How to Improve Your Pronunciation In a Foreign Language

[@LucaLampariello]

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[@michaelpadilla141]

Notes: - Intonation (focused on sentences) != Pronunciation (focused on words) - Develop the ability to distinguish small details - Start working on this from the beginning; avoid bad habits from the beginning - Develop a solid mental map between the target language's script and sounds - First prioritize sentences (intonation) first, single words (pronunciation) next, ie. top-down approach - Sounds and meaning are interrelated - Use materials that help you develop the sound mapping - Record yourself speaking when reading, not only speaking. Native speaker feedback is also key. - The Pareto Principle applies: front loading your language journey may be intense at first but the payoff long-term will be great.

[@Aritul]

Many thanks!

[@davidmansaray]

Luca often imitates my accent when we're together. He's really good ^^

[@Aritul]

Neat!

[@Alex.Shalda]

Man, 7 years from now

[@SergioSanchez-og7ms]

I completely agree with Luca, there some teachers or people who dare to say that nobody can get an almost perfect acent within the adulthood. and therefore I utterly disagree with this statement.

[@LuizLucena3]

David is an excellent interviewer and Luca is an amazing languages learner. Congrats to the both of you guys!

[@saraf4858]

This is awesome advice. I have a recommendation for one of Luca's points. There is an app called "HiNative" where you can record yourself and send the audio file to native speakers. They'll provide feedback, almost instantaneously. It's free too :)

[@LGnLA]

BIG THANKS Sara!!!

[@skidaddleskidoddle2813]

Thanks so much dude :)

[@AnthonyLauder]

Inspired by Luca, I have spent some time over the past couple of months working on pronunciation and intonation issues. I have bought a couple of books, and found them useful. However, at the start I found them a bit theoretical and overwhelming. So, I turned to courses that actors use for mimicking accents. For example, the "Acting with an Accent" series. These gave me a first step into grasping an accent, which was really helpful in then moving on to something deeper.

[@philtrem]

Learning the proper pronunciation from the beginning is the best thing you can do, it makes your further learning easier and helps you assimilate the language better. I always try to get the pronunciation, writing, and grammar right from the get go.

[@ingrossa]

My experience is that intonation is much more important than actual pronunciation of individual words. What I would do to train this is just take a random Spanish text and read it aloud to my ex boyfriend (who is a Spanish native) and then sentence by sentence he would try to correct me and make me read it like a native. This really trains your speed, rhythm and intonation.

[@jairojesusromancanales4263]

Patterns in order to improve pronunciation Lofty tip!!

[@thegalamaysight]

The pronunciation is the manner to articulate the mouth and the tongue in order to produce some certain sounds; in some varieties of a language (also in English) a word can have more of one pronunciation. The accent is a particular aspect of the pronunciation; for instance, in some italian accents (neapolitan), the wowel o is pronounced more closed than in others (lumbard) in wich is pronounced more open. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accent_(sociolinguistics)

[@CristhianBacusoy]

Ty Luca, you gave me an amount of advice to learn english and improve my pronunciation, I use an app to ask to native speaker about the pronunciation of sentences I made and then practice with the feedback I get, I record my reading and the native speaker made theirs and that have worked for me.

[@faridaqoshayeva3641]

thanks for the video, it motivated me to work on my pronounciation hard, from today I will start to follow Luca's tips

[@OliNorwell]

Nice video guys. I think recording yourself speaking is initially so hard to do (even in private!), but more and more I'm realising how useful it is. Having a native speaker listen it to as well and point out one or two key points is priceless.

[@nellygrandin7062]

Hi Luca and David! I do love your interviews! They are great and motive me a lot. I would like to say I like the idea to do the interview outside but sometimes it is a bit hard to understand because of the noise around (this video is much better then to the one "How to read in a foreign language", the noise around was more important). I am French so English is not my first language so I think it is also for that it probably more annoying for me.

[@MusTaFa-wg8nl]

Absolutely loved the last words of yours where you talk about the plesure of learning the pronunciation etc.:D

[@AlexG-wk3nh]

really helpful tips here, Im hoping to use this to learn French pronunciation

[@АлисаБард]

Wow. I was so concentrated on what Luca was saying that I felt hypnotised by the end of the video. I really didn't want to miss a thing from your amazing perspective. Thank you! I think I will rewatch this video tomorrow, to make sure I got everything:)

[@davidmansaray]

I clarified this at 02:53 - "developing a connection between the two" referring to written language and its spoken equivalent.

[@angelescampana]

Great interviewer!

[@yosukematsuki3288]

Great interview,

[@bartvanderveer]

Hi, you could try to say a [d] instead of the [r], so [stdaat]. This 'trick' is also used in speech therapy for children. Anyway, there is a lot of variety in the pronunciation of Dutch /r/, depending on region and country (Netherlands vs Belgium or Suriname).

[@TheAlibaba40tencuop]

David seems to be a humble guy :-)

[@paulvaulker5004]

I definitely need to start teaching intonation/rhythm etc. more. I may have disregarded this aspect of the language simply because I felt the students weren't interested in sounding good or they started whining when I used a native-like accent, sort of disregarding this aspect, pout of fear that they might not show up again so I was afraid of overwhelming them with weird sounds of a foreign language. Now, learning German as well, I see how intonation patterns help me tremendously not only to sound better, but also to make some grammar patterns natural, especially the German word order, e.g. "Ich weiß nicht, ob ich Zeit habe." or the word order after "weil" such as in "Warum? Weil ich keine Zeit habe". In grammar books you can read and study all day long the rules e.g. Noun first, verb second etc. I have never done it. I have been listening to various subtitled content in German and sort of got used to the rhythm/intonation. I see the above sentences as a whole intonation unit, rather than bits and pieces that I need to put together, using my knowledge of words. Both the German sentences above sound natural to me and I actually found myself using the above patterns naturally without thinking in my online lessons. Of course there are different grammar points, such as articles, with which intonation doesn't seem to help as much. They actually have the same intonation, just one different sound (der, die, das, dem, den etc.) This is what some of my students say - this is your experience, you have the language gene, I don't, so I can never learn it. So I am just wondering whether this is about talent or simply the right or wrong methods or approaches. It feels like it should be working for most people, once you get to a certain level so I don't think it is so much about talent as the first three months of learning I couldn't do it and could have said I had zero talent, but only with time spent listening I started to see the patterns. So, the message here may simply be don't learn grammar (which is a vague concept anyway - what is it actually, learning grammar?) until you reach a certain comprehension level along with natural intonation pattern recognition. I have even thought about something like starting a teaching business based on "learning grammar by intonation/rhythm" where the concept would be to present intonation as a means to develop all the other language skills to a large degree - yes, there might be some concepts that need to be checked in a book, but the general struggle with grammar would be dealt with by intonation. There could be materials specifically designed for that purpose. I don't know. Maybe it is already out there and teachers use it. (It may be what Luca is doing but I am not sure about specifically targeting grammar by intonation being what he is doing or whether it is actually possible. Maybe it is already mentioned in other polyglot's or Luca's videos, but I just haven't seen it.)

[@Sanjeevinawe]

Very good interview.

[@LGnLA]

Dos guapos & inteligentes hombres, thanks guys!!! 😊❤

[@rosebarbaro461]

I never thank you enough for Undersand me. it is Thank you.

[@charliecastillo2011]

One of my first languages is English. I’ve learned French, as well as a bit of Swahili. In addition to mimicking an accent, I also find myself overcompensating with vocabulary to make sure I can get my point across.

[@lucasm4299]

I am my own trainer and I’m doing very well. If I had a trainer, I would do even better, but I’m not sure if I can afford it.

[@solea59]

It's a great idea to chat outside, but for some who are a bit hard of hearing ( such as myself ) there is just too much noise. How about a quiet room, soft furnishings absorb unecessary noise. Hard surfaces such as classrooms create echoes.Thanks. Great videos anyway !

[@HolyTrinityArmy]

I video di Luca sono sempre molto interessanti.

[@benalexender3046]

Thanks from Egypt: )

[@singingtradsongs]

Wish I'd had this 21 years ago, not entirely sure it would help now though I definitely think my Spanish accent is the weakest feature of my using that language but I'm fluent, and indeed speak so fast it's definitely harder to make pronunciation changes than when I was beginning.

[@seannead.wharton4595]

Is this easier to do after learn some vocabulary?

[@chaque4]

exellent interviewer

[@mcroma65]

Naturalmente appena uscirà il tuo libro sarò ben lieto di acquistarlo. Intanto grazie per i tuoi video molto interessanti

[@christiancarrigan3464]

luca waar zitten jullie in dit filmpje? je woot in frankrijk toch? jullie hebben al een paar filmpjes samen gedaan dus ik was benieuwd als hij ook in frankrijk woont?en leuke filmpje vaker doen!

[@mcroma65]

Complimenti Luca per tutta la passione che metti nel lavoro che svolgi e trasmetti agli altri!!! Pensa che mi è ritornata voglia di rispolverare il mio Inglese.... Una domanda : alle superiori, tanti anni fa ( ora ne ho quasi 50) ho studiato Inglese con British accent ma gran parte dei documentari e films che vedo sono in American accent ..... adesso se riprendo a studiare con cosa mi consigli ricominciare? Accento Inglese o Americano? Grazie per la tua gentile risposta

[@vincenttrejo4062]

hi luca i`m alex from El Salvador como puedo aprender a hablar ingles en mi pais sitodos hablan español que debo hacer help me please!

[@daniels.3990]

Amigo ya se que no me preguntaste a mi pero... Lo que te recomiendo hacer es que busques turistas. Mucha gente de europa, y america del norte van a turistear al salvador.

[@SergioSanchez-og7ms]

vincent trejo Mira, ahora no hay necesidad de moverse de casa para aprender cualquier idioma. Usa El español para encontrar sonidos parecidos en ingles. otra cosa muy diferente del Inglés al Español es la manera que las palabras se conectan unas a otras. Por ejemplo, How old are you? Sí tu lo dices en la forma del Español no vas a poder pronunciar bien. Pero si dices, HOWOLDAREYOU? como si fuera una palabra , fíjate en oldare la consonante se fusiona con la vocal A y suena parecido a la DA en español, y eso se puede aplicar a casi todos los casos en Inglés. otro consejo en un Acento Estado Unidense es pronunciar la letra T con las vocales como si fuera una R, Pattern, utter, pero suave. no como la R española.

[@dd.oliver]

vincent trejo crie una inmersión através de la internet. Todos los días mire las películas y videos en inglés

[@davide3158]

In alcuni casi, quando la lingua già si parla, secondo me frequentare un corso di dizione è la via più semplice. Gli amici possono darti un feedback più o meno valido, ma spesso sentono che suoni strano e non sono in grado di dirti dove sbagli... magari perchè neanche loro sanno che la "e" in italiano può essere aperta o chiusa e che, per esempio, tutte le parole in -mente vogliono la e chiusa. Un esperto conosce le regole ed ha la sensibilità per aiutarci a migliorare più velocemente. La dizione è un pò come la grammatica, c'è chi senza studiarla arriva ad un buon livello, come Luca, e chi, come me, invece, con le regole sul tavolo riesce a progredire più velocemente. Oltre un certo livello, secondo me, senza uno studio mirato non si può arrivare. Persino nella mia lingua madre, tra i madrelingua non conosco nessuno che senza uno studio attivo della dizione sia riuscito a raggiungere il livello standard, quello parlato dai media.

[@R0Y90]

Geweldige video =p Maar er is echter wel een verschil tussen de uitspraak van het zelfstandig naamwoord 'pronUnciation' en het werkwoord 'to pronounce' =p

[@Taricus]

I'm sitting here trying to study Chinese, but instead I'm watching a video about studying languages... XD LOL! Oh, the irony..... I'm not getting any studying done, because I'm studying how to study.....

[@ZoomZoomBoom24]

Jimmy Amato Oh! The irony...lol

[@LGnLA]

Facts, I am supposed to be studying my Spanish... but watching these Polyglot videos... ay dios mio! 😊😉

[@outdoorsywannabe1888]

I’m suppose to be studying my Russian since I have a homework to be submitted on Monday. Here I am listening to people on how to learn a language. It helps, people have different techniques.

[@DTux5249]

Studyception

[@OsRmMd]

LGnLA ay caramba

[@corneliupopa5158]

What principle? minute 12

[@sedoy1986]

awesome! but, dear mr Luca, could you set up the video about yourseif in common, may be about your everyday life routins - i'll appreciate it with a great honour! why i' m asking for that? because .. i believe that only the most exception people become aware about The matrix ) probably you became an idol for people and definitely your russian is incredible! i don't believe in any methodics, i believe in people, so i and probably most people would be grateful about any information about You and your life experience and may be not only about your language skills.

[@MasterBreezy]

which is very important

[@szatanowska]

and what about polish? mówisz po polsku LucA?

[@fusiontv5269]

12:00 20 80

[@xFedericaXX]

Dunque come funziona.. Mi metto in fila? :)

[@MarcinVoyager]

Pareto laughs at me all the time because in my case, uncurable case, 80 percent of work gets only 20 percent of overall effect. It's hard to learn a language when you lack its 80 percent constantly.

[@ritagaston1556]

Why don’t you give examples in any language otherwise all theoretical.

[@christiancarrigan3464]

ahhh oke:)

[@solealucillemacnamara3389]

je sais que je donne l impression que je suis en train d'harceler le mec et de le draguer dans chacune de ses vidéos mais ce n'est pas vrai :p je l'admire beaucoup et puis sérieux là regarde- le , il est trop beau à voir !

[@MehdiSufi]

استارته فارسی رو هم یه نوکی بزن دا.

[@xFedericaXX]

Ma non è che per caso mi daresti lezioni private? Ahahaha :)

[@MarcinVoyager]

Nie peridol stary :-D

[@thomasfranklin9166]

crap

[@Solaxe]

yeah you are