This is an all ears English podcast episode 2462.

Intonation is Connection.

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vocabulary and grammar, but there is a simple trick to better connection that is waiting for you.

It's intonation.

Listen in to find out how to train rhythm and intonation in your English today.

Hey there, Michelle.

What's going on today? Not too much, Lindsay. I have a question. When you speak another language, I know you speak other languages. Do you change your intonation to match, you know, what is typical for that language? Or is that hard for you to? I do. I am kind of like, I mimic pretty well.

I'm pretty naturally gifted at mimicking.

So when I learn a language, I actually like repeat the language in my head a lot, especially

if I'm living in the culture.

I'm always repeating things and naturally the intonation comes with that. Now, there's a lot of work that could still be done to perfect that to make it better and correct. But I do pick up on rhythms and intonations quickly. I do. It's just, I don't know, maybe it's a thing. That's pretty cool. Yeah. It's cool. Your secret special power. Yeah, it's my special power, which I've not exploited as much as I should.

But, oh, well.

That's okay.

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