In English, there are many accents…British, American, Australian, and more. So, when we learn pronunciation, how much does accent really matter? Do we need to focus on sounding like a specific accent? Or is it more important to just be clear and understood? Sometimes it feels confusing…Which one should we follow? What do you think? 👇 Do you try to learn a specific accent, or just focus on clear pronunciation?

Happy Tuesday everyone! Quick shout out for the coffee hour tonight! Let me know if you are coming! We will be talking about: The /æ/ Sound (as in cat) Hope to see you there!

Hello EPL Community, I’m Sadaf from Pakistan and I’m new here. I want to improve my pronunciation and speaking skills. I will try my best to stay active and learn daily. I look forward to learning together with everyone!

Hi, my name's Nia, I'm from Indonesia, and I'm join in this community because I want to improve my English, especially I want to be able in English fluently and clearly.

“I had a joke about my project… but I didn’t want to project it too early.” And yes… there’s a real pronunciation lesson inside it. In English, project changes pronunciation depending on whether it’s a noun or a verb: project (noun) = /ˈprɒdʒekt/Example: I’m working on a new project. project (verb) = /prəˈdʒekt/Example: You need to project your voice. So the spelling stays the same, but the stress changes. That’s one of the reasons pronunciation matters so much: sometimes it’s not the letters that change… it’s the stress, and that changes the whole word. A lot of learners focus only on spelling, but English is full of words like this. Have you noticed other words that change pronunciation like this? Drop one below 👇