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Basics of Pronunciation
Pronunciation is how you say a word of a language. If we do not say (or pronounce) words correctly, others may
not understand what we are saying. To communicate well when you speak, you must know how to pronounce words
correctly. Using correct pronunciations of words will help you express yourself clearly and confidently. It will also help
others to understand your words easily.
Read out
loud
Ways to Sing along
Listen to Improve your
Podcasts Pronunciation favourite
songs
Practice
regularly
Phonetics
Phonetics is the study of human sounds and phonology is the systematic classification of sounds in one or more
specific languages. Sounds can be divided into consonants and vowels. The first can be characterized by 1) place, 2)
mode of pronunciation and 3) voice. The English alphabet has 26 letters from A to Z. However, each of these letters
can be pronounced differently in different words. We write words in English language using 26 letters. However,
while speaking English, more than 26 sounds are used. For this reason, the spelling of a word does not always
match its pronunciation.
Let us understand the sounds we use. All English words are made of three basic types of sounds—vowels, Diphthongs
(combination sound of two vowels) and consonants. Let us see some examples:
vowel diphthongs consonants
sit count think
cat cheer pull
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