Improving your fluency and pronunciation in English.

[Kitosdad]

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Hello to all of my friends. I've had a thought which may help you in your quest to improve your fluency and pronunciation.. I have already posted this idea to my friend Emir, and it occurred to me that others might also find it beneficial.

Perhaps if you were to learn a short poem in English, then you could constantly repeat this to yourself during your spare moments . As you become more familiar with the poem you will be able to say it quicker, and thereby your fluency should improve.

Let me give you a little " tongue twister " to help you on your way.

This is a little ditty that I ask my grand-children to say :-

She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore,
The shells that she sells, are sea-shore shells.

After a week or so your pronunciation of ALL English words should be perfect, along with your fluency. I hope you find this of some use. It certainly should help. If not, it will certainly have you laughing at yourself. Good luck.

Kitosdad.

ps. I really do expect to hear some of your own recordings of this. At least we will all enjoy making fools of ourselves.
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[Torsten]

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[Kitosdad]

That was a good effort Torsten. I would suggest that you now try to do it a little faster.

Bill.
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[Torsten]

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She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore,
The shells that she sells, are sea-shore shells.
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Test Of English for International Communication
TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary

[Kitosdad]

You had a more difficult time there Torsten. Great fun though.

" Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? "

" I am not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I am only plucking pheasants
'cause the pheasant plucker's late."

Bill.
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[Torsten]

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"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
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[Kitosdad]

A real killer!

She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore.
The shells that she sells are surely sea-shells.
So if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore,
Then surely she sells sea-shore shells.
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[Shyone]

How about:

Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
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[Kitosdad]

Evening Andrea. I'm sure there are lots of these on Google. Just something to help our learners get their tongues moving.

Bill.
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[Shyone]

Nah, you can't blame this one on Google. We learned it in school because we were to practice the rolling 'r'.
I don't think I manage, even today, to get it really rolling.
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[ForOneSucks]

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'She sells sea-shells by the sea-shore,
The shells that she sells, are sea-shore shells.'

'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?'

'I am not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I am only plucking pheasants
'cause the pheasant plucker's late.'

'Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.'

[Shyone]

Well done!

That's better than I'll ever manage.
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[ForOneSucks]

Underestimation of one's abilities is a no-no.

[Shyone]

[Phem]

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