One of the 40 sounds Nunzio listens for. When you read a sentence aloud, the app scores every single sound in it on your phone — this page is what he knows about this one: what tends to come out in its place, and what to do about it.
Drop your jaw much lower and keep the tongue low and front, opening the mouth wide.
“Open! Open the mouth like the dentist is coming! This vowel needs SPACE, bello — drop that jaw!”Nunzio, when he hears it
Push your tongue forward and low, and drop your jaw wider than feels natural.
“Too central, too shy! Bring the tongue forward, drop the jaw, open big — this vowel is front-row seats, bello!”Nunzio, when he hears it
In the app, this sound is put under pressure in Everyday English and Vowel Traps — whole sentences built so it cannot hide.
The classic mix-ups involving this sound, one page per pair: apple vs ten, apple vs cup.
People often say “a” when a word actually wants “eh” as in ten — each of those pages shows the way back.
Reading about a sound is one thing. Hearing which ones you miss is another.
Nunzio records you reading a sentence, scores every sound in it on your phone — nothing is uploaded — and tells you the one thing worth fixing. Nunzio — Accent Coach is coming to the App Store and Google Play.