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PRONUNCIATION

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

Words Frequently Mispronounced

By ESL Learners

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UPDATED:  JAN 2022

​Pronouncing words correctly requires:

"speaking"

​Only listening will NOT improve your pronunciation.
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Record your "speaking" then "listen"
then speak again...repeat and repeat!

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Some links open to YET pages, others to Pronunciation Sites

A-B-C-D
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• ​​​​Catholic
• clothes
• ​comfortable
• The "CO" sound
• culture

E-F-G-H
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• ​​​equipment​
• famous
• going to - gonna
• have to / got to / gotta

I-J-K-L
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• ​​​​lettuce 

M-N-O-P
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• month - months
• olives

Q-R-S-T
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• ​​​​regular verbs with "ed" >
• th

U-V-W-X-Y-Z​
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• ​​want to / wanna
• whaddaya .....
• women

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To Improve
Your Pronunciation!

1. ​​You must  record your word or sentence.
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2. ​Then replay it.
   
   
3. You continue the process until you are pronouncing correctly.

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Only listening is not the best way to improve your pronunciation.  You have to practice recording your voice.  RECORDING APPS BELOW. 

Pronunciation:

When you see two 'T's in the middle of a word, make the 'D' sound.  The word 'better' is pronounced 'bedder'.   YouTube AEA

Verbs Ending In:

​Verbs ending in k, s, ce, ch, sh, f, p, th 
have the "t" sound; not the "id" sound.​​​

Students say:   ask id    Should say:  ask t

1. asked - I asked him his name. 
   
   
2. missed - I missed my flight to New York yesterday. 
   
   
3. pronounced - He pronounced "famous" incorrectly.  
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4. watched - While he watched TV, he fell asleep.​

HOW TO PRONOUNCE
Easy to use. Has dictionary and translator.

THE PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARY
All the words in the World pronounced!

RECORD & LISTEN

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