Biggest difficulties Chinese have with speaking English Hello. So, according to this website... http://blog.clarity-speech.com/2013/08/the-top-10-pronunciation-problems-for.html ... the main problem you guys have with English are: 1. Intonation, Stress, and Rhythm 2. /r/ as in "right." 3. /θ/ as in "think" and /ð/ as in "that" 4. "Consonant clusters," or more than one consonant in a row. 5. Consonants at the end of words, especially /b/, /d/, /g/, /p/, /t/, and /k/. 6. The consonants /v/ as in "van," /ð/ as in "breathe," /z/, /ʒ/ as in "measure," and /dʒ/ as in "judge." 8. /l/ at the end of words. 10. Pronouncing these vowel pairs differently from each other: /i/ vs /ɪ/ /e/ vs /ɛ/ /u/ vs /ʊ/ /e/ vs /æ/ I would like to address each one at a time, maybe post a video blog to help. Before I do it is worth establishing a few points that will no doubt be repeated as we look at each problem. a) The idea that letters=sounds is not true. It should be true, but it is not. Why? There are historical reasons. First, the spelling of a word did not account for the different accents across the English speaking world. Secondly, the spelling of a word, once established, did not account for, or prevent how a pronunciation would change. There are other reasons, but those two should suffice. b) English has sounds that Chinese doesn't have. The letter "c" in English is almost never pronounced as it is meant to in pinyin. Typically "th" and "r" are a problem. This is to be expected. The two languages developed so very independently that we should be grateful they has as many similarities as they do! It is for the above reasons that I encourage you to learn, or just be aware of the "International Phonetic Alphabet". Almost every English dictionary will follow a word with its IPA spelling, for example "circuit" will appear: cir·cuit /ˈsɜrkɪt/, and Threshold will appear:"thresh·old /ˈθrɛʃoʊld, ˈθrɛʃhoʊld/. Seen this way, English is only made of 43 sounds. The IPA is modern and constant. This site should be of help: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/sounds-right