Hi, teacher your lessons are very nice and that way I feel like happy because I get understand you very well and little by little I am going to reach my goal, thanks so much have nice day.
In my personal case i want to sound more like a native because i work with people from canada or USA and sometimes they're very though saying or requesting to talk to someone who speaks real English, i never thought this was gonna be so hard to deal with, i feel like quitting! But your videos are awesome and they cheer me up!!!
Heather, you nailed it! In my brain, my pronunciation sounds so different from what's being recorded! Feels so disappointed when I playback my own recordings each time. But this also tells me that I have tonnes to improve on. Thanks!
Personally, when I started learning the phonetics rules,symbols sounds, everything changes in a faster way, I mean, from my perception that is the best way to improve my pronunciation and fluency as well.
Heather! I need your help, I never realized until my friend starting pointing out everything I pronounce wrong; when I say "have to" it comes out "half to" or "having too" as "haffing too". I catch it more now, but I am becoming more and more self-cautious when I speak. Love your videos!!!
Hi professor Heather! Informations very important! I have indicated your videos for my friends.In Brazil there are many english school but the method of them there is not so good; this is my opinion. Then many people would like to learn English language but they don`t have the solution for this problem. Could be the internet lessons the solution for this question? Bye for now..
Yeah! I think we need more be feeling how words are pronounced ofcourse make repetitions in natural way is good! And I love the idea about that is not needed be as a native speaker even because there are more than one accent and we need try find our own way to speak English!
I am Brazilian and I study English through the Internet, and I would like to know: Is it American English, British English, Canadian English or Australian english, please? Thank you!
This is all new, I had a stroke a couple years ago, what do i have to do? I was a DJ for 20 years ago, I just want to talk again, I speak in a mono tone way, I just want to sign up. But what do i do when i had a stroke.... Please.
Ken, please sign up for the free training going on this week and next. The first video lesson (available now) is all about confidence. I also did a facebook live video just before this one on confidence (check my channel). The free course is here: pronunciationmastery.com
Hi, i am one of your subscriber and i have been following your teaching to help my English. I just want to give my opinion, please correct me if I am mistaken. I understand that pronunciation in English-speaking is an important matter, nevertheless, an accent I think is also playing an important role when we speak the language.. For me, accent is the music of the language, therefore the English native speakers could easily understand or at least got the idea of what we were trying to say in English if we are using the accent even though our pronunciation is not that great, simply because they recognise the 'song' of their own language. For example... please try to sing twinkle twinkle little star song by using corrected notes, but with a slight mispronunciation, I'm sure, we would be able to recognize what you were trying to say because you sing the song that I know.. But try again to sing twinkle twinkle little star song with uncorrected notes, however, this time all the pronunciations are spot on correctly, I'm sure eventually you would be able to recognize the song, but it takes time for you to process it... this example applies to English native speakers who trying to communicate with a Chinese man, for example, who has a great English pronunciation, but using his own Chinese accents while speaking in english... in my experience of learning English, i found an huge improvement of communication when i use an Australian accent when i speak English (I live in Australia, by the way..😊) rather than using my Indonesian accent.. My English is still not perfect, but at least I can communicate more easily now with the Australian English native speakers.. 😊
I think you are confusing an accent with intonation (melody). If you can imitate the intonation (melody, ups and downs in the voice) of native speakers, it will definitely help native speakers understand you because they get a lot of their understanding from word stress and intonation and not specific sounds. If you are speaking with non-native speakers, the individual sounds are more important. If you are using sounds from your native language to speak English words (or are using your native language's word stress and intonation patterns) you develop an accent on your English. Accents are not a bad thing until they are so strong no one can understand. That's why you need to have unique consonant sounds (R can't sound the same as L, for example). Check out some of my other videos on Global English to learn about the main things that need to be in order in your speech to be understood internationally. I explain the importance of consonant sounds, vowel length and phrasal chunking to help your listeners understand you better.
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Hi, teacher your lessons are very nice and that way I feel like happy because I get understand you very well and little by little I am going to reach my goal, thanks so much have nice day.
Really helpful and beneficial. Appreciate it. Greetings from NC
In my personal case i want to sound more like a native because i work with people from canada or USA and sometimes they're very though saying or requesting to talk to someone who speaks real English, i never thought this was gonna be so hard to deal with, i feel like quitting! But your videos are awesome and they cheer me up!!!
Heather, you nailed it! In my brain, my pronunciation sounds so different from what's being recorded! Feels so disappointed when I playback my own recordings each time. But this also tells me that I have tonnes to improve on. Thanks!
The same here. Today I recorded myself for the first time. Oh it was shocking. I sounded terrible 😁
Thanks. Your voice is beautfull and so easy to understand.
Heather Hansen, thank you very much.
Personally, when I started learning the phonetics rules,symbols sounds, everything changes in a faster way, I mean, from my perception that is the best way to improve my pronunciation and fluency as well.
Really helpful and beneficial.
New to speaking to an audience through video. I am very rough on the edges. So I am trying to practice so I sound more pleasing thanks for the tips.
Heather! I need your help, I never realized until my friend starting pointing out everything I pronounce wrong; when I say "have to" it comes out "half to" or "having too" as "haffing too". I catch it more now, but I am becoming more and more self-cautious when I speak. Love your videos!!!
Great advice! Thank you :)
You're all kinds of awesome!!! I have trouble with "w" and "r" words when they are together.
can you give me an example? Do you mean W and R in the same word (like 'word' or 'were') or 2 words next to each other? What's your native language?
My native language is English, ironically. An example is "right-wing". It is a coin-toss whether I will pronounce it correctly or "white-ring".
Hi professor Heather! Informations very important! I have indicated your videos for my friends.In Brazil there are many english school but the method of them there is not so good; this is my opinion. Then many people would like to learn English language but they don`t have the solution for this problem. Could be the internet lessons the solution for this question? Bye for now..
Nice video.
Yeah! I think we need more be feeling how words are pronounced ofcourse make repetitions in natural way is good! And I love the idea about that is not needed be as a native speaker even because there are more than one accent and we need try find our own way to speak English!
Yes!! :-D
Those are very good tips!
Thank you Heather.
thanks ,peace and love from Egypt
I am Brazilian and I study English through the Internet, and I would like to know: Is
it American English, British English, Canadian English or Australian english,
please? Thank you!
hi can i know how can i connect to you and take a lesson about improve my English speaking
This is all new, I had a stroke a couple years ago, what do i have to do? I was a DJ for 20 years ago, I just want to talk again, I speak in a mono tone way, I just want to sign up. But what do i do when i had a stroke.... Please.
you are so HELPFUL
Hi,
Is your course live at present ?
HEATHER I need your help ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,are you in Miami?
love u . you are amazing
hi heather,i'm struggling so much with my confidence on talking.i dont know what to do as i try to get over it.any tips?
Ken, please sign up for the free training going on this week and next. The first video lesson (available now) is all about confidence. I also did a facebook live video just before this one on confidence (check my channel). The free course is here: pronunciationmastery.com
It's important we copy the other people accent. What you say?
I'm confuse
yes ! absolutely yes! but make yourself sure that is a good pronunciation
The accent does not help if you mispronounce the words. So, what she said is we should not try to shadow the accent as it is unnecessary.
Asra Ahmed hi
God bless you)
good
And, by te way, What's the best way to learn pronunciation?
Hi, i am one of your subscriber and i have been following your teaching to help my English. I just want to give my opinion, please correct me if I am mistaken. I understand that pronunciation in English-speaking is an important matter, nevertheless, an accent I think is also playing an important role when we speak the language.. For me, accent is the music of the language, therefore the English native speakers could easily understand or at least got the idea of what we were trying to say in English if we are using the accent even though our pronunciation is not that great, simply because they recognise the 'song' of their own language. For example... please try to sing twinkle twinkle little star song by using corrected notes, but with a slight mispronunciation, I'm sure, we would be able to recognize what you were trying to say because you sing the song that I know.. But try again to sing twinkle twinkle little star song with uncorrected notes, however, this time all the pronunciations are spot on correctly, I'm sure eventually you would be able to recognize the song, but it takes time for you to process it... this example applies to English native speakers who trying to communicate with a Chinese man, for example, who has a great English pronunciation, but using his own Chinese accents while speaking in english... in my experience of learning English, i found an huge improvement of communication when i use an Australian accent when i speak English (I live in Australia, by the way..😊) rather than using my Indonesian accent.. My English is still not perfect, but at least I can communicate more easily now with the Australian English native speakers.. 😊
I think you are confusing an accent with intonation (melody). If you can imitate the intonation (melody, ups and downs in the voice) of native speakers, it will definitely help native speakers understand you because they get a lot of their understanding from word stress and intonation and not specific sounds.
If you are speaking with non-native speakers, the individual sounds are more important. If you are using sounds from your native language to speak English words (or are using your native language's word stress and intonation patterns) you develop an accent on your English. Accents are not a bad thing until they are so strong no one can understand. That's why you need to have unique consonant sounds (R can't sound the same as L, for example).
Check out some of my other videos on Global English to learn about the main things that need to be in order in your speech to be understood internationally. I explain the importance of consonant sounds, vowel length and phrasal chunking to help your listeners understand you better.
A unique app...
excellent your pronunciation, you have not accent, you speek like nature.