ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION BLOG

Georgie Taylor Speech Pathologist How to pronounce: words with silent letters Many words in English have silent letters. Silent letters are letters that you can’t hear when you say the word, but that are there when you write the word. Our students know about many...

Georgie Taylor Speech Pathologist Many people from China lack confidence with their spoken English because they don’t get much opportunity to practice and improve it. Some people tell me they avoid speaking face to face or on the phone, preferring to use email...

Georgie Taylor Speech PathologistWhen you speak English do you say ‘avare’ instead of ‘aware’? Does ‘phone’ sound more like ‘fon’ or ‘faun’? Do you say ‘proDUCT’ instead of ‘PROduct’? These are all English pronunciation errors that that are common for speakers of...

I am often asked about ‘accent’ and ‘pronunciation’. The dictionary definition of the word ‘accent’ is – a distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with

So many of our accent reduction students ask us about homophones. Homophones are words that are spelled differently but are pronounced the same way. There are LOTS of them in

Do you get tired speaking English? Students often say to me “After a few hours of speaking English my mouth gets very tired and I feel exhausted!”. Students often say to me “After a few

Small talk is important at work – nobody wants to talk about work all day – except maybe the people who sold Instagram. I imagine the 13 of them would like talking about the billion

Step 1. Understand the difference between accent and pronunciation. I often hear HR professionals talk about an employee’s accent. I encourage you to stop talking about English pronunciation.

These 5 English pronunciation tips for Spanish speakers are a little introduction to improving your English pronunciation. We have many Spanish speaking students who take our courses to

Why do people have different accents? People all over the world have different accents. In the first years of life we learn the sounds of our native language from our parents and those

No! Never too old. Well, if you are over 75 years old I might say you are getting a little ‘over the hill’ or that you are a little ‘long in the tooth’ (‘over the hill’ and ‘long in the tooth’ both mean