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Pink Pen  #144970  Wed, 05 Oct 05 09:58 PM

would you plezzz help me in my project

I study English in a college ... and  I am not a native speaker ...

In our speaking course , the teacher told me to macke a small project which is

recording my voice in a tape

and do whatever I want ... macking conversation , reading a short story or acting

a short scene 

I do not know how to start .. give me your sugestion even if it is small , maybe it will be so usefull for me  .

Thank you so much 

 

  
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adomi  #145073  Thu, 06 Oct 05 06:33 AM

Why don't you just introduce yourself? I mean, suppose you meet a person for the first time and you have to introduce yourself. What would you say? Don't tell me!!! Rather talk to the tape recorder

  
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Pink Pen  #145096  Thu, 06 Oct 05 08:48 AM

thank you ...

I am thinking about someting interesting ...

 I  like the conversation and the story  that end with fun

but I do not know what to talk about,

 and how could  I chang my voice

if the speaker is a lady or a baby 

is there a computer programm that can help me ?

The gole of the project  is to  test  my pronounceation ...

I want to talk like  a native speaker not like a book

I want to use expressions and idioms very well ,  but I how ..

 

 

  
adomi  #145120  Thu, 06 Oct 05 12:02 PM

If you want to talk like a native speaker then you have a long way to go. You can't skip over  the steps. I suggest you master the basics first, before moving on to idioms and expressions. They're  forums over here that can help you starting off(Vocabulary and Idioms, General English garmmar questions, and Audio: Speech and Pronunciation). You'll find them on the home page.

About your voice, just be yourself, do not force anything. It's sometime difficult for the non-native speakers to change their accent, and accomodate one(when you can get one, of course) because, there are different accents. American, British, Canadian,.and so on. Generally non-native speakers are confused on that issue. (There  is a thread going on) I'm definetely not the right person to tell you what accent is the best. I have a....Cameroonian accent I must say. Anyway, my point is, first make sure you can not only make yourself understand, but also express yourself as clear and good as possible, then you can go accent-hunting.

About the topic, It surely depends on your interlocutor,  the occasion/environment, and may be his gender as well. You can always take Englishforums as the environment, and our discussion as the content. But what would YOU want to talk about? 

  
Pink Pen  #145574  Fri, 07 Oct 05 02:49 PM
 Pink Pen wrote:

thank you ...

I am thinking about someting interesting ...

 I  like the conversation and the story  that end with fun

but I do not know what to talk about,

 and how could  I chang my voice

if the speaker is a lady or a baby 

is there a computer programm that can help me ?

The gole of the project  is to  test  my pronounceation ...

I want to talk like  a native speaker not like a book

I want to use expressions and idioms very well ,  but how ..

 

 

  
Pink Pen  #147491  Thu, 13 Oct 05 02:41 PM
any new ideas
  
Anonymous  #171222  Sun, 18 Dec 05 09:51 AM
u have to trust in your self
  
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