When I teach the pronunciation of those 2 letters, I tell my students to look at where the accent go. Basically with " é" -- your tone go up With "è " -- go down. Example: élève (student). Été (summer) - your tone stay up Mère (mother) - tone go down. HTH

Alright. Let's say that è and ë have a similar pronunciation, like you pronounce " ai " For é, its pronunciation is really close "et" Finally, the typical e is pronounced like the "euuuh" You'll get use to them by practicing don't worry!

so the é is pronounced just like the Italian e the è and ë are close to the Italian è and for the normal e, I'll send you a voice message

Merci beaucoup Jeanne :) très utile.