English Rewind - 6 Minute English: Difficult pronunciation

Did you know that even native speakers of English avoid saying certain words because they have difficult pronunciation? ???? Callum and Yvonne find out which words English speakers find hard to say, while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of 6 Minute English. Which English words do you struggle to pronounce? Tell us in the comments ????????????

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ pronunciation - the way a word, name or phrase in a language is said
✔️ mispronunciation - when a word, name or phrase in a language is not said correctly
✔️ statistics - facts which are found by carefully looking at information that's shown in numbers. Example: Statistics show that 43% of those people questioned often correct other people when they mispronounce a word.
✔️ ethnicity - the type of race or cultural background someone comes from. Example: All applicants will be considered for the job, regardless of ethnicity.
✔️ troublesome - something or someone that causes problems or difficulties
✔️ a phenomenon - something that is seen to exist or can be experienced as it's happening; can also be used to describe a person with extraordinarily great, good and unusual qualities
✔️ an anaesthetist - a doctor whose job is to use medication to put people to sleep before an operation or surgery so that it is painless
✔️ remuneration - a payment for the work someone has done
✔️ tongue-tied - unable to speak properly because of nervousness

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of 6 Minute English was first published on the BBC Learning English website in October 2008.

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