Seven Stages of Speaking English as a Second Language
Stage 1 --- Don't Recognize Having Pronunciation Issues
Solution: Ask a native English speaking friend of yours to get his or her opinion and tell him or her that you want the truth because your friends may be too nice to tell you the truth. Then, you will need to set a goal and a plan. It usually takes at least 1 years to improve your pronunciation with Pronunciation Patterns. Make sure that you set your goal as a 1 year goal. |
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Stage 2: --- Don't Know How to Pronounce Some Sounds or Don't Feel Comfortable to Say Them.
Solution: Our software has video clips to help you learn each sound and the auto-play function will help you practice saying the sounds until you feel comfortable to say them. |
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Stage 3: --- Don't Remember the Correct Pronunciation of Some Words and Having Trouble Pronouncing When Some Sounds are Grouped Together
Solution: Our software use patterns and rules to help you remember the pronunciation of over 4,000 commonly used words. In addition, our software groups similar words to help practice your pronunciation. For example, if you know how to say the word red, you will learn how to say led, bed, wed, pet, bet, etc. |
Stage 4: --- Don't Speak Fluent English as a Native Speaker
Solution: Our software offers tips and practice sentences to help you learn how native speakers link two or three words together into one word. In addition, our special audio and video player can play audios and videos at slow speeds to help you follow the native speakers in them. |
Stage 5: --- Don't Know What Words to Use to Express or Use Wrong Words Instead
Solution: Our software offers conversational audio programs to help you improve your daily conversation. Very often, non-native speakers try to translate from their native language to English. It will make your English not American way. Therefore, the way to improve your overall English, when you listen those program, pay attention to what words they use to express. |
Stage 6: --- Still Think Before Say it or Don't Feel Confident to Speak English
Solution: This is because you still use your conscious mind instead of subsconscious mind to speak English. You will need to practice pronunciation over and over to let your subconscious mind accept the correct pronunciation. Our software offers the auto-play features to help transcend you to the next stage --- the perfect pronunciation & accent. |
Stage 7: --- Speaking Fluent English Like an American.
Download the Latest Pronunciation Patterns Network 30 Days Trial Edition to Help You Speak Fluent English in 30 Days Free. The trial edition has over 1,000 word audio files grouped by patterns and rules. The full version has over 4,000 word audio files. |
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Most Common Questions Asked By Users |
| 1. How can I improve my pronunciation? |
| Answer: There are many ways to improve your pronunciation and it depends on what kind of person you are. If you are a right brained person, you are more likely good at learning languages. You can simply imitate the native speaker. However, you are a left brained person, you will more likely have trouble learning pronunciation by imitating native speakers. In this case, you will need to patterns and rules offered in the program to help you learn the correct pronunciation. |
| 2. How can I improve my fluency? |
Answer: To improve your fluency, you have to understand how Americans link two or more words together. Please try our accent tips in our online content to help you. Also, I would recommend you to use our media player in the Network edition to play media files in a slow mode to help you hear how native Americans link words in their speaking. Just download a free copy of PPS Network edition, click on the Studying English Online tab, click on the VOA Special English, and start listening how professional American announcers speak English. To play the online audio files in a slow mode, please right click the page to set the speed. Click here to learn how to use the program to improve your fluency.
Finally, to be able to speak English fluent like a native speaker, you will have to speak English by using your subconscious mind instead of your conscious mind. In order to achieve that, you will have to practice the correct pronunciation until your subconscious mind accepts them and and learned the linking. When you can speak English without much thinking as you do with your native language, you will know that you are fluent in English. |
| 3. How can I improve my reading? |
| Answer: First, you need to start reading. The more your read, the better your reading will be. However, if you are a dyslexic person, you would recommend you to find the subject, verb, and object in a long sentence to help you comprehend it. I have never been tested whether I am a dyslexic person or not. However, I had trouble reading long sentences. Finding out the subject, verb, and object really helped me. If you are like me, please try our grammar solution in our online content to help you learn how to find the subject, verb, and object. |
| 4. Why do I have trouble learning American pronunciation? |
| Answer: I will have to say American pronunciation is very easy to learn because they are consistent with its phonics rules and they are flatter than British English and Australian English. Just download a free copy of PPS and learn the rules and patterns in the program. You will find out how easy it is to learn American pronunciation. |
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