How can Pronunciation Patterns Help you Improve Your Pronunciation?

1. You can practice a group of words which have similar sounds and learn the patterns existing in these words. In this example, if you can say able, then you shall be able to say cable, disable, fable, stable, table.

2. You can compare any two words such as horse and house to help you distinguish the difference between the O sound and the OW sound. You can compare any two vowels at a time, and press 1 and 2 to switch between the words horse and house Also, under each vowel, there are more than 50 words to practice with and thus help you build the mouth muscles.

3. You can record your voice at any time by pressing the F2 key and play back the recording by pressing the F3 key.

4. You can refer to these phonic rules to help you recall correct pronunciation without remembering the phonetic spellings. You have over 40 words for each rule to help you see the patterns and understand the rules.

5. You can choose the words you have trouble with to practice.

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6. For many of us who can't pronounce some sounds, it is because we just don't have the muscularity to pronounce those sounds. The mouth muscles exercise can help you develop the mouth muscles you need to pronounce each word crystal clear.

In this example, ba!! is the combination of the consonant b and the long A sound and ba! is the combination of the consonant b and the short A sound. Now, if you practice ba!!, ba!, ca!!, ca!, cha!!, cha!, da!!, da!, fa!!, fa!, etc, over times, you will gradually feel comfortable to pronounce those sounds. Once you can pronounce those sounds, I will guarantee that you will hear the differences between the long A sound and the short A sound.

7. In this example, you can press the space key to play the long A sound and press the enter key to play the combination of the consonant B and long A sounds. Then you can press the down button to play the word bake. If you have trouble pronouncing some sounds or hearing some sounds, now you can practice one sound at a time and gradually add sounds to help you perfect your pronunciation.

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