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Sentence Stress in American English-Using Content, Focus & Function Words
When Americans talk they stress the CONTENT and FOCUS words in a sentence or phrase because these words are integral to the meaning of the sentence. Americans reduce the function words in a sentence because these words are not key to meaning.
Continue reading...Voiced and Voiceless Sounds in American English
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
When you are speaking English it is important to recognize the difference between voiced sounds and voiceless sounds. A voiced sound causes your vocal chords to vibrate. A voiceless sound does not cause your vocal chords to vibrate. American English has about 15 voiced consonant sounds and 9 voiceless consonant sounds. All of the vowel sounds are voiced.
Continue reading...Linking in American English Pronunciation
Thursday, July 2, 2009
American English speakers use linking to join words together so that they are easy to say and flow together smoothly. It often sounds like people are saying one long word since they don't leave spaces between words. Here are 2 common types of linking that we use in spoken American English.
Continue reading...American English Intonation Patterns
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Perhaps you have heard people say that intonation creates the music of spoken American English. That's because English speakers use different types of intonation or pitch patterns in sentences and phrases.
Continue reading...Syllable Stress in American English
Thursday, July 2, 2009
In English words one syllable always pronounced with more emphasis than the other syllables. The vowel in the stressed syllable is lengthened and clear. We call this emphasis syllable stress. Learning to use syllable stress is one of the very best ways to improve your English pronunciation.
Continue reading...Reduce Your Accent with an Accent Assessment
Friday, May 15, 2009
Many people realize that their foreign accent keeps Americans from understanding them when they speak English, but they don't know exactly what their pronunciation problems are. That's how an Accent Assessment can help you.
Continue reading...American English Pronunciation Tip-Use Idioms
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Every language has idioms and these often use everyday words to describe a message with a hidden meaning. In this lesson I describe three idioms that are commonly used in conversational American English.
Continue reading...The Schwa Sound in American English
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
In order to improve your American English pronunciation it is critical that you learn to use the schwa sound. In this short article I will explain what the schwa sound is and why using the schwa will improve your accent.
Continue reading...How to Pronounce the Past Tense “ed” in American English
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Correct pronunciation of grammatical endings is extremely important for correct pronunciation. In American English the past tense "ed" has three different sounds. These sounds are: /d/ as in the word "loved", /ed/ as in the word "wanted" and /t/ as in the word "stopped".
Continue reading...American English Pronunciation: The Sounds of C & S
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Since English is not a phonetic language there is not always a one-on-one relationship between the letters in the English alphabet and spoken sounds. This can cause problems when you want to pronounce English words. The 26 letters in the English (Roman) alphabet make more than 26 spoken sounds.
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