This gives practice reading multisyllabic words with consonant + le syllables, along with many hopefully prior learned syllables. This helps kids break apart words to read and spell longer words.

In this lesson, you can learn about the differences between British and American English pronunciation.

Remember, there’s no one ‘correct’ way to pronounce English. There are many ways to speak English—not just...

Schwa says /uh/ and it is in so many multi-syllable words. It is the most common vowel sound. When vowels don't make their short or long sound, kids need to know that the schwa sound is a possibility.

In this lesson, you can learn about syllables and stress in English.

Do you know what stress means? It’s one of the most important pronunciation points in Eng
lish.
When you speak English, do other people find it...

Weak forms are an important part of English pronunciation. The same word can have very different pronunciations depending on what it does in the sentence. Understanding weak and strong forms in English will really help your...

Learn HOW to study American English pronunciation in this video where we study the text together -- a Ben Franklin Exercise. You'll study word stress, Stop T's, the reduction of AND and TO, and other great topic to improve your spoken...

Learn how the word 'that' should be pronounced in a sentence --- do you know in many cases you'll want to reduce it? It should be very fast!

A Syllabic Consonant is a consonant that replaces the vowel [_] in a syllable. They make it possible to make some short syllables shorter and simpler. Learn about the four syllabic consonants and how to make them.

How to pronounce the words 'to the' together. These two words will be very low in pitch and connected. They should be said very fast. In fact, when said correctly, you can articulate these two words without moving the lips or jaw!.

Learn How to Pronounce the word TO in a sentence -- it reduces!

Learn how to pronounce PRONUNCIATION in this Word of the Week video!

If you want to know how to learn English conversation, improve your English comprehension, think in English, speak faster and stop translating in your head this video is just for you! English conversation practice is the best way to move...

If you want to know how to learn English conversation, improve your English comprehension, think in English, speak faster and stop translating in your head this video is just for you! English conversation practice is the best way to move...

Part 6: This video looks at how to pronounce the /ə/ sound. It's in words like "the", "again" and "teacher". This is the schwa sound.



Technical name: mid cen

tral vowel

This is the sixth video in a series of the 20...

Understanding native speakers can be difficult! One of the reasons is that we use lots of reductions when we speak. A reduction is when a sound in a word changes or disappears. In this video I explain several common English reductions...

We are exploring features that appear in both the Birmingham accent and the Black Country accent. As our lovely guest Mirren is a Yam Yam we will also look at some of the Black Country dialect words. If anyone from the Black Country or...

Learn about and practice the reduction of the word AT in this video. Reducing words like this and linking will make you sound more natural when you speak.

Learn the 8 different ways to pronounce "ough"! Technically, there are 10 different ways, but 2 of them are incredibly rare. Isn't English fun?



In this video I also suggest some useful websites to help you with your...

American English Pronunciation: Understand the rules on how to pronounce T in American English.

In this lesson you can learn how to pronounce the most common sound in English: the schwa /ə/.

The most common sound in English is called the schwa. Do you know what a schwa sounds like, or how to pronounce it? In this...

Study real English conversation with a native speaker. See how words are reduced and link, and study intonation.