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Sure…
Joanna Duchesne Joanna Duchesne

Sure…

Warning - this blog might only interest fellow pronunciation obsessed devotees….but here goes": recently, I had some nice feedback about the chart with a caveat about the pronunciation of ‘sure’ on one of the films. The protagonist in the film for the phoneme /ʊə/, uses ‘sure’ as an example. It was pointed out that, according to the Cambridge…..

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It all begins with an idea
Joanna Duchesne Joanna Duchesne

It all begins with an idea

The idea for the interactive phonemic chart began in 2015. There were a few great interactive charts but none that used video. I was developing a way of teaching pronunciation which focused on a mindful kinaesthetic approach. I was…

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When you have no motive, you are free to observe.
— Krishnamurti