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Lesson 48 of English Jade is for you to learn and practice words and phrases with the /b/ phoneme. This lesson is Part Two of Two on the /b/ consonant. This speaking skills training is for high-level professionals. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation, fluency and clear speech.
Lesson 47 of English Jade teaches you pronunciation and spelling rules for /b/. Practice the /b/ consonant by following this lesson. This speaking skills training is for high-level professionals. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation, fluency and clear speech.
Lesson 46 of English Jade teaches you the advanced pronunciation and spelling rules for /p/. You will also learn the silent ‘p’ words. This speaking skills training is for high-level professionals. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation, fluency and clear speech.
Lesson 45 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation and spelling of the /p/ sound in English. You will also learn about the articulation of aspirated /p/ and unaspirated /p/. This speaking skills training is for high-level professionals. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation, fluency and clear speech.
Lesson 44 of English Jade teaches you unusual /k/ spellings. This lesson is Part Four of Four on /k/. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation and fluency in English.
Lesson 43 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation and spelling patterns of the /k/ sound spelt as /k/. This lesson is Part Three of Four on /k/. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation and fluency.
Lesson 42 of English Jade teaches you the /k/ sound in words that are spelt with the letter ‘c’. This lesson is Part Two of Four on /k/. The /k/ phoneme is spelt ‘c’ in the words ‘clap’, ‘crown’ and ‘fact’. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation and fluency in English.
Lesson 41 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation and spelling patterns of the /k/ sound. This lesson is Part One of Four on /k/. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation and fluency
Lesson 40 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation and spelling patterns of words with the ‘ng’ sound /ŋ/. The /ŋ/ phoneme is in the words ‘king’, ‘sang’ and ‘bank’. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation and fluency in English.
Lesson 39 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation and spelling patterns of words with soft ‘g’. These are words in which the /dʒ/ sound is spelt with a letter ’g’. This speaking skills training is for high-level professionals. Follow this training to improve your pronunciation and fluency in English
Hard /g/ pronunciation and spelling Part Two. Example words and phrases for advanced learners of English.
Hard /g/ pronunciation and spelling. Example words and phrases for advanced learners of English.
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Learn and practice example words and phrases where the letter 's' in a word is pronounced as /z/.
/z/ Phoneme Words: Practice your Pronunciation In today’s lesson, we will learn and practice the /z/ phoneme. The IPA symbol for /z/ is the same as the letter ‘z’ in the English alphabet. That’s helpful for us as we don’t need to learn a new symbol. However, here’s where things get confusing… The commonest spelling [...]
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Advanced example words and phrases to practice the /ʃ/ 'sh' sound in English. Part Two.
Advanced example words and phrases to practice the /ʃ/ 'sh' sound in English. Part One.
/ʒ/ (zh) Sound Practice In this lesson, we will practice the least frequent sound in English, /ʒ/. The /ʒ/ phoneme is found in words that have roots in the Romance languages or Latin. Most of the words in this lesson came into English via French (the Anglo-Norman dialect), which was the language spoken by the [...]
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Example words and phrases to practice consonant blends with the /w/ sound.
Learn how to pronounce and spell advanced words with /w/.
Listen to today's lesson: Advanced /r/ Words In this lesson, we will practice advanced vocabulary with tricky spellings that include the letter ‘r’. The first section includes words with silent ‘r’ in which no /r/ sound is pronounced. After the first section, most of the words include an /r/ sound that is pronounced. English Jade [...]
This podcast episode of English Jade is about the most effective mindset to have when it comes to training your accent. Many people desire to speak well in English but relatively few succeed in getting to the level of native speakers. Find out the most important aspect when it comes to reaching a high level [...]
Listen to today's lesson 'non-rhotic' /r/ Note: Many English words have a letter /r/ in their spelling that is not pronounced in the standard British English accent. This is because Standard British English is non-rhotic. This means that /r/ is dropped when it follows the final vowel in a word. Some examples of words with [...]
Listen to Today’s Lesson on Silent L Lesson 27 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation of silent /l/ words in English (this lesson is part 3 of 3 lessons practising the pronunciation of 'l'). Some English words are tricky because they are spelt with a letter L but include no /l/ sound in them. [...]
Listen to Today's Lesson Lesson 26 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation of light /l/ and dark /l/ in English (this lesson is part two of three on this topic). Getting the pronunciation of dark /l/ right leads to a clear, native-speaker level English accent. In this lesson you will practice the dark /l/ [...]
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Lesson 25 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation of the dark /l/ sound in English. This lesson is part one of three lessons on the pronunciation of /l/. In this lesson you will practice the dark /l/ sound in example words and phrases. Click the player at the bottom of the page to listen [...]
Lesson 24 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation of the ‘you’ sound /ju:/ in English. The /ju:/ sound is not recognised as a unique phoneme, though it is a common sound in English. In this lesson you will practice the /ju:/ sound in example words and phrases. Note: This speaking skills training to practice [...]
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Lesson 23 of English Jade teaches you the pronunciation of the yod sound /j/ in English. The yod sound is in many words beginning with the letter ‘y’ such as ‘yes’, ‘yellow’ and ‘yesterday’. In this lesson you will practice the yod in example words and phrases. Note: This speaking skills training to practice /j/ [...]
Many words in English have two pronunciations. There is a stressed form of the word and an unstressed form of the word which is called the ‘weak form’. For example, the word ‘your’ is pronounced as /jɔː/ (stressed form) and as /jə/ (weak form). Weak forms are often hard to hear in the sentence and [...]
In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce the schwa sound /ə/ in noun suffixes. A suffix is a spelling pattern at the end of a word such as -acy, -ial, -ance, -ism. A suffix is added to the root word. For example: root word -- happy + noun suffix -- ness = happiness (n) /ˈhæp.i.nəs/ Noun [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /eə/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /eə/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken from [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ʊə/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ʊə/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken from [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /aɪ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /aɪ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken from [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /aʊ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /aʊ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /əʊ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /əʊ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ɔɪ/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ɔɪ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /eɪ/diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /eɪ/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ɪə/ diphthong vowel sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ɪə/ sound in English. Click the audio player link below to listen to this podcast lesson on the vowel sounds of English. Here are a few example words taken [...]
English Jade is a podcast of high level English training for non-native speaker professionals. In this episode I talk about a common problem when it comes to improving your accent and speaking skills: Finding the time to practice. If you struggle finding the time to practice your speaking skills, listen to this episode as I [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ɒ/ sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ɒ/ sound in English. Here are a few example words taken from the lesson: often bottom gosh dodge jolly possible soggy swan Get the full lesson notes and recordings [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /a:/ sound (otherwise known as long ‘a’) in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the long ‘a’ sound in English. Here are a few example words taken from the lesson: heart charge harsh cartoon argument basket arthritis barbeque Get [...]
English Jade is a podcast of high level English training for non-native speaker professionals. In this episode I talk about the concept of ‘keeping your word’ and how important this is regarding your effectiveness in life. Do you struggle working towards your life goals and often give up? Do you say that you will practice [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ʌ/ sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ʌ/ sound in English. Here are a few example words taken from the lesson: chum blush blubber stubborn above money courage flood Get the full lesson notes and recordings [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /æ/ sound (otherwise known as short ‘a’) in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the short ‘a’ sound in English. Here are a few example words taken from the lesson: chatty hammock maggot ladder cannon channel asterisk alpaca Get [...]
English Jade is a podcast of high level English training for non-native speaker professionals. In this podcast episode I talk about one of the common problems many of my students have, which is not being motivated to practice. When it comes to improving your speech and speaking skills, there is no way to cheat: You [...]
In this lesson I teach you word examples with the /ɔː/ sound in English. You will learn advanced vocabulary, spelling patterns and phrases that include the /ɔː/ phoneme in English. Note: This speaking skills training is for high-level professionals. Here are a few example words taken from the lesson: ordinary bought daughter already prawn author [...]
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