I don't recommend that site for any one. It is full of crap when it comes to AmE. Use either M-W and reference.com dude in AmE = 'dud Notice the yod-dropping, that is, no /j/ (in IPA) after alveolar consonants. What do you mean? I

Is there a difference in the pronunciation of General American 'back' and RP 'back'? For example as in: I came back Wednesday. The reason for asking is because my pronouncing dictionary gives the /æ/ intermediate vowel for both

Get an electronic pronouncing dictionary and practise your pronunciation every day for 10-20 minutes, without exceptions. Use books with English idioms, and practise with your computer/laptop and a piece of paper. Pick out a word. Try to predict

RP (received pronunciation) is the kind of English you hear on the BBC most frequently. For further information on this go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation Regards Jordy

. I suppose that you know there are texts available for this sort of work. Here in Japan, I use English Pronunciation Exercises for Japanese Students , by Harriette Grate. You can also have fun making up dialogues containing the clusters under

I don't know of a webpage that drills these ideas, but here is some written material that may help. There are, in American English, five types of verb with regard to the pronunciation of the regular past tense. (The spelling rules are

Hi! Thank you for this interesting discussion and for your answer.Your opinion is important for me. First of all, my problem concerns teaching English as a second language. It's very bad that teachers instructing pupils how to pronounce /ʌ/

As a learner of the Polish language I've come to accept that all consonant combinations are possible with enough practice. Ksenofobia is the Polish word for Xenophobia, pronounced exactly as it would be in English if a word-initial

With regards to your question....get them involved in a phonetic type exercise. Listening and repeating English exercises work wonders. They need to get used to the sound of the language. I am phonics instructor in Mexico. Would like to know more

BBC offers some good tips in regards to pronunciation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/ This site is fairly good since all the sounds are represented. There are also different sites where people of various