A good way to practice pronuntiatio is simply to watch yourself speak. Even without external feedback, you yourself will notice many bad habits in the way you speak and correct them.
I did this as part of a class: each week we would give a short talk on some subject, then watch the video of ourselves talking. For the next talk, it’s best to focus on improving just a single thing that went wrong, starting from the mouth and moving outward. For example, on a particular week I would focus on fixing on of the following:
Too quiet (usually) or too loud.
Too fast (usually) or too slow.
Filler words: “umm” and “ahh”.
Monotone, or tone changes that don’t match the context.
Eye contact with audience—you want to make brief eye contact that moves around the room, rather than staring at the floor or at a single person.
Shoulder posture, arm movement.
Body posture, some people tend to sway in the wind.
Moving around the room.
At the very end, which came out to our 6th or 7th talk, we went back to the subject of our first lightning speech and tried to deliver the exact same text and compared the videos. The difference was astounding.
A good way to practice pronuntiatio is simply to watch yourself speak. Even without external feedback, you yourself will notice many bad habits in the way you speak and correct them.
I did this as part of a class: each week we would give a short talk on some subject, then watch the video of ourselves talking. For the next talk, it’s best to focus on improving just a single thing that went wrong, starting from the mouth and moving outward. For example, on a particular week I would focus on fixing on of the following:
Too quiet (usually) or too loud.
Too fast (usually) or too slow.
Filler words: “umm” and “ahh”.
Monotone, or tone changes that don’t match the context.
Eye contact with audience—you want to make brief eye contact that moves around the room, rather than staring at the floor or at a single person.
Shoulder posture, arm movement.
Body posture, some people tend to sway in the wind.
Moving around the room.
At the very end, which came out to our 6th or 7th talk, we went back to the subject of our first lightning speech and tried to deliver the exact same text and compared the videos. The difference was astounding.