"How do you say that word?" is a frequent comment I receive. As a communications coach, I work with non-native professionals from all over the world who are in the USA to live and work.
Three of the most common questions are about world, excellent, and schedule. To say "world", pronounce it in 2 parts: "wor" and "uld". It sounds like "WOR-uld". "Excellent" is pronounced as "EK-sel-lent", while "schedule" is
"SKED-jule". (The British pronunciation is "SHED-jule".)
A full three day seminar on American English Pronunciation Improvement for Non-native Professionals is offered periodically by Business Speech Improvement. For more details on this, on e-books and other seminars, click here.
What do people do that is very effective or ineffective in communicating with others in the USA? Sometimes the techniques are especially relevant to one profession or situation, but often they are valuable to people in any setting. Please join the conversation about communication! Comments in English are appreciated, so the moderator and most other readers can understand them. If you speak other languages, please translate your comments on Google translator http://translate.google.com/# .
Sunday, January 15, 2012
How to pronounce three difficult words in English
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