The Complete Guide to American English Pronunciation

Name: The Complete Guide to American English Pronunciation
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All 38 key sounds of American English made easy

Created byGreg Morris

Last updated 3/2022

English

What you'll learn

Pronounce accurately all 38 important sounds of American English
Learn American English spelling rules
Learn the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols for each sound
Learn proper location of articulators for each sound

Course content

19 sections • 84 lectures • 8h 29m total length

Introduction3:36

Sounds #1 [pʰ] & #2 [b]1:17
Learn to pronounce Sounds #1 [pʰ] & #2 [b].
The Spelling of the [pʰ] & [b] Sounds0:53
Learn the different ways to spell the [pʰ] & [b] sounds.
What could go wrong: park vs bark12:24
Learn how to pronounce [pʰ] correctly at the beginning of a word so that it doesn't sound like [b]. This lesson is especially useful for students whose first language uses [p]. Such languages include Arabic and Spanish.
What could go wrong: pan vs fan16:42
Practice distinguishing the [pʰ] and the [f] sounds at the beginning of words.

Sounds #3 [tʰ] & #4 [d]2:57
Learn to pronounce [tʰ] as in: take, sent, ten, gentle
Learn to pronounce [d] as in: date, student, do, hard
The Spelling of the [tʰ] and [d] Sounds0:43
Learn the various ways to spell the [t] and [d] sounds.
What could go wrong: tie vs die11:34
Learn to distinguish the [tʰ] from the [d] sound at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: hard vs heart11:35
When is a 't' not a 't': The Alveolar Flap9:40
Learn when to pronounce the alveolar flap [ɾ].
When is a 't' not a 't': The Glottal Stop6:23
Learn when to pronounce the glottal stop [ʔ].
Unreleased [t̚] and [d̚]4:00
Learn when to pronounce the unreleased [t̚] and [d̚].

Sound #7 [kʰ] and #8 [g]1:34
Learn to pronounce the [kʰ] sound as in Car, Chemical, Recorder, and Book.
Learn to pronounce the [g] sound as in Gas, Eggs, Dog, and Cigar.
Spelling the [kʰ] and [g] sounds2:39
Learn the various ways to spell the [kʰ] and [g] sounds.
What could go wrong: Coat vs Goat10:14
Learn to pronounce the [kʰ] and [g] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Muck vs Mug13:25
Learn to pronounce the [kʰ] and [g] sounds correctly at the end of words.
Unreleased [k] and [g]5:28
Learn when to pronounce the unreleased [k̚] and [ɡ̚].

Sound #9) [ʧ] and #10) [ʤ]1:57
Learn to pronounce [tʃ] as in Chair, Teacher, Picture, and March.
Learn to pronounce [dʒ] as in Judge, Bridge, Page, and July.
Spelling the [tʃ] and [dʒ] sounds1:33
Learn the various ways to spell the [tʃ] and [dʒ] sounds.
What could go wrong: Chips vs Ships14:21
What could go wrong: Chips vs Sips14:57
What could go wrong: Lunch vs Lunge11:29
Learn to pronounce the [tʃ] and [dʒ] sounds correctly at the end of words.
What could go wrong: Jack vs Zack12:49
Learn to pronounce the [dʒ] and [z] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Gel vs Yell10:58
Learn to pronounce the [dʒ] and [j] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Legion vs Lesion10:05
Learn to pronounce the [dʒ] and [ʒ] sounds correctly in the middle of words.

Sounds #11 [f] and #12 [v]1:35
Learn to pronounce the [f] sound as in Farmer, Affirm, Phone, and laugh.
Learn to pronounce the [v] sound as in Very, Give, Live, and Seven.
Spelling the [f] and [v] sounds2:25
Learn the various ways to spell the [f] and [v] sounds.
What could go wrong: Serve vs Surf14:37
What could go wrong: Boat vs Vote13:47
Learn to pronounce the [b] and [v] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Wary vs Very10:35
Learn to pronounce the [w] and [v] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.

Sounds #13 [θ] and #14 [ð]5:49
Learn to pronounce the [θ] sound as in Thanks, Thursday, Bath, and North.
Learn to pronounce the [ð] sound as in The, This, Bathe, and Weather.
Spelling the [θ] and [ð] sounds3:04
What could go wrong: Tanks vs Thanks11:24
Learn to pronounce the [t] and [θ] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Thinking vs Sinking14:44
Learn to pronounce the [θ] and [s] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Oaf vs Oath11:52
Learn to pronounce the [f] and [θ] sounds correctly at the end of words.
What could go wrong: Day vs They12:28
Learn to pronounce the [d] and [ð] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: These vs Zees13:25
Learn to pronounce the [ð] and [z] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Clothe vs Clove7:53
Learn to distinguish the [ð] and the [v] sound in all environments.
What could go wrong: Then vs Len14:57
Learn to pronounce the [ð] and [l] sounds correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Teeth vs Teethe11:18
Learn to pronounce the [θ] and [ð] sounds correctly at the end of words.

Sounds #15 [s] and #16 [z]1:46
Learn to pronounce the [s] sound as in See, This, Lesson, and Tapes.
Learn to pronounce the [z] sound as in Zero, Rose, Blows, and Dozen.
Spelling the [s] and [z] sounds2:38
Learn the various ways to spell the [s] and [z] sounds.
What could go wrong: Sip vs Chip15:12
Learn to distinguish the [s] and [tʃ] sounds in all environments.
What could go wrong: Gas vs Gash17:40
Learn to distinguish the [s] and [ʃ] sounds in all environments.
What could go wrong: Saw vs Thaw15:26
Learn to distinguish the [s] from the [θ] in all environments.
What could go wrong: Steam vs Esteem10:43
Learn to pronounce the [s] sound correctly at the beginning of words.
What could go wrong: Eyes vs Ice10:14
Learn to pronounce the [z] and [s] sounds correctly at the end of words.
What could go wrong: Composer vs Composure9:14
Learn to pronounce the [z] and [ʒ] sounds correctly in all environments.
What could go wrong: Teethe vs Tease11:34
Learn to distinguish the [ð] from the [z] in all environments.

Requirements

Basic Literacy

Description

Is English not your first language? Are people constantly asking you to repeat yourself? Do you want to advance in your career or business, but you feel like your foreign accent is holding you back?

Then this course is for you.

Hi. We hope you choose the complete guide to American English pronunciation. In it, I’ll take you through all 38 important sounds of American English, one at a time, to help you better pronounce each one. Each sound is produced for you to mimic, alone and in sample words, and illustrated with an animated mouth diagram where applicable. Then learn American English spelling rules for each sound. Also learn the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for each sound.

Then, you further practice the sound next to other similar sounds. For this we use minimal pairs--These are pairs of words that have one sound distinct in them, for example: pin / fin, tanks / thanks, bad / bat. In these lessons, we’ll focus on how to make each word in the pair sound distinct and correct. Each lesson ends in a test to make sure that you can hear the difference between each pair of words. All this to help you to learn to pronounce American English more like a native speaker. Give it a go…

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to improve their English pronunciation

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 4min

Sounds #1 [pʰ] & #2 [b]4 lectures • 31min

Sound #3 [tʰ] & #4 [d]7 lectures • 47min

Sound #7 [kʰ] and #8 [g]5 lectures • 33min

Sound #9) [ʧ] and #10) [ʤ]8 lectures • 1hr 18min

Sounds #11 [f] and #12 [v]5 lectures • 43min

Sounds #13 [θ] and #14 [ð]10 lectures • 1hr 47min

Sounds #15 [s] and #16 [z]9 lectures • 1hr 34min

#17) [ʃ] Ship, nation, should, push #18) [ʒ] Pleasure, measure, usual, garage5 lectures • 40min

Sound #19) [h] have, he, how, hot3 lectures • 13min

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