3 Important Tips for an Australian Accent – VIDEO Lesson
3 Important Tips for an Australian Accent – VIDEO Lesson Check out these 3 important Australian accent tips to instantly sound clearer. You know, people often ask me what they can do to get a new accent quickly. Of course, it takes practice over time to make a new accent automatic in your speech because […]
British, American and Australian Accent Audio Training – Stress in compound nouns
The stress in compound nouns can be on the first, middle or last syllable. So in this English accent training I’d like to go through some compound nouns and give you some pointers to help you tell which syllable is stressed. Remember: When you stress a syllable you make the vowel slightly longer, slightly higher in […]
Clear English Speech Practise- 3 More Motivational Tips VIDEO
Clear English Speech Practise- 3 More Motivational Tips Are you ready for 3 more motivational tips to help keep you on track for your clear English speech practice? 3 More Motivational Practise Tips for Clear English Speech 1) The ‘see it’ technique 2) The ‘sign’ motivational tip 3) Get an accountability buddy Have a […]
English Pronunciation Practice- 3 Motivational Tips VIDEO
English Pronunciation Practice- 3 Motivational Tips Are you finding it hard sometimes to motivate yourself to practice for your goal of clear and confident English speech? You aren’t the only one, so I thought I would help with some English pronunciation practice motivational tips. 3 Motivational Practice Tips 1) Record yourself to hear your […]
14 Tips for Clear, Confident speech in a job interview; on the phone- Live Stream
Find out about 14 Clear Speech tips for job interviews and speaking confidently on the phone, with this fun live stream interview I did with the fantastic Career coaches, Naishadh Gadani and Karalyn Brown. Karalyn and Naishadh regularly run a live stream Career Care Package Program on Linkedin each week. Besides lots of great tips […]
VIDEO- How to Say ‘wor’ Words- Don’t say walk for work
English Pronunciation – How to Say ‘wor’ Words Correctly Often students can become quite confused about how to pronounce words spelled with ‘wor’, and especially the word ‘work.’ Because of the ‘or’, they often say ‘walk’ for ‘work.’ Check out this training video and find out about the ‘wor’ rule. ‘Wor’ Words work worst […]
Speak English Naturally- tle words- VIDEO
Speak English Naturally – tle words Pronounce Words Ending in ‘tle’ Confidently Words bottle little settle metal (not spelt the same but said the same- there’s the very short schwa between T and L) subtle what’ll ( what’ll you do) 3 sentences with these words. What’ll you do with the bottle? The little […]
English Audio Training -Words With a Silent ‘w’
It can be a bit embarrassing when you realise you’ve pronounced a letter in a word that is meant to be silent! To help you master your English accent, this time we’ll focus on words with a silent /w/ in them. English Audio Training Lesson Don’t Pronounce the ‘w’ in these words There are […]
English Accent Reduction- Use Speech Juncture To Sound Natural
Juncture is another element of intonation in English speech, and so is important for English accent reduction. As you will see from the examples below, it’s really important because if you don’t use it properly the meaning of what you are saying changes. Juncture is a kind of transition and pause between utterances or within an […]
English words spelled (spelt) differently but said the same
As you study English, you come across many English words that are spelled differently, but said the same. These are English homophones. In this blog, I’m not going to go through them all – there are too many!! But, what I would like to do is go through some common homophones that students of English […]
