James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5381 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 89 of 93 11 August 2014 at 2:08am | IP Logged |
Alberto - I wish I knew about your videos when I was learning Spanish.
In terms of your pronunciation of English, I would not worry about it at all. You, of course, have an accent, but you sound fine and totally understandable. There were very few things I noticed.
The only word I could not understand was "literature". I could not understand what you were saying until I saw the word in the video.
In many words you put the emphasis/accent on the wrong syllable, particularly longer words. Stamina, beginner, intermediate, paragraph. The way you say intermediate is quite difficult to understand and I probably would not have understood it but for the fact that I could see the word and it was obvious what you were going to say after beginner.
Also, at one point you used the word "childs" for the plural of child instead of "children."
I am not being critical. I think your English is great. I appreciate the effort you put into making your language learning videos.
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6681 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 90 of 93 11 August 2014 at 5:41pm | IP Logged |
James29 wrote:
Alberto - I wish I knew about your videos when I was learning Spanish.
In terms of your pronunciation of English, I would not worry about it at all. You, of course, have an accent, but you sound fine and totally understandable. There were very few things I noticed.
The only word I could not understand was "literature". I could not understand what you were saying until I saw the word in the video.
In many words you put the emphasis/accent on the wrong syllable, particularly longer words. Stamina, beginner, intermediate, paragraph. The way you say intermediate is quite difficult to understand and I probably would not have understood it but for the fact that I could see the word and it was obvious what you were going to say after beginner.
Also, at one point you used the word "childs" for the plural of child instead of "children."
I am not being critical. I think your English is great. I appreciate the effort you put into making your language learning videos. |
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You are very kind. I don't have opportunities to speak English and you gave me feedback about my pronunciation. Your comments are very useful for me. I need this kind of advice. Thank you.
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6681 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 91 of 93 12 August 2014 at 10:32am | IP Logged |
Here you have a new post with its Spanish translation.
My struggle with language learning
I hope you find it useful.
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6681 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 92 of 93 14 August 2014 at 12:52pm | IP Logged |
If you are learning Spanish, you can practice the Listening-Reading method with this video. I read aloud a Wikipedia article about YouTube.
Learning Spanish: YouTube article (Listening-Reading Method)
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slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6681 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English
| Message 93 of 93 17 August 2014 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
English text I translate in Spanish. Text in English and audio in Spanish.
At the end I read a short Spanish text.
Learning Spanish: Wikijunior Languages (Listening-Reading)
I hope it is helpful.
Edited by slucido on 17 August 2014 at 10:53pm
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