It’s important to add air to English /p, t, k/ when they appear at the beginning of a stressed syllable, otherwise it sound like a different sound to a native English speaker
Add air to this sound Otherwise it sounds like /p/ pen /t/ tan /k/ cot
/b/ Ben /d/ Dan /g/ got
The pictures below are visual representations of sound recordings:
1. English pronunciation of the word pen 2. English pronunciation of the word Ben or a non-native English pronunciation of the word pen Dashed line shows release of plosive (i.e. lips opening after /p/ or /b/)
1. /p/ Air Vowel begins
2.
/b/ Vowel begins
You can record these words yourself using a free program like Audacity to see the visual representations.
