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| Accent The learner's ability to pronounce words shared by the people of a particular country or region of the language they are learning. | Good effort at accent. Quite close to that of a native speaker People thought this 3 | Excellent effort at accent. Extremely close to that of a native speaker. People thought this 0 | Limited effort at accent. Definitely a non-native speaker People thought this 0 |
| Fluency The learner's ability to speak continuously by chunking and linking words together. For example, instead of saying very slowly, "I - am - poor. I - have - no - money" like a robot, a fluent speaker would say, "I'm poor because I don't have any money." | Speech is relatively smooth; some hesitation and unevenness caused by rephrasing and searching for words People thought this 0 | Smooth and fluid speech; few to no hesitations; no attempts to search for words; volume is excellent People thought this 3 | Speech is frequently hesitant with some sentences left uncompleted People thought this 0 |
| Intonation The learner's ability to understand the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence | Able to identify and produce correct intonation, word stress and rhythm patterns with 50-90% accuracy. People thought this 3 | Able to identify and produce correct intonation, word stress and rhythm patterns with 90-100% accuracy. People thought this 0 | Able to identify and produce correct intonation, word stress and rhythm patterns with < 50% accuracy People thought this 0 |
| Pronunciation The learners' ability to enunciate the various consonants, consonant blends, vowels, and vowel blends in words, words linked together, and words in sentences. | The pronunciation contained some individual word pronunciation errors. Around 3-4 errors People thought this 0 | The pronunciation is exceptional and mirrors a native speaker. Shows a clear understanding of word stress and intonation. Only 0-2 errors People thought this 4 | The pronunciation is inconsistent and made it difficult to understand. 5 or more errors People thought this 0 |
Hello Gabriela,
That was a fantastic effort. It's a pleasure to help you with your English
Yes - imitating what actors say in movies and T.V. series is a great way for you to improve your speaking skills.
Like you, I love music too. I like all types of muisc but particularly like Jazz and Rock music. I wish I was good at singing but I cannot sing to save my life haha.
Unfortunately there is no easy way to master phrasal verbs. You simply just have to memorise them. I would suggest that you find a comprehensive list of the most commonly used phrasal verbs in English like this one. Then practice using them by adding texts and audios on here. That way you will get used to what they mean and how they are used. This is what I do in the languages I learn and I find it works quite well.
With regards to your audio, here are just a few things I've spotted which you need to work on.
1. When you said "I took singing classes long time ago" this is nearly correct but the correct way to write this idiom is " I took singing classes a long time ago"
2. "three years and a half" We say it the other way round "three and a half years".
3. You could do with improving your pronunciation of the "th" sound in English. Listen to me saying it and also watch a video like this.
4. In English, you dream of being something. So you would say "I always dreamed of being a singer".
5. You could do with improving your pronunciation of the word "phrasal"[frey-zuh l] - listen to me saying it a few times.
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Thank you I really Appreciate your comments and Thank you forget my mistakes
thank you
Hi again Gabriela!
Your intonation has improved a lot since last time, so well done! You have a lovely soft voice. Is it possible to project it a little more? This is something that I'm sure you do when singing. I found myself pressing my ear to my laptop to try and hear you and my volume was at the maximum level!!
One of the biggest challenges people have when learning English is the number of phrasal verbs native speakers use. There's a website I use when teaching the Cambridge English First exam which is free to use and publishes a different phrasal verb each day - also a word formation quiz and a collocation quiz. The reasoning for producing only one each day is to stop your mind becoming overloaded! Here's the link: https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/wordbank/colloc.htm
Post again soon! Ros
hi Ros
Hey!
Great job! It sounds really natural and your flow and fluency is good.
There were a couple of occassions where you missed small words but the meaning wasn't lost. EG, "I took singing lessons long time ago" instead of "I took singing lessons a long time ago." But like I said, the meaning was still clear.
The other comments have covered everything else I'd have to say. :)
As for phrasal verbs, I shared this on my blog in the past that might be helpful for you: http://www.lindsaydoeslanguages.com/what-you-really-need-to-know-about-p...
P.S. I visited Guatemala last year and it's beautiful! :)
thank you once again
Hey! Thanks for this, really impressed with your fluency and pronunciation :)
Apart from the comments made above, I just noticed a few things:
- It sounded like you said 'one of my passion'; this should have been 'one of my passions'
- Where you say 'I always dreamed to be a singer', you could alternatively phrase this as 'I always dreamt of being a singer'
Thanks,
Becky :)
yes you're right . i made the same mistake everytime a speak, I use the word And it sounded silly LoL .
Another thing i have problems with my recordings i cannot uplaod them