Accent Reduction- English Rhythm – Use the ‘Pause’ Correctly- AUDIO lesson
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
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
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 […]
British Accent Audio Training (and other English accents)-Tip For Learning Word Stress
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 […]
VIDEO How to say English 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 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/
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 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 […]
VIDEO American, British, Australian Accent-Pronounce these 5 English words correctly
American, British, Australian Accent-Pronounce English Words Correctly This time I have 5 more English words for you to pronounce correctly. These are all words that people sometimes get confused in English. Best wishes, Esther
How to Pronounce ‘world’ and other English ‘wor’ words AUDIO lesson
I am often asked the following question when working with English pronunciation, “How do I pronounce the word ‘world?’ ” Because of the spelling it is tricky! Is it: world /wɔːrld/ (American) , /wɔːld/ (British/Australian) or world /wɝːld/ (American), /wɜːld/ (Brit/Aussie)?? If you picked the 2nd lot where the ‘or’ says ‘er’ you were right. So here […]
