DAY 1. VOICE CHALLENGE

 "I HATE MY VOICE". This idea has only come to my mind since I started learning English. 

I am a girl with a high voice so I have acknowledged that my voice does not sound pleasant at all but still, luckily, it is not sour. However, as an English learner, I die to have a low voice with attractive intonation.

Whenever I listen to someone with a beautiful voice, I feel so jealous. Therefore, unless changing my voice is biologically impossible, I will try every single way to make myself sound good and this challenge is for me and those wishing to sound better.

Shadowing is so famous among English learners as it is a way to practice speaking in general and intonation in specific. This challenge lasts 3 months from February and May so I hope that there are some changes in my voice, even just a slight one. 

Honestly speaking, shadowing is quite a daunting task since you have to listen to one sentence a thousand times and imitate it, and the tedious process is repeated a few times. 

About how to practice, I cannot find any original shadowing techniques due to countless methods on the Internet. By the way, there are some steps I am following:

+ Choose a TED talk with a female voice which I like

+ Listen to the first paragraph and listen to each separate sentence.

+ Stop the video --> Say and record my own voice

+ Listen to my voice again and change until I feel satisfied

+ Do the same with the other sentences

+ After finishing the whole paragraph, I try to read along with the audio a few times to practice intonation and my speed.

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