What are some problems that students face in pronouncing English sounds? What are some activities to remedy these problems?

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Amar Mahajan

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Listen more British accent and try to immitate the pronunciation or take help of dictionary.
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Best way to learn English is, Read, Read, Read. as English is a language you can learn easily by reading good quality English content, listening English news, song etc. Thank you.
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Many a words are there which students cant pronounce well. So first of all make them sure that what is the difference between us english and british english as while speaking both of them the shape of lips are different. By having knowledge of mouth shapes they will easily came to understand how to pronunciate....
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Many a words are there which students cant pronounce well. So first of all make them sure that what is the difference between us english and british english as while speaking both of them the shape of lips are different. By having knowledge of mouth shapes they will easily came to understand how to pronunciate. For example the word sour is commonly pronounciated as sh-o-r or some pronounciate it as s-o-u-r, but it is actully pronounciate as sower just like shower read less
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Students must be asked to listen to english podcasts, watch hollywood movies, series,etc. they must also be prone to an english speaking environment, and must be taught phonetics as soon as possible.
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I often face difficulties with my students over pronunciation. However, through regular practice of certain tongue exercises, this problem is not hard to overcome. There are specific sounds, depending on student's ethnic background, that may be hard to pronounce but they can be worked upon easily.
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The basic issue is the Mother Tongue Influence (MTI). We can start by giving them tongue twisters with the sounds that they are facing issues in.
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Read English newspaper loudly, Practice the sounds which you feel difficult, Learn new words
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Mother tongue influenence makes the pronunciation of English sounds and words difficult.
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Listening to the accent will be more better to improve speaking skills.
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