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  • Welcome to Speaking Your Best Online!
  • Blog
  • Practice Guidelines
  • Getting Started
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  • Understanding the Basics of Sounds
  • Understanding Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds
  • Understanding Your Accented Sounds
    • Arabic Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Russian Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Mandarin Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Spanish Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Hindi Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Vietnamese Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Thai Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Filipino Pronunciation Guidelines
    • French Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Japanese Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Portuguese Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Italian Pronunciation Guidelines
    • Farsi Pronunciation Guidelines
  • Stop Sounds
    • the "b" sound
    • the "p" sound
    • the "k" sound
    • the "d" sound
    • the "t" sound
    • the "g" sound
  • Continuant Sounds
    • the "s" sound
    • the "z" sound
    • the "f" sound
    • the "v" sound
    • the "sh" sound
    • the "zh" sound
    • the voiced "th" sound
    • the unvoiced "th" sound
    • the "h" sound
  • Affricate Sounds
    • the "ch" sound
    • the "dg" sound
  • Nasal Sounds
    • the "m" sound
    • the "n" sound
    • the "ng" sound
  • Glide Sounds
    • the "w" sound
    • the "yuh" sound
  • Liquid Sounds
    • the "l" sound
    • the "r" sound
  • Vowel Sounds
    • Front Vowels >
      • Vowel "ae"
      • Vowel "ih"
      • Vowel "ee"
      • Vowel "ay"
      • Vowel "eh"
    • Central Vowels >
      • Unstressed Vowel "er"
      • Stressed Vowel "er"
      • Stressed "uh"
      • Unstressed "uh"
    • Back Vowels >
      • Vowel "aw"
      • Vowel "oh"
      • Vowel "oo"
      • Vowel "u" as in "foot"
  • Diphthongs
    • Diphthong "ow"
    • Diphthong "or"
    • Diphthong "ar"
    • Diphthong "air"
    • Diphthong "eye"
  • Initial consonant blends
    • "thr" initial blend
    • "skr" initial blend
    • "br" initial blend
    • "dr" initial blend
    • "tr" initial blend
    • "kl" initial blend
    • "pl" initial blend
    • "sl" initial blend
    • "sm" initial blend
    • "sn" initial blend
    • "st" initial blend
    • "sp" initial blend
    • "sk" initial blend
  • Final consonant blends
    • "nd" final blend
    • "nt" final consonant blend
    • "ld"/"lt" final blends
    • "dz" final blend
    • "ts" final blend
    • "kt" final blend
    • "rd" final blend
    • "pl" and "bl" final blends
  • Important Words to Master
    • The Most Common Words in American English
    • Pronouncing the Word "to"
    • How to Make the Word "And" Sound More Natural
    • Pronouncing Numbers, Days, Dates, and Months
    • Pronouncing Mult-Syllabic Words
    • How to Pronounce the American English Alphabet
    • Twenty of the Most Commonly Mispronounced Words and How to Pronounce Them
    • Words that end with "ly"
  • Speaking Skills: Speak Clearly and Effectively!
    • Making Your Voice Heard
    • Open Your Mouth and Move Your Lips
    • Speak More Slowly to be Understood
    • Pronounce All Sounds in Words Clearly
    • Prolonging Vowels to Improve Voicing
    • How to Reduce Filler Words
    • The Art of Speaking Concisely in Three Easy Steps
  • Stressing/Intonation Skills
    • Part 1: Intonation Patterns for Sentence Types
    • Part 2: Syllable Stress
    • Part 3: Stressing Important Words When Speaking
    • Part 4: How and When to Pause
  • Grammar Skills To Master
    • Articles
    • Using At, In, and On to Indicate Location and Moving
    • Simplify Sentences
    • Forming Regular and Irregular Plurals >
      • Regular Plurals
      • Common Irregular Plurals
    • Forming and Using Tenses Correctly in English
    • Forming Direct and Indirect Questions
    • Using Adverbs Correctly
    • Using Apostrophes
    • Verbs that take prepositions
    • Mastering Important Words in Grammar
  • Test your grammar skills!
    • The Milkmaid and Her Pail
    • The Boy Who Cried Wolf
    • King Arthur and the Witch
  • How to Connect Words Together
    • Introduction to word connections
    • How to "Mark" Stop Sounds
    • Word Connections With Final "t" and "d"
    • Connecting Same and Different Continuant Sounds
    • Connecting Consonants With Vowels
    • Connecting Two Vowels Together
  • Building Your Vocabulary
    • Common American Idioms/Expressions
    • Words Every Professional Should Know
    • Positive Resume and Interview Words >
      • Resume and Interview Adjectives for the Professional
      • Resume and Interview Verbs
  • Conversational Skills
    • The Importance of Greetings
    • The Art of Small Talk
    • Lightening a Conversation
    • The Importance of Tone of Voice
    • The Importance of Body Language
  • Improve Your Presentation Skills
    • Guidelines for Giving a Good Presentation
    • Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking
    • Do's and Don'ts for Making PowerPoint Presentations
    • Want to have a great presentation? Tell a story!
    • Transitioning to the Next Slide: Examples
  • For the Business Professional: Communicating Effectively in the Business World
    • Basic Guide to Conducting an Effective Business Meeting
    • Dealing with Argumentative People
    • Responding to Colleagues' Comments/Questions/Remarks
    • Knowing When and How to Listen and Speak
    • Working With the Person Who Thinks They Know Everything
  • Putting It All Together: Practice Stories
    • Practice story 1
    • Practice story 2
    • Practice story 3

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