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The Sound of English
BBC Learning English
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A free BBC Learning English video series on the sounds of English, focused on pronunciation, including intonation and how sounds flow together in speech. It is aimed at non-native speakers.
One commenter, a Spanish speaker living in London, calls it the best online material for improving English pronunciation and says practicing along with it works.
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Spaniard in London with the same problem here.
The BEST on-line material is BBC's "The sound of English" http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pr... Just watch it and practise with a mirror many, many, many times and you will improve.
If you are willing to spend some money, I recommend doing an elocution "soften your accent" course. I did it a couple of years ago (sorry, don't remember the name of the company, it was close to St. Pancras Station) and I improved a lot.
Pay special attention to "intonation patterns". Even if you make every individual sound right, natives will have trouble understanding you. You have to make all sounds in a sentence flow together in one of the few predefined sound patterns found in British English in order to get understood. Just changing the intonation pattern changes the meaning, even in the same phrase.
Example: 'I like YOUR new blue dress' vs. 'I like your new BLUE dress' vs. 'I like your new blue DRESS'.