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if you want to improve your English

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pronunciation speak clearly and sound

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like a native speaker watch this lesson

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hello my name is Matthew from POC

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English and in this lesson we're going

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pronunciation exercises that you can use

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with the first one learning word stress

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is word stress and why do we need it the

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beauty of English is that it is not a

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flat language it has a Melody now this

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melody and this Rhythm at the word scale

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is called word stress and at the

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sentence scale is called intonation that

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we will talk about but first what is

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word stress and how can we learn it look

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at this word now this word has three

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syllables

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if there is stress on one syllable in a

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word that means you have to emphasize

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that syllable so if stress is on the

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first syllable you should say the first

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syllable louder than the other two if

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it's on the second you do it on the

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second one if it's on the third you read

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the third syllable louder than the first

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and second now let me show you in this

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word stress is on the first syllable so

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I should say text

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repeat after me par latex now say it

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faster politics politics politics you

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see on the first syllable I say it

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louder politics now look at this one

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four syllables where's the stress stress

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is on the second syllable so the second

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syllable should be read louder than the

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others okay so you should say

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repeat with me

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now say it faster political political

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political you see politics political

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now look at this one this one also has

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four syllables so

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Now where's the stress

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the stress is on the third syllable so

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repeat after me

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faster politician politician politician

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you see that is word stress now let's

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read the three of these words again

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together

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politics

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politician politics political politician

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that was word stress but hey there are

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like a million words in the English

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language how can we learn or how can we

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find out where the stress on each word

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is you can use a dictionary to do that

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let me show you to check word stress you

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need an online dictionary now I really

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recommend Cambridge Dictionary well you

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can find this dictionary at this address

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dictionary.cambridge.org now how can we

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use this let's say I want to look up the

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word

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competitive now I want to see how to

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pronounce this word and how many

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syllables does it have so here's the

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word I could simply play the audio in

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both actions for instance in the British

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accent we have

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competitive and for the American accent

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we have competitive okay now it's

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competitive so the stress is on hmm I

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want to make sure so let's take a look

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at the phonetics right now look at here

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how many syllables can you see one which

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is come

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two which is pet

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three which is uh and four which is Tiff

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now where is the stress you see this

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little apostrophe here that little teeny

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tiny apostrophe is stress you can also

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see it here in the British pronunciation

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that little apostrophe is word stress

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now when you see that apostrophe it

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means the next syllable is stressed so

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as you can see the apostrophe is before

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pet which means this syllable the second

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syllable is stressed and you should say

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competitive

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competitive competitive competitive

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listen again competitive competitive

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right for the British competitive

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competitive the stress is on the second

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syllable right

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now one thing you need to be careful

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about is that some words have a

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different stress in the American accent

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compared with the British accent so

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maybe in the British accent strengthens

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on one syllable in the American accent

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it's on another syllable for example the

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word

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should I say advertisement or should I

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say advertisement on the second syllable

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or should I say advertisement or perhaps

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on the fourth syllable advertisement

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well let's check the dictionary once

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again go to

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dictionary.cambridge.org and this time

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we want to look up this word

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advertisement and we want to know how to

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pronounce this

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well again look at the phonetics right

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let's see where the word stress is now

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we know that we should look for an

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apostrophe so here is the word stress

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and when we see the apostrophe the next

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syllable should be stressed so it's ties

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advertisement await the stress is

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different here you see for the UK

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pronunciation the stress is before the

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it's before the second syllable so it's

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advertisement so as you can see the

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British pronunciation is advertisement

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and the American one is advertisement so

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they are different

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enough with the word stress as I said

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the English language has Rhythm at word

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scale which is called word stress and at

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sentence scale which is called

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intonation now what is intonation

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intonation is The Melody of your spoken

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English

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it is the Rises and falls in your tone

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of voice as you speak

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so perhaps sometimes you calm down and

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sometimes you go up and sometimes you

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come down and go up this is your

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intonation there are three main patterns

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of intonation in the English language

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one of them is falling intonation which

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means as you get to the end of the

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sentence your tone of voice goes down it

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decreases for example look at this I

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have to work

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I have to work I have to work my tone of

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voice goes down I don't say I have to

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work no I said I have to work I go down

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I have to work when do we use this

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falling intonation we use it when

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something is certain I have to work it

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means I'm definitely going to work that

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is for sure or when something is

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finished and over for example I couldn't

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find it look at the sentence I couldn't

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find it I couldn't find it I couldn't

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find it I couldn't find it it means I

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tried to find it I searched but

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eventually I couldn't find it it's over

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it's finished so for something which is

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certain or something which is finished

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another pattern of intonation is rising

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intonation that means your tone of voice

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goes higher at the end of the sentence

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now where do we use Rising intonation

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and yes no questions for example is he

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sad

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listen is he sad is he sad is she our

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doctor is she our doctor is she our

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doctor so you see your tone of voice

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goes higher at the end of the sentence

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now look at these two she's our doctor

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she's our doctor falling intonation is

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intonation now there is a third pattern

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of intonation which is called the fall

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rise it means first your tone of voice

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goes down then it comes up again when do

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we use it when our sentence is not

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complete yet and we want to continue for

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example I don't play tennis

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but I like watching it listen I don't

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play tennis but I like watching it I

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don't play tennis

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I come down and then I go up this is the

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fall rise intonation or look at this one

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I'm tired but let's go out and have some

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fun I'm tired

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tired but let's go out and have some fun

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these are the three main patterns of

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intonation if you want to learn more

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about the intonation I made a video

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about that explaining all the details of

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intonation and how to improve it watch

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the video after this one

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now that we have learned about word

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stress and intonation it is time to

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learn about a very very useful technique

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that can improve your pronunciation

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accent and the clarity of your speech

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what is it it is called Speech shadowing

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or the imitation technique what does it

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mean oh what a fancy name don't worry

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it's very easy very easy and very fun

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speech shadowing or imitation technique

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is basically listening and repeating

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after someone now in the imitation

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technique there are three steps step one

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is about identifying what accent you are

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interested in which accent do you like

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more American accent or British accent

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which one do you want to practice and

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which one would you like to have now

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here's a question sometimes students ask

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which one is better should I have an

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American accent is it better to have a

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British accent if I take the IELTS test

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with a British accent will I get a

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higher Mark if I have an American accent

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would I get a higher Mark in the TOEFL

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exam the answer to all of these

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questions is no there is no better

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accent each accent is good you just have

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to pick one it's a matter of personal

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preference which one do you like

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choose the one you like choose the one

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you feel more comfortable with and that

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is your accent okay that is step one I

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understood which accent I want to have

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step two is to find a role model in the

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speech shadowing technique you need to

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have a role model now what do I mean by

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role model somebody whose accent and

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whose pronunciation is appealing to you

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you like it for example when you listen

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to them you enjoy it's so clear that you

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would like to use them as your role

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model and then practice speaking English

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with them practice improving your

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pronunciation with them and you would

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like to have an accent similar to that

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person for example I'm a fan of American

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accent so Barack Obama is a very good

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example former president of the United

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States he has a very clear speech very

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easy to understand what he says his

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accent is brilliant as you've seen by

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now this isn't a normal convention

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it's not a normal time

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so tonight I want to talk as plainly as

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I can about the stakes in this election

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the person I really like with an

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American accent is Angelina Julie

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this is also very beautiful and clear it

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sets out our right to freedom and

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equality and justice

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regardless of sex race language religion

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or social standing but if you're like

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British accent if you want to improve

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your British accent on British

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pronunciation you could go with someone

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who has a British accent like Chef

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Ramsay to get rid of the nerves I just

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started thinking about recipes and

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dishes and how do I get through this 3.8

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K swim or perhaps if you are a fan of

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Australian accent who's better than Thor

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God of Thunder we're talking about Chris

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Hemsworth you're absolutely crushing it

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at everything you do from your job to

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maintaining a social life to pursuing

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your passion projects you're killing it

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ignore anyone who tells you otherwise

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because you you're amazing the only

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thing more beautiful than your smile is

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your personality okay so we know what

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accent we are interested in and we have

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selected a role model whose and accent

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is good and whose pronunciation is

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appealing to us what is the third step

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Shadow what does it mean you should

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select a video you could search on

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YouTube find a video of your role model

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for example I don't know a video of

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Barack Obama giving a speech then you

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play the video Lesson carefully

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pause after each sentence repeat

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play lesson pause repeat play lesson

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pause repeat playlist and pause repeat

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that is the process

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step one lesson and read all human

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beings are born free and equal in

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dignity and rights

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that is the message of the UN Universal

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Declaration of Human Rights

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step two lesson pause and repeat

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all human beings are born free all human

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beings are born free and equal and equal

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in dignity and rights in dignity and

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rights

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that is the message of the UN Universal

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declaration there is the message of the

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UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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of Human Rights step three lesson and

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repeat without pausing all human beings

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are born free and equal free and dignity

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and rights indignity and rights that is

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the message of the UN Universal

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Declaration of Human Rights exploration

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of human the Declaration is a guide to

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the rights each of us that is speech

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shadowing or the imitation technique if

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you want to learn more about this

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technique and if you want to do it

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together with me watch this video what

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is the fourth way of improving your

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accent and pronunciation well listening

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to podcasts

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listening is closely linked to speaking

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so the more you lessen the better you

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can speak not just the better you can

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speak but the better you can sound so a

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very good way of improving your

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pronunciation is to lessen a lot and

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what is better than listening to

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podcasts right

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now what kind of podcasts do I have to

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listen to well that depends what accent

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do you like American accent or British

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accent if you are a fan of British

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accent if you want to improve your

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British accent you can listen to BBC

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learning English podcasts also known as

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BBC six minute English this podcast is

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created by BBC they have a department

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for teaching English and it's called BBC

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learning English so if you search on

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Google you can find the website go to

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the website there are lots of podcasts

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you can select you can listen to and

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that can dramatically level up not just

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your listening skill but also your

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pronunciation remember BBC six minute

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English podcasts are in British accent

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but what about American podcasts that is

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when VOA comes into play now VOA stands

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for Voice of America so they have an

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American accent now again VOA has a

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department for teaching the English

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language which is called VOA learning

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English search it on Google Google it

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and you will find a website go to the

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website you will see all their podcasts

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so you can listen to their podcast and

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not only will you improve your listening

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but also your pronunciation and your

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beautiful American accent now what is

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the best way of listening to a podcast

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that is a very important question and

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you will find the answer to that in this

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video

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one very good way of improving your

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English pronunciation is to record your

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own voice now this is going to be very

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effective if you have never tried it why

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it is a fact that when we speak we hear

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our own voice in a different way I used

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to do this in my classes I used to ask

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students to talk and then I would record

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their voices and bring it back to the

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whole class and then they would be

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embarrassed and ashamed why because they

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sounded different on the audio than they

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sounded in their heads so maybe you

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think your pronunciation is very good

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when you are speaking but if you listen

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to yourself you will understand what you

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are pronouncing mistakenly

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I think the main reason why you can't

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study English is because you don't

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practice enough

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I think reason one you can study is use

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big not enough

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what's that

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so by listening to your own voice you

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will be able to see which words you are

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mispronouncing this alone could be very

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helpful but you could also match it with

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another exercise for example it could be

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part of your speech shadowing exercise

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as you pause and repeat after your role

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model you could record your own voice

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then you could play Your Role Models

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video and you could play your own voice

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and then compare and see which parts am

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I doing wrong or different

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another advantage of this exercise is

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that you can send your recorded voice to

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your friends or to your teacher and ask

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for feedback it can be very good now let

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me show you another way in which you can

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practice your pronunciation online for

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that you can use Google go to Google and

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search for definition

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the dictionary opens you can look up the

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word you want

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and we're not going to look at the

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definition and the synonyms or whether

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it's informal or formal now this is not

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the information we are looking for what

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we are looking for is this blue button

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click crime and you hear the

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pronunciation

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now click on learn to pronounce this is

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the part with which you can practice

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your pronunciation you see crime okay

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you play crime and you also see the

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movement of the lips crime now what you

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need to do is to click practice

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crime

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see good job however if you mispronounce

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the word this is what will happen

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creme

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you see instead of creme I should say

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cry

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all right thanks for the tip crime

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good job you can also slow down the

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pronunciation

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crime

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crime or speed it up

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crime you can also change the accent

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crime but pay attention when you put it

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on British pronunciation you don't have

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the option of practice anymore the

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practice is only active for the American

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pronunciation a very fun way of

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practicing your English pronunciation is

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by saying tongue twisters now tongue

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twisters are sentences which are

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deliberately designed to be difficult to

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read and pronounce for example look at

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this sentence this is a beginner level

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tongue twister

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she sees cheese

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say it fast and say it three times

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she says she's she's she sees cheese you

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see it can get tricky say it five times

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that could get tricky now look at this

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one red lorry yellow lorry regular

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yellow lorry red lorry yellow lorry

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that's a tongue twister oh look at this

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one Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fat Fred

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bread Fred fed take bread and Ted fat

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bread or look at this one how much wood

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could a woodchuck chuck if the woodchuck

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could chuck wood now say fast

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how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if

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the woodchuck could chuck wood by

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practicing tongue twisters not only will

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you have fun you will also improve your

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pronunciation

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another way in which you can improve

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your pronunciation is by learning words

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which are commonly mispronounced now in

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the English language there are many

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words that have challenging

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pronunciation some of these words are

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called homophones what are homophones

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homophones are words with the same with

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the exact same pronunciation but two

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different spellings and two different

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meanings for example right right

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they are pronouncing the same way now if

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I tell you right what will you do would

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you say hmm correct or would you say

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okay tell me so write means correct but

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it can also mean to write write

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something down another one is flower and

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flower they are pronouncing the exact

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same way in the American accent but they

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have two different meanings so if I ask

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you to buy flour what will you buy

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and look at these two words accept and

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accept well these are totally different

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right but they are pronounced in the

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same way except apart from homophones

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another thing that can be challenging

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that could make it difficult to

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understand native speakers are

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contractions what are contractions or

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contracted forms contractions are the

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shorter form of a longer sentence for

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example the contracted form of going to

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is gonna I am going to travel I'm gonna

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travel instead of have got to you can

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say Gada

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I have got to finish my homework I gotta

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finish my homework instead of should

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have you could say Shoulda Shoulda I

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should have called you I should have

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called you I should have called you

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to learn more about contractions and

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contracted forms you can watch this

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video the third thing that can be very

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challenging in the English pronunciation

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are silent letters now there are some

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words with some letters which are silent

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you should not read them for example

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look at this word this is Kenny but you

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should read it me why or this one can

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knock but you should read it knock oh

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look at this one Bridge D silence why

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isn't it no it's Bridge D silent there

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are many words with silent letters in

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the English language and if you want to

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learn more watch this lesson and finally

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the final part of this lesson now before

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I finish the lesson if you're new to my

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channel don't forget to subscribe and if

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you have enjoyed this video give it a

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thumbs up there are some words with

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challenging pronunciation for example

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how do you read this well you could say

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library

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you could also say lie library library

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I went to the library I went to the

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library or this one you can say clothes

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or you could say clothes

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clothes

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or look at this one

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Colonel no no no it's colonel colonel

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and that's it guys I hope you've enjoyed

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this lesson don't forget to practice see

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ya

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