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5 commonly mispronounced words – List 2

March 25, 2014 By Nestor Leave a Comment

If you want a high band in the IELTS Speaking test, you need good pronunciation. But you don't need to change your accent. Just pronounce words correctly and make sure the examiner can understand you. The problem for many learners is that English spelling is 'non-phonetic', which means that many words aren't spelled the way they sound. In this post I'm going to present 5 words which are often pronounced incorrectly by IELTS candidates.

Filed Under: General tips, IELTS Speaking Tips Tagged With: Pronunciation

5 commonly mispronounced words — List 1

March 24, 2014 By Nestor 1 Comment

If you want a high band in the IELTS Speaking test, you need good pronunciation. But you don't need to change your accent. Just pronounce words correctly and make sure the examiner can understand you. The problem for many learners is that English spelling is 'non-phonetic', which means that many words aren't spelled the way they sound. In this post I'm going to present 5 words which are often pronounced incorrectly by IELTS candidates.

Filed Under: General tips, IELTS Speaking Tips Tagged With: Pronunciation

Typical pronunciation problems

February 7, 2014 By Nestor 5 Comments

In this post, I'm going to present some English pronunciation problems that are typical for speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Japanese. These mistakes can make it difficult for a native speaker to understand you, so you should try to work on them. You don't need a native speaker's accent, but it's very important to be understood. 25% of your IELTS Speaking test score is based on pronunciation.

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Pronunciation

December 29, 2013 By Nestor Leave a Comment

According to the IELTS Speaking test scoring criteria, 25% of your score is based on your pronunciation. But what exactly is good pronunciation? In this post, I'm going to share another nice video by the British Council which explains this criteria and includes some tips on how to improve your pronunciation.

Filed Under: General tips, IELTS Speaking Tips Tagged With: IELTS scoring criteria, Pronunciation

How can I improve my speaking?

December 8, 2013 By Nestor 1 Comment

I don't know how many times IELTS candidates have asked me this question. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer. Simply "practising your speaking" is not enough. Nor is doing vocabulary and grammar exercises. The natural process of learning how to speak fluently is a little more complicated than that. So in this post, we are going to examine this problem in some detail.

Filed Under: General tips, IELTS Speaking Tips Tagged With: IELTS preparation advice, Pronunciation

How to improve your pronunciation

December 5, 2013 By Nestor Leave a Comment

Many IELTS candidates want to know if it is necessary to have good pronunciation in the IELTS Speaking test. In today's tip I am going to discuss the importance of pronunciation and present some tips on how you can improve yours.


Filed Under: IELTS Speaking Tips, Tips for Band 7-9 Tagged With: IELTS preparation advice, Pronunciation

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