English Speech Pronunciation: How to Say Words Ending in Y, LY, Ful
Published August 24, 2020 by Dr. Antonia Lawrence Johnson and Clear Talk Mastery, Inc. English Speech Pronunciation- How to Say Words Ending in Y, Ly, and FUL- Inherited from German Have you ever wondered why when you add a suffix, that little syllable at the end of word, sometimes the word syllable accent stress stays […]
English Speaking Training: Why Some English Words Have Strange Spelling –Etymological Spelling
Blog # 179 for Wed. Aug. 12, 2020 English Speaking Training: Why Some English Words Have Strange Spelling –Etymological Spelling Did you ever wonder why some words in English have such strange spelling? The strange spelling gets in the way of accurate English pronunciation. For most English words, maybe up to 70 to 75%, you […]
What is the secret to fixing the problem of consonants at the ends of words which are hard to hear?
Speech tip on website for Sunday, July 26, 2020 What is the secret to fixing the problem of consonants at the ends of words which are hard to hear? 3 secrets Make the muscles in the mouth you need for those sounds stiff and hard. Pronounce quick consonants quickly and slow consonants slowly. Make the […]
SUFFIX “Y” — Soooo Useful!
BLOG for Saturday, June 13, 2020 TITLE: Suffix “Y” – So USEFUL! To speak clear and accurate English for unfamiliar multiple syllable words, first you need to divide the unfamiliar word into syllables. There are eight rules to do that. Most important is to look for the prefixes and suffixes first. Many English words end […]
Accent Reduction – Get the Syllable Accent Stress Rules for French-Latin Suffixes
Accent Reduction – Get the Syllable Accent Stress Rules for French-Latin Suffixes I like finding the patterns in English pronunciation. Based on academic learning and experience, I’ve learned that about everything has a pattern. I’ve been looking for the pattern for syllable accent stress when suffixes are added to English words for quite some time. […]
Accent Reduction – Finally- the Keys to Suffixes and Syllable Accent Stress (Germanic vs French-Latin suffix rules)
Accent Reduction – Finally- the Keys to Suffixes and Syllable Accent Stress (Germanic vs French-Latin suffix rules) Have you ever wondered why when you add a suffix onto a root word, sometimes the syllable accent stress stays on the same syllable as the root word and sometimes it moves to the syllable next to the […]
Accent Reduction- Get Inspired to Master These English Speech Sounds
Accent Reduction- Get Inspired to Master These English Speech Sounds Here is some information about the English language which will give you inspiration for mastering particular sounds: The most frequently spoken consonant is “n.” The “e” is the most commonly used letter in the English language. Furthermore, as many as one in eight of all […]
English Communication: Get More of Backstory for Those Unusual Spellings of English Words
English Communication: Get More of Backstory for Those Unusual Spellings of English Words Does understanding how changes came about in the English language make the pronunciation and spelling easier for you? Yes! It gives you the patterns for whole sets of words. And, oh my! … the reasons for changes in the English language are […]
English Communication: Fascinating Reasons for Those Unusual Spellings for Some English Words
English Communication: Fascinating Reasons for Those Unusual Spellings for Some English Words You know that for as much as 70-75% of words in English, the pronunciation follows English language rules tied to the spelling of the word. But what about the other words? Why are they spelled the way they are spelled? Knowing the patterns […]
English Speaking Skills: Understanding Gets You to Pronunciation Mastery- Important Reasons for Some Strange Spellings
English Speaking Skills: Understanding Gets You to Pronunciation Mastery- Important Reasons for Some Strange Spellings Here are two sets of words which give you a sample of words in English that do not follow the rules of pronunciation or spelling of English. Corpse and corps Horse and worse About 70% of the words in English […]