In order to find out where our weakness lies when reading an unknown text, we did a Pronouncing Diagnostic Exercise. The exercise consisted out of reading a tex aloud for about 30 seconds, while being recorded. Our teachers then listened to these recordings and gave us some feedback on our pronunciation, intonation, sounds that we had trouble with and voicing.
In the following lines I am going to write about the feedback I got and what I did in order to improve my pronunciation.
Feedback
As I already knew I have got problems in pronouncing the “z in “zero“. I pronounce it as an “s”, rather than a “z”. My “t” and “d” sounds at the end of a word are also often difficult to distinguish and sometimes almost silent. I also have some work to do in order to be able to distinguish different sounds involving the letter “a”, like in can, bath, saw, for example.
As you can see I still have a long way to go, before my pronunciation is perfect (if that ever happens).
Practice, practice, practice!
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In order to improve my pronunciation I had a look at the following website:
I consulted the following websites to get more information on the “d” and “t” sound:
How to pronounce the letter “a” in a correct way I found on this website:
I also looked at different websites in order to get a better understanding of American English. I particularly found this one useful, because you really get the chance to practice your pronunciation:
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