Epitome, mischievous, insouciance. Quinoa, schedule, ogle. English pronunciation is about as hard to pin down as a scone (or scone) rolling down a very steep hill. If you have ever tied yourself in ...

Google has two new features to help you better learn tricky English words. Firstly, there’s an experimental pronunciation feature that lets you practice pronunciation of unfamiliar words right in ...

TO BE able to teach accurate pronunciation, teachers with language-related responsibilities require a detailed knowledge of why words are pronounced the way they are. Additionally, they need to ...

Google can listen to you pronounce a name and learn from it. I was JUST thinking about this topic yesterday... my housemate is named Maryam, but invariably Google speech-to-text will write it as ...

We’ve all been faced with a name that’s difficult to pronounce. But not everyone considers the consequences of their mispronunciations. In a piece for Fast Company, Madhumita Mallick, the head of ...

A study highlights the need for a new approach to the teaching of English pronunciation given that English is now a lingua franca, with more non-native speakers in the world than native speakers. A ...

You’ll soon be able to teach the Google Assistant how to pronounce names. Google demoed the process in a new video (embedded above). Press a button in the Google Assistant contact section to have the ...