Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “British accent training”
What do I mean by the title English schwa words – quiz? You can win a free 8 page guide with pronunciation instructions specific to your language background. Following on from my last article, I wanted to bring you some more practise at listening for the stressed and de stressed vowels in words. This time though, I’m focusing on you hearing …
10 Over Used English Words- What To Say Instead Little- small, insufficient, minute, tiny, meagre, slight, mini, petite, brief, limited 💡 Pretty- attractive, beautiful, cute, elegant, good-looking, lovely, pleasant, handsome (for a male) Saw- glimpsed, …
A major element for great IELTS results is English pronunciation fluency. You need to be able to hear and use the English weak and strong forms in words of more than one syllable. I have written about this before, but this time I want to actually train you to attune your ear to be able to hear which syllable/s are …
A common mistake people make when they’re learning how to pronounce English words, is to always pronounce words as they are written. There are lots of languages where how a word is written is how you you say it. Not so with English. About 80% of words in English can be pronounced more or less as they are written -though …
A little while ago I was brainstorming some accent reduction ideas with the manager of a large company (Suzie), who had used my Australian accent course to gain an Australian accent. She told me about a meeting she had been in a few days earlier. She said she was a little shocked at what happened. She had convened a meeting …
These 10 often mispronounced English words and phrases caught my eye and I thought they would be useful. I have included some notes to help you to pronounce these English words and phrases. Mispronounced English Word 1 It’s not :antartic It’s: antarctic You need to keep the ‘c’ sound in before the /t/. Slow down …
In this accent reduction puzzle, as usual, there are exceptions and unusual spellings and pronunciation in English. Let’s have a look at the accent reduction puzzle of words spelt with a vowel that is pronounced as a consonant. Because of this, some accent reduction students sometimes miss pronounce these words. The first accent reduction puzzle is the ‘u’ in ‘qu’ The …
Well you might wonder about how to learn an English accent using 12 English phrases. It all started when a customer asked a question! He was actually asking about phrasal verbs, and as I answered him, I realised that in just 12 phrases you can practise how to learn an English accent. Not only that, but you can also add …
Customers often ask for tips on how to use our accent reduction courses to improve their English stress and intonation, and English stress and rhythm. In this second part of my series on practical training in English stress and intonation, I will give you training on a second element. That is, how to use correct syllable stress in words. By …
Sam was a highly successful professional who had mastered his English accent training to pronounce all the English sounds correctly, by using our Speak More Clearly accent training course. All his sounds were even still clear when he spoke in sentences and chatted on the phone to clients. But, every now and then he would get puzzled looks from colleagues and …
