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Native like pronunciation
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:48 am
by Guoxiaomi8491
Some say it's really take great efforts for non-native speaker develop natural sounding English. But people with excellent oral Engish do exist around us. Can we aquire native like English through imitation?
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:51 am
by Zimmermann
This is a late reply but I just started looking at these boards. I think it is possible to sound like a native speaker but it takes a fair bit of work. i am originally Dutch and after 23 years, some people still notice a slight accent. Most people i meet ask me if I am South-African. Anyway, a few years ago I produced a video programme called “Practise English Pronunciation with Luke”. It shows with hand movements how to produce the sounds that most learners have difficulty with. It has helped a lot of Asian students. You can get a copy from my website - englishwithluke.com. Have a look. Good luck.
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:50 am
by Lorikeet
Zimmermann wrote:This is a late reply but I just started looking at these boards. I think it is possible to sound like a native speaker but it takes a fair bit of work. i am originally Dutch and after 23 years, some people still notice a slight accent. Most people i meet ask me if I am South-African. Anyway, a few years ago I found this great video programme called “Practise English Pronunciation with Luke”. It shows with hand movements how to produce the sounds that most learners have difficulty with. I can’t remember what his surname is but the website is englishwithluke.com. Have a look. Good luck.
Uh...perhaps you've met the Luke Zimmermann guy? The one that posted here and mentioned his website?
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... php?t=5572
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:07 am
by Zimmermann
Point taken. I have changed the message. hope you can change yours. Thanks.
Luke
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:09 am
by Lorikeet
Tell your friend it's always better to tell the truth.