
Learn to reduce thick accents and adopt a clear standard North American pronunciation. Train your tongue, master stress and syllables, and practice to become more understandable and versatile.
Explore the sounds of English from the alphabet's 26 letters to over 44 sounds, focusing on the phonetic alphabet, vowels, and consonants, while practicing along with North American English.
Explore how English pronunciation varies among speakers, noting that muscle movement and lip shapes differ while producing sounds, and use these videos as a reference without implying anyone is wrong.
Master the E sound by positioning the tongue at the back molars, lifting the middle of the tongue, and practicing in a mirror to distinguish words like peace and pee.
Practice the E sound in various word contexts, focusing on how it changes when followed by different sounds, with examples like fleece, peace, read, beef, meat, sleeve, seizure, and quiche.
Master the ɪ sound, spelled i e o u ui y ie, with a closed mouth, a short burst of air, and a high tongue position.
Practice the sound up using many examples from the caption—bib, nibbling, stick, sick, cigarette, marriage, bill, simple, similar, admit, situation, and fish.
Master English pronunciation presents sound 3: ɛ, spelled e, ea, u, ue, ie, ai, a, eo, ei, ae. Learn forward tongue placement with bottom teeth touching and mouth pulled back.
Practice sound 3 with words from the caption, including ebb, flow, neck, eggs, edge, hedge, jeopardy, sketch, meth, feather, and leather, emphasizing stressed and unstressed forms.
Master the æ sound, as in cat, by adjusting lip corners and tongue position, with the tongue tip on the back of bottom teeth, and practice words containing the sound.
Practice the sound contrasts shown, with examples like bath, laugh, and catch, comparing American and British pronunciations. Use mirror practice to refine pronunciation and accept corrections.
Learn the æ vowel sound when followed by n, m, or ŋ, focusing on nasal quality and back-tongue placement. Practice with mirror-based, simple words to reinforce the sound.
Practice sound 5 to master tricky English pronunciations, including can, can't, Canada, and the name Anga; learn how an a before n alters pronunciation and practice accordingly.
Master English pronunciation with the soire sound (ə) represented by this symbol, learn a relaxed tongue, lazy mouth position, and practice with words in the next video.
Master English pronunciation by practicing the schwa sound in unstressed syllables with examples like computer, homophobia, composition, and freedom, and learn to identify vowels that reduce to a schwa.
Produce the o vowel by adjusting lip position, and practice the lip movement in the next video.
Practice the ow sound with wood, soot, room, and roof, noting its variation before d and under stress. Explore push, tush, bush, and look to reinforce this pronunciation in practice.
Master English pronunciation with the ʌ sound. Learn to relax the tongue and mouth, and practice tongue and lip positions in the mirror for North American speech.
Practice the target sound using a wide range of example words and phrases, including up, off, o, on, us, and clutch, to improve English pronunciation through guided repetition.
Explore the uː sound and its spellings, including o, oo, ew, ue, and more. Learn lip closure and a subtle end movement, then practice with words.
Practice the o sound through a wide range of examples—from roof and poof to room and broom—exploring related patterns like you, move, snooze, and smooth.
Practice the relaxed ah sound ɑː with a low, relaxed tongue and mouth. Mirror practice helps you master its spellings—o, aw, a, augh, ough, au—through repetition.
Practice the ah sound and related vowel patterns with example words like saw, talk, dog, on, off, and more, and build accurate pronunciation through mirror practice.
Explain how a backward c with two dots signals a more closed mouth articulation, used with the or sound and with some native speakers to refine pronunciation like 'long'.
This video explains the a sound as diphthong with two sounds in one, moving the tongue from position toward a y position, followed by practice with words containing this sound.
Practice the ai sound at word endings, forming a diphthong with a slight y movement. Use examples like stay, sleigh, say, safe, age, and eight to reinforce pronunciation.
Master the owl sound for the aʊ vowel family (spelled ow, ou, ough) by transitioning from an open to a more closed mouth, practicing the sound in words.
Explore the el sound in word endings such as now and gouge, with examples like owl, drown, and mouth. The lesson notes subtle shifts before r and schwa.
Master the i sound as a diphthong with moving tongue and top-teeth contact, and explore its variations, including a change to a different sound when followed by f during practice.
Practice the I sound variations and how following sounds alter pronunciation, distinguishing unvoiced and voiced contexts with examples like ice, rice, license, nice, lies, and right.
Learn the oʊ sound through phonetic symbols and spelling variants, focusing on lip closure, jaw movement, and tongue placement, and practice the oh sound with guided articulation.
Master the oh sound through examples like no, glow, folks, oath, and clothes, practicing context-driven pronunciation. Build recognition and accurate production of this common vowel in varied speech contexts.
Master the oi/oy sound (ɔɪ) by learning its two sounds in one articulation, with the tongue moving from behind the mouth toward the teeth and the lips shaping the sound.
Practice the oil sound in English, with end-of-word examples like boy and soy, and explore how the y sound links to el and other vowels.
Explore the English vowel chart to locate tongue position, jaw height, and lip rounding, learn about diphthongs, and practice with a downloadable chart to build accurate pronunciation.
Master English pronunciation by exploring r-controlled vowels, a bossy sound that changes how vowels sound. The lesson introduces each r-controlled sound and provides many example words.
Explore how to pronounce the ɝ and ɚ sounds, showing stressed versus unstressed forms and the tongue back, lip puckered mouth position, with practice using 'her' and 'mother'.
Practice the earth sound across stressed and unstressed forms with examples like sir, world, girl, current, murder, and circular, to master pronunciation patterns and word variations.
Master the or sound (ɔːr) with back-of-tongue positioning and gentle lip closure, exploring spellings or, ore, oor, oar, our, ar, and inward pronunciation practice.
Practice the or sound with word pairs and examples like or, wore, war, four, more, warm, bored, board, worn, torn, born, corn, court. Explore the practice for the or sound.
Master the er or ɛr sound, including spellings air, are, ear, ere, eir, ayer, aer, er, ar, by guiding a high-back tongue near top teeth and sliding smoothly along molars.
Practice the er sound in English using pairs like air and pair, tear and paper, and everyday items such as pants and gloves, with name pronunciations for Eric and Sarah.
Master the ɪr sound (ear, eer, ere, ier, ir) by lifting the tongue toward the top teeth and smoothly moving to er, then bracing the top molars while practicing words.
Identify the ear sound across words such as ears, ear, hear, here, tears, steer, volunteer, and pierce, noting their shared pronunciation in this sound 19 practice.
Master the ah sound ɑːr (spelled ar, are) and learn how the back of the tongue shapes this pronunciation. Practice with examples like 'this is our house' to reinforce articulation.
Practice the ah vowel sound and the R sound through examples such as arm, armor, pardon, pardoned, park, part, and particle to strengthen English pronunciation.
Explore how the ʊr sound can be avoided by replacing it with other sounds, using examples like sure and tour, and note that this feature is not covered in depth.
Practice r-controlled vowels with word sets like sturr, store, stare, stear, and star. Note the spellings can vary widely and always check pronunciation for new words learned from a book.
Learn to produce the North American English R with the tongue in the back of the mouth and puckered lips, then practice this r sound in common English words.
Practice the initial r sound with lip rounding and tongue position, using d+r clusters like drive and draw, and words such as region and radar; be patient while you train.
Master English pronunciation with sound 23, the l sound (spelled l, ll) and its two o variants, using tongue positions behind the teeth or on the gum ridge.
Practice all l at the beginning of words with upstairs articulation; at the end of a sound, choose downstairs or upstairs; includes belt, milk, tell, and people.
Master the j sound in English pronunciation, using the standard j symbol rather than y, with a forward tongue tip near the teeth and a high back tongue.
practice the sound at the end and beginning of words, exploring you/your pronunciations with examples like university, unity, cute, curfew, fuel, funeral, mule, coupon.
Master the w sound in English by shaping lips and keeping the tongue back, then practice the wolf pronunciation in familiar words to improve clarity.
Practice the w sound with words like wolf, we, word, well, when, with, will, were, war, widow, window. Twist your lips to prepare for the w sound and improve pronunciation.
Learn how the h sound is produced by releasing air and gently contracting the throat, with examples like help and happy, and practice English pronunciation.
Practice the silent h with honest and vehicle, and explore air as heir linked to inheritance. Learn how the wh sound shifts to w or h in cahoots, Manhattan, forehead.
Master the pronunciation of the m sound in English, including spellings m, mm, mb, mn, lm, and practice with voice, air, and lips in common words.
Practice sound 27 guides learners through pronunciation drills, focusing on m and p positions with example words like may, many, smile, smoke, small, and lamp, plus emphasis on clarifying phrases.
Master English pronunciation with a focus on the phonetic symbol for n, exploring nasal air release, tongue placement, and how its articulation shifts with neighboring letters, followed by guided practice.
Practice sound 28 focuses on final consonant release and tricky word endings with examples like month, planet, planner, and been vs bean, guiding learners to articulate sounds clearly.
Master the phonetic symbol for the velar nasal ŋ (spelled ng, n, ngue) and learn to block air with the back of the tongue, releasing the sound through the nose.
Practice sound 29 shows how English endings influence pronunciation, with longer/longest, n and ng before k sounds, and examples like uncle, ink, think, plank, include, incredible, incorporated.
Master English pronunciation by contrasting p and b sounds (spelled p, pp / b, bb), using unvoiced vs voiced production, lip position, air release, and vocal cords.
Practice the p and b sounds with lip closure and controlled air flow, noticing how sound collects in the mouth to distinguish scrap from scrub and similar words.
Learn to articulate the unvoiced f and the voiced v sounds by placing your top teeth on your bottom lip and blowing air, then practice with fire and va.
Practice distinguishing vowel sounds and near-homophones to improve pronunciation, with examples like life vs live, live stream, offer vs off, and villain vs void.
Explore the standard t and d sounds in North American English, focusing on tongue tip placement behind the teeth on the gums, voiceless versus voiced, and a crisp pronunciation.
Practice the English 't' sound with minimal pairs (late vs laid; lane vs lead) and learn air release versus stopping airflow to master the two main pronunciations.
Learn to produce the unvoiced kay and voiced good by placing the tongue at the roof of the mouth to block air, then release with or without vocal cord vibration.
Practice pronunciation of word pairs and end sounds, focusing on tongue release and light air release to distinguish blog from block, cons from con, and vague ideas.
Learn to articulate the voiceless ʧ and voiced ʤ sounds, using tongue and lip position and air release, with spellings such as ch, tch, and j.
Practice sound 38/39 with repetitive pronunciation drills using words like jump, surge, church, future, niche, pigeon, refrigerator, banjo, and more to improve English pronunciation.
Explore how s and z sounds are produced, with unvoiced and voiced forms—spelled with s, ss, c, sc, ps, ce, se and z variants—using a relaxed tongue near upper gums.
Practice distinguishing near-homophone end sounds in everyday words, like zip and phase, and use as noun versus verb, with examples such as zoo, diseases, scissors, floors, knows, lazy.
Master the ʃ and ʒ sounds through precise tongue position on the ridge, a back-of-tongue placement, and a voicing release practiced in English words.
Practice sound contrasts in English using words like shame, vision, visual, fashion, fiction, and garage to improve pronunciation and recognize different pronunciations described in the caption.
Master English th sounds by distinguishing soft and hard th, with the tongue on the back of the teeth and air release for both voiceless and voiced versions.
Engage in a focused English pronunciation practice, emphasizing breath control and articulation of sounds at the teeth and throat, including words like weather vs whether, this/that/these/those, and they/them.
In this course you will learn all the sounds of English using the international phonetic alphabet. You will also learn the correct pronunciation of over 1000 English words. This course includes a free workbook to keep track of your progress and audio files to help you review the words. This course will help students who have a difficult time pronouncing the English words they learned by reading. This is common because the English spelling system is much more complex than Spanish, Arabic, or Indonesian. Beginners and intermediate students are welcome! As long as you can understand simple instructions in English you can follow this course.