Welcome! John!
I am honor to have you in my Monday Euphony Presentation Class. May the blue ram bring you peace, prosperity, happiness, and a good command of English!
Ahead of reading my comments, I would like to explain the purpose of this class. It is expressly designed for checking each person’s presentation manner on the stage. On Mondays, presenters would convey what they had memorized during a week. Keeping gestures, pronunciation, stress and chunk between words in check will come to a quantum leap of your English Presentation Skill. Let me allow check out these matters.
<Pronunciation>
John! In your presentation, there was no words left to speak. I still vividly remember you were on the podium conducting a Euphony class before entering army. Checking your presentation was, to me, heavy burden on my shoulder. Only a few mispronounces are unnoticeably found. Please allow me to check on these matters.
[Ph]one - phonetic alphabet [ˈfōn]
Your ‘Ph’ sound was a bit unclear. A way to pronounce letter ‘Ph’ is seem equivalent to sound of ‘F’. Your jaw is in need of opening nearly closed. The upper side of your bottom lip is pressed a bit strong by the bottom of the top teeth. And then you need to push air out of your mouth between the top teeth and your lips bitten by the top teeth, voicing ‘F’.
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone]
[Th]reaten - phonetic alphabet [ˈthre-tən]
You would better to make sure the way to pronounce ‘TH’. The way to pronounce ‘TH’ is to put your tongue between your teeth and you voicing ‘ㄷ’ sound. You should keep this in mind speaking not only the word ‘These’, but also ‘This’, ‘Them’, ‘That’, ‘Those’, and so on and so forth.
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/threaten]
[J]ury - phonetic alphabet [ˈju̇r-ē]
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jury]
[J]ustice - phonetic alphabet [ˈjəs-təs]
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justice]
Your shape of lips did not seem that you were ready to pounce ‘J’.
The /j/ sound is made with the exact same mouth positioning as the /ch/ sound, but the /j/ sound is voiced. A following video clip would let you know how to pronounce ‘J’
[http://www.engvid.com/english-pronunciation-j-y/]
After two minutes and a half, a lecturer will show you a shape of mouth for pronouncing ‘J’.
O[r]igin - phonetic alphabet [ˈȯr-ə-jən]
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/origin]
ˈ‘R’ sound is a bit weak. I would like you to check this matter again for your better English. Especially ‘R’ sound is so challenging both to speak and teach. Particularly, the sound of R is achieved by bringing your tongue up and to the back of the mouth. When the bulk of your tongue placed on the roof of the mouth between the hard palate and the soft palate, voice the sound. ‘R!’
If my explanation is hard to understand, please watch the following seven-minute-ling video clip.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu-X_9nVTxE]
S[p]ark - phonetic alphabet [ˈspärk]
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spark]
[Ch]ock - phonetic alphabet [ˈchäk\]
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chock]
<Stress>
[M]oral - phonetic alphabet [ˈmȯr-əl]
Please put more stress on ‘m’ and then voice a long vowel sound of ȯ
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moral]
<Long Vowel Sound>
R[oo]t- phonetic alphabet [ˈrüt]
Please voice a long vowel sound.
[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/root]
<Ending Sound>
S[p]ark[ed]
The ending sound was missed.
<Intonation>
Your overall intonation was quiet similar to the audio file. Excellent!
<Manner>
You have a tender and low-toned voice. Both of you hand crossed and gently placed on your abdomen while delivering was impressive to not only me but also others, and at the same time you look so calm and stable. Even what with stunning smile on your face and your fluent presentation successfully drew audience’s full attention. I wanted to praise these things.
However unconsciously swaying, pitching and rolling your head looked you was too much obsessed with your performance, giving a feeling of euphoria not so much for the audiences, but as for yourself.
<Mission>
While conveying you rhythmical presentation, do not sway, pitch, and roll your head. It is this week’s mission.
Your presence dignified my class. Will you be gracing us with your breath-taking presentation? What better way is there to enhance your English in a short time than to attend Euphony Classes, especially Monday Class? Please be on the stage on upcoming Monday. Thank you so much, John.