Speaking English Clearly

Leonardo Oliveira

What you’ll learn

Speaking English Clearly focuses on pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation to help you speak naturally and be easily understood. Through targeted exercises, you’ll refine individual sounds, word linking, and speech patterns, making your English more fluid and expressive. This course trains your mouth, ears, and mind to produce clear, confident speech—so you sound as natural as you feel!

Welcome to the course

  1. How to Take This Course
  2. Story Time - Challenges Learners Face

Chapter 1: The Foundation of Speaking

  1. The instruments and the nature of sounds
  2. The Shape of Sounds
  3. The Sounds of Languages
  4. The English Sounds Alphabet

Chapter 2: From Sounds to Words

  1. Syllable structure in English
  2. Diphthongs, triphthong and consonant clusters
  3. English sound characteristics
  4. Loanwords and foreign names

Chapter 3: From Words to Sentences

  1. The Rhythm of English
  2. Rules of Sounds
  3. Mastering Tricky Words

Chapter 4: Natural Speaking and Accent Training

  1. Articulation skills
  2. Mirror and shadow native speakers
  3. Role-playing and scenario-based activities
  4. Non-verbal communication and body language

Chapter 5: Communicating Authentically

  1. Who you are, but in English
  2. Speaking fluently in any situation
  3. Common speaking mistakes
  4. All skills come together

About the Author

Leonardo Oliveira is a TESOL-certified English teacher with a BA in Social Communication. He has worked in the best schools in Brazil and Canada and has created a space to foster his own global community of language learners. His mission is to help non-native speakers acquire English proficiency through online courses and live events. Let's make speaking English our second nature!

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Your Teacher

+20 years of experience teaching English as a second language
Teacher to speakers of +40 different languages

Leonardo Oliveira

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Testimonials

"Sometimes we think we know English because we can understand it, but when we are talking to someone, it became hard. So it was very good for me to improve my English skills and to know/meet people from all over the world without leaving my house."

Giovanna

Brazil

"I had just moved to the United States and, even though I could speak English, I didn't feel very confident . The course ended up increasing my speaking confidence a lot; I've improved significantly in how I communicate in both social situations and at work."

Matheus

Brazil

"Leo was an amazing teacher and helped me improve my ability to speak English and be more fluent."

Vicenzo

Italy