General Pronunciation

These pages are dedicated to the understanding of English Pronunciation. The audio files are quite interesting to learn many important features of the English language. The aim of the knowledge is to improve and understand this difficult aspect of the English language. The course is divided into 5 convenient parts.

Vowel Sounds Information

Vowels 1
Vowels 2
Vowels 3
Diphthongs 1
Diphthongs 2
Diphthongs 3

Consonants Overview

Consonants 1
Consonants 2
Consonants 3
Consonants 4
Consonants 5
Consonants 6
Consonant Clusters at the Beginning of Words
Consonant Clusters at the End of Words
Consonant Clusters Within and Across Words

Word and Sentence Stress

Rules for Word Stress
Word Stress and Prominence
Sentence Stress and Syllable Timing
Word Stress and Suffixes 1
Word Stress and Suffixes 2
Word Stress and Suffixes 3
Prefixes and Word Stress
Prefixes and Word Stress 2
Pronunciation in Fast and Slow Speech
Pronunciation in Fast and Slow Speech 2
Why Phonetics?

Intonation

Intonation 2
Tones, Tonic Syllables and Tone Units
Grammar and Intonation
Discourse and Intonation: Referring and Proclaiming Tones

Connected Speech

Connected Speech – Assimilation
Connected Speech – Elision
Connected Speech – Linking and Intrusion
Connected Speech – Junctures

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