Pronunciation - the mystery of the disap...

In this episode, you'll learn about Carlos. He lives in the historic city of Coimbra where he just bought a new home.Get the transcript in your inbox: https://www.portugueselab.com/podcast/listening-practice-a1-2This is a listening practice episode for beginners (level A1).You’ll ... Show More

In this episode, you’ll meet Teresa. She’s 28 years old, lives in the Algarve, and has a very friendly dog named Dax. Let’s listen!Get the transcript in your inbox: https://www.portugueselab.com/podcast/listening-practice-a1-1This is a listening practice episode for beginners (le ... Show More

In this episode, we dive into the world of GPS navigation, showing how it can be both a lifesaver and a source of frustration.Get the transcript in your inbox.In this series, designed for upper beginners and beyond, we’ll explore everyday situations in Portugal and other useful t ... 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

Ever wondered why "of" seems to disappear and sound so "soft" when native speakers are talking quickly? In this episode so you'll learn why and how to soften the word "of" so you can sound more natural when you speak in English as well as understand rapid speech much more easily! ... 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't worry! In this podcast episode I am giving you 5 conversation tricks that you can implement in your co ... Show More

In this episode we’re going to talk about the H, and talk about what happens to the T, K and P’s at the beginning of words (hint, it has to do with H’s). For more resources watch these videos: Silent H in English: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/the-h/ The American T Sound: htt ... 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

We’re revisiting some of our most popular and favorite episodes on the podcast. I mention the schwa almost every time I speak about American English. That’s because this vowel is all over the place, and once you hear it, you never stop hearing it 🙂 The schwa is a very short and ... Show More

( 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 groups ... Show More

This episode originally aired April 8, 2019. A woman does not return home and, despite pleas from her family, police insist on treating it as a routine missing person's case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

This clip is from Episode 5: "Work-Life Balance in Italy - Spotify Executive Discusses Office Culture in Italy vs America and Motherhood in Italy" Find the full episode here: Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music YouTube In the full episode, learn about the ghost town phenomenon of ... Show More