The Center for Confident American English Communication

Many people have written to ask me about free pronunciation software. There is some free  software that you can use to improve your English pronunciation. The software is called Pratt and it is a recording tool that allows you to record your voice and see your speech patterns in a sound wave. The lessons that

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Here are two American English consonant sounds that are problematic for Korean speakers. The first is the /f/ sound. This sound does not occur in Korean. Korean speakers often pronounce the /f/ sound as a /p/ sound . That means that the word stuff sounds like stop, the word coffee sounds like copy and the

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Many of you already know about the great free pronunciation software from the University of Iowa. However, for those readers who are new to my blog, I’m going to post it again. This online software shows you how to pronounce all of the American English vowel and consonant sounds using audio and video. If you

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I teach many pronunciation techniques in my accent reduction classes. My students understand these techniques and are able to use them in our sessions. The difficult part for most students is practicing and monitoring their speech on their own. One great way to monitor your progress is to record yourself. I know that you probably

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