{"id":4196,"date":"2021-03-20T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T20:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2021-04-07T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:53:23","slug":"english-pronunciation-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/english-pronunciation-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"English Pronunciation Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome to Magoosh\u2019s English Pronunciation Guide! This is a reference point for lessons, articles, and audio and video resources that will help you listen and understand English.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/english-pronunciation-rules-and-how-to-learn-them\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English Pronunciation Rules and How to Use Them<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Pronunciation Terms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eslbuzz.com\/list-of-homophones-all-english-learners-should-know\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glossary of words and expressions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Intonation and Word Stress<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/english-intonation-stressed-and-unstressed-syllables\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English Intonation: Stressed and Unstressed Syllables<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Phonemic Charts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanipachart.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interactive American English Chart<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishclub.com\/pronunciation\/phonemic-chart-ia.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interactive British English Chart<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Common English Pronunciation Topics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/how-to-pronounce-ed-at-the-end-of-a-word\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to Pronounce -ed at the end of a word<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/zero-article-when-and-when-not-to-use-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zero Article: When to say A or An<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TtpDSv2IeaM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to pronounce \u2018the\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/pronounce-contractions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to pronounce contractions in English<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Non-Phonetic Words<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whether you think English is a phonetic or non-phonetic language as a whole, here is a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pronuncian.com\/podcasts\/150\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">list of 150 non-phonetic words<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with audio pronunciations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Homophones<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eslbuzz.com\/list-of-homophones-all-english-learners-should-know\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">List of all homophones English learners should know!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Minimal Pairs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/allesl.com\/minimal-pairs-list-examples\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">43 Minimal pairs for pronunciation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Accents<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/tips-for-learning-the-american-accent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Accent<\/span><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/the-southern-drawl-breakdown-of-an-american-accent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Southern Drawl<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/the-california-accent-or-california-english-a-guide-for-esl-learners\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The California Accent<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/learn-how-to-speak-with-a-british-accent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British Accent<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/english-speaking\/how-to-speak-with-an-australian-accent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian Accent<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Irish Accent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Magoosh\u2019s English Pronunciation Guide! 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