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1、ImproveYourEnglishSpeakingandEnglishPronunciationSkillsMyfirstpieceofadviceisnottogettoohungupontryingtosoundlikeanativespeaker.WouldyoustartlearningthepianoinanattempttosoundlikeMozart?ThefirstruleofspeakingEnglishistolearntospeakclearlyandconciselyand
2、rememberyouwon'tjustbespeakingtonativespeakers:Thereareroughly380millionnativespeakersoutthere,butasmanyasabillionpeoplespeakEnglishasasecondlanguage,youdothemath.Trytoavoidusingidiomsandslang(Ialwayssaylearnit,butdon'tuseit).Itmightsoundclevertosay"You
3、'rebarkingupthewrongtree,"butifyouuseitinthewrongsituation,oriftheotherpersonsimplydoesn'tunderstandyou,you'llonlylooksillywhenyoutrytoexplainwhatyoumeanttosay,orwhatitactuallymeans.There'salsoasayinginEnglish"Haveyouswallowedadictionary?"Itisapplicable
4、toanyonewhouseslong,complicatedwordswhenashorterwordwilldo.Shortsentencesarejustasgood(ifnotbetter)thanlongramblingexplanations.Thevalueinwhatyouhavetosayiswhatyousay,nothowcleveryoulookorsoundwhenyousayit.Soit'sagoodideatotrytousesimple,clearvocabulary
5、,KISS-keepitshortandsimple, Here'safunvideothatillustrateswhatImean.EnglishspeakingtipsGetoveranyfearyoumighthaveofmakingmistakes.Youwillmakemistakes.Bepatientwithyourself.Learninganylanguagecanbefrustrating,butfrustrationwon'thelpyou,soletitgo.Graspeve
6、ryopportunityyouhavetospeakwithpeopleinEnglish.TalktofriendswhoarealsolearningEnglish.GoouttogetherforcoffeeandonlyspeakEnglishtoeachother!Readshortstoriesoutloudandtrytosee,sayandhearthewordstoreinforceyourmemory.Recordyourselfandplayitback later,howdo
7、esitsound? FindEnglishspeakingfriends:-·Youmightnotbeabletofindanyfriendlynativespeakerswhereyoulive,butIfyoucan'tfindanyonewho'llactually help you,don'tworry,you'llstillbeabletofigureoutiftheycanunderstandyou.·GetontoSecondLife.It'stheoneplaceI'vefound
8、whereyou'reguaranteedaconversation-it'sanadultenvironment,andyouwon'talwayswanttotalktothepeopleyoumeet,butforeverybloodsuckingvampirewhoasksiftheycanbiteyou,thereareatleastten,nicepeoplewhojustwanttosocialise.Ifyouwantalistofnic
