Pronunciation - the mystery of the disap...

Running, walking, and the gym when the weather is bad: a week of activity that keeps the body moving.Get the transcript in your inbox: https://www.portugueselab.com/podcast/listening-practice-a1-9This is a listening practice episode for beginners (level A1).You’ll hear simple, cl ... Show More

In early Modern English, writers and printers began to revise the spelling of many English words to reflect their etymological origins. Old letters were revived from the dead to reflect sounds that had disappeared over time in those words. This fad reached its height in the mid-1 ... Show More

<p>Ever wondered why &quot;of&quot; seems to disappear and sound so &quot;soft&quot; when native speakers are talking quickly? In this episode so you&apos;ll learn why and how to soften the word &quot;of&quot; so you can sound more natural when you speak in English as well as und ... Show More

Have you recognised that Portuguese people tend to change the conversation to English, if they see that you are not a native speaker? Has this happened to you? If so, don&apos;t worry! In this podcast episode I am giving you 5 conversation tricks that you can implement in your co ... Show More

In the second part of our look at the sound of English in the early 1600s, we continue to explore the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that each letter represents. We explore the letters K through Z and examine how the sounds represented by those letters have evolved over t ... Show More

A while back I published an article and also a video where I focused upon pronunciation of the so-called “ash” sound (æ) in American English. You see, back then I’d just realized that the letter ‘A’ can be pronounced differently in certain words despite the phonetic description n ... Show More

<p>( I recommend checking the YouTube version of this episode as I have written all the examples on the screen and it could be hard to understand without those.) One of the reasons native English speakers are hard to understand is because we contract/shorten a lot of words or gro ... Show More

👄 ⁠⁠Improve Your Pronunciation⁠⁠ In this episode, Charlie breaks down a clip from a previous episode of his to help you master natural British pronunciation. You’ll learn how to shadow native speakers by focusing on connected speech, word stress, intonation, and rhythm… all in a ... Show More

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