NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words.

Choose a short audio clip, play it, and repeat along with the speaker by matching tone, rhythm, and speed. This technique ...

Washington Commanders QB Marcus Mariota clarifies his name pronunciation after Cris Collinsworth’s SNF call and a viral JP Finlay video.

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Fluent English speakers often add sounds between words to link them together. When one word ends with a vowel sound, and the following word begins with a vowel sound, you might hear a subtle /j/ or /w ...

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You know how vowels make up every word we speak? Well, not all vowels are created equal. There are actually two main types of vowel sounds: monophthongs and diphthongs. Monophthongs are pure vowel ...