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American English Pronunciation Videos

Welcome back! Have you checked out my Accent Reduction classes yet? I found some interesting American English pronunciation videos developed by Sozo Exchange. These are pronunciation videos of individual English words.  First they model the articulation of the word and then they use the word in a sentence.
At this time only a few of the videos [...]

Learning Tip-Listen for English Pronunciation Patterns

One accent reduction technique that I recommend to the students in my accent reduction classes is to listen for the syllable stress, sentence stress and intonation patterns used by American English speakers.
You must practice listening to these patterns in order to use them like American English speakers do.
Learning to use syllable stress, sentence stress and [...]

English Pronunciation Audio and Video

BBC Learning English is a fantastic multimedia site that you can use to learn English pronunciation. Of course the accents in the audio and video samples are British but many of the rules for spoken English such as the schwa sound, voicing, linking and consonant clusters apply to American spoken English as well.

English Pronunciation Videos

I finally took a closer look at the American English pronunciation videos created by the people at Fun Easy English. I had come across these on the web many times but I never took the time to check out the site.
I was really quite impressed with the number of video lessons they provide for American [...]

How to Pronounce English Videos

I just came across an interesting website site called Wonder How To. The site shows you how to pronounce English words and sounds using short videos. While these videos are not part of a comprehensive accent redcution program, they can be used as useful models when you want to see and hear English words and [...]

Pronounce English Blog with Videos

I just came across this blog called Pronounce English that you can use to practice speaking English. There are some nice short videos where the teacher, Vicky, demonstrates how to pronounce North American English vowel and consonant sounds.

Learn American English Pronunciation Using Obama’s Speeches

Across Japan students have been using the speeches of President Barack Obama to improve their English communication skills. They are using the speeches to learn the intonation of American English. Watch the short video here. 
Students Practice American English Pronunciation

Rachel’s English-A Pronunciation Blog

I just came across this incredible resource called Rachel’s English. The pronunciation content on this site is very rich because Rachel provides two short videos that describe and model each vowel and consonant sound in American English. This is a great resource for people who want to work on specific American English vowel and consonant [...]

Foreign Accent Syndrome Victims Speak with a New Accent

There have been many stories in the news lately about Foreign Accent Syndrome.
Foreign Accent Syndrome is when someone suddenly and involuntarily begins speaking with a new and foreign accent. This sometimes occurs after a stroke or head injury and it can be upsetting to the victim’s identity.
Click below to see the video of one [...]

Sung Yuri’s English Job Interview

Sung Yu Ri is a young Korean singer and actress famous for her roles in the productions One Fine Day and the Snow Queen. In this hilarious video she shows her sense of humor by acknowledging the difficulties Korean speakers have with the English sounds /r/ and /l/.