Quick and easy tips to practice English pronunciation

1. Ways to improve
English pronunciation
Jose Fernando Jimenez Gutierrez

2. Ways to improve English pronunciation
• Reading and recording sentences out loud.
• Practicing with a foreigner
• Specialized web pages
• Conclusions

3. Reading and recording sentences outloud
Reading out loud is one of the
greatest ways to improve our
pronunciation skills. It allows us
to gain fluency and rythm. This is
extremely important in English,
and in particular when American
English is involved. This is
because Americans link a lot of
short words; this is the reason
why we sometimes we can’t
understand Americans.

4. Practicing with a foreigner
Where can you find them?
• Lleras Park
• Laureles
Why should you talk to them?
• Increases confidence
• Helps us identify accents from around
the world.
What should you talk about?
• The great things about the city
• Cultural differences
One of the hardest things to do
when learning a language is
speaking with those who are
native speakers. Medellin has
become a tourist destination for
people from all over the world.
Most of the ones that come to the
city speak English to a certain
extent.

5. Specialized web pages
There are many great web
sites out there that can help
us improve our pronunciation.
Some of them are:
• Talk English
• Fonetiks
• BBC Learning

6. Conlusions
• Reading out loud increases rythm
and fluency.
• Talking to strangers boosts
confidence
• Specialized web pages can show
us the technical way to pronounce.