Schwa /ʃwa/ by Pronunciation with Emma

 Watch this video published by Pronunciation with Emma to help you with this sound.

Tell us the words that contain this sound that you struggle to pronounce correctly.

Thank you Emma!!!

Improving pronunciation

 Today we are working with -ture ending words.

Thanks to mrbrownenglish

Improving your pronunciation

 BBC Learning English gives you a helping hand with the -s and -ed pronunciation.

Tips for better pronunciation.

Watch this video and leave your comments. Is there any of these tips that you practise already?

would

Let me introduce you. Emma is a teacher who is doing wonders for students of English around the world. She is passionate about languages. She will do her best to make it easier to cope with English for those who want to follow her on social media. 

Getting on with pronunciation

Do you know that Cambridge dictionary has a blog? There are very interesting articles. In this spooky time of the year you may enjoy this article about the pronunciation of <gh>

Pronunciation: silent letters

from: www.englishstudyhere.com

Please share which one is the most challenging for you. I remember having a personal battle with salmon, why? simply because I refused to depend on my 'ears' instead of my 'eyes'.

Use the comment box to leave your answers.

Improving pronunciation

This is a video from youtube by mmmEnglish, I think it could be useful.

Sounds explained.

Have you heard of   Learn English with Let's Talk - Free English Lessons ?

Here you have an example.

practise your /p/

Ana is going to be your phonetics teacher for today. Listen carefully and enjoy the video!!

Treasure

I have listened to this song and thought of you. I like the beat and you could use a fresh example of this difficult sound. Sing along ....

An old song with a different approach

This is a typical exercise to fill in gaps but the words given are with the phonetic transcription.
Do you want to take up this challenge? Click here for the music.

sky full of stars

Let me share this music with you. Of course it has teaching purposes. I want you to listen to it and enjoy the pronunciation, then, in a few days you will have an exercise to do with it.

New Ears

Today I want to challenge you with a new experience. Let's see if we can do it together. I would like you to listen to this song. However,  instead of focusing your attention on what it says I'd rather you could just listen to the sounds. Let's start with the short i /ɪ/  just  check the way she says  "kiss" or "me" and see how many more examples of  that sound you can find along the song.

some pronunciation tips

You  know how I always insist on good pronunciation. This is a little video that can help you to improve your final -s sounds. I want to thank Paz for sharing this with me, and to evaeaston where it is from

let´s practice our pronunciation

Now a new school year begins we have lots of good intentions. I hope among these good plans you have, there is some room for  your English pronunciation.

You have a link  to practise some words but ... I would really like you to use the comment box to share  the ones you have problems with.