Let's listen to the pronunciation of the letter "t" for these words in thefreedictionary.com Click on the flags to hear USA and UK accents. My phonetic notation is in truespel marked with ~ elevator - "t" sounds

You sound very clear, Pter. Your pronunciation of "asked" and "laboratory" are, for me, very British, and the rest simply sounds like English with no identifiable accent. So, it all sounds very good.

Remember also that native English speakers' pronunciation varies depending on which part of the world they are from and which social group they belong to. yes, indeed. Dictionary.com has both "standard" British and American English

I want to improve my e nglish accent and reduce gram m atical mistakes in my e nglish. How can I improve my accent? Before working on improving your accent and grammatical errors, there are few suggestions you may want to consider.

I´m an English teacher and when I´m giving class there are all these questions about pronunciation. I work with other teachers some from Ireland, London, Scotland, and Americans. Each teacher is teaching with a different accent. Then the books are

I noticed that this question is tagged as unanswered. Received pronunciation is so named because it was 'received by', i.e. taught to public school pupils and RADA pupils. ( RADA = Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts ). You can hear example in

Hi (and welcome to Englishforums Smile), As I know, in modern English the vowel is no more pronounced as... ouch! The vowel must always be pronounced the same, since it's an IPA symbol that describe a sound. IPA symbols don't change, they

Hi Kooyeen, If I do not log in, the summaries under the forum titles are shown in grey. After logging in, the text under some forums are shown in a very light grey, just like this one below ESL Common English Questions and Answers - Archived

hmm, the problem is that your native phonology is acting as filter. Work with some accent reduction coach first; after that, try to grasp the phology of spoken American English. Work on stress, rhythm, connected speech and intonation.