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 […]
VIDEO English Words That Sound Similar -How To Pronounce Them
English Words That Sound Similar -How To Pronounce Them I recently asked customers which English words they get mixed up when they’re trying to pronounce them, and I got quite a few. Thank you to everyone who contributed. The interesting thing is, quite a few of the English words show a confusion between the […]
VIDEO American, British, and Australian Accents-Pronounce English words-banana, vitamin, process
Pronounce English words- ‘banana, vitamin, process’- American, British, and Australian Accents It can sometimes be confusing to know how to pronounce certain words depending on whether you need an American, British or Australian accent, so I thought I would start with these three words this time. Let me know in the comment section below if there […]
The Differences In Work Place Culture. Great Tips- America, Australia and Britain.
I recently came across a great article written by a grammarly.com writer in which they detail 4 great tips about the differences in work place culture in America, Australia and Britain. The author goes into the areas of Communication styles, attitudes to office romances, dress codes and work/life balance in some detail. Of course even […]
Video- Difference Between British RP and American accent- When t says d
One Key Difference Between British RP And American Accents – When /t/ says /d/. Difference Between British RP and American Accent- When /t/ says /d/ In American English the /t/ consonant says a light, quick, flapped or tapped/d/ when: the /t/ is between 2 vowels such as in later, rating. the /t/ is between an […]
Presentation Skills- 9 Great Tips
Have you ever thought-‘I feel nervous and I’m not feeling confident about my presentation skills, and I hope people understand what I’m going to say to them?” It doesn’t even have to be presenting to a whole room full of people, it may also be when you need to present an idea or request to […]
