Hello students of English!
In this video you will discover 13 of the most frequent pronunciation mistakes made by foreign speakers of English.
For beginners: Do not worry if you do not know any of the words at all.
And for advanced students of English: See if you can count how many of these words you actually pronounce correctly.
So first word: "Society" /səˈsaɪəti/.
It is difficult because it has got these two "s" sounds and the weak "ə" at the start.
"Society" /səˈsaɪəti/
Tough, tough beginning word.
OK, moving on.
Honest /ˈɒn.ɪst/
Do you notice that I don't say /H-ɒn.ɪst/ ?
There is no "H" sound in this word.
I'm being honest /ˈɒn.ɪst/ with you, students.
Don't worry.
So never ever include an "H" sound.
A really difficult word: Cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/
K - W - Z K - W - Z start to this word
Cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/
You just have to learn the special pronunciation of this word.
I admit it is, it is very difficult to work out how it sounds from the spelling.
Ok, in this word again you have got a "U" - like a W sound.
Language /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
So this G and U make a /gw/ sound.
OK, also a very difficult word:
Genre /ˈʒɒn.rə/
You have got a /ʒ/ but it's with a vibration. /ʒ/
Genre /ˈʒɒn.rə/
Like you find in the word "pleasure" /ˈpleʒ.ər/ - the first sound /ʒ/.
Genre /ˈʒɒn.rə/
You will have to practice that at home.
Ok, again, a really difficult word:
Recipe /ˈres.ɪ.pi/
Again with that weakening sound in the middle "s"
Recipe /ˈres.ɪ.pi/
You just have to again learn the pronunciation of this particular word.
Very challenging.
Answer /ˈɑːn.sər/
There is no "W" sound in this word.
The "W" is silent.
Answer /ˈɑːn.sər/
The stress is on the first syllable.
Answer /ˈɑːn.sər/
Ok, next word:
Jewellery /ˈdʒuː.əl.ri/
Note the special "L" sound : /əl/
Jewellery /ˈdʒuː.əl.ri/
Ok, moving on:
Calm /kɑːm/
Again a silent letter. The "L" - we do not pronounce it.
We say: Calm /kɑːm/
Calm /kɑːm/ and tranquil /ˈtræŋ.kwɪl/ like this lesson.
Right, again the attack of the silent letter:
Bomb /bɒm/
The last "B" is silent.
Bomb /bɒm/
In the same like rock-climbing /ˈklaɪ.mɪŋ/
Bomb /bɒm/ and climb /klaɪm/ - the "B" is totally silent.
We do not pronounce it.
OK, our friend "U" again.
Conquer /ˈkɒŋ.kər/ as in conquer an army.
This Q and U make a /k/ sound.
Conquer /ˈkɒŋ.kər
Which is quite strange.
But you just have to again, it is something for your memory.
Oh, no, /ð/ sound.
The /ðə/
Make sure that your tongue touches the back of your teeth.
The /ðə/ and vibrates: The /ðə/
The /ðə/
Don't say /də/ or /ze/, only with tongue touching the back of the teeth /ðə/
Ok, last word, very commonly used word, right!
Money /ˈmʌn.i/
Please, never say /ˈmʌnei/
That is not right!
Money /ˈmʌn.i/
So work on this word, because it is important.
Right, so those were the 13 words, I will write them down below.
I would be really interested to hear how many of them you know
how to pronounce correctly and how many of them were just total surprises.
Anyway, this has been Charles Wood English Teacher.
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