Speaking Feedback
Hi everyone! Can you give me your feedback on my speaking? It's a bit long (11mins) but you can listen to any part you want :)
I always receive a lot of corrections for my short vowels, my very spanish "h", and my spanish accent in general, I want to know if I'm making progress in these areas.
I used the speaking topic: "how to win arguments"
https://soundcloud.com/mnmnmn23423/speaking-practice/s-3Yp4s
Thanks!
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Answers · 2
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The fact that you have an accent is very obvious to me, but you didn't sound terrible at all. I could also hear some strong American (Estadounidense) English influences. This makes me think that you are a person who has spent a lot of time listening to native English speakers and using English. But there were still some small flaws.
My advice is to just continue practicing, but I think that you seem to be doing well. I think that you wouldn't have many problems communicating with other people if you lived in the US.
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your h was still a bit Spanish, but several of them were nearly English.
many of your short vowels were OK
some errors in the first 3 minutes:
word: error
embarassed: p instead of b
thoughts: "thoss" instead of "thots"
very: berry
wins: weens
loses: both s's should be pronounced as z
bone of contention: when you stressed the "ten", you mostly did it by lengthening: you said "kunteeeeeeenshun". Length is a small part of stress in English, but volume and pitch are more important. Make the "ten" shorter and louder, and make it start near the top of your vocal range, go even higher, and then drop to the bottom.
When you said "better," you used American pronunciation, but when you said "first", you used British pronunciation. You might want to pick a target accent and stick with it.
There were also several grammar errors.
Good work!
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