Welcome back! Have you checked out my Accent Reduction classes yet? Several of the students that I am coaching have trouble hearing the ed that comes at the end of past tense verbs. One reason why they are having this problems is that ed does not always sound like /ed/. Sometimes ed sounds like /d/ [...]
Posts Tagged ‘linking’
Linking in American English
American English speakers use linking to join words toegether so that they are easy to say and flow together smoothly. It often sounds like people are saying one long word since they are no spaces between words.
Here are 2 common types of linking in American spoken English.
Consonant to vowel linking
When words that end in a [...]
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.
