| 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. |
Comments
HideHow do you practice your Chinese pronunciation? Have you tried recording yourself?
Hello Gerson,
Thank you for posting.
You can activate the voice recording tool by clicking the microphone icon next to audio play icons, please see this image for reference: http://screencast.com/t/ycGs6RtbO
(*the screenshot is for CantoneseClass, but the voice recording tool is at the same place on ChineseClass101.com as well)
The voice recording tool is developed by Flash, and you need to access to the site on your PC or Mac to enjoy the feature.
Let us know if you have any further questions.
Sincerely,
Lena
Team ChineseClass101.com
Hi, Gerson Mendes,
Thank you for your posting.
We will back to you as soon as we can.
And can you tell me the problem is you want to record the voice by the computer but you don't know where to start the software?
Cho
Team ChineseClass101.com
I can not fide the voice recording tool. Where it is?
thanks
Gerson
Hi Nathan,
Thank you for posting!
You can find the "voice recording tool" in most of the lessons' Lesson Materials :smile:
You can identify it by the small mic icon, (next to the speaker's icon).
Let us know if you were able to find it!
Cheers,
Laura
Team ChineseClass101.com
How do you get to the voice recorder