How to pronunce English words correctly? I have problems in some words.. Pls suggest some basic rules of pronunciation... Thanx
Let's start from saying that there is NOT a "correct" pronunciation of English and a "wrong" one. You can't tell a Scot he's wrong because he pronounces "caRR" instead of "cah" for car. There are ACCENTS of English. Some of them are considered to be more prestigious and thus are used in English Language Teaching (The British English "Received Pronunciation" AKA "The Queen's English" and General American). Most manuals and textbooks give samples in either one of these two pronunciations. Which one are you focusing onto?
You should first learn all the English vowels and consonants - you can do this with an English pronunciation app Saundz: http://saundz.com/free/
Here you learn one sound at the time and then you combine them into words. Saundz dictionary contains more than 440 different words that you can practice to pronounce by recording your voice and comparing it to a native speaker :)
Tosif, it could be helpful if you could explain your problem in more details. Do you have problems with sounds, words or linking words in sentences? At what point have you noticed that you had a problem? We are all different and we prefer various learning methods. For some of us, learning pronunciation with videos and/or movies is just enough. Some of us need written instructions alongside clips.
Practice makes perfect! I suggest the ''old school'' method - watch movies without subtitles, listen to music and try to write down the words. Find a native speaker and practice... Once you get the hang of the flow and sounds of the language, you'll pretty much know how to pronounce most of the words.
I still believe that most people when trying to perfect their pronunciation just want to get rid of the echo of their mother tongue accent while speaking English. There are plenty of studies that confirm that students generally believe native-like pronunciation is important, here's one, I think it can be downloaded for free but I couldn't find the link. Anyways, I found it very interesting :) http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/rela.2012.10.issue-1/v10015-011-0048-3/v10015-011-0048-3.xml