Reading Tips to Improve Your Pronunciation

Choose a paragraph and read aloud. Choose a paragraph and mark each sentence with a sound script (helpful pronunciation markup). This will help you read more naturally, and thus pronounce correctly. Choose a few sentences from your reading material and highlight content words. Read these sentences focusing on accenting these content words, while quickly speaking over the structure words. For more information on this technique read this article on nglish as a time!stressed language. "nce you #ecome comforta#le reading a single paragraph aloud, read an entire page #y reading a paragraph aloud and then reading one silently. Choose some nursery rhymes to practice. They will help you with pronunciation through rhythm. Read a short story or a few paragraphs to a friend who is also studying nglish. Compare the differences and discuss what might #e the reasons for the differences. Choose a paragraph, short article or newspaper story with new voca#ulary. $se the %a#ylon dictionary or other online pronunciation resource to help you learn the correct pronunciation of these words. Read a play with some friends. ach friend takes a different part. &tart with short scenes. "nce you are comforta#le, read longer pieces together.

Reading Tips to Improve Your Listening Skills

Read the te't as you listen to it on an audio #ook. Take advantage of audio #ooks. Read a page and then listen to that page. Repeat once a day. Read aloud to each other in small groups. ach student is responsi#le for e'plaining new voca#ulary in the paragraphs he ( she reads. )sk your teacher to choose a #ook to read aloud to the class. *o a few pages each day. +isten to easy audio #ooks in nglish on your way to and from work.