36. How to Improve Your Pronunciation in English

Ashley Rhone here from <a href='https://paradigmenglish.com'>ParadigmEnglish.com</a> and the Podcast Living in English: 365. <p>Join the party on the <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/livinginenglish365'>facebook group</a>. </p> <p> Fluency Academy is right around the corner! <a href='https://www.paradigmenglish.com/fluency-academy'>Click here</a> to join the waitlist.</p> <p> Donate which you prefer: $1=tea and $2=coffee</p> I Have A Question Have you ever wondered why you studied English for so many years, but you still can't understand spoken English? Or, why people can't understand you when you speak in English? Well, today is your lucky day because I will tell you three things you must do to have better English pronunciation AND improve your **vocabulary with a few new words.   Before we get started, hit subscribe and like this video to get more videos on how to improve your English.   1) Sounds   Learn and perfect you English pronunciation by focusing on the sounds. Did you know that there are 44 phonemes in English? Okay, Ashley, but what's a phoneme. Basically, a phoneme is a sound, or a group of sounds. Take for example, vowels and consonants. The English language has 26 letters in its alphabet with 5 of the 26 letters being vowels. Now, here's the tricky thing, there are only those 5 vowels to make up over 40 phonemes. Yikes! Also, keep in mind the remaining 21 letters called consonants and things can get hairy! Don't worry much, though. Book an individual meeting with me at <a href='https://paradigmenglish.com'>paradigmenglish.com</a> and I'll help you reduce your accent in English. Don't forget that there are also many different dialects of English spoken around the world and each is, well, different.   *Bonus: You just learned that English has a lot more vowel sounds in English than the 5 vowels represent, but do you know which vowel sound is the most frequent one in English? Leave your comment below.   2) Stress the stress   Sometimes, despite your best