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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

Little red house. Crazy old man. Where do you put the stress in American English pronunciation? How does the pitch change? This Fluent American English pronunciation video takes a look at how stress and pitch change in different types of three word groups, which are extremely common in English!This quick Fluent American English pronunciation video shows the use of tag questions in American English. Specifically, we'll be looking at English intonation patterns in tag questions to sh...

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.The full vid...

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...

I get it--when learning a language, we want to pronounce phrases in a way that sounds natural and feels natural.However, what feels and sounds natural to us is influenced by our first language.So sometimes, even if we say something right, we may not fully understand why it's right.With that in mind, I think we need to re-evaluate the VALUE we put on correct sounds and more on understanding what makes them sound so naturalWelcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a cou...

Fluent English and 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 diffe...

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.The exercises are taken from our Telegram group, where we provide daily pronunciation corrections to make sure you have a couple of minutes of practice and feedback from native speakers every day.See more...

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 to understand how they sound.Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple...

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 video v...

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, but not in the way you may expect.The reality: we often struggle to feel natural adding the elements we need to use in our pronunciation, especially when it comes to joining words together in a sentence with American English contractions. So, let's study how to link words in American English with contractionsWelcome to Wake Up American, where ...

In any language, there will come a time when you need to give your phone number; are you ready if that happens in American English? Let's go over some key tips to saying your phone number in a natural American English accentWelcome 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...

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...

I used to think adults struggled with pronunciation because they are older. I now realize that the issue is not age, but time. Let me explain.One of the biggest differences between how American English native speakers and language learners sound has less to do with the vowels or consonants we use or the words we stress but the time we've spent with the language. . The reality: we often struggle to find consistent ways to study, and even when we do, our strategies tend to be safe and comfortab...

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...

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.One of the b...

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...

Download an mp3/podcast version of videos at www.fluentamerican.com/podcastOne of the biggest differences between how American English native speakers and language learners sound has to do not only with the vowels or consonants we use, but with how LONG we pronounce words. Instead, if we focus more on the amount of air we allow to pass through and pitch we use, and know when to drag sounds versus end them, we can achieve a much more natural soundWelcome to Wake Up American, where Monday throu...

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 video v...