by Georgie | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, Blog UK
Turn off your subtitles. In this article I’ll explain why turning off your subtitles might be the best thing you do for your English this year! I’m often asked by students “Should I use subtitles to improve my English?”. Now, my...
by Georgie | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, Blog UK
Giving Your Details Clearly on the Phone When we spell our names or email addresses on the phone, we need to pronounce English letters. Pronouncing letter names is challenging for many non-native English speakers because many letter names require long and double /...
by Georgie | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, Blog UK
1 Daily Habit to Fantastic Fluency Improve English Fluency. One Daily Habit to Fantastic, More Fluent English. Would you like to speak more fluent English? Your English fluency won’t just improve by living in an English speaking country. You need to...
by Georgie | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, Blog UK
When the letter ‘o’ makes /ʌ/. Pronounce tongue, cover etc How to Pronounce Tongue in English. When the letter ‘o’ makes /ʌ/. There are many words where ‘o’ makes /ʌ/ in English. Correct some of them with this quick video....
by Georgie | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Blog UK
WON’T vs WANT. Are you pronouncing these correctly? How are you pronouncing ‘won’t’? How to pronounce ‘won’t’ in English? Did you know it has a double vowel? Many non-native English speakers mispronounce the word...
by Georgie | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
What Accent Is Best? American, British, Australian? Students often ask me which accent is best for them to focus on – American or British or Australian? They often wonder things like ‘I’ve learnt an American accent and now I live in the UK, should I try and change to...
by Georgie | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog
10 English Names You Should Check Correct 10 Commonly Mispronounced English Names. English words can look SO different to how we pronounce them – this also includes English names. This is mostly because over the years English has borrowed many words and names...
by Georgie | Apr 10, 2019 | English Word Stress
Word Stress in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) English word stress is a challenging area for many non-native speakers of English. A question I’m often asked is ‘How do I know what syllable is stressed in English words?’. The most...
by Georgie | Feb 18, 2019 | Blog
10 silent letters you should check How to Pronounce English Words with Silent Letters How horrible is the spelling of English!?! It’s a non-phonetic language and this is one of the reasons why pronunciation of English is such a challenge. Many words in English...
by Georgie | Feb 18, 2019 | Blog
Top English Pronunciation Tips for Mandarin Speakers Sign up to our 5 day free English Pronunciation Starter Course to start improving today with free videos to your inbox! Here are our top 4 English Pronunciation tips for Chinese – Chinese Mandarin Speakers. ...