How to improve your English pronunciation

I love studying English, and during the last couple of months I figured out some ways to improve pronunciation and fluency. I learnt that everyone has an accent, and that everyone can learn to speak more naturally by learning the correct way of saying a word, a phrase or a sentence. Here are some ways we can improve our English pronunciation:

- You can improve by listening to at least one hour of English conversations every day.

- You can use the imitation technique; I use Emma's lessons and TED Talks.

- You can study connected speech (blended, flap, linking, transformation, rhythm, etc.).

- You can improve your English speaking by using the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) as the tool can help you pronounce words correctly. It's not good to continue making mistakes in pronunciation, it's good to find out the correct pronunciation to a word you're not confident about.

- Find someone to practice English with every day and try talking to them without fear that your pronunciation will be inaccurate.

- Don't worry about the tone of your voice. Don't worry if you make mistakes. You learn from your mistakes - because if you don't make a mistake, it means that you don't try, and if you never try, you'll never achieve your goals.

- Read articles, magazines, books, and newspapers in English. This is very important if you want to improve in vocabulary and reading comprehension.

- Write something and read it out loud.

- Try tongue twisters and train the muscles you use to speak, it's crucial.

- Write what you understand about something on a note and read it on another day. This practice can show you how you have improved day by day. This helps motivate yourself.

- Speak to yourself on the mirror, ask something to yourself then answering back.

- Enjoy your studies; find something you want to know and something that can help you in your life.

- Do not learn a language the same way you do so in a school. In a school, you learn subjects in a mechanical way; it's boring to just watch a teacher speak and not take action yourself. When you learn languages in a school, they don't care about your pronunciation.

- To improve your English skill, you cannot be lazy. Learning English is not easy, but it's also not impossible. You need to practice it every single day. People call this "immersion"; you need to immerse yourself completely into practising English if you really want to learn it.

- Take notes and write each word you want to say and if you don't know how to say the word, look for it (you can use an app to check for the right pronunciation, I use Google Translate on my phone because it is pretty accurate).

- English is basically everywhere to help you learn it. There's no better way or better place to learn it; all places can be useful to learn English if you focus on your learning.

My advice and some extra notes:

Find some time to learn the irregular past tense verbs that end with -t. Use this website: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/40-irregular-verbs-that-can-end-in-t/ From the website, you only need to understand 1, 3, 4, (8), 9, 10, 13, 17, (18), 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 34, (35), 36, (39), and 40. (Numbers like this) means you will eventually need to know them - when you get to the 'advanced level' in English, but if you have time, still learn them. Numbers like this means that they're VERY IMPORTANT, so please learn them if you haven't yet.

The word "inaccurate" basically means "not accurate". Sometimes instead of using the prefix "un" to mean the opposite, we use "dis", "im", "mis", etc. You will have to learn these, as "un" is not always the right prefix to use if we want to mean the opposite of something.

Finally (this is very important), make sure to refer back to the subject(s) by using "it" or "them".