Pronunciation, Culture and Identity

Your grammar anxiety is destroying your charisma — and it's costing you promotions, respect, and confidence. You studied English for 10+ years. You know the grammar rules. But when you try to speak? You freeze. You're analyzing verb tenses while confident speakers — who make MORE ...  Show more

Why "Perfect English" Is Destroying Your Fluency A lot of Grammar. Zero Confidence. Sound familiar? You study for years. You memorize rules. You pass tests. But when it is time to speak… you freeze. You are a lion at home. A mouse in English. In this audio, I reveal the hidden re ...  Show more

In this English pronunciation lesson, we look more into connected speech and how the sounds /w/ and /j/ (y) are used to link vowels together.Learning about intrusive sounds in connected speech will help you improve your English pronunciation and rhythm, as well as understand fast ...  Show more

In this week's English pronunciation lesson, you're going to learn about the Linking R and Intrusive R. You'll look at what's the difference, when to use the Linking and Intrusive R, and become familiar with connected speech in English — so you can start connecting your words and ...  Show more

<span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"In this lesson, you\u2019re going to practice English words with very similar sounds. Many English learners have problems pronouncing these words correctly. If you can master the differences in pronunciation between these words, you\u2019ll im ...

In this lesson, I'll be talking about some serious mindset shifts you should make regarding the effects that your native language has on your English accent and pronunciation. We'll talk about reasons why you should and shouldn't focus on achieving a native-like ...