Listening to your own recorded voice is very helpful
if you want to find out which are the English sounds you really struggle with.
As I listened to the tape we recorded in class I could figure out easily were
my problems are. I could identify that sometimes I tend to be negligent when it
comes to producing the ‘th’ sound. This becomes even more challenging if it is
combined with an ‘s’ before or after it. The ‘th’, however, is not my only
problem with pronunciation. I have also noticed that words which are not very
commonly used can be troublesome as well. This is especially true for English
words were you can still discern well their latin, but also greek origins. They
often include odd sequences of vowels which prove tricky. I am talking about
demanding words such as ‘onomatopoeia’ or ’homogenous’. What matters is that
you really know how to pronounce them as wild guessing usually does not take
you a long way. In such cases it once more becomes evident how crucial it is to
put considerable effort into pronunciation practice. This is particularly
important as the Porter words are Academic vocabulary, which feature a high
proportion of such words.
Here is a video which discusses the influence of Latin
and Greek on English, and their importance for the academic language.
What else I found out about my pronunciations is that
I have issues with words which hardly differ from one another. Disregarding
small differences in the spelling of words, however, can lead to massive
confusion. I should therefore make sure to account for theses small
disparities, as narrow as they may appear. I definitely want to devote more
time to making sure I know how to pronounce the words I come across. Therefore
I will write them down as I read them in order to check their pronunciation. A
good way of doing this is consulting online pronunciation practice pages. If
you want to know more about them and my experience with the pronunciation of
silent letters just feel free to return to my blog soon.
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