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Teaching & Academics Language English Pronunciation

The Rhythm of English

How to Sound as Smooth as a Native Speaker
Hot & New
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (59 ratings)
9,330 students
Created by Sheila Lebedenko
Last updated 2/2021
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • the native rhythm of American English

Requirements

  • vowels, consonants, word stress

Description

Maybe you've worked on your vowels and consonants, but you still don't sound as smooth as a native speaker?  Sounding choppy and stressing every word is the surest way to have people tune you out.  Learn the secrets of smooth English, in detail, from this passionate instructor.  This course is her labor of love.   Learn the nature of English stress, how to energize and de-energize a syllable, which words to stress, how to stress them, what do do with words we don't stress and all sorts of tools for de-stressing a word, including reductions, contractions, linking and blending.  You'll even learn how to identify and produce the different types of T, which can make or break your rhythm.  This course has more detail than any other course on rhythm.   You'll learn how to connect past tense words to the next word and how to make "an" sound natural in front of a noun.  You'll learn the pronunciation difference between "built in 1990" and "built-in hot tub."  Lessons are varied so you won't get bored.  Pictures, stories and poems help illustrate the lessons.  Practice the lessons by listening to and repeating sentences over and over with the repetition audio recordings in the resource sections.  Repetition practice improves your listening and observation skills while it hones your muscle memory.   Print out the written material for note taking and guiding yourself through the practice audio.  This course can be taken in conjunction with Word Stress and either of the courses on vowels or consonants.   What are you waiting for?

Who this course is for:

  • all levels of English learners

Course content

8 sections • 32 lectures • 4h 55m total length

  • Preview01:09

  • Foundations of English Rhythm
    03:23
  • What to Stress
    15:53
  • How to Stress
    11:16
  • How to Squeeze Function Words
    10:16
  • Rhythm Review So Far
    13:18

  • Function Word Reduction Overview
    16:17
  • Reducing Can
    08:28
  • Reducing Have & Has
    08:05
  • Preview12:31
  • Reducing Prepositions
    19:04
  • Preview07:39

  • Preview08:04
  • Will Contractions
    07:27
  • Would Contractions
    05:34
  • Have & Has Contractions
    08:31
  • Future Perfect Contractions
    05:50
  • Future Perfect Progressive Contractions
    13:39
  • Had Contractions
    07:40
  • Negative Contractions
    06:36

  • Part 1: Linking Same Consonants
    07:01
  • Part 2: Linking Different Consonants
    07:54
  • Park 3: Linking Consonant to Vowel
    09:32
  • Part 4: Trick Linking - T&D
    09:53
  • Linking-part 5- Linking Long Vowel to Vowel
    09:43
  • Linking-part 6-Linking Short Vowel to Vowel
    05:22
  • Linking-part 7: Linking Review
    08:32

  • Part 1: Tricky T- Clear T, Held T, TN, NT
    14:18
  • Part 2: Tricky T- Fast D (Flap D)
    05:46

  • What is Blending?
    11:38
  • More Blending Practice
    08:14

  • Poem "Roses are Red"
    06:37

Instructor

Sheila Lebedenko
Smooth English
Sheila Lebedenko
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 147 Reviews
  • 12,013 Students
  • 6 Courses

Sheila has been coaching accent reduction for over 15 years.  She holds a master's degree in teaching ESL from the University of Illinois and is the owner of Smooth English.  She lives in Silicon Valley where she teaches private English lessons in person or on Zoom.  She has students in a variety of professions from all over the world. She has always had a love for the sound of English and values great diction in speakers.

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