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11-Jun-2009, 01:19
|  | Newbie | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Country: Honduras
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Current Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras First Language: spanish Member Type: Student or Learner | |  what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british council
hi! I'm newbie in this forum, I'm a self taught student of English, my name is elliott and I'm from tegucigalpa, Honduras......
well, my cuestion is: what you think about the professional recordings of the british council, I saw it one day, searching something about the english accent, actually I think this is a good tool for learn the accent, but, I need more suppot, I guess, because, my "english accent" isn't very convincing, I hear it sometimes (with my ipod), but I can't do it good in the practice
how can I get a better english accent? PD: in the writting-reading I'm very good |
11-Jun-2009, 19:07
| | Editor, UsingEnglish.com | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Country: UK
Posts: 27,039
Current Location: Phnom Penh First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | |  Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
Acquiring an accent can take quite a long time, so firstly don't worry excessively. It is a good idea to record yourself. When you play your recordings, how analytical are you? You say your accent isn't very convincing, but are you trying to identify the particular areas that are causing this? If you can identify sounds, stress, etc, that cause trouble, they can be worked on. Have you used a mirror? If you look into a mirror when you're speaking, it can make it easier to get your mouth into the right position.
There are some other sites here where you will find listening materials: Listening - ESL Web Directory - UsingEnglish.com
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11-Jun-2009, 19:42
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Country: Honduras
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Current Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras First Language: spanish Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
ooh thank you tdol, hahaha, the question is like this.
my sister says my accent is "very forced", I've recorded myself sometimes and this looks is true, but I've getting better this latest months |
12-Jun-2009, 23:30
|  | Newbie | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Country: Alcamo, Italy
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Current Location: Alcamo First Language: italiano Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
Ahaha..my accent is very forced too. My name is Emy and I come from Alcamo, in Italy. The italian is a very different language, expecially in the pronunciation of the words. I had many difficultys at the beginning, but reading and speaking help me to pronunciation of the word and today I havent too problems...My problem is different, is that I cant do an articulated discourse, it's difficult for me  |
13-Jun-2009, 09:54
| | Editor, UsingEnglish.com | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Country: UK
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Current Location: Phnom Penh First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
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Originally Posted by anagrama1x  my sister says my accent is "very forced" | What sort of accent are you trying? |
13-Jun-2009, 13:49
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Country: Iran
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Current Location: Iran First Language: Persian Member Type: Student or Learner | |  Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
hi friends,
I'm rom Iran and I'm studying English in one institute and in our new course our teacher brought us this "learn english professional recordings" of the british council" and we have to listen and repeat the 5 numbers of them each week, so we should be proficient on that to gain the best score, so I need to find its script(I mean wriitten lyrics) as soon as possible, now I want you, my nice friends to help me that where can I find and access to the complete script of them! I will be so grateful if you do this favor for me!
with best regards,your friend PC30ty! |
15-Jun-2009, 20:46
|  | Key Member | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Country: Canada
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Current Location: Toronto First Language: English Member Type: Academic | | Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
They're pretty good at teaching English, for a load of spooks from MI6. |
18-Jun-2009, 18:46
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Country: UK
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Current Location: UK First Language: English Member Type: Other | | Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
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Originally Posted by konungursvia They're pretty good at teaching English, for a load of spooks from MI6. | Woohoo
And your evidence for that claim? |
18-Jun-2009, 20:21
| | Key Member | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Country: Canada
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Current Location: Toronto First Language: English Member Type: Academic | | Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
Of course! You only need look at AAAAAaaaaarrrraarrrrgggggghh! [drops dead] |
19-Jun-2009, 05:30
| | Newbie | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Country: India
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Current Location: India First Language: english Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: what you think about "learn english professional recordings" of the british counc
Good one you can try,but to get the typical accent try watching the videos more with the conversations like news readings kind,  | |
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