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Originally Posted by HaraKiriBlade I posted a qustion in 'ask a teacher' section, and the attachment is basically reading part of it.
I'm pretty sure you'll say things like "excellent pronounciation" if you think I'm an ESL student.
Well, I am, but take this into consideration also: I want to teach English in Japan in about four years.
Ok let's pretend I plan to go to Japan to teach English RIGHT NOW, with this pronounciation I have. Most of you will have something to say then. I know the recording is missing that 5% edge needed to sound like a native. (And in daily conversations I make more pronounciation mistakes... this is probably my best shot) I can't quite pinpoint what, but it sounds certainly different compared to a native spaker.
Could you be, ur, ruthless and point out every single part with pronounciation mistakes, and provide suggestions to fix it? I had to encode the attachment in such low sound quality to fit the max file size requirement. I can send higher quality sound file if you're willing to do this for me. This would mean a lot to me... thank you very much. |
Your pronunciation does sound very North American to me. It does sound like someone whose first language is American English. As you said, the sound quality could be better. I agree with that. If the sound quality were a bit better, maybe I'd find something to be critical about. However, the sound
is good enough to form an opinion.
You spoke about hesitating and stuttering. I think many people
sometimes have a tendency to hesitate when they speak. The words don't always come easily. Sometimes we have to give some thought to what we say. So, I'm not sure just how much of a concern this should be. Do you find that your hesitating and stuttering is excessive? Does this happen far too often in your opinion?
Can you please tell me some of the things you did to practice pronunciation?