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The vowel Schwa was introduced previously in “What is Schwa?” and “The Sound of Schwa”, so if you are unfamiliar with Schwa, you can learn about it in those posts. This post is a little practice activity that comes from … Continue reading →

This is the audio for the list the examples from my article on this topic on Medium. You can also find the full article with audio on my Patreon page. Here are some common words with “AU”. (Remember, the “U” has … Continue reading →

This is the audio for the list of examples in my Medium article article on this topic. The vowel pair “OU” is actually unpredictable. Here are the 8 different ways that it can be pronounced. And just to keep it … Continue reading →

Here is audio for some of the examples in my article on this topic on Medium. Long-U2 /uw/ Long-U1 /yuw/ NOTE— Words with “N” are not predictable, so they need to be learned individually. When you see a new word … Continue reading →

Some English textbooks teach you that the way to pronounce the numbers 13 and 30 is like this… >> 13 – stress the 2nd part: thirTEEN >> 30 – stress the 1st part: THIRty BUT… is it always true? Definitely … Continue reading →

This is a follow up to my post “Sell or Sale?” There is also an extended version article on this topic on Medium, plus a longer version of these Practice Exercises on my Patreon page!! Listening and speaking practice with … Continue reading →

This is Part 2 on the topic of English dark-L. The main points from Part 1 are: Part 2 provides additional clarification about: Because of some of the conflicting advice about dark-L, my purpose is to help English learners who … Continue reading →

In Vowel Sequences 1 and Vowel Sequences 2, we learned about the strategy of using the end part of a Long-vowel (the off-glide) to create a transition to another vowel after it. This creates a clear boundary between two vowels … Continue reading →