Pronunciation with Emma Podcast

Have you ever read a word in English to later discover that one of the letters is actually silent? Silent letters in English can be frustrating, so let me take you through the rules in this English pronunciation podcast episode.

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Have you ever wanted someone to listen to your pronunciation and tell you exactly what your mistakes are? Why does your intonation sound flat? Why do you sound robotic and unnatural? Why does your native accent still come through and what sounds should you change to sound more "British"?

In this episode I talk about our Pronunciation Assessments at Pronunciation with Emma. THOUSANDS of students have asked for feedback on their pronunciation and this is exactly what these pronunciation assessments are designed to do.

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Apps and AI are an accessible and relatively affordable way of improving your speaking, pronunciation, and communication skills. However, in this week's episode I talk about why apps and AI are actually causing more damage to your pronunciation, accent, spoken communication than you may think, and why it may also be slowly chipping away at your confidence and actually making you feel more self-conscious about your accent.

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Have you ever wondered why Brits sometimes shorten words like "choccy" for chocolate and "cuppa" for cup of tea? In this episode, you'll learn exactly why Brits do this and how you can start to shorten words just like native British English speakers do. 

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In this episode I talk about 20 pronunciation problems that native Spanish speakers have with English pronunciation and the typical mistakes that they make due to Spanish interferences. I also talk about different Spanish accents and the advantages that you may have due to the type of Spanish you speak.

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In this episode I talk about 20 pronunciation problems that native Italian speakers have with English pronunciation and the typical mistakes that they make due to Italian interferences.

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I haven't posted a podcast episode in a long time, so in this episode I tell you a little about why that is and talk about my amazing trip around Mexico, including the things I loved... and the things I didn't love so much. 

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In this week's episode we look as mindset around investing into English pronunciation coaching. Perhaps you sit there thinking "it's too expensive", "I don't have time", or "what if it doesn't work and I've wasted all this money?". I'm going to shift your mentality so you start feeling more confidence in investing your money, time, and energy into yourself and your English again.

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In this English pronunciation lesson, we look more into connected speech and how the sounds /w/ and /j/ (y) are used to link vowels together.

Learning about intrusive sounds in connected speech will help you improve your English pronunciation and rhythm, as well as understand fast speech and native English speakers much more easily.

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In this week's English pronunciation lesson, you're going to learn about the Linking R and Intrusive R. You'll look at what's the difference, when to use the Linking and Intrusive R, and become familiar with connected speech in English — so you can start connecting your words and sentences together more smoothly.

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