Hello Jake!
First of
all, I would like to say thank you for taking my Monday Euphony class. And It
is my absolute pleasure to study with you.
Let me
intoduce the purpose of this class briefly. This class is expressly designed
for helping the presenters in terms of their pronunciation and stress of each
word, intonation of yours, manner on the stage and so on and so forth.
And here
are some constructive and helpful comments on your presetation. I hope the
comments might drive you to the betterment.
<Pronunciation> (If you are not sure about the sound of any
words of its kind, I recommend that make a visit to the following website, http://www.merriam-webster.com)
I found
several mistakes.
When you said the word 'visit', the [V] sound was not clear enough. Plus, 'live' has a [L] sound at the first. In your presentation, however, it sounded like [R]. In your presentation, 'Promise' sounded a tad strange, please check this out and compare it with the original sound.
And if you want to have a good pronounciation, please try to speak slowly.
<Stress>
Because you
picked up the speed, the stresses are mostly weak and not strong enough. Even,
nowaday, all the teachers in Moojuk put an emphasis on strong accents. Please
slow down to make good accents. ( You might see the prime examples of this tendency in the word 'ceremony' and 'seperating') And the word 'seperating' has its own accents at its first vowel.
<Intonation>
Overall, it
sounds like you are speaking the story the way you speak in Korean. I hope you
to listen to the audio file and try to follow the intonation of the audio file,
please….
<Manner>
Hey, my
friend, smile please. Plus, keep your body
movements in check. While you deliever presentation, you kept moving. It would
distract audience’s attention!! And when you stumble over your words or you
forgot what to say, you tended to put your eyes on the ceiling. I hope you to
change this habit.
<ETC>
As I
mentioned in person, you are always in a hurry. You have changed the way you
speak, but you were doing again!!! Pleas slow down. If you keep hurrying, it would
be difficult to make a clear and beautiful sound.
Here I
brought another tip. Together with the advices mentioned above, try to
understand the article, and deliever the story to audience as if you do to
children. When I tried to understand the contents of your presentation by
listening, it was difficult to catch the meanings. I guess it was because you
did not understand them. Please understand it and try to deliver the story.
Thank you.
첫댓글 Thank you james!!!!!!