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American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.Find a video...
Published 11/21/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate how to pronounce the suffix -ment at the end of words in American English#fluentamerican #wakeupamerican #americanenglish❗❗❗❗❗❗JOIN our channel to get access to our Pronunciation Grou...
Published 11/20/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate how to change the quality of your voice through firmness and softness#fluentamerican #wakeupamerican #americanenglish❗❗❗❗❗❗JOIN our channel to get access to our Pronunciation Group on...
Published 11/19/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate difference between TR and CH sounds in American English#fluentamerican #wakeupamerican #americanenglish❗❗❗❗❗❗JOIN our channel to get access to our Pronunciation Group on Telegram, whe...
Published 11/18/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate what it means to be stress-timed and how that affects your pronunciation in American English#fluentamerican #wakeupamerican #americanenglish❗❗❗❗❗❗JOIN our channel to get access to our...
Published 11/15/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate techniques to make /i/ vowel more natural in American English pronunciation#fluentamerican #wakeupamerican #americanenglish❗❗❗❗❗❗JOIN our channel to get access to our Pronunciation Gr...
Published 11/14/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate techniques to make your storytelling more evocative and expressive in American EnglishJOIN our channel to get access to our Pronunciation Group on Telegram, where you receive feedback...
Published 11/12/24
American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.Support the ...
Published 11/11/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate ways to prepare your listener for what you are about to say in EnglishCatch the video version here: https://youtube.com/live/rmt88Jjd4gQSupport the show
Published 11/06/24
American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.Support the ...
Published 11/02/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we demonstrate a quick exercise to practice linking and breath flow in American English#fluentamerican #wakeupamerican #americanenglishSupport the show
Published 11/01/24
Today we demonstrate an exercise that turns one sentence into a variety of pronunciation exercisesWelcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.#fluentamerican #wakeupamerican #americanenglish Support the show
Published 10/29/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we are going to look at the /OU/ or "oh" sound in American EnglishTry our American English shadowing Youtube channel! www.youtube.com/@fluentamericanshadowingSupport the show
Published 10/28/24
Download a podcast/audio/mp3 of many videos at https://www.fluentamerican.com/podcastWelcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we are going to look at how to use repetition in American English pronunciationMore practice: https://youtube.com...
Published 10/25/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today we are going to look at how to use pitch in American English pronunciationMore practice: https://youtube.com/live/qZvTdTb6LdMTry our American English shadowing Youtube channel! www.youtube.com/@flue...
Published 10/24/24
American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.#fluentameri...
Published 10/22/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today, we revisit numbers one through tenSee all our Wake Up American videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtiqqlyRFk&list=PLlZ0dlSbrSXhtU6hvocUB69VuvfWZkgZuSupport the show
Published 10/21/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today, we look at the importance of breath in achieving a natural accent in American English pronunciationSee all our Wake Up American videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtiqqlyRFk&list=PLl...
Published 10/16/24
One immediate way to start sounding natural is to watch how you use consonants like R or L in American English, especially when practicing how to say words like“world", which we'll discuss with a look at r and l in different situations. The reality is many American English learners are missing the most common American English ways to pronounce the r and l in their own speech in a natural way, instead letting the consonants impact their vowel sounds. Let's show you some quick techniques will h...
Published 10/14/24
American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.Support the ...
Published 10/10/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today, we look at the importance of breath in achieving a natural accent in American English pronunciationSee all our Wake Up American videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtiqqlyRFk&list=PLl...
Published 10/08/24
Google LM is a notebook tool released relatively recently that has the ability to completely revolutionize language learning. By being able to create natural sounding audio around content that you dictate, it has never been easier to create, locate, and customize language you can use for your own language learning needs. Let's walk through some strategies we've already used with it and talk about future applications.Support the show
Published 10/07/24
When it comes to American English pronunciation there are so many aspects to consider at first glance. However, by mastering a few basic concepts, there are skills that can carry over to many other areas. Here are 5 skills I would practice every day to sound American.1) breath drills2) pitch drills3) intonation drills4) stress drillsWelcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through exa...
Published 10/03/24
Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.Today, we look at the TH sound in American English See all our Wake Up American videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtiqqlyRFk&list=PLlZ0dlSbrSXhtU6hvocUB69VuvfWZkgZu#wakeupamerican #fl...
Published 10/01/24