Thursday, July 1, 2010

Speaking Japanese Fluently And Mastering Pronunciation

How we pronounce words is all important in how we talk to others. As hard as you try to construct a well thought out sentence in Japanese or another language you normally can’t put yourself across as you hoped. You just learn how to avoid this. All languages focus on sounds when spoken. Others should speak sounds in the correct way when speaking English for example in an English speaking country. Depending on where you are, sounds are spoken in varying ways. We have to try and adjust to listening to a sound if we can’t recognize it and if we can’t then we may not understand what is being said.

The Blocks of Pronunciation - When looking at how words are spoken there are two factors to consider The first thing is to make the sound and then you must see how the sound is heard The older we get, the harder it gets to make the sound and recognize it. We can’t be put off from learning different languages, but just have to rely on extra help to succeed. Below are some guidelines to help us learn the language Am I saying it right? Attempt to say the letters. Check how your mouth is functioning. Physically knowing how a word sounds will make things much easier for you.

Some sounds are the same. English does have a vast amount more sounds than Japanese If you are learning a new language then there English sounds that get compared to words. Some sounds are very similar and a good dictionary will educate you on this Some sounds are difficult to say

Mark down which words are more difficult for you to master. Ensure that you should give these closer attention. Your mouth is all important in physically producing the sound. Anything written in the English alphabet is not necessarily spoken that way.

Out loud reading is useful Read from a course book or another to aid you. This will help you in two ways. Firstly, you get to pronounce letters and words. The second thing is that you can learn how to teach yourself sounds that you will hear and become accustomed to other sounds.

How easy will it be? This has been discussed for along time. Some of us just get by in a language and that’s enough. If someone else can understand what we are trying to say then that’s good enough. After that we have a decision to make. On occasion people can get very good at other languages. However, for a lot of us we never reach that height, but there is no reason why we can’t get others to understand us. Learning to speak Japanese fluently can be a very rewarding experience if you put in the time to truly master the language.

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