356. Get Rid of Nigerian Accent

We had ma ny Nigerian students on our accent reduction courses and this edition is for Nigerian speakers of English.

If you would like to make your speech clear and precise practise with the apps:

Problematic English sounds and corresponding app lessons for you to practice:

[θ] as in "think", lesson 36

[θ] as in "that", lesson 37

[r] as in "river", lesson 41

[ʌ] as in "hut", lesson 9

[ə] schwa as in "the", lesson 6

[əʊ] as in "boat", lesson 16

[ɜː€] as in "third", lesson 5

[ɔː] as in "fort", lesson 3

[v] as in "very", lesson 35b

[æ] as in "mad", lesson 15

Additional Recommendations:

Avoid nasalisation of vowels before final [n] and [m].

Avoid pronouncing [ʌ] as in “duck” as [ɒ] as in “box”.

Avoid pronouncing schwa [ə] as in "the" as [a] as in "pasta.

Work on comparison [iː] and [ɪ], lesson 8.

If you want to speed up your study, you may book a few elocution lessons. Please, get in toush via our website https://www.batcsglobal.com/contact

I wish you success

Yours

Olga Smith

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