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Speaking tips

jason | 2010年06月04日

Here are a few speaking tips…

• Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. You will make mistakes. It’s ok.

• Be patient with yourself. Learning any language can be frustrating, but frustration won’t help you.

• Take advantage of every opportunity you have to speak with people in English.

• Talk to friends who are also learning English. Go out together for coffee and only speak English to each other!

• Read short stories out loud and try to see, say and hear the words to reinforce your memory. Record yourself and play it back later, how does it sound?

Jason :)

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Seth 426日 ago

Foreign words can sound like random nonsense syllables. So, use silly false cognates and bad puns to make them memorable.

For example, if you want to remember “over the counter” (medicines you can buy at a chemist’s shop without a prescription), think of the false cognate “Obaa ga kau’n’ da!” (Granny buys those!). The sound is similar, and the meanings have a funny relationship.

Seth 426日 ago

Remember that in English, stressed syllables are long; unstressed syllables are short. Also, the sounds of some letters are different in stressed and unstressed syllables. For example, “T” sounds like “D” in an unstressed syllable.

As a very practical exercise, memorize the sounds of numbers: 13 sounds like “thrTEEEEEEN” but 30 sounds like “THRRRdi”. Now, you try 14 and 40, 15 and 50, and so on.

Seth 425日 ago

Buy “post-its” (sticky labels). Label everything in your house. Start with noun labels, then adjectives a fortnight later, then verbs or full sentences a fortnight later. Try to say the label-word ALOUD before you can see it. For example, if you’re approaching the kitchen to get a cold drink, try to say “refrigerator….drink…” before you see those labels. Feel rewarded when the labels prove your memory is excellent.

If your language goal is specific for a place or job (like an airport, factory, or hotel), try making a “dungeons and dragons” map of that workplace, make little paper props like tickets and tools, and challenge friends to walk their bottlecap-sized figurines through the environment, saying each move aloud as they make it. Reward wild inventiveness– for example, “I use a fork like a screwdriver”.