How to Pronounce “reduce”

Rhythm and Stress Timing — Why English Sounds Uneven

English is stress-timed: stressed syllables arrive at even intervals and unstressed ones are squeezed between them. How to hear and copy the beat.

English Reductions — Gonna, Wanna, Gotta, Shoulda and More

The reduced forms native speakers use constantly — gonna, wanna, gotta, shoulda, kinda, outta, 'sup, dunno, gimme, lemme. What they sound like and when to use them.

Accent Reduction Guide — What Works, What Does Not

Accent reduction is really intelligibility training: fixing the features that cause misunderstanding, not erasing your identity. Realistic goals and the methods that work.

• Yod-dropping words