Greetings! I'm a non-native English speaker and was wondering if any native speakers would be willing to comment on my American pronunciation. The first link is to my reading of an article from Yahoo News and the second to my reading of individual sounds of special concern to me (e.g. -er, -ar, -or, -ull/-ool). I tried to sound natural while reading the passage without overpronunciation--my speech tends to be fast. My rendering of individual sounds is slightly overpronounced to give the listener a clearer idea of my distinctive pronunciation patterns. Which sounds and intonation patterns should I focus on improving? Thanks for your help. Alex
Reading:
http://h1.ripway.com/nosceteipsum/pronunciationaid1.wav
Individual sounds:
http://h1.ripway.com/nosceteipsum/pronunciationaid2.wav
If the above links do not work, please try this,
http://mediamax.streamload.com/nosce...nks/54FD814C1E