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April 18, 2020
How to Pronounce ISOLATE & ISOLATION – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce ISOLATE & ISOLATION. It is pronounced /aɪs ə leɪt & aɪs ə leɪ ʃən/.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson.
Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 14, 2020
How to Pronounce NEW & KNEW – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words NEW and KNEW with this English pronunciation lesson. These words are homophones, words spelled differently with different meanings but pronounced the same way:
N-EW
/nu/
They rhyme with dew, do, due, goo, who, Lou, moo, poo, sue, too, to, two. K in knew is silent.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 13, 2020
How to Pronounce GLOBAL – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce GLOBAL. Global is pronouned GLOW-BULL or /gloʊbəl/.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 12, 2020
How to Pronounce BUNNY & RABBIT – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Happy Easter!
Learn how to pronounce BUNNY & RABBIT.
Bunny is pronounced /bʌni/
Rabbit is pronounced /ræbət/
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 11, 2020
How to Pronounce TRANSMISSION – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce TRANSMISSION. Transmission is pronounced /trænz mɪ ʃən/ or /træns mɪ ʃən/.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson.
Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 10, 2020
How to Pronounce RESPIRATOR – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce RESPIRATOR.
Respirator is pronounced /rɛs pə reɪ dər/.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson.
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April 9, 2020
How to Pronounce PANDEMIC – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce PANDEMIC. Pandemic is pronounced /pænˈdɛmɪk/
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 8, 2020
How to Pronounce MASK – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce MASK. Mask is pronounced /mæsk/ and rhymes with task.
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 7, 2020
How to Pronounce HORDE & HOARD – American English Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words HOARD AND HORDE with this English pronunciation lesson. These words are homophones, words spelled differently with different meanings but pronounced the same way: H-OR-D /hɔrd/ rhymes with board, bored, cored, cord, ford, gourd, lord, poured, pored, soared, toward
Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language guides you through a quick pronunciation lesson with quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Improve your accent and speak clearly with this ESL English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly to reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!
April 6, 2020
When to Pronounce S and Z Sounds in English
S and Z are very common sounds in English. Typically, we pronounce the S sound when you read a letter S and a Z sound when you read the letter Z.
But, (isn’t there always a “but” with English reading and pronunciation?) the letter S is often pronounced as a Z sound. Yes, you read that correctly, the letter S is often pronounced as a Z sound. This leads to many mispronounce words.
How do you know what to say? Here are a few quick rules to follow:
Say the Z sound when you see a letter Z.
Pronounce the letter S as a Z sound when the S is between two vowels like in the words cousin, music, and reason.
Pronounce verbs ending in a SE then silent E as the Z sound. You hear this in arouse, appease, choose.
Pronounce verbs ending in a SE (silent e that makes the vowel long) as the Z sound. You hear this in the words these, those, phrase.
Pronounce the -S at the end of a word as the Z sound if the root word ends in a voiced sound. This is the case in tabs, pans, and Ken’s.
Pronounce the -S at the end of a word as IZ if the root word ends in a strident or hissing sound like S, SH, CH, J. This is the case in misses, wishes, church’s, and judges.
Memorize common function words that have the letter S pronounced as a Z. This is the case in the words is, has, was, his.
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