How to Improve Your English Pronunciation: Resources and Tips

We have put together some helpful tips and resource links in this article to help you improve your English pronunciation. Easily connect with foreigners and conquer employers with a nice British or American expression for an interview.

There are many types of accents in English: Australian, Scottish, Canadian, Irish, etc. The most popular are the British (RP) and American (GenAm) accents and it is recommended to strive for them.

Good pronunciation depends on articulation, stress, intonation, and speech consistency. It is also important to study the phonetics of language and transcription. Dictionary is our best friend, check the pronunciation of sounds with him.

How to develop an expression in English:

• Divide the words into parts and express the words according to the grains with pauses. Initially, this will help you to understand how to pronounce each sound correctly.
• Listen as much as possible. It is quite obvious that in order to improve English pronunciation it is necessary to listen to it regularly. Choose a video or audio with the focus you want, for example, if you want to talk like a real Brit, give preference to British movies and series.
• Write down what you understand. A good pronunciation exercise is to record everything you understand. This will check how well you understand the focus.
• Learn to scroll through the language.

Examples of foreign language trials in English:

1. I thought of a thought. But the thought I thought was not the thought I thought.
2. Six sick sea snakes swam across seven seas.
3. Four angry friends were fighting over the phone.
4. How much firewood could the leather be stacked if the wood could be stuck? A forest chuck could cut down as much wood as a dirt bite if a forest chuck could cut firewood.
5. Can you imagine an imaginative management manager imagining imaginative management?
6. Great Greek viticulturists cultivate large Greek grapes.

• Record audio conversation. With the help of your voice recordings you can track your progress in improving your pronunciation and notice weaknesses.
• Learn minimum pairs (minimum pairs). It is a pair of words in which only one sound is different, for example, sink and think, ship and sheep, had and hat. By perfecting minimal pair recognition, you will significantly improve your pronunciation.
• Practice! Constantly and as much as possible 🙂 Register in the language club, give directions to foreign tourists on the street, sing karaoke, etc.

Useful tools in English pronunciation practice:

Sites:

• YouGlish – Enter a word or phrase in a row and get a video in which the given words sound. The video plays from the moment you utter the phrase or word you need. You can choose the accent – American, British or Australian.
• howjsay is an analogue of the previous site, but instead of videos, here are recordings of native speech sounds. The application can be downloaded to your phone or used in a browser.
• Learnenglish.de is a free website with English lessons, quizzes, chats, forums and many other useful resources for learning English.
• Pronuncian is a very simple pronunciation practice site. You can listen to podcasts, watch videos or tutorials, and there are many examples of minimal pairs in pronunciation practice.
• soundsofenglish.org is another free site that provides information on the correct pronunciation of sounds. Browse all the sections of the site and find many additional materials.
• Forvo – If you want to know how to pronounce this or that word / phrase in the language you need – run it here. Native speakers will tell you everything!
• RhinoSpike – Here you can send a request to the native speaker to pronounce the entire text.
• ThoughtCo is an educational site that has a separate large section on pronunciation learning. Lots of material, from articles on the difference between silent and unvoiced sounds, to vocabulary and writing skills.

video:

• bbclearningenglish – In addition to the BBC News, this YouTube channel has several sections on language learning, including developing proper pronunciation.
• Learn English with Jennifer – The teacher teaches a Russian woman Natasha English from scratch and shoots a video 🙂 An interesting battle with Natasha’s Russian accent and beginner’s mistakes in language learning.
• SPEAK ENGLISH WITH SOZO-X is a cool YouTube channel to improve your English pronunciation. Here is a study of minimal pairs and a very clear demonstration of the expression of individual sounds and much more.

Applications:

• Lyrics Training – This app offers you to learn English from your favorite songs. Choose the difficulty level, turn on the track, and try to figure out which word is missing from the text. Excellent pronunciation training.
• Say It: English Pronunciation is an app for the practice of British pronunciation. Find the correct word, see the transcript, listen to the pronunciation, and repeat. Then you can compare how close you were to the original expression 🙂
• ELSA Speak: English Accent Trainer – and in this app you can train your American accent. It is convenient that before starting work, directly in the application, you can take a test and calculate the identification of problems.
• LearnEnglish Sounds Right is a free app from the British Council to study British accents. You can listen to transcripts and sounds correctly.
• Speak English Pro: American Pronunciation – In this app you can save individual words for repetition, record your voice and watch videos. The app is free in American Accent practice.

Dictionaries:

• Merriam-Webster is a handy online dictionary where you can instantly see the transcript of a desired word, audio with its pronunciation, definition, synonyms and use in speech.
• Macmillan is a resource similar to the previous one, just as convenient and understandable. Choose according to your taste!
• Cambridge Dictionary – For those who have a British accent, this dictionary is useful.

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