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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
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 09/25/24
Today, we look at exactly how many pitches Americans use in their speech, and see what it sounds like if we don't have enough!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.See all our Wake Up American videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLti...
Published 09/24/24
Check out our pronunciation textbook, available in print, ebook, and audiobook: www.fluentamerican.comOne of the biggest differences between how American English native speakers and language learners sound has to do with vowel sounds...even those that exist across languagesThe reality: we often struggle to feel natural adding the elements we need to use in our pronunciation, especially when it comes to what we do with our mouth. Specifically, we cannot often apply our first language's&n...
Published 09/23/24
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.Find mp3 ver...
Published 09/20/24
Watch the video here: https://youtube.com/live/K7vQ9E-Z-HkOne of the biggest differences between how American English native speakers and language learners sound has to do with lip positionsThe reality: we often struggle to feel natural adding the elements we need to use in our pronunciation, especially when it comes to what we do with our mouth. Specifically, we cannot often apply our first language's system onto a second language.Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Frida...
Published 09/19/24
If you are an English learner, you may be surprised to hear that you actually speak faster than Americans do in many situations.Let's see if that's the case for you as we discuss speed/pace in American English pronunciationWelcome 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 ...
Published 09/18/24
Are your vowels fine...until the moment you add consonants in American English? This American English pronunciation test will let you know!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. low/law/Lee/lay/lieuso/saw/see/say/sueno/gnaw/knee/neigh/ne...
Published 09/17/24
How taking classes actually hurt your goalsWelcome 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 09/13/24