Tr and Dr Hack – English Tip Learn How to Say /dr/ and /tr/ Words Naturally in English When we make the English /t/ and /d/ sounds we usually drop our tongue down for the 2nd part of the sound. But for this pronunciation hack, you only drop your tongue down a little from the bony ridge behind your front top …
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Accent Reduction- English Rhythm – Use the ‘Pause’ Correctly- AUDIO lesson Learning to use pauses properly is important when you’re practising accent reduction and English rhythm. It helps you sound more like a native English speaker. If you don’t use pauses correctly when speaking English, it can change the meaning of what you’re saying. PAUSE for meaning For …
In the English audio training below, I have included 10 multisyllabic words that students often have trouble saying confidently. I’m asked how certain multisyllabic words are said, and in English this is fair enough! There are a few things to consider: Firstly, there is spelling to consider- is the word said how it’s spelled? Which syllables are stressed, and which said …
I found these cool common, animal idioms, and wanted to give you a chance to learn how to pronounce these English idioms correctly, and to understand when to use them. At the same time, you get more accent reduction practise material. Credit Analytical Grammar/Grammar Planet Accent Reduction Practise- 12 English Idioms 1. Night owl –a person who is habitually active …
It can often be difficult to pronounce English words because you have to know if there is a silent letter in the word or not. This time I thought I would focus in on English words where the /h/ sound is silent. Of course, most of the time when you see a word spelled with an /h/ in it you do …
Sometimes it just takes a quick, easy tip to be clearer in English, and gain a clearer English accent. In this English accent audio lesson, I want to share a quick, easy tip on how to pronounce the consonant cluster ‘ts’ at the end of words. Often, students I work with find the ‘ts’ cluster hard to say quickly in …
In this British accent audio training lesson, instead of focusing on how to say the de- stressed syllable, I have focused on the stressed syllable. For some students it’s hard to use the schwa vowel to make a de-stressed syllable. Even though this lesson is titled British accent audio, the tip also applies for the other English accents such as …
Sometimes, it’s even tricky for me to say English words that have /l/ and /r/ in the same word! Sometimes it’s tricky because the /l/ and /r/ are close together, or because the word is long with multiple /l/ and /r/ sounds in it. Basically, to pronounce these /l/ -/r/ words well, you need to just practise them till your …
Accent reduction training in how to pronounce long English words beginning with ‘pr’, actually ‘kills two birds with the one stone’! Firstly, you make sure you don’t leave out the /r/ sound in the ‘pr’ consonant cluster. Secondly, you make sure you’re using a correct English /r/ sound, and at the same time, you get to practise correct syllable stress …
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