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 11, 2019 | Learn, Learn pronunciation
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....
von Susannah | Mittwoch, Dezember 11, 2019 | Practice, Practice pronunciation
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...
von Susannah | Montag, November 25, 2019 | Practice, Practice pronunciation
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...