Honor every word
:::: SEANCE FIVE ::::
HONOR EVERY WORD
Have paper and pen at hand.
Write down these few words and pronounce them ENTIRELY (for this seance, don’t use the keyboard on your cellphone or that one on your computer: use your hands, paper and a pen, I’ll save the explanation for later on):
FIVE = “FAIV” (NOT “FAY”, NOT “FAI”, ADD EXTRA EMPHASIS TO THE LAST “V”).
SAY = “SEY”.
SAID = “SED”/“SEID” -IN BETWEEN- (PRONOUNCE THE WHOLE WORD, EVEN THE LAST “D”).
START = “START” (NOT “STAR”, REMARK THE LAST “T”).
RECORD = “RICORD” (NOT “RICOR”, NOT “RECOR”, ALWAYS PRONOUNCE THE LAST “D”, MAKE IT SOUND CHIC).
NEXT = “NEXT” (NOT “NEX”, PRONOUNCE THE LAST “T”).
TOLD = “TOLD” OR “TOLT” (NOT “TOL”, PRONOUNCE THE LAST “D”).
Now, let’s try some words with “Ch”. The “Ch” in English (compared to Spanish) mostly sounds like “K”, see next:
SCHEME = “SKIM”/“SKEM” -IN BETWEEN- (NOT “SCHEM”, NOT “SCHIM”).
SCHEMER = “SKIMER” (NOT “SCHIMER”).
ARCHIVE = “ÁRKAIV” (NOT “ARCHIVE”, NOT “ARKIV”, NOT “ARKAI”, NOT “ARCHIV”, PRONOUNCE THE LAST “V”).
Do it again, but this time put a pen across your lips/teeth (see the picture). Speak as clear as possible without letting the pen falls down. Do it five times each. Record your voice (make fun/laugh of yourself as desired).
Learning English could be like learning to ride a bike: as soon as you start doing it by yourself, you can feel an excitement, but that same emotion can lead you to fall even if you already know the basis on how to keep balance. I’ve notice that many of us, as soon as we start speaking, we lower the voice, and this leads to start pronouncing wrongly or incomplete.
Make sure you’re using that tiny speaker on the translator when you have entered a word, it will tell you (literally) how that word sounds like.
Always remember to finish one word properly before you start saying the next one: “I-have-five-minutes-to-learn-english-every-day”.
Repeat it slowly, clearly, no pressures, don’t start pronouncing the next word until the previous one has been pronounced completely, keep it slow, remember that we are practicing and we are not enrolled in a conversation yet, be tolerant and patient with yourself.
HONOR EVERY WORD
Have paper and pen at hand.
Write down these few words and pronounce them ENTIRELY (for this seance, don’t use the keyboard on your cellphone or that one on your computer: use your hands, paper and a pen, I’ll save the explanation for later on):
FIVE = “FAIV” (NOT “FAY”, NOT “FAI”, ADD EXTRA EMPHASIS TO THE LAST “V”).
SAY = “SEY”.
SAID = “SED”/“SEID” -IN BETWEEN- (PRONOUNCE THE WHOLE WORD, EVEN THE LAST “D”).
START = “START” (NOT “STAR”, REMARK THE LAST “T”).
RECORD = “RICORD” (NOT “RICOR”, NOT “RECOR”, ALWAYS PRONOUNCE THE LAST “D”, MAKE IT SOUND CHIC).
NEXT = “NEXT” (NOT “NEX”, PRONOUNCE THE LAST “T”).
TOLD = “TOLD” OR “TOLT” (NOT “TOL”, PRONOUNCE THE LAST “D”).
Now, let’s try some words with “Ch”. The “Ch” in English (compared to Spanish) mostly sounds like “K”, see next:
SCHEME = “SKIM”/“SKEM” -IN BETWEEN- (NOT “SCHEM”, NOT “SCHIM”).
SCHEMER = “SKIMER” (NOT “SCHIMER”).
ARCHIVE = “ÁRKAIV” (NOT “ARCHIVE”, NOT “ARKIV”, NOT “ARKAI”, NOT “ARCHIV”, PRONOUNCE THE LAST “V”).
Do it again, but this time put a pen across your lips/teeth (see the picture). Speak as clear as possible without letting the pen falls down. Do it five times each. Record your voice (make fun/laugh of yourself as desired).
Learning English could be like learning to ride a bike: as soon as you start doing it by yourself, you can feel an excitement, but that same emotion can lead you to fall even if you already know the basis on how to keep balance. I’ve notice that many of us, as soon as we start speaking, we lower the voice, and this leads to start pronouncing wrongly or incomplete.
Make sure you’re using that tiny speaker on the translator when you have entered a word, it will tell you (literally) how that word sounds like.
Always remember to finish one word properly before you start saying the next one: “I-have-five-minutes-to-learn-english-every-day”.
Repeat it slowly, clearly, no pressures, don’t start pronouncing the next word until the previous one has been pronounced completely, keep it slow, remember that we are practicing and we are not enrolled in a conversation yet, be tolerant and patient with yourself.