pronuncation workshop 1st seesion

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1、PronunciationWorkshop   —TheAmericandreamdoesnotcometothosewhofalloutquick. SessionOne1.ConsonantR2.ConsonantW Hi,I’myourinstructorPaulGruberandwelcometothePronunciationWorkshops---FirstTrainingSession.Iamveryexcitedthatyouhavetakenthisfirststeptoimpr

2、oveyourEnglishpronunciationandIdohopethatyouwouldenjoythisprogramandreceivegreatbenefitsfromit.BeforewebeginIwannamakesurethatyouhavedownloadedandprintedoutthetrainingmanualwhichaccompaniesthiscourse.Ifyouhavenotyetdoneso,pleasedoitsoonbecauseyou’llde

3、finitelyneedit.NowyoumaybewonderinghowisitthatIamgoingtohelpyouchangethewayyouspeak.Well,basically,whenyoulearnedEnglishasasecondlanguage,youkeptmanyofthesoundsandspeechrulesfromyourfirstlanguageandyouwerecontinuingtousethemwhenyouspeakEnglish.Thisisw

4、hatgivesyouanaccent.YouwereusingthesoundsandspeechrulesfromyournativelanguageinsteadofthesoundsandspeechrulesofEnglish.Andyouknowwhy?Well,becausewhenyoulearnedEnglish,nobodyevershowedyouwhatthesoundsandspeechrulesofEnglishwereuntilnow.That’swhyI’mcomi

5、ng.BecauseIamgoingtoshowyouandtrainyouonhowtousethesesoundsandspeechrulescorrectly.Knowinginusingtheseruleswillhelpyoureduceorpossiblyeveneliminateyouraccent.Nowthroughouttheprogramyou’reoftengoingtoseemepointtomymouthtoshowyouhowtoproduceaparticulars

6、ound.IwantyoutopaycloseattentionandtrytocopyexactlywhatitisIamdoing.Iwouldbeshowingyouhowtocorrectlyformnewsoundsbychangingthepositionofyourtongueorchangingtheshapeofyourlips.Thesesmallchangesaregoingtomakeverybigchangesinyourspeech.We’regoingtopracti

7、singandIrecommendthatyouusethetrainingmanualandtrytopractiseoften.Whenyoupractise,Irecommendthatyoustartoutspeakingslowlyoutloudinastrongvoicewhileexaggeratingallthemouthmovements.Whatwouldyoubedoingisretrainingthemusclesofyourmouthinyourtonguetomovei

8、nnewways,whichwillproduceanewpronunciationpatterns.Thesenewspeechpatternswillslowlyandeventuallyinvolveintoyourownspontaneousfastspeech,butitisimportantthatyoustartoutgoingveryslow.Ifyoucanpronuncewordsandsentencescorrectlyspeakingslowly,well,