English Pronunciation Secrets - 5 Tips to Improve English Pronunciation

This video tutorial from Oxford Online English focuses on English pronunciation, using a single sentence to explore various aspects such as sound pronunciation, stress, prominence, weak forms, intonation, and linking words. The lesson emphasizes the importance of these elements in achieving clear and natural English speech. Viewers are encouraged to practice and apply these concepts to improve their pronunciation skills.

What is the first step in improving your pronunciation of difficult sounds?

• Practice with long sentences

• Start with the sound alone

• Use complex words immediately

• Ignore the difficult sounds

Which sound combination is often difficult for English learners?

• TH and OUGH

• All of the above

• P and L

• X and P

What is the main difference between stress and prominence?

• Both are flexible

• Both are fixed

• Stress is fixed, prominence is flexible

• Stress is flexible, prominence is fixed

Which word in the sentence 'Although we hadn't planned everything perfectly, it all went as smoothly as anyone could expect' is a weak form?

• Everything

• Perfectly

• Although

• As

Why is it important to have a clear contrast between stressed and unstressed syllables?

• To make speech faster

• To make speech sound robotic

• To sound natural in English

• To confuse the listener

What should you focus on when practicing weak forms?

• Using them in isolation

• Pronouncing them quickly

• Ignoring them

• Pronouncing them strongly

What is the purpose of using a rising tone in a sentence?

• To show anger

• To indicate the sentence is finished

• To show excitement

• To indicate the sentence is not finished

What is a key feature of intonation in English?

• It is fixed

• It is flexible

• It is always falling

• It is always rising

How does linking words affect your English pronunciation?

• It has no effect

• It makes speech more difficult

• It makes speech more fluent

• It makes speech slower

Which of the following is an example of linking?

• As smoothly

• Could expect

• It all

• All of the above