Schwa Mill: The American English Pronunciation Show

Today we demonstrate an exercise that turns one sentence into a variety of pronunciation exercises

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Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.

Today we are going to look at the /OU/ or "oh" sound in American English


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Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.

Today we are going to look at how to use repetition in American English pronunciation

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Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.

Today we are going to look at how to use pitch in American English pronunciation

More practice: https://youtube.com/live/qZvTdTb6LdM

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American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.


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Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.

Today, we revisit numbers one through ten

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Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.

Today, we look at the importance of breath in achieving a natural accent in American English pronunciation

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One immediate way to start sounding natural is to watch how you use consonants like R or L in American English, especially when practicing how to say words like“world", which we'll discuss with a look at r and l in different situations. The reality is many American English learners are missing the most common American English ways to pronounce the r and l in their own speech in a natural way, instead letting the consonants impact their vowel sounds. Let's show you some quick techniques will have you start sounding natural in American English pronunciation! 


Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.

Watch the video here: World: How To Say In American English (youtube.com)

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American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.

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Welcome to Wake Up American, where Monday through Friday, we spend a couple minutes on a challenging aspect of American English pronunciation and walk through examples to help you achieve a more natural sound the next time you speak in American English at work, at home, or out and about town.

Today, we look at the importance of breath in achieving a natural accent in American English pronunciation

See all our Wake Up American videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtiqqlyRFk&list=PLlZ0dlSbrSXhtU6hvocUB69VuvfWZkgZu

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