Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello, Raja, It goes without saying that there is no blame in being a non-native speaker and a layperson in linguistic science, so

This sounds like a simple question. But the answers are much more involved. Coming from an Asian background, learning to speak and use the language remotely sounding like a native took many years of relentless practicing and studying. I think

What's your point? I made an implicit point: it is not cognitively productive to remember pronounciation for every word. What learners should be taught: a set of heuristics to find possible pronunciations for a word. Mastery of phonetics (or

Of course both those books have CD's. Without CD's those books would be worthless... Both books are especially about intonation, linking words, reduced sounds and something about pronunciation you can hardly find in books on American

Does this have something to do with the pronunciation of English? I've never heard of the concept. It sounds to me more like something to do with one of the Asian languages that are tonal.

Thanks, Kooyeen. This site allows uploading an image, audio clips are not supported. I uploaded a voice clip to MediaFire. All, you can download it from the following URL. You do not need to create an account.

Hi buddies. Is there a Web site where I can upload my voice recordings? I am wondering if someone would be interested in making suggestions for my pronunciation and intonation.

Here you can learn about English Pronunciation. This section of the site is divided into several sections. Please click on the one you are interested in. * How to pronounce specific sounds in English. * English word stress. * English sentence

There are phonetic and structural differences between Indian accents and American or British ones. The way Indians join words, the intonation patterns and weak/strong forms are all different. Phonetically Indians do not use long sounds or

hmm, the problem is that your native phonology is acting as filter. Work with some accent reduction coach first; after that, try to grasp the phology of spoken American English. Work on stress, rhythm, connected speech and intonation.