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pourawaytheoceans:

belleandkurtbastian:

jewnieissherlocked:

iwillbeapolyglot:

weird-slytherin-girl-ist-geil:

My favorite method of learning pronunciation in another language is singing. 

I spent the hours I travel on the bus singing reggaeton and have almost no accent when speaking Spanish. 

Bollywood soundtracks helped me master the ड़ sound. 

One of my students struggled with the English w sound and I had him sing the song “I Want It That Way” and he can say it almost perfectly. 

Sing. Even if you suck. Sing.

Seriously, my pronunciation for French and Danish improved so much just by listening to their versions of Disney songs. Singing is an invaluable language resource!

True story!! This works! I blast Finnish music all day and learn the songs and it helps SO MUCH!

Honestly, this. I’ve found that singing helps not just with pronunciation, but also with various paralinguistic and prosodic aspects of the target language, and recognising and using different registers of the language (formal, casual, etc).

And this works for both translations (say, Disney songs), and original songs. In fact, I think a mix of both would be the best resource of all, because you have the mix of unfamiliarity and familiarity.

I’ve definitely found that to be true. I was struggling with grasping the changes in word order in Irish and my pronunciation was embarrassing but listening to songs has helped. 

(Source: bhujangan)