How To Learn Pronunciation

1. Identify A Very Specific Result That You Want

To improve, you must have a very clear goal. General goals such as “I want to have better English pronunciation” have no power. You need a much more specific goal.

For example, pick your favorite American actor or actress and decide to speak like them. Your goal might be, “I will speak exactly like George Cloony”. This goal is much more powerful because it is very specific.

2. Choose A Deadline

Goals are powerless without a timeline. You must choose a specific date when you will accomplish your pronunciation goal. Your goal, therefore, might be: “I will speak exactly like George Cloony by June 4, 2009″.

3. Find A Lot of Compelling Reasons For Your Goal

As Anthony Robbins says, “if you can find enough ‘why’s’, you will easily find the how’s”. In other words, if you are very motivated, you will find a way to succeed. Motivation (psychology) is more important than method.

It’s not enough to have a goal. You must make that goal emotionally powerful. You must have very powerful reasons.. a long list. So, you need to brainstorm. Imagine all of the incredible benefits that will come to you as a result of having excellent pronunciation. Find powerful emotional reasons. Also, imagine all of the terrible results of failing.

Your list might include:

I’ll get a fantastic job and make a lot of money because my English speech is so clear!

I’ll meet beautiful American girls, have a lot of dates, and find an amazing girlfriend because my spoken English is so fantastic!

The important thing to do is to find the reasons that are powerful for you. Exaggerate them. Imagine the best possible consequences!

4. Take Massive Action

You have a very specific English pronunciation goal. You have a deadline. You have a long list of emotionally compelling reasons.

Now it’s time for action. Create a massive action plan. Here’s what I recommend:

Buy a few movies that have your favorite actor or actress.

Each day, watch one scene of the movie. Play the scene a few times with subtitles… and listen carefully to the actor’s intonation (the rise, fall, and rhythm of his/her speech).

Next, rewind and play just one sentence. Pause and copy the actor’s speech. Copy it EXACTLY. Copy the rhythm. Copy the volume. Copy the pauses. Copy the emotion.

Also, copy the actor’s gestures. Move your body exactly like they do. Copy their facial expressions exactly. Copy their posture. Remember, your goal is to look, act, and speak exactly like them.

Follow this system for 20-30 minutes every day.

5. Measure & Celebrate

After a few months of using this system, it’s time to measure yourself. Play a scene from a movie with your actor in it. Then pause it– copy the actor’s speech AND record yourself. Record yourself speaking the same scene.

Next, rewind your recording and play it. Then rewind the movie scene and play it. Listen to both and decide– how close are you to the actor? What is different about your speech and theirs? What are you doing well?

Use this measurement to adjust your focus…. then continue using the system everyday.

Finally, when your deadline comes and you succeed– be sure to celebrate! Have a party! Go crazy! Fill yourself with happy, excited, grateful emotions. This will increase your motivation and will help you continue to improve as you move to your next goal.

In my opinion, this is how to learn English pronunciation most effectively, most enjoyably, and most efficiently.

Enjoy!

Hai guys as we have moved into the 3rd yr of our coll, its a must that v speak english well. so start ur engines n ready for race. I hav included learning english as one point in my new year resolution list. so frnds come we can do it:

some nice sites to learn spoken english:

http://effortlessenglishclub.com/

http://en.yappr.com/

http://www.tt4you.com/

hi guys ,

this year v hav starrted 2 work on a project , its jus a simple 1 yet v r doing it 2 hav some exp n fun

the project site address is http://zoeken.247ihost.com

its jus for result checking n analysis ...

technical info :
>its frontend mainly based on XML using dreamweaver .
>its backend is using PHP,JAVASCRIPT n SQL

team info :
team name : zoeken (means search in dutch)
team lead : julius canute
team members :ashok kumar,giri , kannan,karthikeyan n mohammed suhaib.....

for any thing abt this project or any help on ur project u can feel free to contact us @

kannan_leo_07@yahoo.co.in

BYE

Ecellent apti n personality development sites

hi frnds,

After a long time we meet again . so how was u ?? and guys i have an interesting news for u it is that most of the interviewee find it difficult to attend the aptitude test !!! its bcoz they prepare in the last minute ; we shouldn't make the same mistake, so i have collected some nice sites were we can find lots of nice and useful info .

http://www.geekinterview.com/
http://www.personality-and-aptitude-career-tests.com/
http://www.vyomworld.com/

these sites may be useful but its not all u can find a lot of other useful site too . if u have any interesting sites to share pls feel free to blog .

Bye,
Kannan

One more thing to share

hi frnds,

so here is another exciting and useful link for u all ........

www.wiley.com/college/silberschatz

this is a nice link for things about our OS paper.

It's very useful so use it n share it with all ....


BYE,
KaNNaN

This is not all this blogspot is meant for,

guys,i think this is not all the reason i created this blog v all must ge benefits from it so ill post some of our books soon in here so frnds who else is also having any books pls create an blogspot account and post those books...

v can also share our favourite links i think never think selfish guys always share ur thoughts they ill never get divided they ill multiply instead k ...


here are some nice links from where u can find interesting articles...the links that are in bold are my fav.links where i ill get all my free e-books from.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithms

http://www.aduni.org/courses/probability/index.php?view=cw

http://urlot.blogspot.com/search?q=Programming

http://www.freevideolectures.com/ComputerScience/graduate_computer_architecture.php

http://www.libertyassociates.com/

http://www.archive.org/details/arsdigita_05_algorithms

http://www.netwind.com/html/visual_c____training.html

http://www.ebookee.com/Operating-System-Concepts-Windows-Xp-Update-_127792.html

http://www.freevideolectures.com/ComputerScience/operating_systems_and_systems_programming.php

http://dasmonalisaebooks.blogspot.com/2007/11/c-and-c-programming-language-e-books.html

http://www.mindtree.com/

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Computing_department

note:
frnds dont b selfish pls share ur knowledge even if u know a very little thing share it so others can also have the benefits.so first of all create a blogspot account n keep blogging atleast
or just mail me ur links i ill blog them here (kannan.csea@gmail.com)...

and i know boys will easily co operate girls you to should send this blogspot address to all so as our blogspot will grow bigger n better n also share ur valuable knowledge here.

u can post about anything new, any software links, ur doubts , any book links or any other things u think its interesting in here ...

upcoming - eweek ("Deeksha 2k8")

Friends the e week 2008 is around the corner...

Ya my frnds, Deeksha 2K8 is a grand finale. Its gonna b @ feb 2-9 . So wats our part in it , i hav consulted our senior rajagopalan(rajagopalan19@gmail.com). And guys i hope we r up to organize atleast 4 events out of 10 in this function.

And guys u don't take this so simple bcoz its a big thing want proof rite go and see the achievements of last yr in here http://rajagopalan.shutterfly.com .

And this year v r a part of it so v must deliver our best in the function. I think all the boys will b co-operative(illana classla vandhu middipen),but v must have team work to reach success so girls must also participate with interest.

one more thing don't think ur curricular activities will b compromised by this bcoz its also a part of curriculum here v can learn about communication,interaction,teamwork and a lot more valuable lessons.



Rough draft on the events :(there are gonna b 10 events n v host n organize 4 of that )

[**these r jus drafts n anything can b changed at any time this is just for reference purpose]

1.Dumb-c:("let ur body speak for u")
concept:
Its a nice event in this there will b a team(1-5) and v ill give them a topic any one from the respective team can come and act that n the others should try to get the answer.

Theme:
*there r gonna b three rounds
preliminary: every team will b given a film name, the selected will move to the pre finals.
pre-finals:every team will b given a company name n its caption like "hutch" --- "we follow wherever u go" the one must act n others must follow .
finals:each team will b given a name of an famous personality n a caption like "subroto bakshi" --- "man who planted the mind tree"

rules:
rules r simple any one from a team can act
*they should not move his lips
*there ill b a time limit
*and anything can b disqualified from any rounds if judges("thats us people") say so.

prize:
three prizes:
1st-->1000
2nd-->700
3rd-->500

our work:
guys all u hav to do for this event is to collect resources from the net ...
that is collect companies and their caption or famous personalities n their caption


2.Surprise event:("boom its gonna b a real surprise")
concept:
Its gonna b a surprise .......there ill b no teams all individuals.... s we ill give the participants a announcement just b4 the event and give them a puzzle.

Theme:
its gonna b a single round and rapid fire event .
all the contestants will b given a surprise puzzle
they have to solve it and the fastest solver will get the prize .
its open to all.

rules:
rules r simple any one from a team can act
*its open to all , i.e. every ill b given the same puzzle
*there ill b no teams all individual
*there ill b a time limit
*the fastest n the correct solver ill b given the prize money.

prize:
there ill b only one prize -->
an on spot prize money of 500/- ill b given to the winner.

our work:
in this i think v ill hav not so much of work ...

3.E-spirit d-corps:("Unity is strength" n "team work is ur key to success")
concept:
Its a nice event in this there will b a team(10 members) in this event v will suffle all the contestants n make teams out of unknown peoples,
Theme:
there is gonna b only one round

And the team is not ur own frnds it will some new persons u dont know b4.And after this v ill give each team a 10 mins time in this period they hav to talk among them and know abt each others strength n weakness. Then the team leader ill b called to stage and he ill b given a situation like"preform an act about ur teams common strength" n they must instantly "perform it without any further discussion"


rules:
rules r simple
*they should co-operate n communicate with their team
*there ill b a time limit
*and any team can b disqualified from any rounds if judges("thats us people") say so.

prize:
three prizes:
1st-->1000
2nd-->700
3rd-->500

our work:
just to think abt some nice n good situations like for example: i hav situation like
"perform on ur common interest"
"perform on ur common weakness"
"propose to a boy u like in ur team"(ha ha ha .... jus joking)
"start a quarrel between ur team "(for this u must know wat ur other team members hate)
so guys prepare some more topics like this....


4.Marketing event:("if u hav skill,u can sell ice to Eskimos")
concept:
Its a nice event in here they ill hav to market a product given to them with some catchy lines n new way of approach

Theme:
there is gonna b only one round

the team(1-5 members) will b given a product they will b given a 15 mins time to prepare and anyone from their team must come to stage n market the product given to him. looks simple rite
but one more thing he must answer all the questions asked by our judges.

rules:
rules r simple
*this is mainly to test their marketing skills n creativity
*there ill b a time limit
*and any team can b disqualified from any rounds if judges("thats us people") say so.

prize:
three prizes:
1st-->1000
2nd-->700
3rd-->500

our work:
there is a lot of work for us to do in this event so frnds prepare something on a product and u must also collect all the information about it so that u can ask the contestants ...
like if u choose the product as "laptop" you hav to hav a clear idea about it so that u can ask questions like wats "the configuration","does it hav a blue tooth port" and "will it support WI-FI"...
so guys pick up a nice product n collect as much information as possible on it "even it is a tooth paste" u hav to know all the stuff about it k........

--- Thats all folks ---


for any more details,

pls b free to contact me :
kannan.csea@gmail.com
9944568088

or our senior:
rajagopalan19@gmail.com
9994203955

note:
pls all of u frnds create ur own blogspot account so that u can also post ur blogs here...
its so simple u can create it using ur google or yahoo account
so try creating an account and stay always activve in this blog

hi frnds,

INTRO:
As we r in a new era the college activities r not just enough for our career. so i have created this blog for the behalf of all of us .

Description:
This blog is concern with all the activities of our college students we can talk about the career development stuff here. No one knows all , n everyone knows something . we can share those things with our other friends and they can share thiers. Each and every one can take out from this blog and add to this blog.

Activities:
As i told earlier , this is dedicated to all students it mainly concern about our career.
so what activities ??? simple i know something about multimedia i ill share that u know C programming u share that so all of us gets the benefit





Explanation in a single sentence : (for those people who cant read the entire thing )
here we all share e-books,new ideas,experience,new softwares,upcoming events and a lot more.