You Don't Get (Excited/Angry/Sad) Enough To Sound American
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One of the biggest differences between how American English native speakers and language learners sound may be how we are using our pitches and intonation, especially when it comes to expressing emotion! More specifically, our relationship between high and low pitches, and how we move across them, can have a huge impact on how we sound. Let's do some exercises to practice expressing emotion in American English.Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes...
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