Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction Specialist Many English consonant sounds do not exist in Spanish: they include the voiced and voiceless “th”; /v/; /z/; “sh”;”zh”; /y/; and /h/. To speak with an American accent, Spanish speakers need to clearly pronounce these English consonant sounds:
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction Specialist True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. -Abigail Van Buren Spanish and English each have five vowel letters, but the similarity stops there. Sometimes people assume that there are five vowel sounds in English: A, E, I, O and U. However, this is a misconception. These are vowel letters, not vowel sounds. Each vowel letter can represent more than one sound. For example,
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction Specialist "You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi." - Humphrey Bogart "Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right." - Kate Hudson So many people love the experience of going to Starbucks. You order your choice of Chai and then the barista says: what is your name so I can write it on your cup? You tell her and the next thing you hear is: “Oh! How do you spell that?” This is where a simple thing like going to Starbucks can become a problem and an embarrassment. People from India, Europe, Asia and South America pronounce the letters of the American alphabet differently.
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction Specialist A happy family is but an earlier heaven. -George Bernard Shaw A sweater is nice; food gifts are eaten and gone; perfume or cologne is good until it is used up; movie tickets are used and then done. BUT…
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction Specialist “Abilities wither under faultfinding and blossom with encouragement.” --Donald A. Laird Your company has hired a competent, intelligent employee with a pleasing personality. He has the potential to be a great asset to your company….except for one problem; it is difficult to understand his speech. His accent is so distracting that coworkers and clients
Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American Pronunciation SpecialistI come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage. Thanksgiving is not just for US citizens. Many countries celebrate it but many can not pronounce it correctly.
Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday because in the US, it is the only holiday that isn't separated by religion. It is for everyone. Thanksgiving is a harvest-related festival. The Pilgrims celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday as a way to show off their harvest to the neighboring villages and Native American tribes. The United States and Canada are the only two countries that actually call it Thanksgiving. Other countries around the world celebrate this holiday in a similar spirit. They include, Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation Specialist"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." Many non-native English speakers have trouble pronouncing or confuse certain words. Do you have difficulty with these tricky word pairs and sounds?
Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation Specialist“I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.” When you study a new language the difficulty of pronunciation depends on how many new sounds "match" with your own phonetic repertoire.
The hardest languages to transition from to speak English are Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech Therapist, Certified American English Pronunciation, Accent Reduction Specialist "The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." -Plutarch English is full of contradictions. Many English as a second language speakers lament that nothing seems to make sense in this language. There are exceptions to every rule. Once you get excited that you've mastered a rule, ten exceptions pop up. Don’t be discouraged. We offer solutions that are easy to learn and apply for all the following challenges: Author: Ela Britchkow, Speech-Language Pathologist |
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