let's be honest when you say this word do you feel like you're saying it with
confidence clearly like a native english speaker how about these words how about these did you know
that these are extremely commonly mispronounced words in english so if you want to sound more
like a native english speaker and speak with more confidence and fluency then you need this lesson
by the end of the next 10 minutes you are going to be speaking with more fluency and confidence
especially when using these super common tech and internet vocabulary words and what's more
as part of this lesson i'm going to show you how to use an amazing app that really helps
you with your pronunciation it's called elsa speak elsa speak uses artificial intelligence
it is the first app of its kind and it is truly revolutionary it's not just like some
other english apps out there that are pretty boring and basic i'm going to show you how it
works and how you can try it out for seven days free check out the link in the description you can
click on the link to get the free trial the 85 off a lifetime membership 40 off a one-year membership
and what's more is elsa speak really helps you with your speaking and your listening so it's
great for intermediate english learners like you who want to perfect their speaking skills so it's
a great way for you to practice from anywhere privately from the comfort of your own home
without feeling embarrassed in a class without feeling embarrassed in front of other people
the app currently has a lot of real life practical lessons and topics to choose from nice to meet you
nice to meet you
hi my name is elsa hi elsa nice to meet you
nice to meet you too where are you from i'm from the united states of america
for english as a second language learners i highly recommend the elsa speak app it's an
amazing way for you to practice your speaking your pronunciation and your listening our go natural
english linguist luke is going to step in to teach linguistically what is happening in these common
words that makes them so difficult and how can we apply what we learn from today's vocabulary
to other words that you will find in english that could also be challenging probably one
of the most commonly used tech related words and that is this word right here
a lot of students will come to me and ask me i say internet the way that it's
spelled but i'm not sure if i'm saying it right let's start with the first t this t
is often deleted when it's followed by an n sound so words like interview
are not interview but interview same thing with documentary not documentary but documentary so you
will sound more natural if you say internet than if you say internet you'll notice that the second
t as well sounds a bit different right i didn't say internet internet but i said internet internet
do you hear the difference there that's because we call this last consonant an unreleased stop
internet text there's something very interesting to note when it comes to the letter x even though
it's one letter it's actually pronounced as two sounds a k or a k sound and an s sound
this is why some people have a hard time saying words like
text because that's actually three consonants in a row
youtube but we want to say youtube when speaking english instagram instagram
with this first syllable it's an e that short sound so we don't say instagram but
instagram the second syllable is uh so it's that reduced schwa sound that we use in a lot
of words and then finally that last syllable is ah so in words like cat and man instagram that
a sound that i mentioned in gram of instagram is also important in this word snapchat not e
chat try that with me snapchat snapchat snapchat for our last company name we have tick tock with
the first syllable being pronounced with that short sound like in instagram and twitter so tick
not teak but tick tick tick and then the second one being talk talk you may notice that this is
more of an ah sound like in father and it sounds exactly the same as the word talk like i will talk
to you later you can find go natural english on facebook instagram twitter and tick tock but not
snapchat i've heard some students come to me and pronounce it as something like mem but this is not
how we say it in english instead we use a long e sound and we say meme meme mean this is pronounced
at this is the same at that we use with at like at the store i'll see you at the store when you
see a period used with web addresses or with email addresses we often pronounce it as dot go natural
english dot com make some o's into oz so not dot dot on the phone for this symbol you might hear it
referred to as pound or hash but when you're using it in social media like on instagram
or facebook we would call it a hashtag so on the phone you might hear an operator or recording say
please press the pound key or please press the hash key but on social media you would only
hear it referred to as hashtag now that you have some of these everyday tech words under your belt
i encourage you to go forth and share with the world your awesome english pronunciation
i know you can do this well thank you so much to luke our linguist for sharing these examples and
detailed explanations i really hope that these were helpful for you and that you got some good
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