How to learn SPEAKING and pronunciation
Talk to yourself
Talk about anything and everything. Do it in the privacy of your own home. If you can't do this at first, try reading out loud until you feel comfortable hearing your own voice in English
Record your own voice
This might feel very uncomfortable, but it will help you find your weak pronunciation points. Listen to yourself a few days later. Which sounds do you have difficulty hearing
Use the telephone
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How to learn LISTENING
Listen to the radio
Don't always have a pen in hand. Sometimes it helps to just listen
Watch English TV
Children's programming is very useful for ESL learners
Choose programs that you would enjoy in your own language
Remember that much of what you hear on TV is slang
I've said it in a hundred training workshops. Listening is important. I don't know why I say it - everyone already knows it. Whether talking to leaders, coaches, trainers, meeting facilitators, plant operators or anyone else, I'm sure the reaction is the same
"Duh, Kevin, that's profound."
believe we all know how to be great listeners when we really want to be. Times like: on a second date, when comforting someone who is hurting, when helping someone we care about. All of these are times we have experienced, and if our listening were graded in these situations, we would all score high
ادامه مطلب
Do you misuse and mispronounce some words
Do you sometimes find yourself at a loss to express exacyly what you mean
Do you fail to comprehend complex words while reading
if you answered YES to any of these questions, then try the following e-book
Download
The Heinle Picture dictionary
Monolingual edition by jann Huizenga
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pdf,35,00 MB
