How to Pronounce: Fun Practice - Exaggeration Activities

Hello, I'm John Russell.

Sometimes it can be fun to change up your pronunciation practice by imagining that you

are an actor or actress performing in a theatre.

In theatre, performers have to project with their voices and sometimes exaggerate their language.

To be or not to be.

Let's explore how we might develop fun activities from a VOA Learning English Technology Report.

At this year's CES show in Las Vegas, Nevada, crowds from around the world came to see the

latest products built with artificial intelligence.

You might notice that the words come slowly and clearly, but we might speak even slower.

We can also exaggerate our voice.

This can help us pronounce individual sounds better.

Here's a short example.

At this year's CES show in Las Vegas, Nevada, crowds from around the world came to see the

latest products built with artificial intelligence.

We might also keep our speaking speed normal, but exaggerate the content words.

These are words that native speakers tend to pronounce more clearly in everyday speaking.

At this year's CES show in Las Vegas, Nevada, crowds from around the world came to see the

latest products built with artificial intelligence.

The point of this lesson was to give you a few easy ideas to change your pronunciation

practice.

That's all for today.

Keep up the good work.