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April 18, 2016
How to say And and End
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the words: AND and END. These words have a slight difference in pronunciation making them confusing to say. Learn the difference in these words and improve your speaking with this short video lesson.
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April 16, 2016
What is Early Intervention?
Early intervention (EI) is a federally mandated program that is run by each state. EI provides comprehensive evaluations and therapy to children birth to three years of age. If you are concerned about your child’s development, call your local Child and Family Connections office to schedule an assessment.
Illinois Child and Family Connections Office locator: http://www.wiu.edu/ProviderConnections/links/CFCList.html
April 15, 2016
How to say Says & Said – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the words: SAYS and SAID. These words are pronounced differently than the infinitive, to say, which makes them confusing to say. Improve your speaking today with this short video lesson.
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April 7, 2016
How to say ESTIMATE
Today’s question comes from a web conference client in Japan: How do you say ESTIMATE? I hear two things which is correct?
Both are correct. The pronunciation depends on whether the word is used as a noun or verb.
es ti mit for the noun
es ti mate for the verb
Listen to the words here: estimate
Clarification about video: How to pronounce BECAUSE
Great question today from a YouTube Subscriber:
Hi, I’m a Languages major, and I had a question on the words “because” & “before”. I’ve noticed that American people happen to say “bah-’cause” or “bah-fore” instead of “bih-cause”/”bi-fore”. Is that an mistake? I have checked the correct pronunciation on several dictionaries, and they do not give any information about this. I don’t know if you’re familiar with phonetics, but, phonetically, I would write “bah-cause” with a schwa.
This question is in response to my video on How to say BECAUSE. As I say again and again, my videos are short. Really short. This is by design so that you can learn quickly and on the go. But it leads to some confusion at times.
Bah-fore and bih-cuz are correct. These are the unstressed versions that you hear in connect speech/conversation. And correct, phonetically it would be a schwa. Thanks for pointing out a good mistake. I stressed the vowel while teaching which changed it completely. You can learn more about stress on my blog.
April 1, 2016
How to say Sin & Sing
Take this quick ESL pronunciation speaking lesson to learn how to pronounce the words: WORD and WORTH. These words have a slight difference in pronunciation making them confusing to say. Improve your speaking today with this short video lesson.
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March 21, 2016
How to say million, billion, and trillion.
Today’s question is one that I hear about once a week: “How do I say million, billion, and trillion?”
The mistake that I hear people say is mill-e-on with three syllables. The word should be pronounced mill-yin with two syllables. In fact, million, billion, and trillion all have two syllables. The trick is to make sure that “illion” is pronounced yin.
Listen to an example here: Million, billion, trillion
March 15, 2016
How to say the word Six
Learn how to say the word SIX to avoid an embarrassing mistake. This video targets the S, K, and Short i sounds.
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March 7, 2016
How to say the word color
The word COLOR is very often mispronounced by my clients. The spelling leads to the confusion.
The word COLOR is pronounced K-short u-L-short er. Yes, a short u sound.
Listen to an audio example of the word here: Color
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