Vowels 3 – r-colored vowels – definition and examples and explications
Vowels 3 – Diphthongs – definition and examples and explications
Before you tackle this lesson, take some time to do a bit of research. See what you can find out about varieties of English spoken in North America. This needn’t be a vast amount of in-depth research, just spend about 20-30 minutes learning about what...
Connected Speech: Elision
Of all the features of English pronunciation, connected speech, or the flow between words, is the most subtle and one of the least well described. Elision is a specific part of connected speech, the one which is responsible for all the sounds dropped and most of the...
Pronouncing Consonants 2: Aspiration, Taps and other special features
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...
Pronouncing Vowels 2: back vowels
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...
Pronouncing Connected speech 2: Rhythm
Something a little different this time! Pick out four to six lines of your favorite rap or hip-hop song. Practice ‚rapping‘ them just like the interpreter does. Think about which words and syllables take the most prominence in pronunciation....Gefördert vom
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