5 STEPS TO SPEAK A NEW LANGUAGE (CHAPTER 9)

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5 Steps to speak a new language (Hung Q. Pham)

CHAPTER 9 (Viewing Grammar From Another Aspect)

 “An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.” - EDWIN LAND

grammar helps us express more content without having too many words.

Learn grammar in a simpler way

1.      Do not memorize the grammar formula; memorize the simplified samples.

What do I mean by “simplified samples”? Let’s use a conditional sentence as an example. One of the three types has the following rule: (if clause) If + subject + had + verb in present perfect tense + object, (main clause) subject + would have + verb in present perfect tense + object

2.      Don’t care about the names of grammar rules

However, these names are scientific and, therefore, difficult to remember. For example, in English, there are three types of conditional 112 sentences—type 1, type 2 and type 3. So, you not to need names of grammar.

3.      Do not translate the grammar

In a grammar textbook, the author is responsible for describing the grammar structures in a scientific and logical way. It is just like people drafting a contract.

Sometimes, when learners apply the explanation in a grammar book, they try to “translate” the grammar structure. For example, if an English learner reads or hears the sentence: “If I had stayed at home, I would have met her”. He would try to translate the grammar like this: 

·         This sentence has the form of a conditional sentence type 3

·         That means both the “if clause” and the “main clause” are unreal and the context happened in the past.

·         Therefore, the speaker was actually not at home and he did not meet her.

This explanation is correct, but it is quite stiff and complicated. To avoid this mistake, when you are exposed to a grammar structure, ask yourself: “What does the speaker really mean? What sense does the speaker want to deliver?” By asking these questions, you will get to the speaker’s 113 real message. As you get familiar with samples, you will no longer have to check your grammar book every time you see a difficult structure.

grammar is a set of different ways of arranging and coordinating words so that they can express different meanings, context and senses.

And finally, knowing the grammar structures is one thing; using them appropriately is a different story. You will need to practice, practice and practice.

5 STEPS TO SPEAK A NEW LANGUAGE (CHAPTER 8)

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5 Steps to speak a new language (Hung Q. Pham)

CHAPTER 8 (Polish Your Pronunciation)

“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.” - HENRY FORD

Sound stressing – the basic element of good pronunciation

Observing Singaporians and Indians speaking English, I found the reason behind this difference. The basic factor here is sound stressing (or sound emphasizing). English uses stress or emphasis on sounds to differentiate words—for 97 example, conTENT and CONtent are different words with very different meanings, and the only indication is the placement of stress or emphasis.

Sound stressing directly creates intonation.

When we stress sounds properly, it will naturally create a specific up and down pattern for the sentence we are pronouncing, which is referred to as intonation. If the stressing of sounds is wrong, the intonation then will be different. Intonation creates the melody of a language. Intonation of sentences and pronunciation of words are the two basic factors that help the audience recognize what we are saying.

Sound stressing has a direct impact on the quality of your word pronunciation.

 In order to pronounce a word correctly, you need to get three factors correct—the vowels, the consonants and the stresses.

Sound stressing helps you speak at the native speaker’s speed.

Experience trying to catch up with the native speaker’s speed brings two benefits:

·         Firstly, it helps us better our listening skills because speaking fast helps us get familiar with the normal speed of the native speakers. If we can speak as fast as they do, we will more likely be able to hear and understand them.

·         Secondly, practicing at the native speaker’s speed forces you to address the sound stressing correctly. When we speak slowly, we will tend to have no stressing at all. But as we try to catch up the speed, we will naturally mimic the intonation at the same time. As you see, with proper sound stressing, you will have all three factors: quality of word pronunciation, intonation and speed.

develop your speaking skills in three steps.

 Step 1: Develop your fluency

Its core concept is that you need to set aside the pronunciation issue when you speak. When practicing your speaking, you do not need to worry about your pronunciation. Just speak the way you feel comfortable the most.  You will fully focus on selecting the right words and putting them into the right order.

Step 2: Practice your pronunciation separately

To focus only on pronunciation and set aside the sentence building process, you can practice reading aloud rather than speaking spontaneously.

Step 3: Put the two things together.

If you look back at all the previous chapters, you will see a framework that I have built up in a step-by-step manner. The framework can be described as following:

1.      Acquire the most common words and phrases by the Free reading and Sound-mapping listening techniques.

2.      Start the first stage of speaking by practicing your free writing. The more you practice, the more quickly you will be able to pick up words and sort them into a proper order.

3.       Develop your fluency first by practicing speaking without worrying about pronunciation. If you can write it down, you can speak it out.

4.      Develop your pronunciation skills separately by practicing reading aloud.

5.      Polish your speaking with pronunciation.

Who to talk to, where and what about?

A.    Self talk—the secret weapon

how do you practice self-talk? Right after a writing practice session, try to speak out loud what you have just read, listened to, and written. Just like when you practice writing, do not check your dictionary and accept mistakes. Try to speak loudly and don’t worry about pronunciation yet. Every time you don’t know what to say, think about the questions who, what, when, how, where, why.

B.     Make your learning process more interesting

To make your language practice more meaningful and less boring, try to make them valuable in terms of content. For example, if you are good at using Photoshop (a software to edit photos), think about posting a video in which you speak in your target language instructing others how to edit a photograph.

C.     Practice with an article written in your mother tongue

Simply select some page of a book or an article written in your mother tongue that has something to do with the reading, listening or writing session that you have done for the day. Then, you practice by telling others what is in the article using your target language. When you practice this technique, please keep in mind that you are not translating the article from your mother tongue to your target language. Just try to describe it in your target language as closely as you can.

5 STEPS TO SPEAK A NEW LANGUAGE (CHAPTER 7)

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5 Steps to speak a new language (Hung Q. Pham)

CHAPTER 7 (Develop Your Speaking Skills)

 “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” - FREDERICK DOUGLASS

Speaking seems to be the hardest part of learning a new language. To express an idea verbally, the speaker has to coordinate various parts of his body from the brain to the O 78 tongue, the mouth, the lips, the breath and so on. You may not be aware of this complexity with your mother tongue because you have already overcome it when you were a child. If you recall the time you first practiced riding a bicycle, you will see how awkward you were when you tried to coordinate your eyes (to see the road), your hands (to control the handlebars) and your feet (to control the pedals). It took you a certain amount of time practicing it over and over again to make it go smoothly.

Fluent speaking and great pronunciation are two different stories

The same thing happens when we speak a new language. As I mentioned before, you have to do two tasks when you speak:

·         Firstly, your brain has to find suitable words and put them into a proper order to build a correct sentence.

·         Secondly, you have to coordinate your mouth, your lips, your tongue… in order to pronounce the sentence beautifully.

With this technique, you will develop your speaking skills in three steps.

·         Step 1: Develop your fluency

When practicing your speaking, you do not need to worry about your pronunciation. Just speak the way you feel comfortable the most. In short, you will fully focus on selecting the right words and putting them into the right order. Some people might wonder if this speaking style could affect their pronunciation in the future.

·         Step 2: Practice your pronunciation separately

To focus only on pronunciation and set aside the sentence building process, you can practice reading aloud rather than speaking spontaneously. When you read, the 90 sentences are already there; you don’t need to worry about selecting words and putting them into a correct order. This makes it much easier for you to develop your pronunciation skills.

·         Step 3: Put the two things together.

As you must have already guessed, after building sentences comfortably and acquiring a pretty good pronunciation, it is time to put them together. Of course, it is easier said than done. But you need to be determined to practice hard, and you’ll achieve the results quickly.

1. Acquire the most common words and phrases by the Free reading and Sound-mapping listening techniques.

2. Start the first stage of speaking by practicing your free writing. The more you practice, the more quickly you will be able to pick up words and sort them into a proper order.

3. Develop your fluency first by practicing speaking without worrying about pronunciation. If you can write it down, you can speak it out.

4. Develop your pronunciation skills separately by practicing reading aloud.

5. Polish your speaking with pronunciation.

Who to talk to, where and what about?

Self talk—the secret weapon

Most people believe that they need someone in front of them to practice speaking.

Firstly, when you speak to someone, unconsciously, you are under the pressure of time. You would be concerned whether you are making your audience wait too long for you to speak out some words. As a result, you would try to speak faster.

Secondly, when you practice with someone, you do not fully control the content of your conversation.

Make your learning process more interesting

Just like when you practice writing, speaking will become very boring if you don’t have some kind of interaction or sharing with someone else. Therefore, you need to record or videotape your speeches and share them with other people.

To make your language practice more meaningful and less boring, try to make them valuable in terms of content. For example, if you are good at using Photoshop (a software to edit photos), think about posting a video in which you speak in your target language instructing others how to edit a photograph.

Practice with an article written in your mother tongue.

This is a very effective technique in case you have nothing to talk about. Simply select some page of a book or an article written in your mother tongue that has something to do with the reading, listening or writing session that you have done for the day. Then, you practice by telling others what is in the article using your target language. When you practice this technique, please keep in mind that you are not translating the article from your mother tongue to your target language.

Just try to describe it in your target language as closely as you can. The power of this technique is that you don’t need to worry about what to say when practicing. So the learning process is less bothersome and more enjoyable.