Thiruvananthapuram panchayat launches free YouTube channel to improve English pronunciation

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For generations, mastering English pronunciation has remained a challenge for most students in Kerala’s government and aided schools. While classrooms taught grammar and vocabulary, opportunities to hear and practise correct pronunciation were often few and far between.

For 13-year-old Advaith S, a Class VIII student at a government school on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram, one lesson changed the way he approached English. He had never realised that pronouncing the letter ‘p’ required a tiny burst of air. Until recently, ‘p’ was just another alphabet.