How to improve your English by reading(part 2)

How to improve your English by reading(part 2)
And it says: " Artaq did not hesitate.He veered toward the Silver River.The wolves came after, soundless, fluid, black terror.Will was sure that this time they would not escape. Allanon was no longer there to help them.

They were all alone."Now, what you notice is I'm...I'm trying to exaggerate: "They were all alone."Even like my l's.And focus on every letter when you're reading, because this type of reading, reading out loud, exaggerating, if you are a professional, this is a great way to build that clarity in your speech when you're speaking in front of people, and pacing yourself, how fast you speak as well is important, obviously, when you're giving a presentation.

This second part...Again, this one can apply to both native speakers of English, but its more specifically geared towards English as a second language speakers, and that is: Paying attention to word endings.And especially "ed" and "s" endings.So, specifically past tense words, like "wanted", okay?Or plural words, like "hawks" instead of one hawk, because a lot of, again, English as a second language learners sometimes forget the "ed" ending when they're reading.

 I've taught classes where, you know, students have to read out loud, and they're so focused on reading and getting the words correct, but the pronunciation, they just drop the ends of words sometimes, especially "ed", especially "s".So let me see if I can quickly find an example.Okay, here's one: "When he stayed on his feet..."When he...Oh, why am I pointing?You can't see that.You can't see that.So: "When he stayed on his feet" this is one part of the sentence.Again, you have the verb "stayed", so some new learners of English will sometimes read that as: "When he stay", "When he stay", and they just drop the end.

So please, please, please focus on those "ed" and "s" endings, and this will really help your fluency, the ability of others to understand you, as well as your enunciation. "Stayed", okay?

enunciation vs pronunciation

Number three: Pay attention to punctuation.Now, punctuation refers to the use of commas, periods, question marks, exclamation marks when you're reading.By paying attention to these things, you can actually focus on improving your intonation and your fluency; two specific things.So, the intonation refers to the up and down movement of your voice when you are saying something or reading something.So, for example, you know, raise...In the second part I said: "Raise intonation for yes or no questions."

So if you notice when you're reading that, you know, this person is asking a yes or no question, then your voice should be moving up at the end.
And, you know in speaking, this also improves that.So, for example, in this book there is...Okay, here is a yes or no question, the question is " Did you find her?"So, I see a question mark, I see a yes or no question, and let's say I want to read this out loud and exaggerate.

out loud and exaggerate

I can also say: "Did you find her?Did you find her? Did you find her?"And it sounds ridiculous, I understand, when you're reading out loud, exaggerating, but after some time, you know, that exaggeration, that focusing on your enunciation, which is kind of like making your sounds as clear and distinct as possible, focusing on every "l",every "e", every "s" in a word, that will actually improve your pronunciation and the ability of other people to understand you long term.Please go on (part 3)