If you know this system it makes it much easier to work out the pronunciation of any English word. You don't even need a teacher, just a learner's dictionary. Three radio programmes on the topic ...

The Americans went with a pronunciation matching what would be expected from an English word spelled that way, and the Brits went with something closer to the pronunciation in the language we got ...

Schwa is the name for the most common sound in English ... in grammar words such as articles and prepositions. Getting the schwa sound correct is a good way of making your pronunciation more ...

English can be a very silly language, with many words looking nothing like the way they should be said. There are also a lot of words that so many people say slightly wrong, that often people are ...

This series of podcasts by Richard Cauldwell will help students with their English pronunciation and listening. Focusing on one word in each podcast, you'll hear examples of the ways the word is ...