‘a unit’ or ‘an unit’ | English pronunciation lesson | Speak English Confidently (EZEE #1)

Hello everyone. This is Minoo at Anglo-link. Welcome to Lesson 1 in my

series which I've called 'EZEE', and that stands for 'Easy to Zap English Errors'. As

the title suggests, this series is about making you familiar with common mistakes

that are easy to make but also easy to zap or eliminate. Before we start, I just

want to say that, for me, if you want to improve your English easily, your first

goal should be to become more confident about your English. If you set yourself

the goal of speaking English perfectly or speaking English like a native

speaker too soon, you may create too much stress for yourself and actually block

your own progress. English is a rich and complex language, and it is even

difficult for a native speaker to master it fully. So, please give yourself time

and be kind to yourself when you make mistakes. So, what I want to do in this

series is to show you that the mistakes you may be making come from the

complexity of the English language and also show you how to correct them

yourself. This ability to detect and correct your own mistakes is essential

for building up your confidence, which then enables you to improve your English

more easily and rapidly. Okay! For this first lesson, I've chosen something very

basic but a mistake that many of us make. We have learned that if a word starts

with a vowel letter, that is A, E, I, O, or U, we must use the indefinite article 'an'

instead of 'a', and that 'a' only goes before consonants. Well, that's not the whole

story. Let's look at this in more detail and then do some exercises to get rid of

any potential mistakes related to this.

Okay! That's all for Lesson 1. I hope it's been helpful to you. If this point

was new to you, please make sure you do the exercises several times until you

have built a quick reflex in choosing 'a' or 'an'. If you have enjoyed this lesson and

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watching this lesson. I hope you've enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing

you in my next lesson. Happy studies to you all, and goodbye for now!