Linking Consonants to Vowels – English Pronunciation
This is the final in a series of three posts about how words are linked together in spoken English.In the first post, we talked about linking vowel sounds together. You…
Linking Words Together – Consonant to Consonant
Linking words together is an important part of any language. It is the same with American English. Linking words together helps us speak more smoothly and easily.In a different post,…
Linking Words Together – Vowel to Vowel
Linking Words Together - Vowel to Vowel "Please speak more slowly!" That's a very common sentence to hear from language learners! And I say it too, when I am listening…
How English Words Are Reduced
How English Words Are "Reduced" We’ve talked about how English speakers stress some words in a sentence. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are called “content words.” Content words tell you…
More About Stress-Timed English
More About Stress-Timing in English In the last post, we discovered that English is a stress-timed language. That means that speakers will stress certain words, and minimize, or reduce, others.…
English Is a Stress-Timed Language
The Secret to Sounding Natural When You Speak English Here’s the secret to sounding natural when you speak English – understand that English is a stress-timed language!Most Languages are Syllable-TimedMost…
