some tricks i use

I have being doing a lot of shadowing, for those who don't know what it is shadowing, it is a technique in which you need to have a book or a text, and you need to have the audiobook, and right after you hear the words you should repeat with your own voice to practice the movements of your mouth and tonge, because if you just read it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that by having the sounds in our minds we are going to pronounce them correctly, and when we try, we get stuck, it is because there is physical movement involved. it is puposed that is one of the best ways to learn to speak when you are alone and don't have anyone to practice.it is very nice because with some music players you can slow down the speed of the audiobook and make it easier to listen and pronounce.

there are pages on the internet that can make grammar corrections "I use (https://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck#.WfqXG3BrzQo)". when you want to write something you sometimes have doubts about your phrase, this page make gramar corrections and gives suggenstions, another way to write the same thing, it helps a lot when you are writing something.

use google translator! when you are writing something It's very common that you can't find any way to tell what you want, fortunately we have google transaltor, i am not sure if has all the languages ​​of the world but there are a lot of languages, you can write something in your own language and it translate it in to english and at the same time learn the phrases that you most commonly use.

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  • Hi Ivan, i seemed familiar  with this shadowing approach, but never  tried it, could you be so kind  give me some connection so as  to get  into it( like you mentioned  "grammar corrections " above:http://www.gingersoftware.......WfgXG3BrzQo) by the way, google translator, i also like and use even every day, aside  from its helpfulness, it teaches me pronounced correctly and store words/sentences as a notebook as well. thanks so much, Ivan.

    • hi tony, i don't get it, can't you enter to the site, or you don't know how to use it?

       

  • Onee-chan,i like to write but sometimes i don't know what to write,but I will write something soon, thanks for your comment.

  • Hi Ivan,

    Thank you for sharing. Nice tips! I think I have ever tried that site once.

    Glad to see you blogging. Keep writing!

  • it helps a lot Rosemary :), now you have a word to describe to other people what you do to improve  your speaking

  • you're welcome Tam, i glad that the web site had help you

  •      I have been doing this act of shadowing  in order to have a good accent  in English  for years . But i didn't  know the name of it  :)

  • Hello, Ivan. Thank you for sharing good ways. The website we can check English grammar is useful. 

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