The Center for Confident American English Communication

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

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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. Related posts Sung Yuri’s English Job Interview (0) Rachel’s English-A Pronunciation Blog (0) Pronouncing t & th

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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 Related posts American English Pronunciation Videos (0) Vowel Sounds in American English (0) Use Idioms

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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

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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/. Related posts Accent Reduction Tips for Korean

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