://open.spotify.com/show/7f77KK0bWJ8ohC3QWDDwVYGet 20% off your first 3 months of the app, Pocket Fluent American! Be among the first 20 people to get the app here: https://studio.com/fluent/pocket?c=eK5QiRlbWondering what challenge to overcome in order to become a better speaker and communicator? Wondering how to speak more naturally with richer emotion? Before you think about what to do with your face, your mouth, or tongue, or breath, think about patterns. What words and parts of words are you giving space to? What are you doing with your pitch? What direction are your pitches going in?Welcome to For Word, the platform dedicated to guiding you towards better spoken performance. We're constantly looking at techniques to add more vocal variety to how we talk by incorporating more softness and firmness to our, furrowing eyebrows, smiling, raising and lowering pitches, adding pauses in order to convey frustration, sadness, joy and nervousness, and considering how to add more breath to everything we say. Let's see how these elements of contrast, body language, and other elements of communication can lead to richer expression.#performance #poetry #speaking
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