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American English Accent Course
Introduction
Our Experiences with Accent (1:41)
Getting Started
Step 1: The Advantages of Sounding Native
Step 2: Record Yourself to Track Progress (6:45)
Step 3: Find Someone To Correct You
5 Foundations of a Good Accent
Reduced Forms and Glottal Stops
How to Create a Glottal Stop
Syllable Stress
Word Stress
Contractions
Vowel Sounds
Introduction to Vowels
Schwa ə - Creation + Middle of Words (6:17)
Schwa ə - Disappearing Vowels! (7:19)
Vowel U + Minimal pairs [ʊ] vs. [u:]: Would vs. Wooed, Look vs. Luke, Stood vs. Stewed (6:04)
Vowel A + Minimal pairs [ɛ] vs. [æ]: Bed vs. Bad / Men vs. Man / Said vs. Sad (5:54)
Vowel O + The difference between [ɑ] vs. {ɔ} (10:11)
Vowel I + Minimal pairs [I] vs. [i]: Heal vs. Hill / These vs. This / Keys vs. Kiss (5:34)
"Y"at the End of Words + "EE" (5:51)
Difficult Sounds
-ED Endings
"Th" sound (10:29)
Light L vs. Dark L (11:06)
R vs. H (for Brazilians!) (6:05)
Step 5: Resources for Listening
Voice Actors
Audiobooks
Podcasts
Ted Talks
Music
Bonus Lesson #1: Pronunciation of the 50 U.S. State Names
Step 1: Listen and Read (12:28)
Step 2: Listening Comprehension Quiz
Step 3: Syllable Stress Quiz
Bonus Lesson #2: Reductions in the song "Nobody's Perfect"
Nobody's Perfect - Song
Bonus Lesson #3: 100 Commonly Mispronounced Words in American English
Step 1: Listen and Read
Step 2: Listening Comprehension Quiz
Step 3: Submit Your Recording
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