#159 English pronunciation practice - Difficu...

This week is a bit special! All my courses have a 60% discount. I've received several messages with questions about the courses. In this short episode I'm gonna try to answer some frequently asked questions. By the way, you can get the deal at: Speakenglishpodcast.com/courses 

How to choose English listening level? Listening is powerful… but it must be comprehensible You already know that I insist on one thing again and again: you need to listen a lot.You need to listen every day, and you need to repeat the same lessons many times, because repetition h ...  Show more

Once I asked my students, "What are the most difficult English words for you to pronounce?" and I got a lot of great answers!

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<div> <div> <div> <div>The English language has a lot of <span class= "il">silent</span> <span class="il">letters</span> that cause difficulties for both native speakers and English learners, because they make the spelling of words different from their pronunciation.</div>
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The pronunciation of many English words sounds different from the way they appear to be written. Some English words have "disappearing or dropped syllables" - reducti ...

You probably know that an English word ends in -E, the -E is usually silent; we don't pronounce it - like in the words date, cheese, fine, spoke, and rude.

But there are a few exceptions!

Many of these words came into English from other languages and ...