English accent & pronunciation

Learn English sounds, word stress, and intonation, with tricky sound pairs like TH, V and W, and R and L.

• What Is a "Good" Accent?
• The Sounds of English (IPA Basics)
• Your Mouth, Tongue & Breath
• Short Vowels
• Long Vowels
• The Schwa /ə/ — the Most Important Sound
• Diphthongs (Gliding Vowels)
• The TH Sounds (/θ/ and /ð/)
• R and L
• V and W
• Voiced & Voiceless Pairs (p/b, t/d, k/g, f/v, s/z)
• S, Z, SH, CH and J
• Word Stress Basics
• Stress Patterns & Suffixes
• Sentence Stress: Content vs Function Words
• English Rhythm (Stress-Timed)
• Linking Words Together
• Contractions
• Elision & Assimilation (Dropped & Changed Sounds)
• Falling & Rising Intonation
• Lists, Choices & Attitude
• The -ed Ending (/t/, /d/, /ɪd/)
• The -s Ending (/s/, /z/, /ɪz/)
• Silent Letters
• Commonly Mispronounced Words
• British vs American Pronunciation
• How to Use Tongue Twisters
• S and SH Sounds
• TH Sounds
• R and L Sounds
• P, B, T and D Sounds
• W, V and F Sounds
• Classic Mixed Challenges