Pronunciation is one of the most important qualities for an English learner to become native-like. In order to be understood by other people, a person has to pronounce the words in a correct way. Pronunciation is also important in terms of understanding what you hear. Just knowing the meanings of words isn't enough, in order to understand and convey messages you have to be competent at pronunciation. The question is 'How to practice English pronunciation?'. Thanks to the abundance of different materials we have a lot of alternatives to practice English pronunciation. Let's take a look at some of them:
- First, learn the international phonetic alphabet. The international phonetic alphabet is a really useful tool to improve pronunciation skills. Because sometimes we are mistaken about the usages of some sounds. Sometimes we feel that the same symbols are pronounced the same in our native language and English but that's not always the case. The a sound in English can be different than the a sound in your native language and they can be shown differently in the international phonetic alphabet. In order to avoid similarity mistakes, you can learn the international phonetic alphabet. There are many websites and videos on the internet through which you can learn the international phonetic alphabet. By the way, remember that you don't have to learn all the sounds if you just want to learn English pronunciation. You can just learn the sounds in English.
