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HOW TO SPEAK WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT: 105 CRITICAL WORDS YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Learn the 105 most important vocabulary words! Over the next 30 days you will master some of the most important vocabulary in American English. 30-DAY CHALLENGE SIGN UP FORM 2021 30-day Vocabulary Challenge Sign up to get the PDF download Email Address I consent to receive information about services and special offers by email. Website SPEAKING ENGLISH ||| GET THE RESULTS YOU NEED FROM A Tagged With: AND Reduction, FOR Reduction, Gonna, Real Life English Speaking English is fun and easy with this real-life American English video! You’ll come along with me as I play a game with my family and

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ENGLISH: HOW TO PRONOUNCE UH AS IN BOOK OR PUSH VOWEL English has eleven different vowels. It’s important to know the correct mouth position so you can get the vowel right: study this vowel with illustrations and up close, slow motion speech. Sample words: Could, book, firewood, sugar, childhood, woman. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Video Text: In this American English pronunciation video, we’re LEARN ENGLISH WITH MOVIES YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. This is my time-tested method for using movie clips (and, really, any snippet of conversation will do) to analyze and practice how to sound more like a DARK L VS. OH: EMAIL VS. EMAI-OH Video Text: In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over the difference in the Dark L and the ending OH sound. Many non-native speakers from various language backgrounds, for example, those in Brazil, Vietnam, and China, have a hard time with

the Dark L sound.

ENGLISH: HOW TO PRONOUNCE UH AS IN BUTTER VOWEL English has eleven different vowels. It’s important to know the correct mouth position so you can get the vowel right: study this vowel with illustrations and up close, slow motion speech. Sample words: Sometimes, money, above, untie, uphill, fun. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Video Text: In this American English pronunciation video, HOW TO MAKE THE 'QU' SOUND Video Text: Today I want to work on the ‘qu’ consonant cluster, that is, the ‘kk’ as in ‘cap’ with the ‘ww’ as in ‘will’ W sound. I know that some people have difficulties with HOME PAGE - RACHEL'S ENGLISHVIDEO CATEGORIESLESSONSPODCASTABOUTCONTACTRESOURCES Welcome to Rachel’s English! A resource for ESL students and teachers. Over 400 free videos on American English Pronunciation and spoken English – click ‘Videos’ in the menu.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

This is an in-depth pronunciation guide to the 10 most common words in the English language. You'll learn accurate, natural pronunciation of

each word

HOW TO SPEAK WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT: 105 CRITICAL WORDS YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Learn the 105 most important vocabulary words! Over the next 30 days you will master some of the most important vocabulary in American English. 30-DAY CHALLENGE SIGN UP FORM 2021 30-day Vocabulary Challenge Sign up to get the PDF download Email Address I consent to receive information about services and special offers by email. Website SPEAKING ENGLISH ||| GET THE RESULTS YOU NEED FROM A Tagged With: AND Reduction, FOR Reduction, Gonna, Real Life English Speaking English is fun and easy with this real-life American English video! You’ll come along with me as I play a game with my family and

meet my parents.

ENGLISH: HOW TO PRONOUNCE UH AS IN BOOK OR PUSH VOWEL English has eleven different vowels. It’s important to know the correct mouth position so you can get the vowel right: study this vowel with illustrations and up close, slow motion speech. Sample words: Could, book, firewood, sugar, childhood, woman. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Video Text: In this American English pronunciation video, we’re LEARN ENGLISH WITH MOVIES YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. This is my time-tested method for using movie clips (and, really, any snippet of conversation will do) to analyze and practice how to sound more like a DARK L VS. OH: EMAIL VS. EMAI-OH Video Text: In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over the difference in the Dark L and the ending OH sound. Many non-native speakers from various language backgrounds, for example, those in Brazil, Vietnam, and China, have a hard time with

the Dark L sound.

ENGLISH: HOW TO PRONOUNCE UH AS IN BUTTER VOWEL English has eleven different vowels. It’s important to know the correct mouth position so you can get the vowel right: study this vowel with illustrations and up close, slow motion speech. Sample words: Sometimes, money, above, untie, uphill, fun. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Video Text: In this American English pronunciation video, HOW TO MAKE THE 'QU' SOUND Video Text: Today I want to work on the ‘qu’ consonant cluster, that is, the ‘kk’ as in ‘cap’ with the ‘ww’ as in ‘will’ W sound. I know that some people have difficulties with

R + L EXERCISES

Video Text: I’ve recently done a video to help you understand the difference between the R and the L consonant sounds. In this video, you will get the opportunity to practice those sounds. You will hear a word pair, and then you will be given time to repeat the word pair. When you are repeating the words, you will see a photo of either the R or the L consonant sound. THE BOOK IS HERE!!!! I’m so happy to announce, that after months of hard work, my eBook, American English Pronunciation, is finally available! The book, which includes 2 and a half hours of audio, is priced at just $37. Get it today: the Rachel’s English guide to sounding American, American English Conversation! Rachel’s new eBook, American English

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LEARN THE IPA

If you’re not familiar with the IPA, this video will help you get used to the symbols we use to represent the consonant sounds of American English. YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. Video Text: Let’s take a look at the letter T. It can be silent, like in the word ‘fasten’, it SPEAKING ENGLISH ||| GET THE RESULTS YOU NEED FROM A Tagged With: AND Reduction, FOR Reduction, Gonna, Real Life English Speaking English is fun and easy with this real-life American English video! You’ll come along with me as I play a game with my family and

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INTRO TO LINKING

Video Text: Today I simply want to introduce the concept of linking. I’ve had my blog for almost two years now, and have yet to explicitly mention this in a video as a topic. It’s high time. If everything else is pronounced correctly: stress, the particular sounds of a word, but words are not linked together, it will still sound pretty strange to native speakers.

THE FLAP T!

That tree is so pretty. It’s a beautiful spring day here in New York, and we’re going to talk a little bit about the flap T. Pretty. The T’s here are a flap T because it comes between two vowels, and the T is not starting a stressed syllable. Pretty, pretty. So, you may want to pronounce it as a true T, tttt, pretty, pretty, but most Americans will make this a flap T, it smooths out the HOW TO MAKE THE 'QU' SOUND Video Text: Today I want to work on the ‘qu’ consonant cluster, that is, the ‘kk’ as in ‘cap’ with the ‘ww’ as in ‘will’ W sound. I know that some people have difficulties with

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