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Mastering a Foreign Language: How To Become A Brilliant Speaker, Part 6 of 7

 
Author: Teresa Bolen
< P > I m i t a t i o n i s t h e e a s i e s t r o u t e t o f l u e n c y . I f y o u i m i t a t e s o m e t h i n g l o n g e n o u g h , i t w i l l b e c o m e r e a l f o r y o u , a n d t h i s i s e s p e c i a l l y t r u e f o r m a s t e r i n g a f o r e i g n l a n g u a g e . < / P > < P > Y o u c a n s e e t h i s e a s i l y i n c h i l d r e n , t h e w o r l d s g r e a t e s t l a n g u a g e l e a r n i n g m a c h i n e s . T h e y i m i t a t e t h e l a n g u a g e t h e y h e a r a r o u n d t h e m a l l t h e t i m e . T h e y h e a r s o m e t h i n g , t r y i t , a n d s e e w h a t k i n d o f r e a c t i o n t h e y g e t . T h e y g e t f e e d b a c k f r o m f a m i l y , f r i e n d s a n d t e a c h e r s , a n d a d j u s t a n d l e a r n . < / P > < P > T h e u s e o f i m i t a t i o n i s a t r u e l a n g u a g e - l e a r n i n g g e m , a n d i t w i l l s e r v e y o u w e l l t o t h e e x t e n t t h a t y o u u s e i t ! L i s t e n a n d c o p y . L i s t e n a n d c o p y . L i s t e n a n d c o p y . I m i t a t e u n t i l i t i s r e a l f o r y o u . I m i t a t e y o u r w a y t o f l u e n c y . < / P > < P > Y o u m i g h t b e w o n d e r i n g h o w t o d o t h i s , b u t r e a l l y i t i s a s s i m p l e a s i t l o o k s a n d s o u n d s . A s y o u l i s t e n t o n a t i v e s p e a k e r s o f y o u r t a r g e t l a n g u a g e , s a y o n T V o r o n t h e r a d i o , r e p e a t b a c k w h a t t h e y s a y a s s o o n a s y o u h e a r i t . T h i s w o r k s e s p e c i a l l y w e l l w i t h n e w s b r o a d c a s t s f o r t w o r e a s o n s . F i r s t , t h e a n n o u n c e r s u s e c l e a r , s t a n d a r d p r o n u n c i a t i o n . S e c o n d l y , t h e s p e e d a t w h i c h a n n o u n c e r s s p e a k i s a n a t u r a l f o r t h e n a t i v e l i s t e n e r s , y e t m o v e s a l o n g a t a s p e e d t h a t i s l i k e l y t o p r e s e n t y o u w i t h a b i t o f a c h a l l e n g e , e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e b e g i n n i n g . < / P > < P > A t f i r s t y o u m a y f i n d i t a l i t t l e h a r d t o w r a p y o u r m o u t h a r o u n d a l l o f t h o s e w o r d s , a n d t h a t i s f i n e . B e g e n t l e w i t h y o u r s e l f a n d k n o w t h a t t h e m o r e y o u d o i t t h e b e t t e r y o u w i l l g e t a t i t . T h e f i r s t f e w t i m e s y o u t r y i t y o u m i g h t j u s t c a t c h a f e w w o r d s h e r e a n d t h e r e . T h e n y o u l l b r e a k t h r o u g h t o b e i n g a b l e t o i m i t a t e p h r a s e s , a n d t h e n y o u l l i n c r e a s e y o u r a b i l i t y s o t h a t y o u w i l l b e a b l e t o r e p e a t w h o l e s e n t e n c e s a n d k e e p t h e s t r i n g o f l a n g u a g e g o i n g . P r e t t y s o o n y o u w i l l b e c o m m u n i c a t i n g y o u o w n i d e a s w i t h t h e s a m e c l a r i t y a n d e a s e . < / P > < P > B e f o r e y o u k n o w i t y o u l l b e s o u n d i n g l i k e a T V s t a r o r n e w s c a s t e r o f t h a t t a r g e t l a n g u a g e ! Y o u l l h a v e b r i l l i a n t p r o n u n c i a t i o n , a n d a g r e a t e r a b i l i t y t o c a t c h a n d u n d e r s t a n d t h e w o r d s y o u h e a r f r o m v a r i o u s s p e a k e r s o f t h a t l a n g u a g e , a n d y o u l l d e v e l o p a n i n c r e d i b l e l e v e l o f f l u e n c y t h a t y o u a c q u i r e d i n a v e r y s h o r t t i m e - - a l l t h r o u g h i m i t a t i o n ! < / P > < P > H e r e s t o Y o u r S u c c e s s ! T e r e s a B o l e n < / P > < P > C o p y r i g h t 2 0 0 6 b y T e r e s a B o l e n . A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d . < / P >
Author Bio:
Teresa Bolen is a popular columnist. Teresa likes to pen down articles about this area.
You can search for this article using: native american languages, sign language, language, figurative language, language arts
 
 
 

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