How do I Improve Indian English Pronunciation?
Many people from India who speak English fluently still have problems communicating with native speakers. Even though you may have studied English for years, talking with others presents a problem if they cannot understand your accent. Learning the basic differences between Indian and American rhythm, stress, consonants, vowels and intonation will help make your speech clear. Learning to speak more slowly and consciously also will help others understand you better. Practice proper English rhythm. Indian speakers often use a syllable-timed rhythm, which makes the length of syllables equal. Native speakers of English in the United States and elsewhere use a stress-timed rhythm. They make the length of time between accented syllables even. Correct rhythm will make pronouncing sounds correctly come more naturally. Practice out loud with recordings of native speakers and tap the correct rhythm with your hand. You can find good practice materials in many audio CDs for English textbooks, incl
