Pronunciation Lessons - English Teacher Melanie

Pronunciation is essential for speaking and understanding spoken English well. It should be the FIRST thing you learn when studying a language.…

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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a set of symbols that represent all the sounds in a language. All the sounds that…

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Today is the last day of the blogiversary celebration! Let’s talk about pronunciation lessons! What is a ‘blogiversary’? It’s an anniversary of…

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In this English lesson, you’re going to learn something that will help you better UNDERSTAND American English speakers, AND it will help…

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In this pronunciation practice video, we’ll do some exercises to practice the L and R consonant sounds at the beginning of a…

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In this video lesson, I explain how to pronounce the /l/ and /r/ consonant sounds at the beginning of a word or…

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A lot of fashion brands are difficult even for native speakers, because a lot of them are not English names! In this…

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Big air. Slang isn’t really something you can teach or study. It usually just comes naturally. However, if you’re into sports, or…

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Have you noticed that some English words don’t quite sound English? Have you noticed some English words with accents? That’s because we…

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If you have watched my video “34 Fruit Names in English,” you know that we have a wide variety of fruit available…

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