The Center for Confident American English Communication

Accent reduction instructors like to say that “T is for Trouble”. That’s because the letter T has several different sounds when you are speaking American English. The American T is one consonant that most of my accent reduction coaching clients need help with. Listen to this great story on Voice of America’s Special English to

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Thanks to all the nice people from India who read my blog. I am very happy that you found this website and I hope you find it helpful. I recently came across a website that featured 10 Tips on English Pronunciation & Accent Improvement (for Indians). I think that the following tips on the website

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Listen for all the different ways the th and the t are pronounced in this Thanksgiving video by Martha Stuart. Here is a checklist you can use to guide you as you watch and listen. Print or copy these words and mark each one when you hear it. Then watch and listen again several times

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One of my students wrote this week to ask me why the T is silent in some American English words. I don’t know why it is silent but I can give you three spelling patterns that you can use to determine whether or not to pronounce the /t/ sound. Many American English words contain a

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English is not always pronounced the same way that it’s written and that is the cause of many pronunciation problems. One sound that American English speakers frequently drop is the /t/ sound. The /t/ sound is often dropped after the /n/ sound in spoken American English. This is very natural and it helps speakers to pronounce

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