How to stop feeling FAKE and start sounding NATURAL in English

[@hadar.shemesh]

So.. what do YOU do that prevents you from sounding natural in English?

[@TGDCAQ]

Feeling confident and being confident is the first thing.

[@hadar.shemesh]

that's absolutley a must!

[@hi-future6015]

Ya true Hadar , it is a must to be confident

[@amrhalabi2753]

too much tense for some sounds especially those sounds that not exist in my mother tongue , Thanks a lot Hadar

[@samazain6202]

thank you .. l love you .. l send you my story by email please read it .. l am waiting to hear from you ..🧚‍♀️

[@dougcunha]

You are my role model when it comes to pronunciation. Every time I think about giving up, I remember how you managed to learn your perfect American accent without being American. Thank you, Hadar! :D

[@hadar.shemesh]

Douglas Cunha thank you! I was so happy to read your comment

[@melissasitumorang6594]

That's true.. i just love the way she pronounces every single word clearly. Thank you for all your videos. 💜💖

[@mizahel969]

Q

[@ishowvelocity-no1]

Same

[@CthRage8946]

​​​@@hadar.shemesh May I ask you this? A lot of friends who are coming to the US are trying to imitate sounds and I always tell them - people would appreciate talking with a normal person, not a robot. Like, this is one of the most general mistakes right? People would try to sound native so they could blend. Hadar is it ok to use your own voice not something you have heard on tv, and try to imitate? People already appreciate the fact you know their language and try to speak with them. Is ok to mispronounce sounds in certain words, and people still figure out what you try to say, even though you're a native speaker? For EX: mispronouncing the TH in them because you don't have enough energy? And people still figure it by the context?

[@aurelia843]

I'm going to an English speech recently. My teacher told me to stress the important words, but what I practice always sounds the same. I found out that I just speaking louder not a higher pitch after watching this video. It helps me a lot!!

[@tupurdim7960]

You're the only teacher who highlighted my mistakes so clearly, OMG, thanks a million for your great work 😍🤩

[@doanvancolo]

Even for native english speakers, you point out something every body should learn or practice.... Tkx

[@tienlai3948]

I was used to increasing my volumn when stressing all the time so my intonation seems really weird, however, i realized my mistakes and fixed them thank to your instructions. Many thanks

[@hadar.shemesh]

That’s great to hear! Good job!!

[@grow2globalwithbobishida761]

"Naturalness" as a sentence is the ultimate goal not to generate 'right sounds for each word'. Thank you for this video, Hadar! I really needed this video.

[@hadar.shemesh]

You're welcome!

[@sipe8730]

Thank You ! You know exactly how we feel learning English.

[@bournejason66]

Do you have a video when you first came to US? If you do a before and after, that will be a great motivation for students...

[@aliarif7721]

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[@gunner2755]

Absolutely brilliant. People constantly underestimate the difficulty of English pronunciation. I have been living in an English speaking country for 25 years and I still have an accent

[@JR-yo3je]

she's absolutely mind-reedier ,in all her videos she talked about things that when i'd explain to someone they won't understand me. love youu XOXO

[@anpaltreasure]

You are d real English teacher I know

[@mojoe717]

people just need to engage in more conversations (a lot of em) to achieve it , thank you.

[@leviyaa9687]

Actually, I have a doubt that how to pronounce each word correctly, I have a lot of commotion that how to pronounce each and every word precisely, but now you make it clear, I get some ideas. It's very beneficial. Thanks

[@riteshdixit5368]

I'm from india and currently deeply focusing on english. I came here first time but I learned a lot from your video. Great explanation ma'am....Keep going on 😊👍🏻

[@hadar.shemesh]

Glad to hear ❤️ I wish you all the best!!

[@trexathena17]

ah you are so amazing I hope you are my real teacher in english

[@tangocharlie5509]

You seem to be right that not being a native gives you a little advantage as to recognize "our" problems and our flaws. I have really appreciated the advice of using high pitch instead of high volume. I'll try to focus more on that ! Thx again and Keep it up.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank You ♥️

[@SandeepKumar-ed5dh]

This is the best Video I have ever watched for speaking better in English. This is the(softer) best video(emphasis) I have ever Watched for(softer) speaking better in English (emphasis). I hope, I wrote it right. Thank you my teacher.

[@dasmado]

Omg you're so good at teaching!

[@megathron3461]

Great pieces of advice! All of your suggestions are spot on! It's glaring obvious that you understand both native's and non-native's speakers perspective (difficulties, common mistakes) and can easily pinpoint what should be fixed or adjusted. Chapeau! (tips hat). I find myself overdoing: - linking and reducing even stressed words or elements of a sentence - flapping T's and D's across words (last syllable of a word flapped with the first sylable of the following word) over using stop consonats Those two major "habits" lead to an either broken or too rushed rythm in a sentence, preventing all those natural "pauses" ,by holding for longer stressed words/syllables (a chance for the mouth muscles to relax) to occur resulting in an increasing tensed up jaw and a pressure cooker race to keep up the pace in order to not trip up or get stuck while speaking.

[@empiric_physio]

Hi, I am preparing for toefl and my aim is to get 26 in speaking...i went through many KZbin videos and I must say yours are way better than others and helping me, also you look gorgeous so its making easy to learn with you. Thanks alot for the knowledge..

[@frederickhofrederick2164]

You're a brilliant teacher.I find my right path.Your English is amazing.It really helps me go natural English.Thanks so much.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you for taking the time to send me these encouraging words !

[@anyelocuello1287]

Thanks some much You help me a lot

[@leomessi5386]

Those tips are really useful, that's brilliant that you united them in one video. Thanks a ton 😅

[@deejazuni8644]

Thank you Hadar❤Am from Pakistan and i am a lawyer..... i must watch your videos and learn more....ur method of teaching is awsome😍😍

[@matefekete5287]

i'm sorry but have i actually told you all my problems some time and I just don't remember telling?? You literally know ALL the problems I'm struggling with. :D You're a wonderful teacher.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Haha I read minds 😁😘🤯

[@victorianunez333]

I like your vídeos..I'm practing daily thanks to you! I'm native spanish speaker..

[@Jzhang1996]

The BEST voice coach on KZbin!!

[@brunomucciaccia1005]

you are so full of passion =)

[@serhiiarion]

Practice, practice and ...once gain - practice! Thank you for the great lesson, Hadar!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thanks Sergey!

[@lantranthi6299]

Practice, practice and once more, Your lessons are great. Thank so so much my instruction. I learn a lot from you

[@shinningraj]

Mam, your lesson is great. I wish I could be in your country and city to join your classes. Your tips are very worthy. To cite an example, I have seen may teacher(s) teaches lesson on speaking English in a natural way totally different than yours which I found not much productive. They teaches more of right pronunciation than delivering a speech, like you said volume is less important than pitch, softer should be consonants and connecting words in a sentence. Thank you so much for rendering such service for newbie like me. God bless!

[@Chris-hd3wc]

I love your learning theory so much! You are perfectly correct about picking up a second language!

[@melsagyaman2236]

Thank you ma'am for this video. I have learned a lot. GOD bless❤️

[@RicardoPerez-mg6bt]

Let me tell you You inspire me a lot Thanks for sharing your videos

[@hadar.shemesh]

😊❤️🙏

[@wafatsamrotulfuadah3821]

Your material every video,make me help for learning like a native speaker. Best regards...im from Indonesia

[@sergioalfaro7074]

Wow you are very accurate you listed a couple of problems I have and I have found it how to fix them in your video. That is a great explanation. A big load of thanks.

[@helpful-2011]

Thanks Hadar, how great person are you even your busy schedule you spent your important time, whenever you go, happiness on your way. Ameen!

[@hadar.shemesh]

♥️❤️

[@tahamahmoud2305]

You are prefect teacher.

[@meleselecturesatlecturehall]

It is my pleasure to explain to you that you are my choice to learn and improve my English pronunciation! I really like your approach you suggest to others in their attempt to improve English pronunciation. Keep it up, please!!!

[@hadar.shemesh]

It's my sheer pleasure to hear that! Thank you so much!!

[@jassay6435]

It is a pefect one of your series, Hadar. And I cannot help to save before I finish it ! :)

[@Butterflyneverlands]

Excellent tips! Thank you big!

[@flaviasantos3077]

Iam Brazilian, and my voice is not the same when I speak in spanish, but I like the way it sounds because I speak very similar to a native spanish speaker. But in English most of the times I've got stuck.

[@zulfayeekhaday4243]

This lesson helps me a lot. Thank you, teacher.

[@santiagoezama3344]

I liked a lot the first tip... The others are really good and so tough to practice 😅

[@2classtamaga4]

Hi from Madagascar, i always follow your teaching and i appreciate it. Awsome video, thanks a lots

[@hadar.shemesh]

❤️🙏

[@huyenphan9458]

Great lesson! Thank you Hadar!😘

[@monicaoliveira5742]

Hadar! I’m so happy to find you , I’m a new subscriber and I’m loving your videos ! May I give you a suggestion? Videos speaking about phrasal verbs would be very important since there are so many and Americans use phrasal verbs a lot 😉

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you so much! Yes I know. I promise to make one about phrasal verbs soon!

[@davisz2465]

Super teacher... Beautiful, 😊😊😊😘

[@aparecidoferreiravais321]

Hi Hadar thanks for your videos they are very useful Have a nice day or night my dear teacher

[@antoanto3402]

Hadar, you are BRILLIANT as always! THANK YOU 💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@PravinMdrz]

hey it is pleasant experience watching you talk

[@loulina17]

You are a very good teacher Hadar thank you so much.^^

Great tools! Thank you Hadar! You always rock with your advices!

[@sridevir6891]

It's you whom I have been searching this long....

[@online_game_yes]

I really love your Video, thank you for the sharing. I really want to speak English effortlessly

[@lafritegaming7713]

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[@valeriotrujano6802]

Excelent lesson. I am learn english and this videos help me by the english

[@douglasmarinho3653]

I'd really like to reading like that 😍

[@hermanoamor3606]

De los los mas de 100 profesores de Ingles en internet, esta es la pronunciacion mas clara de todos. Y. siento y entiendo todo, como que me estan hablando en Espanol, pronuncia Hadar mejor que Tiffany.

[@oliviasolomon7048]

Cute! I learned a lot from the lesson. More power to your elbow.

[@hadar.shemesh]

💪🏽

[@anotherwayschool]

Hi Hadar, your videos are great and so are your explanations. Nevertheless, I'd like you, please, to make it clearer what the difference between "pitch" and "volume" is as well as having more practical and real examples of what and what NOT one is supposed to do like when you read those few lines from the book; after all, as you well said, it always comes down to practice ! Thank you, great job ! Congratulations !!!

[@hadar.shemesh]

I just made a video today about pitch! Coming soon:)

[@Umar_P]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video👏

[@sunglee3935]

What do you think about shadowing tv dramas? It got me stressing the words naturally instead of thinking about which words to stress

[@hadar.shemesh]

That's a great practice exercise

[@Star-Spangled_Banner]

My native language is Russian and I haven't problems with English pronunciation but my friend had these problems.

[@tupurdim7960]

I'm so sad 😭😭😭, why so few views for super incredible lesson

[@ТатиНестеро]

Very useful video, thanks!

[@phuongtrungnguyen5477]

Hello.you are wonderful. I am gratefull if you help me speaking well. I am real sad because my speaking is not well. I comeovered a english review yesterday at foreign company.

[@baharebesharat9849]

Thanks for your help dear teacher

[@djahidoctordz]

Hiiii lovely teacher ,... great advices ,..

[@userBBB]

BBB 1 second ago Thank you for your useful tips I need help to say "said" I am saying it like sat, without the mystery d at the end I'm also not sure how to say said that

[@thabitsheikhalarap9281]

Thank you very much hadar❤

[@lucianacosta3904]

I really do like your videos. Thanks!!

[@ফেরারী]

You are talented ❤

[@bishnusharma9384]

Your hair is super good. And your damn smart and your freaking helpful. I would have never sharpen my English as much with out your helps.

[@fourcorners-music]

you are great Hadar🌸

[@ValVentures]

Great video!! Thank you very much!

[@WLmad]

amazing video as usual, thank you so much Hadar =)

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you! 🙌

[@latikaamaliya558]

This video really helped me a lot...🙃

[@luislassen8102]

You're freaking amazing!

[@bernardicabakula5355]

I do not agree for turkish caffe without sughar :) It is good !

[@learninghowto101]

I sometimes tutor some fellow asians and although they can pronounce the word correctly, they are pronouncing it in a way that feels like they have a lot of tension hence making them sound unnatural and slows their reading too. their words feels hard 😆 if you know what I mean. It's a little different when they speak but it's so obvious when they are reading. edit: yes number 4 explains it.

[@areyouok-yes]

thank you very much.

[@hatemhalal2615]

Thank you dear Hadar.

[@christophermichael5764]

i am trying to learn spanish. is there a version of hadar's approach to learning spanish on youtube? this lady's approach towards learning is amazing!

[@hadar.shemesh]

♥️🙏😊

[@AG-zh7zl]

Try to learn the sounds of Spanish (vowels and consonants) and then blendings, before you study the grammar. And practice listening skills with voices from Latin America and Spain. Avoid Spanish spoken in the US, since its more like a dialect and unsophisticated.

[@christophermichael5764]

Egas Egas thanks!

[@AG-zh7zl]

@@christophermichael5764 To study the sounds you can try what is call "silabarios", which is something like "phonics". I found a channel for children about "silabarios". More than 4 hours with all the vowels, consonants and blendings. It could be infantile, but that's a good foundation. Although it was produced by Venezuelan actors, the Spanish is what is called "español neutro". It is the way to cater all the audiences in Latin America. In other words, the accent is not of a particular region. Some Netflix movies give you the choice of Spanish you prefer. The choices are two: Spanish (Latin America) Spanish (Spain). Good luck! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWPTloylhN2Bmc0

[@lalenar8929]

Thanks a lot for this amazing tips!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Happy you like it!

[@ildikomolnar8437]

Thank you for this lesson 😃😃

[@samaelcastanedamesa3098]

Thank you!! this is really good! :D

[@watanfonder176]

Thanx for your tips..really helpful and enthusiastically presented. By the way, is it ok to ask about the origin of your name & what it means? Kindest

[@abbasghoreishi8202]

Excellent👏👏👏👏👏👏😍😍

[@sachindey9267]

I am one of your fans!

[@nguyenminhtam2302]

It's very useful, thank you so much! I need your help. Can you make a video about the word have -ed in english? I've had a big problem with this sound because the \t\ and \d\ sound in the end of the word is very hard to pronounce in the sentence, so I can't speak fluently and while I heard, I couldn't listen to this sound. I really hope that you can read my comment.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you! Have you seen my video about the -Ed suffix ??

[@nguyenminhtam2302]

@@hadar.shemesh Thank you very much but I didn't have the problem with /d/ & /t/ sound in -ED word. Here is example I took form the comment of a man below :" I remember how you managed to learn your perfect American accent without being American." or in a sentence:"I remembered that problem". I can hear /d/ sound in the end of remembered & managed when I use google translate's voice, and when I try to speak those sentences, it's not be fluently if I pronounce /d/ sound in -ed suffix. I wonder whether native speaker had some tips to reduce /d/ & /t/ sound or not and how to realize it, can you spend some time to make a video for people like me can deal this problem? I really very grateful to you!( sorry if you can understand what I wrote, my writing skill extremely bad).

[@basicenglish6632]

Excellent!

[@andrestotoro711]

La mejor!!

[@rajat4520]

Hi. I am not trying to sound rude or anything but umm I think at 10:10 it's supposed to be 'emphasis' and not 'emphesis'. Thanks

[@hadar.shemesh]

Not rude, and absolutely right! A typo Me and my editor have missed 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@debajyatibanerjee5480]

Madam I am Dibbo and I am from India.(Kolkata)....I want to learn American accent....so what I have to learn fast???....plzz help me......

[@ricardoborges83]

Great! Wonderfull!

[@mauriceotiskouton1723]

You're so talented. You look stunningly gorgeous. I am going to tell the world about you just so they can get subscribed to your channel. Thank you!

[@hadar.shemesh]

♥️♥️

[@stck2908]

your method is perfect :)

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you!

[@ricardoborges83]

I ever applied this method, but in the mostly, the people didn't undestand me.

[@laphonz]

Nice vid, but my voice is too airy. My air is messing up my tone of voice