Category: Pronunciation

Improve your pronunciation FAST! One student said she has difficulty with –STS at the end of words, as in costs and guests – how can she pronounce it better? …

Improve your pronunciation FAST! Today’s question is about how to pronounce acronyms – terms like CEO – do we say their letters, or do we pronounce them as a …

Improve your pronunciation FAST A student asks, “How do you pronounce CON at the beginning of English words?” It depends – there are two pronunciations depending on whether that …

Pronunciation Course Has this ever happened to you – someone asks you a question in English, and you don’t understand it at ALL? One reason for the difficulty is …

Learn how to pronounce the names of all 50 states in the U.S.! Listen and repeat after me. You can learn more about the origins of the 50 state …

Wondering how to pronounce the months of the year in English? Listen and repeat after me to practice your pronunciation! I’ve also included each month’s abbreviation (short form) and …

Wondering whether to use breathe or breath? Today’s lesson will teach you the difference between these confusing English words in meaning and pronunciation. You’ll also learn some collocations and …

Download this lesson Pronunciation Course A vowel is a sound we make with our mouth and vocal cords open, without touching our tongue to any other part of our …

The English language has a lot of hard words to pronounce! These are words that even native English speakers wonder how to pronounce correctly. Let’s practice pronouncing them with …

  Pronunciation Course Are you ready to try pronouncing some SUPER-LONG English words? Today we’re going to practice pronouncing words with 6 and 7 syllables! Before we begin, two …

Hi! You might be wondering, “How long will it take to improve my pronunciation?” Remember that it’s like going to the gym. Just like physical exercise makes your body …

Let’s review: in the previous e-mails you learned: to practice minimal pairs in order to differentiate similar sounds to pay attention to the “music” (rhythm of stress) in words/sentences …

If you’re trying to improve your pronunciation, you should pronounce each word very carefully and clearly, so that you can say it perfectly… right? Wrong! Native English speakers don’t …

Hi! Yesterday you learned about words with similar sounds in the English language. Today’s tip is ALWAYS to pay attention to the “music” of English. What’s the “music” of …

I’ll never forget my WORST pronunciation mistake when I was learning Portuguese. It was VERY embarrassing: 😱 I wanted to say: “Eu gosto de água de coco” (“I like …

 Pronunciation Course Once I asked my students, “What are the most difficult English words for you to pronounce?” and I got a lot of great answers! Today we’re …

200 Common Errors Course Grammar vs. grammer: what’s the difference? “Grammer” doesn’t exist! It’s a very common mistake to misspell “grammar” as G-R-A-M-M-E-R. There’s NO “e” in the word …

Pronunciation & Shadowing Courses Are you ready to practice your pronunciation with some longer words? The ones we’ll practice today all have 5 syllables – like the word vocabulary: …

  Pronunciation Course Today I want to help you fix a pronunciation problem that I hear in a LOT of students’ English, and that is saying things like this: …

Pronunciation Course In today’s lesson we’re going to practice our pronunciation a bit and also learn when to use the words proof and prove, belief and believe. These pairs …