#159 English pronunciation practice - Difficu...

Today we're going to talk about Valentine's Day. But don't worry — this is not going to be a boring episode about chocolates, roses, and red hearts everywhere. Let me ask you something. Is Valentine's Day really about love? Or is it about pressure? Pressure to buy a gift. Pressur ...  Afficher plus

In the previous episode, we talked about how dogs understand our emotions and how they communicate without words. Today, I want to continue that conversation, but from a different angle. Instead of focusing on emotions, we're going to look at how dogs experience the world, how th ...  Afficher plus

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 ...