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!
When people remark that I speak Swedish with almost no accent, I tell them that it’s because I sing so much. I’ve learned so much about pronunciation by singing in different languages, so this is is 100% A+ good advice.
It’s really really true y'all I perfected my Japanese accent by teaching myself how to sing Again by YUI.
(via runmild)
