Check out these posts to learn more about American English consonant sounds:
- How Do I Pronounce THS?One of my accent reduction clients from Asia works in broadcasting.✪ He is already a good speaker… but he is very motivated to make improvements to ...Read more
- How do Americans pronounce WH?Darn that American English spelling! This week I’ve been posting about the conflicts between American English spelling and American English pronunciation. I’ve discussed the pronunciation of the ...Read more
- How Can I Make My English Sound More Natural?How Can I Make My English Sound More Natural? All of the people I work with in my accent reduction programs read & write American English very, very ...Read more
- For American English Use a Tapped T SoundFor American English Use a Tapped T Sound When you’re listening to American English speakers you may have noticed that when the letter “t” is in ...Read more
- Do you know all the soundz of the American S?Do YOU know all the soundz of the American S? If you don’t, there’z a good chance that you’re saying many wordz with a little bit of ...Read more
- Do I need to know the IPA to improve my American English pronunciation?Do I need to know the IPA to improve my American English pronunciation? Every week I receive lots of questions from my accent reduction coaching clients ...Read more
- Chinese Speakers of English Need to Do ThisChinese Speakers of English Need to Do This If you’re a Chinese speaker of English, you may have found that Americans don’t always understand you. They are ...Read more
- Chinese Speakers Confuse the /n/ & /l/ SoundsIn my accent reduction coaching program I often find that my Chinese clients from Hong Kong and mainland China often confuse the /n/ & /l/ ...Read more
- Chinese speakers and word final soundsChinese speakers often fail to pronounce word final sounds in American English. Here are some rules that will help you pronounce these sounds.Read more
- Can you hear the difference?Can you hear the difference? Over the weekend, I was working on the /r/ & /l/ sounds with one of my accent reduction coaching clients from ...Read more
- Can I Improve My Indian Accent?Can I improve my Indian accent? First of all, there’s nothing wrong with speaking with an accent. In fact I love this quote that US based aerospace engineer ...Read more
- American English: How to Make the /n/ & /l/ SoundsHow to Make the N & L Sounds If you’re a Chinese speaker who is working to improve your American English pronunciation, you may have found ...Read more
- American English Spelling & PronunciationDo you ever feel like the English spelling system does not match the sounds of spoken American English? It seems that way doesn’t it? English ...Read more
- American English Pronunciation:The Voiced & Voiceless Th SoundsIn spoken American English the letter combination TH makes two different sounds. One of these sounds is voiced and the other is voiceless. The IPA symbol ...Read more
- American English Pronunciation: R Colored VowelsWhen I do accent reduction coaching with my clients from Japan, Korea, China, Latin America (and sometimes India, France & Haiti) we work on the ...Read more
- American English Pronunciation: R & L SoundsMany non-native English speakers have problems pronouncing the American consonants /r/ and /l/. Since /r/ and /l/ are found at the beginning and end of ...Read more
- American English Pronunciation-The Silent TOne 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 ...Read more
- American English Pronunciation VideosOne of the teachers at the school where I teach here in Washington, DC just told me about a website with some good American English ...Read more
- American English Pronunciation Video TutorialsAmerican English Pronunciation Video Tutorials One excellent tool that I use with my clients is the American English pronunciation software developed at the University of Iowa. The ...Read more
- American English Pronunciation The Letter GHow to pronounce the letter G This week, one of my accent reduction coaching clients was a bit surprised to realize that when the letter G occurs ...Read more