Skills+-+Speaking

There are lots of ways of practicing your Speaking Skills.

**Ideas for Independent learning**
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 * Record new vocabulary in a vocabulary book by writing the word, the word form, a definition in English and an example of the word being used in a sentence.
 * Join a conversation class in the ILC.
 * Have one hour each evening at home where you only speak English to your friends/family.
 * Set up a speaking group with some classmates in which you discuss a newspaper article that you have allread or a film/TV program you have all seen.
 * Join an RMIT club where people speak English (eg. Badminton kung fu, yoga, painting, running) [|RMIT Student Union for a list of clubs that exist]

**USEFUL WEBSITES**
This looks like a great website for practising your pronunciation. There are videos showing you how to form different sounds (shape of your mouth), pairs practice, words and conversations for you to say and record. And there are tongue twisters. All of this is done in a Canadian accent, so there will be some small differences to Australian pronunciation. []

This website lets you practice your pronunciation by repeating lines from movies or from TV shows, or from interviews with famous people. Once you practice what they are saying you can then record yourself saying the line. The computer will let you know what you did well and what you need to practice. You can keep score of how well you are doing. []

You can also try to record your voices using ** [|www.vacaroo.com] ** Register for free and practise your pronunciation! ;) Its really fun!

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 * Pronunication Practice **

Ship or Sheep you can compare and contrast similar words