Pronunciation

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In this section, you will find links to sites that can help you improve your pronunciation of ** English **.

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**The Sounds of English**
This BBC website will provide you with a general overview of all the sounds of the English language (British standard, or RP). [|The sounds of English]

**Sounds and Spelling**
Here are some tips about the irregular relationship between the sounds of English and spelling. [|Sounds and spelling]

**The Most Common Sound of the English Language:** /ǝ /
Find out more about the most common sound of English, the schwa /ǝ / [|The schwa]

**Connected Speech**
Learn about connected speech and natural pronunciation here. [|Connected Speech]

**Voiced or Voiceless?**
Certain sounds of English are voiced - when pronounced your vocal chords vibrate - while others are voiceless - when pronounced the vocal chords do not vibrate. Practise voicing them here! [|Voiced versus voiceless]

**Vocalyze: Read and Listen Simultaneously**
Text to speech technology can help you to read and listen to a text simultanesouly. This will help you perform the phonological needed to develop better listening skills. [|Vocalyze] is a website that will allow you to listen to the news in English from various newspapers and blogs. @More information.

Practising individual sounds
Check out the individual sounds below. If you are experiencing difficulties with one particular sound, listen to the short videos below and then practise them infront of a mirror. You may feel silly, but watching how your mouth moves when you speak can really be helpful. Have fun!

There are differences between American and British varieties of English, here you will find mostly standard variations of both annotated as [US] or [UK] accordingly.

How to Pronounce /Ɵ / [US]
Jennifer, from Boston (Massachusets), helps you improve your pronunciation of the voiceless TH sound, represented by the IPA symbol /Ɵ / [|How to pronounce /Ɵ/]

How to Pronounce/ ð / [US]
Jennifer, from Boston (Massachusets), helps you improve your pronunciation of the voiced TH sound, represented by the IPA symbol /ð / [|How to pronounce /ð/]

The Vowels Sounds of English [US]
Jennifer, from Boston (Massachusets), describes the complex vowel system of the English - by far the most difficult part of pronunciation as there are short vowel sounds, long vowel sounds and diphthongs. [|Vowel sounds]