15 ways to improve your English pronunciation

hello my name is Emma and in today's video I am going to teach you how to be

better at pronunciation I'm going to teach you 15 ways to improve your

pronunciation so this is a very important video because I know a lot of

students are very embarrassed with their pronunciation sometimes people don't

understand what they're saying and they feel really sad about it so this video

will really help you if you've ever felt embarrassed or had trouble with your

pronunciation okay so let's get started with the first kick so my first tip is

about how we pronounce different sounds pronunciation is really about what your

lips are doing what your tongue is doing as well as what your throat is doing so

one way to improve your pronunciation is to know what is happening here okay

these are all muscles you really want to get good at using these and knowing how

to use them for what sounds okay so you want to be aware you want to be aware of

what this area is doing so let me give you an example your lips for some sounds

your lips are very spread okay very spread and tense so I want you to try

something I have this word here beak II so you see with the e sound in the

center beep it makes me smile okay so that's what my lips are doing they're

smiling when I say this word beat it's the same with a word cheese when we take

a picture okay your lips spread out now I want you to compare this with the word

boat okay i have a very canadian pronunciation for those sound boat but

when I say the word boat look at what my lips are doing boat okay are they very

spread like a smile no they're actually in a circle boat okay so it's important

to know what your lips are doing are they spread

or are they in a circle are your lips are they like coming out like a wolf

would like ooh or are they not are they if are they black so think about what

your lips are doing when you're pronouncing different words and

different sounds ok the next thing is your time this is your time ok so what's

very important in pronunciation is where is your time ok so when you pronounce a

sound is your tongue at the front of your mouth ok is it at the front or is

it at the back of your mouth or sometimes it might be in the middle so

paying attention to where your tongue is can really help you when you're

practicing these be found also your throat this is your throat ok for some

sounds I the sound mix your throat move it vibrates for other sounds you won't

feel anything this does not move the sound actually comes from your mouth so

let me give you an example we have a sound here as in tea and we have the

sound here duh as in David ok so and now if we compare these two sounds you'll

notice t if I say here does not move there's no vibration whereas if I just

pronounce this sound duh duh this area does move ok so that's very important in

pronunciation especially with ed endings when you're learning about the past

tense knowing if this is moving or not moving is very very important ok so