
A meaning of a word can be completely changed by wrong pronunciation and that’s why a lot of English humour is based on mispronunciation. If you pronounce a word incorrectly it can change the meaning into something which is incredibly funny or just the way you say it may be quite amusing. There [...]
September 28th, 2012 | Posted in Pronunciation by Phil Wade | Read More »

Practise your English pronunciation for free by copying the sentences & recording your voice here. An SGI English teacher will reply & give you advice to help you improve your English accent.
September 25th, 2012 | Posted in IELTS,Pronunciation by Phil Wade | Read More »

Practice sentences for accent reduction training. Copy speech rhythms of a native speaker, RP accent to sound more natural & less like an English student.
September 21st, 2012 | Posted in Pronunciation by Bren Brennan | Read More »

Listen to a native speaker’s received pronunciation accent in natural conversation & then in the next blog do some exercises to soften your English accent.
September 20th, 2012 | Posted in Podcasts,Pronunciation by Bren Brennan | Read More »

Soften your English accent by practising pronunciation of problematic sounds. Accent Training exercises on ‘Th’ sound with free mp3 of native speaker
September 18th, 2012 | Posted in Pronunciation by Bren Brennan | Read More »

This is completely natural conversation by Brits from London. It’s not scripted or read out by actors like some recordings that you get from English textbooks. You’ll be able to hear the difference immediately. In this podcast, you can hear Charlie and Bren, who are English teachers at the school and Mark, who is [...]
May 30th, 2012 | Posted in Podcasts by Bren Brennan | Read More »

This is English conversation as it really happens in the UK – totally natural and not simplified to help English students. This is not the kind of recording that you get in an English textbook (actors reading artificially from a script in an unnatural way) In this pod, you can hear Charlie and Bren, [...]
May 21st, 2012 | Posted in Podcasts by Bren Brennan | Read More »

The people talking are British native speakers and also teachers at the school. They are chatting about everyday subjects, just like they would normally. That means that the conversation is completely natural and is not artificial in any way to help English students. This is British English conversation as it actually happens….it’s not actors reading [...]
May 17th, 2012 | Posted in Podcasts by Bren Brennan | Read More »

These discussions are brought to you by St George International English School in London. The people that you can hear talking are native-speaker English teachers at the school and they will be chatting about everyday subjects. The great thing is that the conversation is absolutely natural and is not modified or altered in any way [...]
May 15th, 2012 | Posted in Podcasts by Bren Brennan | Read More »

Do you know how to say the names of countries from around the world? Here is a story where we can practise saying country names in English. Listen to the mp3 of the text to hear the correct way to say the words
February 21st, 2012 | Posted in Pronunciation,Vocabulary by Bren Brennan | Read More »