General guide
English Pronunciation Tips for Clearer Speaking
Start with eight practical ways to improve your pronunciation, including sounds, minimal pairs, listening, recording and speaking practice.
English Pronunciation Guides
Practical guides for understanding English sounds, using IPA, practicing British or American pronunciation, and improving through listening, recording and focused practice.
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For Arabic speakers
English Pronunciation for Arabic Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Compare Arabic and English pronunciation, including P/B, F/V, dialect-sensitive TH, R, vowels, consonant clusters, word endings, stress and schwa.
For Korean speakers
English Pronunciation for Korean Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Compare Korean and English pronunciation, including stop contrasts, final consonants, R/L, vowels, TH, V/B, clusters, endings, stress and schwa.
English pronunciation by native language
Use your language background to identify useful areas to check, then choose practice from the patterns that recur in your own speech.
For Spanish speakers
English Pronunciation for Spanish Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Learn how Spanish and English sound systems differ, which vowels, consonants and word patterns may be useful to check, and how to practice one target at a time.
For Mandarin Chinese speakers
English Pronunciation for Mandarin Chinese Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Compare Mandarin and English sound systems, including aspiration, vowels, TH, R, consonant clusters, final consonants and reduced vowels.
For Turkish speakers
English Pronunciation for Turkish Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Learn how Turkish and English differ in vowels, selected consonants, word beginnings, final voicing, stress and spelling, then test the patterns in your own speech.
For Japanese speakers
English Pronunciation for Japanese Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Learn how Japanese and English differ in R/L, vowels, selected fricatives, consonant clusters, final consonants, katakana transfer and word prominence.
For Korean speakers
English Pronunciation for Korean Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Learn how Korean and English differ in stop categories, word-final contrasts, R/L, vowels, selected fricatives, clusters, endings and word prominence.
For Arabic speakers
English Pronunciation for Arabic Speakers: Common Sounds and Practice
Learn how Arabic and English differ in selected consonants, vowels, clusters, endings and word prominence, with guidance that reflects variation across Arabic varieties.
Pronunciation fundamentals
General guide
English Pronunciation Tips for Clearer Speaking
Explore eight practical ways to improve English pronunciation, from individual sounds and minimal pairs to recording, accent comparison and conversation practice.
Pronunciation and accent
Pronunciation vs Accent: What’s the Difference, and Which Should You Improve?
Learn how pronunciation differs from accent, which one affects understanding and what to improve first without treating a natural accent as a problem.
Sounds, IPA and word pronunciation
Vowel sounds
English Vowel Sounds Explained: How to Hear and Pronounce Them
Understand how English vowel sounds work, how IPA identifies them and how to hear, form and practice useful vowel contrasts.
TH pronunciation
How to Pronounce TH in English: /θ/ and /ð/
Learn how to hear, form and practice the voiceless and voiced English TH sounds in words, contrasts, phrases and recorded speech.
S and ES endings
How to Pronounce S and ES Endings: /s/, /z/ and /ɪz/
Learn when English S and ES endings sound like /s/, /z/ or /ɪz/, using the final sound of the base word, IPA examples and focused practice.
Pronunciation diagnosis
How to Find the English Sounds You’re Mispronouncing
Learn how to identify recurring English sound problems using recording, IPA, model audio, minimal pairs and focused retesting.
Spelling and IPA
Why English Spelling and Pronunciation Don’t Match — and How IPA Helps
Learn why English spelling and pronunciation often differ, how IPA reduces ambiguity, and how spelling patterns connect with English sounds.
English sounds
Listening for Specific English Sounds
Train your ear to notice challenging English sounds and connect what you hear with focused pronunciation practice.
Sound contrasts
Practicing Minimal Pairs
Compare words that differ by one sound to hear small contrasts and practice them more accurately.
Practice routine
Pronunciation Drills
Build a repeatable routine for practicing English sounds, words and short phrases with care.
Accents and pronunciation models
Accent choice
British or American Pronunciation: Which Should You Practice?
Learn how to choose between British and American pronunciation, compare the main differences and practice one model consistently while understanding both.
Accent awareness
Imitate Different Accents
Explore accent imitation as a focused way to notice pronunciation patterns, rhythm and intonation.
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Listening, speaking and self-review
Listening practice
Listen and Repeat
Use short audio models to notice pronunciation, stress and rhythm before repeating aloud.
Audio models
Repeat After Native Speakers
Practice with clear speech models while paying attention to sounds, stress, intonation and timing.
Self-review
Record Yourself
Record and review your speech to notice specific sounds, word stress and changes over time.
Speaking practice
Speak With Native Speakers
Apply pronunciation skills in conversation while keeping one clear speaking goal in focus.
AI pronunciation and speaking
AI practice guide
AI Pronunciation Feedback vs AI Conversation Practice: What’s the Difference?
Learn how focused AI pronunciation feedback differs from AI conversation practice, which one matches your speaking goal and how to combine both.
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Practice English pronunciation with Speakometer
Turn what you learn into practice with British and American models, color-coded IPA feedback, individual sound guidance and targeted word practice.