Syllabus

The popular concept of the 80-20 rule can be applied to the principles of pronunciation training. Start by focusing on the mistakes that you make the most often and/or the sounds that are the least clear, in order to ɡet the most noticeable results. 

If you are not sure what to work on first, you can do an assessment class and I will identify the biggest issues for you.

Common consonant sounds to work on:

• English 'th'

• Enɡlish 'r'

• English 't'

• Enɡlish 'h'

• thin, sin or fin 

• sip or ship 

• liɡht or riɡht 

• ban or van 

• sin or sinɡ 

• vet or wet 

• cats or catch

• zen or Jen 

• eraser or erasure

• yes or Jess 

• year or ear

• light or night

• put or foot

• l at the end of words like 'girl'

• Joining consonants to vowels e.g. what_a great_idea

• Joining consonants to consonants e.g. warm_milk, in_Canada, at_the

• Consonant clusters like maths, asks, through...

Common vowel sounds to work on:

• feet or fit 

• cat, cut or cart

• cot, caught or coat

• Luke, look or luck

• hear, hair or her

• no, so and go

• Joining vowels to vowels e.g. I_ate, you_ate, Anna_ate...

Common rhythm issues to work onː

• Incredible Schwa

• How do I know which syllable(s) to stress in a word?

• How do I know which word(s) to stress in a sentence?

  Commonly confused words:

• work or walk

• tough, though, through, thorough, thought