These 3 ‘ng' Pronunciation Mistakes Make You Sound Foreign (ŋ sound)

Are you making these 3 mistakes?
This tutorial will help you Speak English Clearly

There are 3 common mistakes that learners of English make when they pronounce the ‘ng’ sound (/ŋ/ sound) in English.

These mistakes can occur even if you’re putting your tongue in the correct position. The problem is that if you make any of these mistakes, they will leave you sounding unprofessional in English.

In last week's English Pronunciation tutorial, I showed you how to make the ‘ng’ sound in English, and how it compares to the n sound. The /ŋ/ sound and the /n/ sound are 2 sounds that are commonly confused in English and it can be hard to tell the difference between them if you don’t know the correct tongue position. Once you know the right tongue position, with a bit of practice you can learn the /ŋ/ sound quite easily. I highly recommend that you watch this tutorial if you haven’t done so already which you can do by clicking here:


Once you know the difference between both the n and the /ŋ/ sound and can put your tongue into the correct position, then it’s important to be aware of these 3 mistakes, which you may well be making.

The mistake that a lot of people make when making this sound is that they don’t stop airflow before moving the tongue to the next position. The result is that as airflow continues and the tongue moves position, an unnecessary sound is made. This sound is usually one of the following sounds: /k/, /g/, or a ‘lateral approximant stye’ /ŋ/.

As soon as airflow stops before the tongue moves position, this problem goes away. In this tutorial, I show you what happens in my mouth when I correctly make the /ŋ/ sound, and then I show you what happened in my mouth when I make all 3 of the mistakes so you can see the mistakes in action for yourself.

I then give you a simple 3 step process for fully integrating the correct pronunciation of the /ŋ/ sound into your English speech, and if you follow the 3 steps in the right order, you should never struggle with this sound again.

This is a highly practical English Pronunciation tutorial that you can use for immediate improvements in your English speaking.

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[gevangasteren]

This is a hilarious video; I just had to smile from beginning to end! Yet, at the same time, this is the first time I have clearly understood the crucial point about stopping the breath before moving the tongue. So thank you very much, well done!

[rayriedel]

This nailed my ng pronunciation problem. Did my first book narration and made the STUPID mistake of completing all narration and then going back to editing. So all of my mouth clicks doing the ng sound, whistling s sounds etc are there for me to fix -throughout 17 hours of recordings. Now I am working on speaking correctly, among other things, and will never make the mistake of going so far before editing. After I get this down, the next step is to fix my whistling s.

[yuanyun]

Your videos are so helpful to non-Native speaker.

[cerealkiller]

Thank you SO MUCH. I couldn't pronounce this sound right for such a long time. You are the best!

[psamrat]

im very thankful with you for this awsome tutorial. The way you showed how the tongue is twisted was very helpful to me

[christineshome]

The approaches are very clear and helpful. Thanks a lot.

[yakorolevka]

Finally somebody explained it clearly! I thought I won`t be able to make this sound, but now I can pronounce it. Thank you so much!!!

[HuongNguyen-rjgs]

Thanks for your help! It’s very clear and easy to understand.

[madeleinev]

A brilliant video tutorial, Michael! Thank you very much for giving a very careful attention to a lot of important details on how to produce this sound correctly. I especially appreciate you showing how the tongue, lips, and other speech organs are involved in making the sound. Kind regards from Belgium. ❤️

[mariannlyy]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been struggling with this sound for a long time and watched lots of videos but yours was the most helpful!

[SamiSami-vbkl]

Wow really I don't know how to thank you our best tutor, your video solved my problem with this sound and made me able to pronounce it correctly and clearly, I'm really improving with you.

[mariopatriciobartolomemari]

Just what I was looking for: someone who can show the exactly position of the tongue needed to pronounce the /ing/ sound, a frustrating nightmare for a Spanish native speaker like me

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[rafaelprimo]

Maravilhoso video amigo, muito bem explicado :)

[李鹏鹏-kb]

I like your teaching style very. I have confused with the [æŋ] sound, such as in the word (rank). Because it seems that the sound of [æ] has been changed when combing with [ŋ]. I heard the pronunciation of rank in the Oxford Dictionary. The [æ] sound in the word (rank) sounds different from the [æ] sound in the word (back).

[AR-jqjv]

Thank you so much Sir, your efforts are noticeable. Once again, thank you 🌷

[TeTong]

Thank you so much. It's very useful video.

[lmstanton]

The fourth mistake is that they go "een" for "ing". But that is native English speakers from certain regions in the US.