New on YouTube! Native English speakers, especially Americans, generally like a smooth flow of air to come out when they are speaking. The words of a phrase or a sentence tend to flow into each other without a break in the sound or the flow of air. Technically, this is is called liaison and in everyday English we called it …
On YouTube! Ten English Words-Tricky Pronunciation From Tricky Spelling
I know that spelling in English can be tricky. And because of that, some words are not pronounced the way you might think they should be, based on their spelling. Today, we are going to look one group of such words. In everyday, spoken American English, these words are usually not pronounced how their spelling suggests. The words are basically, …
Shadowing Exercise 05 – Summerset Hills – English Fluency Practice
New on YouTube! Shadowing Exercise 04 – Auto Advertising Let’s try shadowing – Here is the next shadowing lesson on YouTube! Shadowing is basically when you try to repeat what you are listening to while you are listening to it. In other words, speak the words you hear as you listen to them. This exercise has two sections. First the …
New on YouTube! Linking Sounds With EE (Liaison) – Natural American English Pronunciation Lesson
New on YouTube! In this lesson, we will look at the natural American English pronunciation of the EE vowel sound, when it is followed by words beginning with other vowels. When we pronounce these word combinations, we generally link the EE sound and the initial vowel sound of the next word using a slight Y sound. This is known as …
New on YouTube! Linking Sounds With YOU (Liaison) – Natural American English Pronunciation Lesson
New on YouTube! In this lesson, we will look at the natural American English pronunciation of the pronoun YOU, when it is followed by words beginning with A or O. When we pronounce these word combinations, we generally link the OO sound of YOU and the A or O vowel sound of the next word using a slight W sound. …
Shadowing For Fluency Practice – Flu Shots- New YouTube Lesson
New on YouTube! Shadowing Exercise 02 – Flu Shots Let’s try shadowing – This is my second shadowing lesson on YouTube! Shadowing is basically when you try to repeat what you are listening to while you are listening to it. In other words, speak the words you hear as you listen to them. This exercise has two sections. First the …
New on YouTube! Words Ending in ECTS – Natural American English Pronunciation Lesson
New on YouTube! In this lesson, we will look at the natural American English pronunciation of words with the ETCS spelling at the end of the word. The words are affects, connects, dialects, directs, effects, ejects, expects, insects, objects, protects, respects, and suspects.Are you ready? Let’s check it out! I hope you like this lesson…if you do, please take a …
YouTube Lesson – Shifting Stress For Different Parts Of Speech – English Pronunciation
New on YouTube! Let’s continue talking about Natural American English Pronunciation. In this lesson, we will look at the pronunciation of words that shift their stress depending on which part of speech they are. The words in this lesson are: address/address, compete/competition, define/definition, estimate/estimation, invite/invitation, present/present, produce/product, rebel/rebel, record/record, signify/significant, specify/specific, and suspect/suspect. Let’s check it out! Click the CC …
Adding The Suffix IC to Nouns Shifts The Stress – English Pronunciation
Adding the suffix IC to nouns, shifts the stress of the word to the syllable just before the suffix IC. This is a good tip to know to help improve your pronunciation of these words. In this lesson, we’ll look at: academy/academic, alcohol/alcoholic, allergy/allergic, atom/atomic, drama/dramatic, economy/economic, gymnast/gymnastic, icon/iconic, magnet/magnetic, melody/melodic, romance/romantic, strategy/strategic, and symbol/symbolic I hope you like this …
New YouTube Lesson: Was Able To – Natural American English Pronunciation
New on YouTube! In this lesson, we will look at the natural American English pronunciation of: BE ABLE TO. English lessons like this one are helpful for both pronunciation and listening, because this is how native speakers really speak in daily conversation. Here are the Key Sentences: I was able to find it→ I wuh-zable-tuh fine-dit I wasn’t able to …