Tr and Dr Hack – English Tip – VIDEO Training

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 […]

Accent Reduction- English Rhythm – Use the ‘Pause’ Correctly- AUDIO lesson

Accent reduction- English rhythm- learn about pausing

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 […]

Accent Reduction AUDIO lesson-Pronounce 12 Common English Animal Idioms Clearly

AUDIO LESSON Accent reduction -12 animal idioms

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 […]

English accent-Pronounce English Words With The Silent /h/ Letter

English pronunciation audio training-pronounce words when the h is silent

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 […]

VIDEO How to say English Words With l And r In The Same Word

Video How to say words with l and r in the same word

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 […]

Audio: Accent Reduction-How To Pronounce Long English Words Beginning With ‘pr’

Accent reduction- How to pronounce long English words beginning with pr

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 […]

Audio lesson- How To Pronounce Words When The Letter ‘s’ Says /z/

Practise how to pronounce words when the letter s says /z/

How to pronounce words when the letter ‘s’ says /z/ To pronounce words when the letter ‘s’ says  the /z/ sound, first you need to know that the /s/ and /z/ sounds are minimal pair sounds in English. That means, they’re made with exactly the same mouth movements except that when you say the /z/ […]

How To Learn An English Accent – 5 Tips Actors Can Teach Us

How to l;earn an English accent- 5 tips Actors can teach us

How To Learn An English Accent – 5 Tips Actors Can Teach Us I was recently talking to an actress about how to learn an English accent (or other accent) that wasn’t her native English accent.  She said she used ‘layering’. She said she listened over and over to someone speaking with the accent she […]