English Pronunciation Archive  Saturday Nov 24th 2012 English Pronunciation Podcast 92- Using Focus Words for Clear Comunication Learn how to improve your ability to comunicate in English by using focus words. Read and Listen     Saturday May 5th 2012 English Pronunciation Podcast 91- Using Contractions to Improve your Accent- Part II.Learn how to improve your English pronunciation and accent by using another important contractions. Read and Listen     Saturday Nov 26th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 90- Using Contractions to Improve your Accent.Learn how to improve your English pronunciation and accent by using contractions. Read and Listen     Saturday Oct 29th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 89- Reduced Forms-Part II: How Americans "really" speak English. Learn how to pronounce English with an authentic native accent by using reduced forms. Read and Listen     Saturday Sept 24th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 88- Reduced Forms: How Americans "really" speak English. Learn how to pronounce English with an authentic native accent by using reduced forms. Read and Listen     Saturday Jun 4th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 87- The Vowels: /a/ vs. /æ/: "hot " vs."hat" :Learn how to hear and pronounce the difference between these two vowels. Read and Listen     Saturday May 21st 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 86- Final /l/: How to pronounce words that end in /l/ correctly: :Make your pronunciation clear by learning the right way to pronounce this important sound. Read and Listen     Saturday May 7th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 85- How to Pronounce Long Words that end in <ate>: :Learn the rule for determining the syllable stress in words that end with the suffix <ate> . Read and Listen     Saturday Apr 23rd 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 84- "chief", "chef" and "chemical"- The different pronounciations of <ch> :Same letters but three different pronunciations! Learn how to pronounce the spelling pattern correctly. Read and Listen     Saturday Apr 09th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 83- "chip vs. "ship" -Distinguishing between the consonants /tʃ/ and /ʃ/. Learn how to pronounce the difference between these consonants of English. Read and Listen     Saturday Mar 28th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 82- Silent Letter <b>Learn how to recognize and pronounce words with silent <b>. Read and Listen     Saturday Mar 12th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 81- The Vowels: /i/ vs. /I/ "eat" vs "it". Learn how to pronounce these two important vowels distinctly and correctly. Read and Listen     Saturday Feb 26th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 80- The Rhythm of English: Which words do we stress in a sentence:Learn how to choose the right words to stress when speaking with an American accent. Read and Listen     Saturday Feb 12th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 79- "Thought", "though" and "tough"- the different pronunciations of <ough>.Same vowel letters but different vowel pronunciation! Learn more about the spelling pattern <ough>. Read and Listen     Saturday Jan 29th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 78- The Vowels: Different pronunciations of <ou>- "county" vs. "country"Same vowel letters but different vowel pronunciation! Learn more about the spelling pattern <ou>. Read and Listen     Saturday Jan 15th 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 77- Connected Speech (linking )Part II- Make your English sound more fluent and flowing by learning how to connect sounds of English. Read and Listen     Saturday Jan 1st 2011 English Pronunciation Podcast 76- Silent Letter "l"- Learn how to identify silent "l" and practice using it in key words and expressions. Read and Listen     Saturday Dec 25th 2010 English Pronuncaion Podcast 75- Special Holiday Offer! Huge Discount on our full Pronunciation Course Special one week, one time offer for a copy of Best Accent Training mp3s! Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Dec 11 2010 English Pronuncaion Podcast 74- The Rhythm and Intonation of English- Choosing the "focus word" in a phrase: How to speak English clearly with the correct rhythm and stress. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Nov 27 2010 English Pronuncaion Podcast 73- Syllable Stress in Compound Nouns- How to pronounce words like "laptop" and "facebook" correctly : Communicate more clearly by learning the rule for pronouncing "compound nouns" of English. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Nov13th 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 72- How Americans really pronounce <t> -review This podcast teaches you when Americans pronounce <t> like /d/. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Oct 30th 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 71- The sound /pr/ as in "problem" and "approve"- Make your accent sound more American by learning how to pronounce this common sound of English. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Oct 16 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 70- The Consonant /r/ - How to pronounce this important consonant sound of English: Make your accent sound more American by learning how to pronounce this common sound of English. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Oct 2nd, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 69- The Vowel /aɚ/ as in "car" and "start"- How to pronounce this important vowel sound of English: Make your accent sound more American by using this common vowel sound of English. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Sept 18th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 68- Recognizing the Vowel /ɚ/ by its Spelling. This podcast teaches you how to recognize the vowel /ɚ/ by its spellingand offers practice exercises for using this vowel in your everyday speech.. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Sept 5th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 67- The Vowel /ɚ/ Part II - Connecting /ɚ/ to the consonant /l/ as in the words "early" and "girl." Learn how to pronounce this challenging connection of the vowel /ɚ/ to the consonant /l/. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Jul 17th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 66- The Vowel /ɚ/ as in "sir" and "early"- How to pronounce this important vowel sound of English.The vowel /ɚ/ is one of the most common vowels in English. Using it is one of the best ways to make your accent sound American. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Jun 19th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 65- Connected Speech (Linking)- Make your English sound more fluent and flowing by learning how to connect sounds of English. Read and Listen  Share  SaturdayJun 5th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 64- Vowel Quiz #3: The Difference between /æ/ and /ɛ/: Test Your knowledge of these important vowel sounds of English. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday May 22nd, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 63  Vowel Quiz #2- The Difference between /ə/ and /a/: Test Your knowledge of these important vowel sounds of English. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday May 8th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 62  Vowel Quiz- The Difference between /i/ and /I/: Test Your knowledge of these important vowel sounds of English. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Apr 24th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 61- Intonation Practice Continued:  Speak with the intonation and rhythm of an American accent using a special training exercise. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Apr 10th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 60- Intonation Pattern #1: Jump Up, Jump Down Learn and practice this important intonation pattern of the American accent . Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Mar 20th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 59- Vowel Review /æ /:  Learn how to use this important vowel in everyday conversation with a special training exercise. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Mar 6th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 58- Moving the "Focus Word" in a Phrase. The rhythm and intonation of English- Part III  Learn another important rule for choosing which word in a phrase receives the most stress.  Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Feb 20th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 57- The Rhythm and Intonation of English- Part II: Choosing the "focus word" in a phrase.  Learn an important rule for choosing which word in a phrase receives the most stress. Read and Listen  Share  Saturday Feb 6th, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 56-  The Rhythm of English: Which words do we stress in a sentence: Learn how to choose the right words to stress when speaking with an American accent. Read and Listen    Share  Saturday Jan 23rd, 2010 English Pronunciation Podcast 55- How to Pronounce <t> with an American Accent-Part IV :This podcast teaches you when and how Americans pronounce <t> with "the glottal stop." Read and Listen    Share  Read and Listen    Share  Saturday Dec 19th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 54- How Americans Really Pronounce <t> Part III : This podcast continues to teach you when to pronounce <t> like /d/.  Read and Listen    Share  Saturday Dec 5th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 53- How Americans Really Pronounce <t> Part II : This podcast teaches you how and when Americans pronounce <t> like /d/.  Read and Listen    Share  Saturday Nov 21st, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 52- How Americans Pronounce <t> : This podcast teaches you how to pronounce the consonant <t> correctly and with an American accent. Read and Listen       Share            Saturday Nov 7th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 51- Consonant Review: This podcast reviews the consonants which we learned in recent podcasts: the consonants /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/ and /dʒ/. Practice exercises will make your pronunciation of these important consonants clear and distinct. Read and Listen       Share           Saturday Oct 24th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 50- How to Distinguish Between the Consonants /dʒ/ and /y/:This podcast improves your pronunciation by teaching you how to pronounce /dʒ/ as in" jet"and /y/ as in "yet", distinctly and correctly. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday Oct 10th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 49- How to Distinguish Between the Consonants /dʒ/ and /ʒ/:This podcast improves your pronunciation by teaching you how to pronounce /dʒ/ and /ʒ/ distinctly and correctly. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday Sept 12th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 48- How to Pronounce the Consonant /ʒ/: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce the consonant /تƒ/ as in the word "usually" and "vision" with an American accent. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday Sept 12th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 47-  Recognizing and Using the Consonant /ʃ/: This podcast teaches you how to recognize the consonant /تƒ/ by its different spellings and offers practice exercises for using this sound in your everyday speech. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday Aug 1st, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 46-  How to Distinguish Between the Consonants /s/ and /ʃ/:This podcast improves your pronunciation by teaching you how to pronounce /s/ and /ʃ/ distinctly and correctly. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday July 25th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 45-  How to Pronounce the Consonant /ʃ/: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce /ʃ/ with an American accent. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday July 18th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 44- Pronouncing the Letter <s> as /z/: This podcast improves your pronunciation by teaching you the rules for when to pronounce <s> as /z/. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday July 11th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 43-  How to Distinguish Between the Consonants /s/ and /z/:This podcast improves your pronunciation by teaching you how to pronounce /s/ and /z/ distinctly and correctly. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday June 27th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 42- How to Pronounce the Consonant /z/: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce /z/ . Read and Listen          Share           Saturday June 20th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 41- How to Pronounce and Recognize the Consonant /s/:This podcast teaches you how to pronounce /s/ and recognize it by its spelling patterns. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday June 13th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 40- How to Distinguish Between the Consonants /dʒ/ and /tʃ/: This podcast improves your pronunciation by teaching you how to pronounce /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ distinctly and correctly. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday June 6th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 39-  How to Pronounce the Consonant /tʃ/: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce /tʃ/ as in the words "check" and "touch" correctly with an American accent. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday May30th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 38-  How to Pronounce the Consonant /dʒ/: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce /dʒ/ correctly with an American accent. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday May 23rd, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 37- Vowel Review /ə/, /a/ and /ɔ/: This podcast reviews the vowels /ə /, /a/ and /ɔ/. The practice exercises and phrases will help you develop the ability to hear and pronunounce the difference of these important vowels of English. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday May 16th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 36- Front Vowel Review : This podcast is a review of the the front vowels /i/, /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /eɪ/ and /æ/. This podcast provides practice exercises which will make your pronunciation of these important vowels clear and distinct. . Read and Listen       Share              Saturday May 9th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 35- How to Distinguish between the Consonants /w/ and /v/:This podcast improves your accent by teaching you how to hear and say the difference between /w/ and /v/. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday May 2nd, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 34- How to Pronounce /w/: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce the consonant /w/ correctly like a native speaker. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday April 25th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 33- How to Distinguish Between /b/ and /v/: This podcast improves your accent by teaching you how to pronounce /b/ and /v/ distinctly and correctly.. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday April 18th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 32- The Consonants of English- "Stops" vs. "Continuants":This podcast improves your pronunciation by teaching you the difference between "stop" and "continuant" consonants. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday April 11th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 31- How to Pronounce Words that End <ed>: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce words that end in <ed>, the simple past form. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday April 4th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 30- How to Pronounce Words that End in Voiced Consonants: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce words that end in voiced consonants with a standard American accent. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday March 28th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 29- Introduction to the Consonants of English: This podcast teaches you the difference between voiced and voiceless consonants. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday March 21st, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 28- How to pronounce the Letter <o>: This podcast teaches you the various pronunciations of the letter <o>. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday March 14th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 27- Distinguishing between /oʊ/ and /ɔ/: This podcast teaches you how to distinguish between these vowels with a standard American accent. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday March 7th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 26- Recognizing and Using The Vowel /oʊ/ : This podcast teaches you how to recognize the vowel /oʊ/ by its spelling and offers practice exercises for using this vowel in your everyday speech. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday February 28th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 25- The Vowel /oʊ/ : This podcast teaches you how to pronounce an important vowel in English: /oʊ /. Special Training exercises will help you master this essential sound so that you sound like an American speaker. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday February 21st, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 24- Vowel Review /ə/, /a/ and /ɔ/ : This podcast reviews the vowels /ə /, /a/ and /ɔ/. The practice exercises and phrases will help you develop the ability to hear and pronunounce the difference of these important vowels of English. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday February 14th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 23- Recognizing and Using the Vowel / ɔ /: This podcast teaches you how to recognize the vowel /ɔ/ by its spelling and offers practice exercises and phrases for using this vowel in your everyday speech. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday February 7th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 22- The Vowel / ɔ / : This podcast teaches you how to pronounce / ɔ / correctly with a standard American accent and offers practice expressions, idioms and words that contain the vowel. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday January 31st, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 21- How to Pronounce Long Words of Three or More Syllables:This podcast teaches you a method for accurately pronouncing long words with an American accent. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday January 24th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 20- Vowel Reduction in Unstressed Syllables :Today's podcast teaches you how to use the vowels / ə / and /I/ in unstressed syllables to make your accent sound more like an American's. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday January 17th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 19- Syllable Stress in Words of Three or More Syllables (Part III) :This podcast teaches you another useful rule for finding the stress in words which have three or more syllables. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday January 10th, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 18- Syllable Stress in Words of Three or More Syllables (Part II) :This podcast continues to teach you how to find the stress in words which have three or more syllables. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday January 3rd, 2009 English Pronunciation Podcast 17- Syllable Stress in Words of Three or More Syllables :This podcast teaches you how to find the stress in words which have three or more syllables. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday December 27th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 16- Holiday Greetings : A holiday greeting from English Pronunciation Pod! Read and Listen       Share              Saturday December 20th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 15- Syllable Stress Continued:This podcast teaches you how to pronounce words which may have two different stress patterns. Read and Listen       Share              Saturday December 13th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 14- Syllable Stress :This podcast teaches you the right way to stress a syllable, and teaches you how to determine which syllable is stressed in 2 syllable words. Read and Listen         Share           Saturday December 6th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 13- Using the Vowel /ə/ "schwa" in Unstressed Syllables :Today's podcast teaches you how to use the vowel /ə / in unstressed syllables to make your accent sound more like an American's. Read and Listen         Share           Saturday November 29th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 12- The Vowel /ə/ (Part III) Recognizing and Using the Vowel/ə/: Today's podcast teaches you how to recognize the vowel / ə / by its spelling, and offers American expressions and idioms which contain this vowel. Read and Listen       Share           Saturday November 22nd, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 11- The Vowel /ə/, (Part II) Distinguishing between /ə/ and /a/: This podcast teaches you how to distinguish between these two vowels with an American accent. Read and Listen        Share           Saturday November 15th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 10- The Vowel /ə/, "the schwa": This podcast teaches you how to pronounce one of the most common vowels in English: /ə /,also known as the "schwa". Special Training exercises will help you master this essential sound so you sound like an American speaker. Read and Listen       Share               Saturday November 8th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 9- Front Vowel Review: This podcast is a review of the vowels which we have learned in the previous podcasts: the front vowels /i/, /I/, /ɛ /, /eI/ and /æ/. This podcast provides practice exercises which will make your pronunciation of these important vowels clear and distinct. Read and Listen      Share           Saturday November 1st, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 8- How Americans Pronounce "Can" vs. "Can't": This podcast teaches you how to pronounce "can" and "can't" just like an American. It's not as easy as you'd think. This lesson explains how you can hear and say the difference correctly. Read and Listen          Share           Saturday October 18th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 7- The Vowels /æ /, /ɛ / and /a/ : This podcast teaches you how to distinguish between these essential vowels. Read and Listen       Share           Thursday October 8th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 6- The Vowel /æ/: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce the vowel /æ/ correctly with a standard American accent and offers practice expressions and idioms and words which contain the vowel. Read and Listen       Share           Saturday September 27th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 5- Recognizing and Using the Vowel /ɛ /: This podcast teaches you how to recognize the vowel /ɛ / by its spelling and offers practice exercises for using this vowel in your everyday speech. Read and Listen      Share           Friday September 19th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 4- Vowels /ɛ / and /eI /: This podcast teaches you how to pronounce /ɛ / and /eI / accurately with special emphasis on learning how to distinguish between them. Read and Listen       Share           Thursday September 11th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 3- Recognizing and Using the Vowel /I/: Today's podcast teaches you how to recognize the vowel /I/ by its spelling, and shows you how to use this vowel to make your accent sound more like an American's. Read and Listen        Share           Thursday September 4th, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 2- Vowels / i / and / I / This podcast teaches you how to pronounce / i / and / I / accurately with special emphasis on learning how to distinguish between them. Read and Listen       Share           Thursday August 28, 2008 English Pronunciation Podcast 1- Introduction to English Pronunciation This podcast provides important background information about American pronunciation and an overview of what you will learn using this podcast. Read and Listen              Share