Welcome back! Have you checked out my Accent Reduction classes yet? WOW! This week many people have emailed to ask me to explain the English schwa vowel sound. This vowel sound is found in both American and British English and it is the most common sound in the English language.
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The Importance of the Schwa Sound
IPA for American English
Many of you have written and asked me questions about the IPA and how to read phonetic transcriptions of English words.
I did some searching on the web and found this page from the Antimoon site. The page shows you how to read and write phonetic transcriptions. Each word and transcription has an audio recording using [...]
Learn the Rhythms of Spoken English with American Accent Training
One of the best books for learning and practicing the rhythms of spoken American English is Ann Cook’s American Accent Training. The book includes 5 CDs. You can read the reviews of this best selling book here American Accent Training
Accent Reduction Books & Audio Courses
Students who are really motivated to improve the way they speak English should invest in some training. One way to do this is to buy an Accent Reduction or American English pronunciation book with CD’s. There are several books with CD’s that are very affordable.
Here are some of the most popular choices:
1. For people who [...]
Free American English Audio
This is a nice, clean webiste that you can use to listen to and repeat American English words. I like the audio on this site because it’s easy to hear the syllable stress and the schwa sound in reduced syllables.
The site has both audio and video.
American English Audio
American English Pronunciation-The Letter O
The vowel O has many sounds in American English. It can be confusing to know the correct pronunciation of this vowel.
I can think of five different pronunciations for the vowel O, but there could be even more. Here are my five examples:
1. In these words the O is pronounced as a schwa sound /ə/: love, [...]
Free Spoken English Audio Website
I discovered a website with tons of free American English audio. The website is called Englishspeak.com and it has 100 dialogs, 1000 phrases and the 1500 most common English vocabulary words. You can listen to the audio files using slow or normal speed. This is a great resource that everyone should add to their bookmarks!
http://www.englishspeak.com/
American English Audio Course
If you are looking for an affordable American English audio course you may want to check out the short course offered by Accent Workshop. The course contains eight mp3 audio lessons with workbooks that you can use to study American English pronunciation at home or on the go.
I have not personally used the course but [...]
Pimsleur Language Learning Courses
A couple of you have emailed me to ask my opinion of the Pimsleur American English audio course. The Pimsleur method is based on listening and speaking to help you learn grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation in a natural way.
I have not used the course to learn English but I just got the Complete Spanish Course [...]
