How to Improve your English Pronunciation Skill

by Charles Roring

Pronunciation is one of the most important aspects one has to master when learning English. The pronunciation system of English words is unique. That is the reason why many people say that the pronunciation of English language is difficult. The way we pronounce English words depends on how the words are heard in our ears. Therefore, it is important to listen to the right pronunciation of English language.

There are several effective ways which we can do to master the pronunciation of English language properly. I will describe some of them below:

Watching English TV broadcasts

Today’s technology has helped modern society in many ways. One of them is the availability of a lot of television stations that broadcast their programs in English. Even non-English speaking countries such as Germany, China, Japan, and Korea have English broadcasts. They do this to promote their countries to people in many countries so that they will recognize the products, the culture and the tourism attractions which they have. For English learners, the availability of television stations whose broadcasts are delivered in English is great. They can watch and listen various program in English and at the same time improve their pronunciation.

Watching English movies

If we go to movie stores, we can see a lot of English movies are promoted in affordable price in the form of VCD and DVD. We can choose whatever movies we like. For English learners, if they are serious in improving their pronunciation skill, they have to choose English movies or films that provide English subtitles. By watching English movies that have such subtitles, English learners can practice pronouncing the English words properly.

Listening to English Pronunciation

English pronunciation can also be practiced using English pronunciation cassettes. There are many publishers that offer books with such cassettes. One of them is a book entitled How to Say It.  The book is published by Longman. This book is small and thin. There are two companion cassettes which English learners can play to listen to some conversations and pronunciation practice.

There are still some other ways which you, as English learners, can do to improve your pronunciation skills. Some of them are practicing your English with native speakers of English, using English learning software with computer or joining and chatting in English with people on the internet. Whatever you do to improve your pronunciation skill, you must keep in mind that the more you practice your English the better you become.

Indonesian version: Bagaimana Menyempurnakan Pengucapan Bahasa Inggris