| Listen to English. Don't get confused. This article is | | | | may very well know the numbers, but how well |
| on speaking. But what I want you to understand, | | | | can you say them? Fluency in a language means |
| is that listening is very, very important. To speak, | | | | knowing the language well. Think about how well |
| you must know how to pronounce letters, and | | | | you know your language. You can say the |
| more importantly, how to pronounce those letters | | | | numbers really, really fast. This is due to your |
| in words. If you are still being challenged by | | | | tongue knowing how it needs to move. Your |
| pronunciation, you can always refer to the | | | | tongue has been trained in a certain way since |
| international phonetic alphabet on Wikipedia. | | | | you were a very little child. Can you do the same |
| A popular saying in America is "practice makes | | | | in English? Maybe, but maybe not. That is my |
| perfect". If you have heard of it, I am not | | | | point. You should know the numbers by heart and |
| surprised. Maybe your language has a different | | | | be able to say them fast. That is a way of |
| yet similar saying. And if you have never heard of | | | | practicing. |
| this saying, it simply means that the more you do | | | | Another great practice of speaking is to speak |
| something, the better you get at it. | | | | out loud English Tongue Twisters. You don't need |
| So in this article, I want you to focus on listening | | | | to know them to learn English, but if you just |
| to any American speakers that you can. But as | | | | practice speaking them, your tongue will get more |
| you are listening, I want you to repeat. That is | | | | and more comfortable in the way it needs to |
| the speaking part. Repeat what you hear out loud. | | | | move. There are a lot of tongue twisters to find |
| It is understandable if you feel self conscious, | | | | on the internet. You can find one you like, and |
| many people do. When you are alone or | | | | practice saying it. You may never get it right (that |
| somewhere comfortable, start speaking. Having | | | | is the point of a tongue twister) but your tongue |
| someone to practice with is also a great way to | | | | will learn. Always remember to use different ones |
| learn. | | | | at different times so your tongue can learn |
| When you are thinking about English, that is a | | | | different positions. |
| good time to practice your speaking aloud. When I | | | | If you practice speaking this way, you will get |
| am working on learning a new language, I do the | | | | comfortable speaking English and you may even |
| same thing. I think about the things I want to say, | | | | start to lose your accent. You will not lose your |
| and I say them out loud. Even if I'm not talking to | | | | accent to the point that you can't speak your |
| anyone but myself. That way you can hear your | | | | native tongue, but you will be able to control your |
| speech aloud and you can hear the things you | | | | accent a lot better. Your accent is part of who |
| might be mis-pronouncing or not emphasizing. | | | | you are, but gaining control of it will give you an |
| For example, the numbers in English. Yes. You | | | | edge in your English learnig and studies. |