Speaking English Clearly

Explore how speech habits affect English pronunciation. Practise sounds, rhythm and clearer delivery so listeners can follow your message.

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Begin with the Think in English onboarding experience and explore how the program connects guided learning, speaking practice, immersion, and progress tracking. During the trial, you can complete your initial onboarding, explore the learning environment, begin the first guided activities and experience the weekly structure. Use this time to decide whether a year of practice with Think in English fits your goals.

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Make your message easier to understand

Explore how the speech habits you already have interact with English sounds and patterns. Use awareness and deliberate practice to make your delivery clearer.

What you will practise

  • Notice how your mouth and voice produce sounds.
  • Connect pronunciation patterns to words and sentences.
  • Listen to a recording and choose one practical adjustment.

Try this: record a sentence, identify one sound or stressed word, practise it slowly and record the sentence again.

Does clearer pronunciation mean losing my accent?

The focus is intelligibility: helping your listener understand. An accent is part of your voice, and clear communication does not require everyone to sound alike.

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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."

Lorenzo

Italy