3 A good friend to practice oral English-- YouGlish!
I have noticed that many Chinese students, including myself in the past, think that the pronunciation of oral English is extremely challenging. It may not be so difficult to make others know your meaning clearly in simple English. However, it is undeniable that fluent spoken English and correct pronunciation are a great social card for every second-language speaker. In this class, I learned about a useful website-- YouGlish.
First of all, I think “Youblish" is an interesting name, because in China, due to cultural differences and the lack of proficiency in spoken language, what many people utter is often referred to as "Chinglish", and the materials on it is collected from YouTube, so it named "YouGlish". On this website, you only need to input any word that you wonder the correct pronunciation, it will search from millions of videos on YouTube, you can know its pronunciation in different contexts, and also understand its most common collocations by referring to the surrounding context.
It is almost equivalent to a dictionary with video. It contains the definition, nearby words, and phonetics of the word. It can also be classified according to different accents, depending on which kind of accent you want to learn - British pronunciation, American pronunciation, or even Australian pronunciation.
Sometimes, I find that after learning the accurate pronunciation of a word, I often neglect to learn its usage. I am often confused about how to connect the words into a whole sentence, so I think learning words in complete sentences is a good way. Imitating real-life conversation scenarios is beneficial for students to apply what they have learned in oral English to their daily lives.
However, as a learning tool, it is not suitable for beginners because the video's speaking speed is fast, and there is no simplification processing of it.
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