The document discusses accents and pronunciation. It states that everyone has an accent and accents can change over time with life experiences. There is no single correct English accent, but a neutral accent is understandable to all English speakers. Accents are not fixed and can change naturally over time as people's identities and needs change. It also provides information on pronouncing English letters in Hindi and the differences between voiced and unvoiced consonant sounds in Hindi.

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2. WHAT IS AN 'ACCENT'?
• An accent is a way of pronouncing a language. It is
therefore impossible to speak without an accent.
• We change our accents, often without noticing, as we
have new life experiences.
• Believe it or not – Everybody has an ACCENT!
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3. IS THERE A STANDARD ENGLISH
ACCENT?
• There is not a single correct accent of English. All
speakers of English need to cope with many different
aspects and learn how to understand them.
• However the language spoken by you & understandable
by everyone who knows English is called neutral accent.
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4. CAN I CHANGE MY ACCENT?
• Yes. Accents are not fixed. Our accents change over time
as our needs change and as our sense of who we are
changes and develops. Usually this happens naturally,
and often unconsciously.
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5. A – Aaie
B – Bee
C – See
D – dei
E – e
F – eef
G – gie
H – heich
I – eye
J - Jay
K – Kay
L – ell
M – emm
N – enn
O – ooo
P – phee
Q – queue
R – aaa
S – Ess
T – Tea
U – You
V – Vie
W – Daablu
X – exx
Y – why
Z - Zad
SOUND OF ALPHABET
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6. C – ख, Ch - छ
K - ख
Q – ख
T – ठ
R – र {Silent* (आ)}
O – Aaw
S – स, श Sh – श
B – Not ब but nearly भ
Z – ज़ Not “ज”
P – फ
F - .फ
MORE UNDERSTANDING OF
PRONUNCIATION STARTING WITH
ALPHABETS
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13. C – ख, Ch - छ
Cat & Chair
K – ख
King
Q – ख
Queen
T – ठ
Tea
R – र {Silent (आ)}
Romeo & Mother
O – ऑ
Order & Vodafone
MORE UNDERSTANDING OF
PRONUNCIATION STARTING WITH
ALPHABET
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14. MORE UNDERSTANDING OF
PRONUNCIATION STARTING WITH
ALPHABETS (CONT.)
S – स, श Sun & Sugar
Sh – श Shoes or Shower
B – Not ब but nearly भ
Ball & Brother
Z – ज़ Not “ज” Zebra & Zoo
P – प or फ Peter & Photo
F – .फ Father or Fan
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15. UNVOICED AND VOICED SOUNDS
Unvoiced Voiced
kh - ख् G - ग्
ch - छ् J - ज्
t - ठ् D - ड्
th - थ् Th - द्
p - फ् B - ब्
f - फ् V - व्
s - स् Z - ज़
sh - श् Zh - zh
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