Use Your Listening Skills to Improve How You Sound When Speaking English Video
Understand how to use your listening skills to improve how you sound when speaking English. I'll share exactly what you should listen for in order to deepen your awareness of how native speakers use their voice, volume, pitch, tone, and breath to communicate clearly and effectively.
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Find the transcript and more practice here: https://englishwithkim.com/listening-skills-improve-accent/
0:00 Introduction
1:07 Why listening is essential for a natural accent
1:39 Focused listening
3:33 Work with one accent at a time
5:30 Listen for pitch changes
8:20 Listen for loudness and softness (volume)
9:47 Listen for syllable length
12:43 Listen for stressed syllables and vowels
15:33 Listen for stress in phrases
17:20 Listen for sentence stress
18:58 Listen for stress for emphasis
21:23 Listen for tone of voice
23:28 Listen for breathing and pausing
25:00 Listen for phrasing and thought groups
26:13 Listen for linked words
27:33 Listen for reduced words
28:25 Listen for speed of speech
30:13 What to listen to
32:06 Be selective
33:48 Choose short sections to listen to
🤗 I’m Kim, and I’m here to help you express your meaning and your message through stress, intonation, and how you you use your voice and breath.
In other words, you’ll learn how to communicate clearly and confidently in American English so that people will definitely understand (and *listen* to) what you have to say.
📢 Want to improve how you sound, but not sure where to start?
These videos will help you find your voice in English:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL81YJkck6j1t6ZPViiL8zOLYVvz1Gjdjz
👩💻 Learn all about courses and coaching right here:
https://englishwithkim.com/work-with-me/
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