#115 English Pronunciation Training with...

This week is a bit special. All my premium courses have a 60% discount. I’ve received several messages with questions about the courses. I will try to answer some frequently asked questions in this short episode. By the way, you can get the offer at: speakenglishpodcast.com/cours ... Show More

Today’s episode is about something many English learners do too often: Saying “sorry” all the time—even when they don’t need to. Let me give you some examples: “Sorry, can I ask a question?” “Sorry, my English is bad.” “Sorry for bothering you.” “Sorry for my pronunciation.” Mayb ... Show More

In today’s episode, I want to talk about a very helpful idea for your English and your life. How to be more aware when Speaking English? Being aware means that you notice what is happening—inside of you and around you. You stop and ask: “How do I feel right now?” “What is my body ... Show More

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Did you try to read that out loud? Did you find it hard? That’s a tongue twister. They usually have the same sounding consonants, so when you try to say each word the pronunciation comes out all wrong. Tongue ... Show More

Practice speaking English quickly and fluently by using tongue twisters! This is the second episode in this series of episodes. Today's tongue twisters are: ⭐Betty Botter bought some butter But she said the butter’s bitter ⭐How can a clam cram in a clean cream can? ⭐I scream, you ... Show More

Today’s lesson is going to be a challenge even for me... We’re working on 10 tongue twisters - short phrases that are very difficult to pronounce, even for native English speakers! I like tongue twisters because they’re a fun way to train ourselves to develop very precise pronunc ... Show More

More tongue twisters Tongue twisters are an excellent way to practise your pronunciation. Listen to the following tongue twisters and follow the script below. Then, practise saying the tongue twister yourself. Practise a few times slowly so you can pronounce the sounds of each wo ... Show More

Practice speaking English quickly and fluently by using tongue twisters! This is the first episode in a series of episodes I will do highlighting different tongue twisters with different target sounds. Today's tongue twisters are: ⭐ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers ⭐ ... Show More

In this week's podcast, we're talking all about connected speech! You'll learn about how we often don’t pronounce some words, how we reduce others and how we change some sounds in order to flow more naturally with our speech. This is a really interesting topic that will not only ... Show More

One of the greatest challenges for Upper-intermediate learners is to continue making progress in their English. We’ve had countless students tell us about this problem: They already speak English quite well but still have some things to improve. Although they know this, they’re n ... Show More