Did you know there’s not actually a U sound in words like audio and author? It’s true! In this episode, I’ll show you how to pronounce words that have an AU and AW spelling pattern in English.

390. How to pronounce words like audio, awesome, awful | English Spelling Patterns

The InFluency podcast is your go-to resource for learning, speaking and teaching English.  
Hadar Shemesh is a pronunciation expert and fluency coach with thousands of students around the world, though she herself was an intermediate speaker of English once. 
In this podcast she will share her best strategies for learning English, speaking English with confidence and mastering the American accent. 

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This week, I started taking Spanish classes, and as you can imagine, I have a LOT of thoughts.  It’s been a while since I was a student, and being on the receiving end of a class has taught me so much about how important pronunciation, mindset, and strategy are when learning a second language.
Here’s the vocabulary method I developed and am now using to learn and remember new words and grammar structures: https://bit.ly/4ammPFf

402. I’m a student again! My experience in Spanish class | My Relocation Diaries

It’s been about 4 months since I’ve moved, and now I’m starting to feel like I’ve “settled in”. Today I’ll share updates about my Spanish, and some funny miscommunications that I’m sure you can relate to

401. Settling in & starting Spanish classes | My Relocation Diaries

Oh, the horror of pronouncing the word horror!! Today, I’m teaching you how to pronounce words that end in -RROR. Words like error, horror, mirror and more. Join me for this fun practice.

400. How to pronounce words like horror, mirror, error and more

Last week, we visited our family and friends back home. Today, I’ll share about how it was to return home, the way I tried to maximize our time there, and what it felt like returning back to Barcelona.

399. The first visit back home | My Relocation Diaries

In today’s episode, we’ll practice connected speech in 25 of some of the most common, daily expressions that you can use in your everyday conversations. Wadaya-think?
Download the free practice sheet with audio here to see the transcript and follow along: https://bit.ly/49SSm1s
Check out my other episodes to learn the basics of connected speech:

Connected speech in English: How to use it to sound even clearer: https://hadarshemesh.com/podcast/274/
How to Connect Words and Sounds in English: https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/connected-speech/

390. How to pronounce words like audio, awesome, awful | English Spelling Patterns

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