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| fairyfountain Senior Member Zimbabwe Joined 5968 days ago 254 posts - 248 votes  5 sounds | Message 9 of 17 17 May 2009 at 1:12am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the comments! (no, my name isn't linked to Zelda, I used to be a real Pokemon buff tho. Pikachu ftw! sorry)
Recht, you can't access the sounds because I deleted them, they were thaaat old and not representative of my spoken English at all. However, I'll send you a link in private with a sound I recorded yesterday. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageGeek Triglot Senior Member GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5947 days ago 151 posts - 159 votes 4 sounds Speaks: German*, English, Hungarian Studies: French, Russian | Message 10 of 17 17 May 2009 at 3:44am | IP Logged | ||
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I think you shouldn't worry. After all you're learning just English. Anybody can do that.
What's the fuss all about? Edited by LanguageGeek on 17 May 2009 at 3:45am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LittleKey Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5792 days ago 146 posts - 153 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Japanese | Message 11 of 17 17 May 2009 at 5:03am | IP Logged | ||
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Oh okay, cause a fairy fountain is something in Zelda =P. Pokemon is good too! And instead of just sending that recording to LanguageGeek, you should put it up as a sound so we can all hear it.
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5851 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 12 of 17 17 May 2009 at 2:08pm | IP Logged | ||
But didn't you just say that your English is getting worse? That you can't say things that you used to be able to say? What other explanation is there for that? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| fairyfountain Senior Member Zimbabwe Joined 5968 days ago 254 posts - 248 votes 5 sounds | Message 13 of 17 18 May 2009 at 12:34am | IP Logged | ||
naw it's okay now. I called a friend from Virginia who told me I sounded just like him and the words were rolling off my tongue. Now okay I don't get taken for a native all the time but like, more daily now, which is awesome enough. I guess the big down is followed by a big up. Talk about peaks and valleys. (and I don't know where the heck I got that Southern accent from). Oh and btw I don't know whether voice chatting actually unleashing the power of all the listening I did or not, but it shure boosted my confidence, so thanks for the advice anyhow. I still think I should do lots of listening, but I may find some time for voice chatting ;) Edited by fairyfountain on 18 May 2009 at 12:37am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maya_star17 Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5755 days ago 269 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Russian*, French, Spanish Studies: Japanese | Message 14 of 17 23 May 2009 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you don't mind me asking, why are you avoiding music? I can see why you might choose to avoid rap, but there are other genres...
The reason I'm bringing this up is because I think that singing along to songs you like is a good way to just practice pronounciation (placement of the tongue, etc) without the added pressure of having to create sentences. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| CaoMei513 Senior Member United States Joined 6685 days ago 110 posts - 113 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Korean | Message 15 of 17 23 May 2009 at 7:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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You say you're listening to 'good' English.. but you also say you're not listening to music. English music is very, VERY real English. Mix up your immersion with some country songs (I recommend Rascal Flatts), pop and yes, even rap. The language used in music is just as important as spoken.
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5851 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 16 of 17 23 May 2009 at 7:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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The language used in a lot of songs is distorted to fit the tune. That means the timing can be wrong, the stress can be wrong, the grammar can be wrong and sometimes there's even made up words (eg "motorvating" in Chuck Berry's Maybelline. As he himself said, if "that cat Shakespeare" made up words, why can't he?)
Songs chosen by a teacher should be OK, but you can't chose them yourself. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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