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Need excercises to lessen 'droning' voce quality

Hi everyone, I have two male students (Spanish speakers) who display a very peculiar technique for voicing. Their vocal folds vibrate at very low frequency, producing a very distinct ‘droning’ sound. This sound completely interferes with the quality of their consonants, so that ‘must’ becomes...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Mr Patrick 273 days ago Consonants Pronunciation Literature
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Dear everybody: I have a very sticky rpoblem and I need your help.I am a student in the department of English Literature. My native tongue has always been Arabic. I, everyday in the college, learn new words and vocabs. The problem is, I CANNOT REMEMBER ALL OF THEM. I mean, after I learnt them...

English Audio: Speech and Pronunciation by Sushi* 364 days ago Accents Pronunciation British accent Literature

Hi, I had my final exam from the writing course as a home take-in, but the type of the essay sounded a little bit weird to me. Here is what my lecturer gave as information: Writing FINALWrite an evaluation essay on the following topicThe Self-Evaluation essay is a reflective essay assessing and...

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