English Accent -The 2 Sounds The ‘ow’ Diphthong Can Make
English Accent -The 2 sounds the ‘ow’ diphthong can make The most common sound the ‘ow’ diphthong says is ‘ow’ as in ‘cow’. The second most common sound it makes is ‘oe’ (as in toe). The ‘ow’ mostly says ‘oe’ if it is at the end of a word. In this lesson we’re going […]
3 Things The Brain Needs To Reduce Your Accent
The three things the brain needs for you to reduce your accent, are also the 3 main things needed to change any behaviour or acquire any new skill. I recently participated in a workshop for ‘The Listening Program’, which is a great sound therapy program I’ve been using with students for a while now, and […]
English Pronunciation tip- Sounds the ‘a’ Letter and Vowel Can Say
In thinking about this English pronunciation tip for sounds the ‘a’ letter and vowel can say, I need to first explain something. If your background language is a phonetic language, then reading and pronouncing English can be quite confusing. A phonetic language is one where you write the words exactly as they are spoken, or […]
Accent Reduction- When ‘a’ says A – AUDIO training
In my last lesson, I covered the most common sounds the ‘a’ letter and vowel can make. So in this accent reduction audio training lesson, you will learn about when the ‘a’ letter says its letter name – A. In other words, how to tell if ‘a’ should be pronounced as A /eɪ/ as in […]
English Pronunciation-Speak Like a Native- 8 Expressions With ‘Run’- AUDIO Lesson
All languages have expressions that aren’t always literal, so for this training lesson, we’ll practise English pronunciation and English expressions. We’ll ‘kill two birds with the one stone!’ – another English expression and we haven’t even started! I’ve made an audio lesson below so you can hear the English pronunciation of common expressions with the […]
English PODCAST with All Ears English-3 Important Accent Reduction Tips
Hi, I’m excited to share a recent accent reduction English podcast that I did with Lindsay from the American English Language school- All Ears English! The English podcast was great fun, and we went through some great accent reduction tips and pronunciation don’ts:- How to speak clearly more quickly How to make your new clear […]
English Accent – Don’t be Embarrassed- Don’t, Pronounce the P in These Words- AUDIO Lesson
Sometimes it can be embarrassing if you pronounce a silent letter in a word when you’re learning to speak with an English accent. Lots of people do this, because it’s confusing when the word is not said as it’s written! This is why it’s important to listen over and over to the English accent you […]
English Accent- Sound Natural – How To Use The Intrusive ‘y’ AUDIO Training
When we want to be super clear with our English accent, we do need to choose to make every sound clearly. We may be emphasising a point, presenting to others, going for a job interview etc. Most of the time though, just like in any language, we tend to be less precise. To sound more […]
English Accent Training- How To Pronounce Words With ‘ng’ at the end. AUDIO Lesson
English accent training can be confusing sometimes! We all know that when we write the consonant ‘ng’ /ŋ/, we see a ‘g’ letter there, but when we say it, it’s not pronounced. Also, it doesn’t become a /k/ sound either. So when you’re practising your English accent training, think of it this way:- When you see […]
English Accent- Pronounce 16 words ending in ‘ture’ AUDIO training lesson
The suffix ‘ture’, is a common word ending, and it’s important to know how to pronounce it for your English accent. I’ve made training lessons before about how to pronounce certain word common endings such as ‘tion‘, ‘al’ and ‘el’ ; ‘ly’; ‘ous’ , and this time for English accent practise, we’re going to practise the ‘ture’ […]
