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Correct and clear pronunciation is as important as listening and speaking skills. If you know how to pronounce the words and phrases correctly, your level of speech understanding is also increased. To have clear pronunciation, learn about English speech sounds, their symbols and many more informative posts.
Correct English pronunciation is crucial for effective communication. Phonetics, the study of speech sounds, can help you improve your pronunciation.Here we are revealing the secret for correct English Pronunciation. Understanding Phonetics: 1. Phonemes: Individual sounds in a language (e.g., /p/, /t/, /k/) 2. Allophones: Variations of phonemes (e.g., the “p” sound in “pat” and “spot”) […]
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Common Words with Silent Letters You Might Mispronounce 🤫🔡 1️⃣ Knife 🔪 (Silent K) → Nife2️⃣ Half 🧮 (Silent L) → Haf3️⃣ Whistle 🎵 (Silent T) → Whis-le4️⃣ Autumn 🍁 (Silent N) → Aw-tum5️⃣ Psychic 🔮 (Silent P) → Sy-kik6️⃣ Scene 🎬 (Silent C) → Seen7️⃣ Coup ⚠️ (Silent P) → Koo8️⃣ Depot 🏢 (Silent
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There are 26 letters in English alphabet but we get 44 sounds from those 26 letters. These 44 sounds are known as phonemes in English. Those 44 sounds are called phonemes in IPA International Phonetic Alphabet. Phonemes play very important role in English pronunciation. What is Phoneme? Phoneme is the smallest unit of English speech
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We learn the names of animals since our childhood. It can be quite surprising for you all that inspite of learning their names since our childhood, most of us mispronounce them. Today, in this post, you will learn to pronounce the names of animals correctly. 1.Leopard /ˈlep.əd/ It’s leh·puhd not leo-pard 2. Lizard /ˈlɪz.əd/ It’s
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There are various words with silent letter D which are often mispronounced. This post is about such mispronounced words with silent letter D. You can read about other Silent Letters in English. Would you like to know about those words and their correct pronunciation? Watch this short video to have quick look.
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8 ways to pronounce the letter A All the letters in English do not correspond one-on-one with the sounds of English. Each letter can represent various sounds. This mismatch between the letters and the sound can create a lot of confusion to pronounce a word correctly in English.To know exactly how a word is pronounced, you should
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What is syllabification? How to syllabify a word? What are the important rules for syllabification? You will get answer to all these questions in this post. You are going to read about syllabification and rules with examples. Before knowing about the syllabification which is also known as syllabication, you must know about the importance of
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Learning English as a second language is definitely not as easy as it is for a native speaker. In order to communicate successfully in English, it’s important to learn English speaking as well as pronunciation. This blog is consistently making it easy for all the learners to improve their English speaking as well as pronunciation.
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English pronunciation requires a lot of practice. It is because the words in English are not pronounced exactly the way they are written. Sometimes the words having the same spellings are pronounced differently. On the other hand the same word is also pronounced in different manner. This post is about that word only which is
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Diphthong Sound /eɪ/ with Examples A diphthong is a sound made by combining two vowels specifically when it starts as one vowel sound and goes to another sound. The diphthong sound /eɪ/ is the combination of two vowel sounds /e/ and /ɪ/. The combination of these two vowel sounds, make one diphthong sound that is
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Short vowel sounds are not pronounced in a longer way. A short vowel word is any word that doesn’t allow the vowel within it to generate that vowel’s long vowel sound. The words like pet, cat, pig, trick, milk, cup have short vowels. To identify a short vowel, we will have to listen to the
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Syllable Syllable is another important concept of English pronunciation. Syllables are the building blocks of a word. Unless we understand syllables, we will continue to make mistakes in pronunciation. To know about a syllable in detail, click here.Understanding syllables helps a lot with pronunciation. They improve reading and speaking skills also. When we say a word, the sounds
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Sibilant sound is produced by forcing air out toward your teeth.Like: hissing sound (sssss),a buzzing sound (zzzzz) or(shhhh!) Sound which you make to keep someone quiet. Sibilant, in phonetics, a fricative consonant sound, in which the tip, or blade, of the tongue is brought near the roof of the mouth and air is pushed past
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Today, in this post I’ll discuss about 5 very common mispronounced words in English which we use in our day to day life. You all pronounce these words for sure but do you pronounce them correctly? Check this post. 1. Comfortable /ˈkʌmftəb(ə)l/ This word is mispronounced very commonly. There can be two reasons to mispronounce
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In this post, I’ll discuss about very common mispronounced words with almost same spellings. You will know about how a small difference in the spelling changes the pronunciation and meaning of the word. These words, about which I have discussed below, create a lot of confusion therefore, people misunderstand their meaning by mispronouncing them. Cloth
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Pronunciation of letter S Hello friends! Everybody knows that English is a tricky language. English pronunciation makes it more difficult to understand for those learners who learn English as a second language.Today, I am going to talk about the pronunciation of letter S in the end of the words. Many words in English end with
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Our speech is not possible without speech sounds. We learn to improve our English pronunciation but we do not pay much attention to learn about speech sounds. Let’s learn more about English speech sounds. We have 44 speech sounds in English and they have been kept in the two categories: voiced sounds and unvoiced sounds.
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English alphabet has 26 letters and these 26 letters represent 44 speech sounds which are phonemes in IPA. Like letter b has /b/ sound, letter k has /k/ sound, letter p has /p/ sound, letter c has /s/ sound /k/ sound and so on. Click here to read about letters and sounds. Wait a minute!
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Silent letter ‘r’ rules. If you want to learn British English pronunciation, you must follow very important rules for silent letter r in English.
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The manner of articulation is the way the airstream is affected as it flows from the lungs and out of the nose and mouth. When we pronounce consonant sounds the airflow is interrupted, diverted or restricted as it passes the oral cavity. The respective modifications that are made to a sound are referred to as their manner of
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