Pronouncing Connected speech 2: Rhythm
Pronunciation Exercises: Rhythm
Rhythm may sound like it is limited to music or perhaps poetry, but it is in fact one of the features used to describe all world languages. English has a specific kind of rhythm. Which rhythm, and what does it mean? You can find out in the post on rhythm, or first try...
Consonant Pronunciation: ‚th‘ exercises
Practice pronouncing that tricky English ‚th‘ with these exercises. Do you know when to pronounce ‚th‘ with or without voicing? Try this exercise. In the following, you will hear a number of words and phrases including both th and s. These are...
Pronouncing Consonants Special: That pesky ‚th‘
Which consonants cause you the most trouble in speaking English? What sounds do you think particularly challenge other speakers of English as a foreign language? While many speakers have issues with the liquids ‚r‘ and ‚l‘, most Europeans...
Pronouncing Connected Speech 1: Liaison
Is that what the Monkees sang? What kinds of things cause us to misunderstand song lyrics or other spoken texts? Surprisingly, most of the time, it is not a mispronounced or misheard phoneme that causes the most trouble. It is much more likely to be a word or syllable...Gefördert vom
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