von Susannah | Montag, Januar 13, 2020 | Practice, Practice pronunciation
Along with voice, aspiration is one of the most obvious features of English consonants. You can learn more about consonant aspiration and how it affects the sounds around it in the presentation post. Here are a few exercises to see what you already know or have...
von Susannah | Donnerstag, Dezember 19, 2019 | Learn, Learn pronunciation
The consonants of English vary in their complexity and in their distinguishing pronunciation features. After understanding the basics of the simplest English consonants, there are a few more things that determine how a speaker can sound more like a native speaker or...
von Susannah | Donnerstag, Dezember 19, 2019 | Practice, Practice pronunciation
After understanding the basics of the simplest English consonants, there are a few more things that determine how a speaker can sound more like a native speaker or at least comprehend some of the strange sounds native speakers make, especially when speaking quickly or...
von Susannah | Mittwoch, Dezember 18, 2019 | Learn, Learn pronunciation
Vowels are less easily distinguished than consonants because there are no distinct boundaries between them as there are for consonants, and so they are usually described according to how they sound in relation to one another. Unfortunately, any phoneme can still vary...
von Susannah | Mittwoch, Dezember 18, 2019 | Practice, Practice pronunciation
The vowels addressed here are the ones pronounced in the back of the mouth. They differ from one another, of course, based on how open or closed the mouth is when they are pronounced. You can start with the relevant post for some more information about the so-called...