| When first speaking a new foreign language, your | | | | pronounced very differently in English as it is in |
| accent will naturally be very different from those | | | | many languages. If you're trying to sound like a |
| of native speakers. As an English speaker, your | | | | capable speaker early on, try finding how the "r" |
| speech will naturally reflect the many learned | | | | sound is used in speech (check your foreign |
| aspects of English you've been using all your life. | | | | speaking software) and integrate it. |
| There's stress, intonation, rhythm and a host of | | | | For the second one, it's almost habitual for many |
| other elements of English speaking that end up | | | | Americans to skip vowels in their pronunciations, |
| playing into how the newly-acquired words roll off | | | | something that is rarely done in other languages. |
| your tongue, many of which will go against those | | | | Note how you pronounce words like "comfortable" |
| used in your target language. However, there's a | | | | (most likely, you say it as "cumft'ble") and |
| way to immediately see a massive improvement | | | | "generally" ("gen'relly"), for example. You skip |
| using very simple tweaks and it has to do with | | | | some vowels and rush through others. In many |
| your pronunciations. | | | | languages, vowels are clearly enunciated the same |
| Two things you should watch out for, in particular, | | | | way you do with consonants. Be very mindful of |
| are: | | | | those. Because we all know that different |
| 1. Pronouncing the letter "r"; and | | | | languages also have different ways or |
| 2. Rolling off on your vowels | | | | pronouncing it. |
| The first one is important because "r" is | | | | |