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Pronunciation Power

The quickest route to a native-sounding accent

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50+

Lessons

Beginner - Advanced

Level

7:00h

Duration

Written Guide + Audio + Quizzes

Format

Table of Contents

Overview

Learn the nuts and bolts of a native Spanish accent

Starting with the fundamental building blocks, we’ll show you each of the individual sounds that goes into creating a perfect Spanish accent. Learn exactly how to form these sounds, listen to our native speaker examples, find out common mistakes and what to avoid, and practise with exercises and drills.

Discover what you’ve been doing wrong, and find out how to correct it

Your mother tongue has its own sound system, which means that the way you understand and produce sounds in your own language impacts your Spanish accent. We’ll show you some of the most common pitfalls non-native speakers make in their Spanish accents, and give you specific, varied exercises to counteract these.

Develop a stunning Spanish accent with a tried and tested process

Our pronunciation philosophy is very simple. In order to use a pronunciation feature in your everyday speech, you need to have practised it. In order to practise it, you need to know the sound. In order to know the sound, you need to know what to listen out for. We’ll guide you by the hand throughout every step of the way, ensuring that no stone is left uncovered in your quest for a beautiful Spanish accent!

 

In this course

What do I get?

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Sample lessons

Course Contents

An introduction to phonemes

Vowels

  • Pure vowels
  • Pure vowel 1: /i/
  • Pure vowel 2: /e/
  • Pure vowel 3: /u/
  • Pure vowel 4: /o/
  • Pure vowel 5: /a/
  • Pure vowels recap

 

Vowel combinations

  • Vowel combinations part 1
  • Type 1 diphthongs
  • Type 2 diphthongs
  • Type 2 diphthongs – /w/ + vowel
  • Hiatus

 

Vowels review

Consonants

  • An introduction to Spanish consonants
  • /p/, /b/, /m/
  • /f/, /t/, /d/
  • /s/, /n/, /l/
  • /tʃ/, /ɲ/, /ʎ/, /j/, and /w/
  • /k/ and /g/
  • /x/
  • /r/
  • Intonation
  • An introduction to Spanish intonation
  • Introduction to Spanish stress
  • Word stress
  • Sentence stress
  • Spanish rhythm
  • Spanish pitch
  • Pitch patterns

 

Allophones

  • An introduction to allophones
  • /i/ and its allophones
  • /u/ and its allophones
  • /o/ and /a/ allophones
  • /b/ and its allophones
  • /d/ and its allophones
  • /g/ and its allophones
  • /s/ and its allophones
  • /n/ and its allophones
  • Syllabication
  • The rules of syllabication
  • Spanish linking

 

Spanish accents

  • Spanish around the world
  • Mexican Spanish
  • Argentinian Spanish
  • Colombian Spanish
  • Caribbean Spanish
  • Chilean Spanish
  • Castillian Spanish

Course Content

Introduction
Pure Vowels
Pure vowel 2: /e/
Pure vowel 3: /u/
Pure vowel 4: /o/
Pure vowel 5: /a/
Pure vowels recap
Vowel combinations part one
Type one diphthongs
Type two diphthongs
Type two diphthongs: /w/ + vowel
Hiatus
Vowels review
An introduction to Spanish consonants
/p/, /b/, /m/
/f/, /t/, /d/
/s/, /n/, /l/
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Break into Advanced Spanish, and (finally) master the subjunctive

Learn the most common subjunctive phrases and triggers in our cheatsheet