Understanding the rules below will help you learn how to pronounce English correctly like a native speaker. Practice diligently every day to improve your speaking skills.

 For most people who learn foreign languages ​​in general and English in particular, speaking is always the most "difficult" skill, even a nightmare for many of you. Have you ever experienced the feeling of being afraid that your friends will laugh at you because you don't pronounce correctly? Or are you shy to communicate in English because you're afraid that if you speak English and others won't understand anything, or are you confused when communicating? If you have been or are currently in this situation, now is the time to let go of that self-consciousness and shyness by re-learning standard English pronunciation according to the instructions below. Just practice diligently and practice regularly every day, your pronunciation and speaking skills will definitely improve significantly. If you are ready to change and want to pronounce English correctly, see the tips below.

Tips for learning correct English pronunciation

 

1.Learn basic phonetics

 Pronunciation is one of the basic foundations you need to learn if you want to improve your English communication skills. To pronounce correctly, you need to pronounce each word correctly. And of course, if you want to pronounce each word correctly, you must pronounce each syllable correctly, avoiding swallowing the last consonant, leading to misreading and affecting your ability to communicate. This task sounds "impossible", right?

If you want to improve your pronunciation, first start learning English pronunciation with the IPA pronunciation chart. IPA is an international phonetic transcription table that helps you shape standard pronunciations. One point you need to note is that this international phonetic transcription is completely different from the English alphabet.

The IPA English pronunciation table has 44 pronunciations, including 20 vowels and 24 consonants. The sounds in the IPA table are divided into two parts: voiceless sounds and voiced sounds.

 

2. Exercise your mouth muscles

 Exercising your mouth muscles is one of the ways to help you improve your pronunciation. This is a very effective way to learn English pronunciation, and has been applied successfully by many people. The way to read syllables in English is not the same as in Vietnamese, so you will not know how to pronounce them correctly. That's why many people are short of breath, have a stiff mouth, and make it difficult for the other person to understand.

You can refer to some exercises available online to practice your mouth muscles such as blowing air through your mouth, tongue muscle exercises, how to take breath from the abdomen,...

 

3. Standard English pronunciation: Learn stress rules

 Stress plays an important role in English pronunciation, helping us distinguish one word from another. This is the golden key to understanding and speaking standard English.

In English, word stress is not a random choice. You can't put the stress anywhere you like, you have to put the stress on the exact word. If you say the wrong accent, it can cause the listener to not understand anything or you can even change the meaning and type of word. Therefore, if you want to learn standard English pronunciation, you cannot ignore this factor.

 Example: PREsent (n) (present) – pre’sent (v) (present)

 

4. Intonation

 Along with pronunciation and stress, intonation is one of the ways to help you show off your English ability. A speaker who has a solid intonation will definitely have good English pronunciation.

Intonation is a way of conveying emotions through speech, expressed by the rise and fall of the voice. Therefore, if you raise or lower your voice in the wrong place, it will lead to misunderstandings or create discomfort for the listener. Therefore, practice this skill more so that your speaking sounds more natural.

 

5. Negative connection

 Connecting sounds is very often used in English. People will connect sounds when there are 2 words standing next to each other, in which 1 word starts with a vowel and the other word ends with a consonant. That consonant will extend before the word that begins with a vowel.

 

For example: the two words "hand" and "out", when placed next to each other, you connect the sound "d" to the word "out", read: handout.

 

6. Learn how to pronounce English correctly, don't forget to learn how to pronounce the endings s, es and ed

 

Along with the 44 IPA sounds, the endings s, es and ed are also used quite a lot in English. Therefore, you also need to master the pronunciation rules of these endings.