All Posts by Paul Baston

Ashley and Paul are back...You may have been wondering about the radio silence from English Pronunciation Roadmap's blog...Well to reassure you, we are very much still alive  🙂We've just been ... rather busy! More on that soon.But first of all, we're launching a brand new training that will give more people access to personal help & […]

How do you pronounce the 'con' prefix in English? Check out today's Word Of The Week: Be sure to subscribe to these emails below so that you don't miss any of our new trainings and blog posts:  

What is the difference between the vowels in the words 'fell',  ‘fail’ and ‘file’ in British English? Check out today's Word Of The Week: Be sure to subscribe to these emails below so that you don't miss any of our new trainings and blog posts:  

One of our subscribers posted a question recently about how to pronounce the word 'negotiate' correctly in English. Then it came to my attention that there wasn't exactly a lot of consistency in the way our politicians are pronouncing this word. So, ahead of the Brexit talks, I was wondering if our Prime Minister was […]

What is the difference between the words ‘loose’ and ‘lose’ in British English? A dictionary will tell you that the /l/ and /u:/ stay exactly the same, and the only difference is the /s/ and /z/ at the end. But that's simply not true. In fact, there's a much bigger difference that the dictionary won't […]

What is the difference between the words ‘caught’ and ‘coat’ in British English? And how on Earth can we begin 'decoding' the confusing English spellings that go along with them? All is covered in Paul's Word Of The Week video: Be sure to subscribe to these emails below so that you don't miss any of […]

Can you spot the silent letters? – honest – horrible – lenis – debris – talc – chalk Confused? Then check out today's Word Of The Week video:   Be sure to subscribe to these emails below so that you don't miss any of our new trainings and blog posts:  

What is the difference between the words ‘think’ and ‘sink’ in British English? If the TH sound isn't in your home language, how can you learn how to pronounce it confidently?   Check out today's Word Of The Week video for... – descriptions, – illustrations – PLUS a great exercise for learning the TH sound: […]

What is the difference between the words ‘cot’ and ‘caught’ in British English? And how do they compare to vowels in other languages? This week’s suggestion came from a Brazilian Portuguese speaker: (if you speak Portuguese, today’s your lucky day!) I go deeper into how ‘caught' compares to the vovó / vovǒ vowels BUT, if you […]