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Many words in English have two pronunciations. There is a stressed form of the word and an unstressed form of the word which is called the ‘weak form’. For example, the word ‘your’ is pronounced as /jɔː/ (stressed form) and as /jə/ (weak form). Weak forms are often hard to hear in the sentence and [...]

In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce the schwa sound /ə/ in noun suffixes. A suffix is a spelling pattern at the end of a word such as -acy, -ial, -ance, -ism. A suffix is added to the root word. For example: root word — happy + noun suffix — ness = happiness (n) /ˈhæp.i.nəs/ Noun [...]

In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /eə/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /eə/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken from [...]

In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ʊə/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ʊə/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken from [...]

In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /aɪ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /aɪ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken from [...]

In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /aʊ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /aʊ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words [...]

In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /əʊ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /əʊ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken [...]

In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ɔɪ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ɔɪ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words [...]

In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /eɪ/diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /eɪ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words [...]