Accent Training Podcast

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Josh is an American accent coach and founder of Boost Up English. He has spent the last 10 years living in Colombia, and is here to share his experiences and guidance to strengthen your speech skills!

Get in contact with Josh through LinkedIn or Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/accentcoachboostupenglish/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/americanaccentcoach/

Work with Josh through his Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/americanaccentcoach

Check out Josh's Youtube Channel here to keep learning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AICUQappZcU

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"Feel" and "Fill" have distinct sounds to American ears which most non-native English speakers do not know about.

"Feel" sounds like "FEE yuhl" when pronounced slowly. "Fill" sounds like "Fiiuhl", and does not make any "Y" sound.

Today's episode will break this concept down for you, and provide you with guidance to evolve your English sound.

To better understand Y glide Diphthongs, check out these podcast episodes:
Y Glide Diphthongs Part 1
Y Glide Diphthongs Part 2

Work on Dark L Sounds Here
Dark L Sounds

Practice your Y Glide + Dark L Sounds together here
Isle, Aise, Island

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The word "Figure" can be pronounced "FIG yer" or "FIG er" depending on your preference. Personally, I say "FIG yer", and I invite you to practice both with me to see what suits you best!

Once you understand how to pronounce "Figure", put it to work with 10 different figures of speech to see that you adjust your sound naturally!

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"Further" is used for theoretical progress, while "Farther" refers to a distance which can be measured physically.

Today's episode focuses on clearly pronouncing  "Further" and "Farther", along with a pop-quiz to make sure you can identify each confidently.

Want to work on your schwa + R sounds? Check out Episode #097 next!

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You may be just fine, but if your English needs a tune-up, here it is! Express your feelings with more colourful words than "I'm fine" by listening along and pushing yourself to use new vocabulary!

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In school, most English learners learn to respond "I'm fine" to the question, "How are you?"
This word choice isn't an issue, however your intonation may be enhanced if you slightly change your tone. 

Listen on in to find out how!

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Here's just a quick episode to breakdown a couple of common words that I notice students hesitate with every day.
The "A" sound in Nature is different from the "A" sound in Natural.
Listen on in to find out exactly how!

Check out this episode to work on your Tense A.
Check out this episode to work on your Wide A.

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Not all languages make the same distinction between W and V that English does. For this reason, the W and V sounds made by English speakers may no be clearly heard by non-native English speakers.

If this difficulty concerns yourself, consider this minimal pair exercise, and see an immense change in your spoken English muscle memory!

Follow along with these minimal pairs:
West v Vest  |  Went v Vent  |  While v Vile  |  Worst v Versed 

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