I think you're right on, Kooyeen. And thanks for the reply. I am a stickler in my pronunciation classes that students learn to say the -s (and -ed) endings correctly. Even though I do this, I know that native English speaking Americans rarely

Frequently listen to English spoken by native speakers and repeat them. Watch English movies, listen to music, audio clips, BBC news and presentations. Control your rate of speech to get the correct intonation and rhythm of English. Use your

I am glad we agree about the sound /w/. That leaves us with the letter <w>. Letters of the alphabet must not be confused with sounds. By convention and for convenience, letters that represent vowel sounds are called vowels and letters that

. You have a problem, but I can suggest little more than practice and concentration; I presume you have a tutor or teacher or acquaintance who can listen to and advise you. I hadn't noticed that Chinese students have much trouble with vowel

I always can't distinguish the pronunciation of some vowels in words,as follows: a pple(vowel 'a' ), e gg(vowel 'e'),b y (vowel 'y'), and feel the pronunciation of the three vowels are NOT different! I have tried to

The use of 'a' or 'an' is based on pronunciation . If a word begins with a vowel sound , you should use 'an'. For example: - an apple - an elephant - an idea - an orange - an umbrella - an hour - an SOS If a word begins

Hi Mathew, Yes, as Mister Micawber says, native English-speakers instinctively know which pronunciation of 'the' to use before a noun (or an adjective + noun), but I can see that it may be a problem for some people learning the language.

The grammer books say 'the' has 2 kinds of pronunciation.I always have a puzzle,when I read a sentence from to right,for example, The apple is red. I first see the word 'The',but I can't affirm its pronunciation.I have to look

Hi. On TV you may not hear the sounds, the tongue-play within the chamber of the mouth and the tiny air stops, etcetera that occur when people speak. You need to be face-to-face with your pronunciation coach. I can well see how you

The word 'the' has the voiced /th/ sound. Before consonants the vowel has a schwa sound so 'the' sounds like th ə, Before vowel sounds the vowel has an /iy/ sound like th ē.