ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION BLOG

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

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

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

Are ‘muscle’ and ‘mussel’ different or the same? The same! Did you know they are pronounced exactly the same way. Homophones are words that look different but are pronounced

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.

So – how can you check the correct pronunciation of English words? As you are well aware the way words look in English often does not help us with how to pronounce them. Here are

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

Students often say ‘I’ve learnt an American accent and now I live in the UK, should I focus on changing to a UK accent?’ or ‘I’ve lived in Canada for 2 years and I’ve moved to Australia

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

QUICK FIX 1: I have a question for you. Do the words ‘south’ & ‘southern’ have the same vowel or different vowels? Answer: Different vowels! Many non-native speakers get confused by

When 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

Its not easy learning English pronunciation. To begin with, so much of English comes from other languages. This means that words are often spelled differently to the way that they sound.

“French is such a romantic language” a friend said to me recently. The strange thing is that my friend didn’t mean the words in French, or that what French people say is romantic,

Accent expert and Speech Pathologist, Georgie Taylor says to avoid misunderstandings spiraling out of control there’s a few things we can all do. Most important is locals need to practice