| Gabriella: What’s the best way to master pronunciation and sound like a native speaker? Tune in to find out! |
| Gabriella: Welcome to Innovative Language.com Sunday News! I'm Gabriella and I'll be hosting today's Sunday news with the founder of Innovative Language... Peter! |
| Peter: Hi everyone! Peter here. |
| Gabriella: In this Sunday News, we’ve updated the voice recorder and will give you the sneak peek! |
| Peter: Listeners, here’s one thing that most language learners aren’t doing to master pronunciation |
| Gabriella: They’re not recording themselves speaking the language. |
| Peter: And recording yourself isn’t something that comes to mind for most learners... |
| Gabriella: Right. I never really thought to do it when learning languages. |
| Peter: laughs That’s because we’re told to just go read a textbook. But here’s why it’s so important to record yourself. |
| Gabriella: First... even if you’re shadowing a native speaker or just listening to them... |
| Peter: You might think you sound like them... |
| Gabriella: ...but until you record yourself, you’ll never know. |
| Peter: So find out what you sound like. |
| Gabriella: Most native speakers will correct your grammar... but they’ll almost NEVER correct your accent |
| Peter: Very true Gabriella. That’s why learners never bother much with pronunciation. |
| Gabriella: Secondly, once you record, you can compare yourself with a native speaker |
| Peter: This is extremely effective because you’ll immediately hear the difference between yourself and the natives. |
| Gabriella: And there’s going to be a difference if you’re trying this for the first time! |
| Peter: Which leads us to the third point. Once you compare yourself, you start improving instantly! |
| Gabriella: It’s just a matter of adjusting your pronunciation, recording, and comparing until you sound like a native |
| Peter: And yet so few learners do this, Gabriella! |
| Gabriella: I think most learners just assume they’re picking it up automatically... |
| Peter: It’s not always automatic even if you’re listening to natives. You must hear yourself. |
| Gabriella: So how can our listeners start doing this right now? |
| Peter: Easy. This is where our newly updated Voice Recording Tool comes in. |
| Gabriella: It’s awesome listeners, and it comes in every one of your lessons. |
| Peter: Simply put, use it with our lessons to record the lesson conversations by speaking out loud. |
| Gabriella: So you hear the native speaker, you repeat what they said into the voice recorder... |
| Peter: ...And then play back to compare. |
| Gabriella: Oh, and you can even play both, the native recording and yours, at the same time |
| Peter: This is incredibly useful! You instantly hear how close you are to sounding like a native. |
| Gabriella: And you will easily know how to fix your pronunciation |
| Peter: It’s like having someone tell you what you actually sound like and what you should sound like. |
| Gabriella: So listeners, give the Voice Recording Tool a try! |
| Peter: You might think it’s uncomfortable to hear your voice... but after a few tries, you’ll love it. |
| Gabriella: In fact, when we removed this feature, users started emailing us asking where it went. |
| Peter: Well, we only took it down to upgrade it! It’s back, don't worry. |
| Gabriella: Listeners, you’ll find the voice recorder in the Lesson Materials section. |
| Peter: It will be inside the Line by Line Audio. |
| Gabriella: Next to each line, you’ll see a microphone icon |
| Peter: See it? Just click on that icon to open up the Voice Recorder |
| Gabriella: By the way Peter, this is a Premium feature right? |
| Peter: It is. Listeners, if you have a Premium account, here’s a great updated feature for you |
| Gabriella: And if you want to get Premium, we have a quick discount for you too! |
| Peter: Sign up for any Premium subscription and save 15% instantly before Wednesday, September 11th, 2013. |
| Gabriella: You unlock our complete lesson library, lesson notes, and Premium Tools like the voice recorder.. |
| Peter: Your coupon link is in the lesson description, so make sure you click on it right now. |
| Gabriella: Or use coupon code VRT15, thats V-R-T-1-5 at checkout. |
| Peter: Hurry, listeners! This quick discount ends Wednesday, September 11th, 2013. |
| Gabriella: And that’s all we've got time for– You’ve been listening to Innovative Language.com Sunday News! |
| Peter: Bye everyone! |
| Gabriella: Thank you for listening, and we’ll see you all next time. |
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