Speaking and Pronunciation Skills: Steps to Take, and Tips to Follow for Mastering Pronunciation in English.
To sound, or not to sound like a native speaker, that is the million-dollar question! Whilst there are many different kinds of English accents in the world, historically, the two most common are the British and the American. But, is it really as simple as that when you realize the reality that within both the United States and the United Kingdom, there are many different regional accents, each with their own distinct pronunciation, A native of New York sounds as distinctly different to a native of New Orleans as a Londoner does from someone from Birmingham. An accen t is a way of pronouncing common words from a particular region or country. American pronunciation and British pronunciation are completely different. The consonant sounds are generally the same (except for the T sound and the r-colored vowel sounds), but the vowel sounds are completely different. The British accent has more vowel sounds, and most vowel letters are pronounced completely differently. T...