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Ask for help > English native speakersī help needed
English native speakersī help needed
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-Namarie
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English native speakersī help needed
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Hi everyone.
First of all, I īd like to thank all of you for your contributions to other teachers like me, that are always trying to improve trhough the use of creative activities.
Today, I find myself in trouble and need your help one more time, I īve been assigned a small project for the self access center I work in, and it requires some readings to be recorded by English native speakers, I would like to know if any of you would be so kind to help me with this task as I am not an English native speaker and my pronunciation is not quite accurate as it is required for these activities.
I īd really appreciate your help. Thank you so much for reading this post.
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10 May 2011
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jacquiepat
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Hi,
I īm ready to do one for you if you like - Northern British accent. (mother tongue) |
10 May 2011
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ldthemagicman
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Dear Namarie,
I will help you if I can.
I am British English, with a slight North of England accent.
However, I was on the Stage for several years, so if you wish, I can vary my voice and speak in different accents and registers.
Les Douglas |
11 May 2011
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-Namarie
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Thank you very very much.
I have just sent you a private message.
Greetings!
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11 May 2011
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teachertonyinchina
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I am willing to help you if I can. I am originally from the North
of England but have a very neutral accent as I have taught synthetic phonics
for many years.
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11 May 2011
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britishschwa
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I īm willing to help you if I can. BTW, I īm a phonetics teacher |
11 May 2011
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almaz
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@ Antony
Could you tell me what a īneutral accent ī is and how to develop it? I īm not an expert in phonetics or even prosody but I īve been led to believe that, linguistically, there īs no such thing as a natural zero point from which everything else is a deviation. This obviously has serious consequences for ESL teaching as you can see from Namarie īs post: some teachers may simply give up on pronunciation instruction if they perceive their own accent as somehow deviant.
I assume by īneutral ī, you mean that your accent can īt be placed geographically (or socially, for that matter). So, is it a neutral English accent as opposed to, say, a neutral American accent?
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11 May 2011
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dawnmain
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I think we talk about a natural accent when it īs an accent that can īt be identified with a particular region.
I īm also from the north east of England but Ive lived in Spain for 16 years. My accent has changed towards neutral but it is still very recognisable as a geordie accent, albeit diluted.
:-) here īs to accents!!
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11 May 2011
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-Namarie
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I īve learnt a lot from this forum!!
Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and for your support!
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14 May 2011
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