My goal is to sound like I'm narrating an audiobook, which means I want YOU to feel like you're listening to an audiobook. How does it sound to you?
Reading out loud in a foreign language is one of the best exercises to teach yourself to understand the rhythm of this language and develop speaking fluency.
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Read it out loud as if you mean it! Practice flow, emphasis, thought chunking, pitch, melody, intonations, and pauses so that your speech sounds natural and clear in English.