Pronunciation – ESL Bootcamp Global: Recent Episodes
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If you Google “upspeak” you will find that it gets a pretty bad rap (that means, people don’t like it and criticize it). Some say that it sounds unprofessional, that you should avoid it if you want to make a good impression, especially in work settings or on job interviews. But I think that a […]
In my last posts, I provided several vowel, diphthong, and consonant pronunciation exercises. Links to the transcripts were given above each recording. As my students worked through these, they noticed that the exercises were helpful not just for speaking, but also for listening. Each language includes different sounds, which you may or may not have […]
The pronunciation of English consonants involves movements of the mouth, tongue, and lips. It’s sometimes easier to learn these sounds when you have a visual guide. This website uses linguistic terms and phonemic symbols that may be unfamiliar. However, once you find the sound you want to make (for example, an “f” sound is a […]
Diphthongs are a type of vowel in which two vowel sounds connect together in a gliding motion. When I was in school, they were known as long vowels that “said their name” (because when you recite the alphabet, you use the long vowel as the name of the letter). As with the vowel and consonant […]
Many of my students have difficulties with pronunciation. Although it’s perfectly fine to have an accent, you probably want to make yourself as understandable as possible. This is especially important for social or business conversations and for scoring well on speaking tests such as TOEFL or IELTS. Therefore, I’ve recorded a number of exercises that […]
Do you speak English with an accent? Do you wish you didn’t have an accent? Are you ashamed of your accent? The truth is that unless you started speaking English when you were very young, or unless you have a very unusual gift for languages, you will probably have an accent. And that’s okay! Actually, […]