Refine your communication skills and express yourself more clearly in an English-speaking environment.
Why Work With Voice to Word?
There are few options available for foreign trained professionals in Canada, especially for those who are interested in refining their communications. That's why I started Voice to Word. Watch my video for more! [video width="1920" height="1080"...
Supporting Employees With Unclear Speech
How can your company support employees who have unclear speech? I suggest referring to accent modification training as Professional Communications Training. In our sessions, there are always other aspects of communication that arise – specific cultural expectations,...
Fun With Wuzzles
Due to holidays and vacation time, I did not get around to writing or recording a blog post in either December 2023 or January 2024. But I did share the following Wuzzle puzzles in my social media posts and newsletter. What are Wuzzles? They are puzzles in the form of...
Video Post on Pronunciation: T & D
This is the last video in my series on English consonants. This time I am looking at the sharp T and its counterpart, D. There are many ways to pronounce T in English but the sharp T is the way we pronounce T when it starts a word or a stressed syllable. It is...
Video Post on Pronunciation: V & W
Previously, I discussed the difference between V & B, as well as the difference between P & F. In this video, I am looking at another contrast with V which is the blending of W & V, common in many non-native accents. This one is very common and rarely...
Video Post on Pronunciation: BV & PF
Languages and regional accents have pronunciation patterns which are easily transferred into a new language. This is the case with those who struggle to make a clear English B and V or a clear P and F. In this video, I describe this issue and explain how to pronounce...
Video Post on Pronunciation: Voiced & Voiceless Consonants
What’s the difference in pronunciation between ex and eggs? Or wheat and weed? I have been posting a series of videos about English consonants. So far, we have looked at general categories of consonants. Now we are going to start looking at consonant contrasts. In...
Video Post on Pronunciation: Siblants
In this video, I discuss the subcategory of consonants called “sibilants." Another word with the same pronunciation – “sibilance” – refers to the sound of audio interference which we sometimes hear on the radio or on poor quality audio recordings. This is the quality...
Video Post on Pronunciation: Liquids & Glides
Continuing with my series on English consonants, in this video I explain the remaining two main categories of consonant – glides (W & Y) and liquids (L & R). After this initial explanation of the main categories, I still have two more sub-categories to explain...
Video Post on Pronunciation: Nasal Consonants
In this post I talk about a category of English consonants called nasals. Nasal consonants are those that release sound through the nose. In some languages, nasal sounds permeate the vowels and a variety of consonants. In English, there are only three nasal...