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One of the biggest differences between how American English native speakers and language learners sound has to do with the vowels or consonants we use. The reality: we often struggle to feel natural adding the elements we need to use in our pronunciation, especially when it comes to pronouncing vowels and consonants like native speakers. We're going to talk about phenomena like dark L, fast D, silent T, and other elements found in native speaker speech to understand why they occurWelcome...
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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...
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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...
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