English Word Pronunciation:
The Ultimate Guide to Improving Accent
Why is English
word pronunciation important?
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Why is English
word pronunciation important?
Have you noticed that sometimes, even though
you can speak English well, have a good
vocabulary, and
use
grammar
properly, something still does not sound natural? Or in other words,
your foreign accent is just too obvious… This can also make
understanding you more difficult for other people.
This could be a common problem among English learners. Each comes from
a
different country, a different language, with its different
pronunciation ways and accents.
However, is it
unchangeable?
Do you
have to
keep your original accent when speaking English?
That depends on how hard-working you are in practicing the new sounds.
But let's agree on one thing: with some decent practicing you can
definitely improve your pronunciation and your accent!
What Makes an
Accent?
Accent seems so natural to us, that we sometimes forget what makes an
accent.
Basically, the way you pronounce each sound of the language affects
your overall accent.
For example, the sound of the letter R is pronounced differently by
Spanish, German and English speakers. The same is true for many other
sounds. And so you get your accent…
The method to improve your English accent, or your English
word pronunciation, is to practice the proper ways to pronounce the
sounds
of English.
Each sound is produced in a certain way, and when you produce it right,
it sounds natural.
Here you have a special step by step tutorial, which will gradually
lead
you through the different English sounds. And hopefully, after
completing it, you will not be the same person! Or at least, you will
not have the same accent…
The tutorial is composed of
explanations,
examples,
exercises
and
videos.
The videos were collected from several sources, and from different
English teachers. These teachers share their skill and knowledge with
us in the most efficient way – videos. And this is truly awesome.
So do this tutorial! Learn to speak english...
To
begin lesson 01 and improve your English word pronunciation and accent
click here.
List of Lessons
Lesson 01: International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Lesson 02: Word
Stress and Syllables
Lesson 03: Long E
sound (meet,
see)
Lesson 04: Short I
Sound (sit,
hit)
Lesson 05: UH Sound
(put, foot)
Lesson 06:
OO Sound (moon,
blue)
Lesson 07: Short E
sound (pen, bed)
Lesson 08: Schwa
Sound (the, about)
Lesson 09: UR Sound (turn, learn)
Lesson 10: OH Sound (four, store)
Lesson 11: Short A
Sound (cat, fat)
Lesson 12: UH Sound (but, luck)
Lesson 13: Soft A
Sound (arm, father)
Lesson 14: Long O
Sound (boat,
know)
Lesson 15: Long A
Sound (say, pain, make)
Lesson 16: Short O
Sound (not, off, socks)
Lesson 17: Diphthong
(a combination of two vowel sounds)
Lesson 18: P Sound
(cup, punch, pull) and B sound (cub, bunch, bull)
Lesson 19: The Nasal
Sounds (M, N, NG)
Lesson 20: F Sound (four, lift, graph, tough) and V Sound (love, knives, grave, vine)
Lesson 21: W Sound (wow, quit, where)
Lesson 22: R Sound (red, sorry, write)
Lesson 23: H Sound (he, behind, who)
Lesson 24: T Sound (top, it, later) and D Sound (do, had, made)
Lesson 25: S Sound (sit, box, cats) and Z Sound (zip, buzz, boys)
Lesson 26: K Sound (kid, talk, black) and G Sound (go, big, dog)
Lesson 27: L Sound:
Light L & Dark L (tall,
like, English)
Lesson 28: Y
Consonant Sound (yes,
you, beyond)
Lesson 29: CH Sound (China, century, watch) and J Sound (Germany, educate , judge)
Lesson 30: TH
Consonant Sounds – voiced TH sound (the,
father, them) and voiceless
(unvoiced) TH sound (think,
birthday, south)
Lesson 31: SH
(shop, chef, special) and ZH (usual, massage, Asia)
Lesson 32: T and TT Sounds (true T sound, D sound, stop sound, silent T)
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For additional tips on how to improve your English pronunciation and accent click here.See also Phonology in the English Language (Phonology is the study of the basic sounds and speech patterns of a language.)
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