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Improve your Japanese pronunciation by studying long vowels (chouon) and double consonants (sokuon) using small tsu
Japanese Pronunciation Improvement Seminar for Speaking Natural Japanese Part 15
The secret for improving your listening and speaking Japanese skills
About the Seminar
| Date | Mon December 18th, 2023 14:00 (Asia/Tokyo) |
| Time | Tempo previsto: 30 minuti circa |
| Price: | 800 points |
| Recording: | Live viewing AND viewing of the recording are both possible |
| Seminar conducted in: | Japanese |
| Tutor |
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Message
Hi, I'm Yukina Kita, your tutor! I'm a singer-songwriter who performs live, gives singing and speaking lessons, does video streaming, and I generally "work with my voice".
I sing a lot in English, and I thought I was confident in my English pronunciation, but my own English teacher said: "Your pronunciation is a little off." Then I decided to ask my English teacher to teach me on how to pronounce English correctly. In the process, I discovered the difference in the sound of the voice and the use of the tongue between Japanese speakers and those of other languages.
People who speak languages other than Japanese, such as English and Chinese, have different places to make their voices sound and use their tongues differently. By understanding them in detail, you can easily improve your Japanese pronunciation!
Please come to the seminar and learn how Japanese pronunciation works!
Curriculum
▼ Long vowels (chouon) and double consonants (sokuon) can be difficult for non-native speakers of Japanese
- We will practice words that are difficult for non-native speakers to pronounce
- The most typical examples include ""chouon"" and ""sokuon"".
- Chouon are found in words with extended vowels. For example: ""コーヒー""
- Sokuon are found in words with a small ""っ"". For example, ""あっち""
- These words can be hard to pronounce if your native language doesn't have similar sounds and you aren't used to it.
▼ You can't learn them just by repetition
- You might struggle with pronouncing a word even though you have tried to copy your tutor's pronunciation many times.
- That is because you try to imitate it without understanding how the sounds are formed.
- If your language does not have these sounds, you need to know the structure of how they are pronounced in order to do it yourself.
- You can learn this by practicing with a vocal coach, a voice expert!
- Don't miss this opportunity to learn how pronunciation works!
＜Seminar content＞
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How many long long vowels (chouon) and double consonants (sokuon) can you pronounce?
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Secrets of pronunciation of long vowels and double consonants
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Practice! Let's pronounce them more and more!
- Q&A corner to solve your pronunciation problems