Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice

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Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice episodes:

06.23.2024
Practice with fixed expressions
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Fixed expressions are little English phrases that native speakers use all the time. If I were in your shoes, I would learn lots of fixed expressions. For variety,...
06.16.2024
Practice with the 'dj' sound
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Practice with the DJ sound, as in “judge” and “ginger.” 1 - His travel agency has a large budget for advertising. 2 - Have you ever heard...
06.13.2024
Dessert Time at the ZooQuarium
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Here's a short poem to help you practice S, Z, and SH sounds. Dessert Time at the Zooquarium. A zebra sipped a milkshake. A serpent swam in cream. Hippos splashed...
06.09.2024
Mind Your Vs and Ws
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! English has V sounds and W sounds. But some languages only have one or the other. If your native language is missing one of these sounds, you...
05.26.2024
More reductions with 'and'
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Let's continue with English reductions where the pronunciation of the word "and" changes to ’n. Here’s another example: “She’s out and about, shopping at the mall,” changes to...
05.23.2024
Up 'n down, over 'n over: reductions with "and"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! English is full of reductions. We write “going to” but we say “gonna” for example. The conjunction “and” is often reduced to an /n/ sound. So “hot...
05.18.2024
Past tense of regular verbs - MORE PRACTICE NEEDED!
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Regular verbs in English add “ed” to show past tense. So “walk” becomes “walked”, “cook” becomes “cooked”, etc. There are three ways the “ed” can be pronounced....
05.12.2024
Consonant clusters with "R"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Final consonant clusters with "r" What's a consonant cluster? Simple: take the "r" sound, combine it with another consonant like "d", as in the word "yard" and you...
05.05.2024
Encounter with an alien part two
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! See the transcript for the text of part 2. Intro & Outro Music: La Pompe Du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Support the Show. You can...
04.30.2024
Encounter with an alien part one
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Click on the transcript link to read the text as you listen. Enjoy! Intro & Outro Music: La Pompe Du Trompe by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Support...
04.19.2024
Syncope, or throwing away an unneeded syllable
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Syncope (loss of unstressed vowels after a stressed syllable.) Example “chocolate” [CHAWK-uh-luht] becomes [CHAW-kluht] 1- I like to eat chocolate. [CHAW-kluht] 2- She visits her mother every...
04.18.2024
Water Worlds
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! One of the science podcasts I listen to regularly is Astronomy Cast hosted by Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay. In today’s lesson, you’ll hear a short...
04.12.2024
Cold calling Part One
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! The phone rings and it's a stranger trying to sell you something. This is part one of a multi-podcast series based on a real script. Have fun! Hi,...
03.29.2024
Linking Sounds Lesson 1: Y and W glides
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! This is the first in a series of lessons about connected speech. One of the ways in which we link syllables and words together is with "glides"...
03.21.2024
Practice with some fancy six-syllable words.
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Here are some sentences with six-syllable words. 1- In the 1960s people experimented with hallucinogenic drugs. 2- Covid 19 has resulted in the hospitalization of too many...
03.20.2024
Mini-podcast: A tough course
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Crazy English. We pronounce "ough" in too many ways... I thought microbiology was a tough course, but my professor was a thorough teacher. I studied hard throughout, and...
03.16.2024
Sentences about parachutes
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1- Do you think you know what a parachute looks like? 2- Guess what: There are tons of parachute types out there, and you probably don’t know...
03.12.2024
Types of Parachutes
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! What parachute types are there? Do you think you know what a parachute looks like? Guess what: There are tons of parachute types out there, and you...
02.20.2024
Collocations with "back"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1 - Gymnasts have broad, muscular backs. 2 - I worked in the garden all morning and now my back aches. 3 - He broke his back...
02.10.2024
PER-fect? Per-FECT? Both?
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! There are some words in English which change their meaning when you change the stress. Here’s an example: Perfect - free of mistakes, problems, errors. 1 -...
02.08.2024
Practice with reflexive verbs
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1 - I enjoyed myself when I visited Mexico. 2 - She hurt herself playing basketball. 3 - You’re working too hard. Don’t kill yourself! 4 -...
01.25.2024
Job Scams
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! The full text of this podcast along with additional information about job scams can be found on the US Federal Trade Commission website. Here are some sentences to...
01.20.2024
What's in a word? - Pain
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! There are many collocations in English using the word “pain”. Here are a few to practice with. 1) He immersed himself in the music and for a...
01.19.2024
Little Red Riding Hood - a retelling
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived with her mother in a small house at the edge of a big forest. The girl...
01.09.2024
What's in a word? - Exercise
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1) Our teacher gave us some grammar exercises for homework. 2) The translation exercises were difficult. 3) I do yoga exercises every morning. 4) His doctor recommended...
01.05.2024
What's in a word? - Extravagant
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1) We go to dinner at a fancy restaurant when we’re feeling extravagant. 2) Spending $200 on a pair of shoes seems extravagant to me. 3) She’s...
12.20.2023
Happy sentences to end 2023
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Some sentences with "happy": 1) He has a successful business with many happy customers. 2) Meeting you here in the airport was a happy accident. 3) The...
12.19.2023
Betty Botta (or Betty Botter)-- a well-known tongue twister
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Betty Botta bought some butter; “But,” said she, “this butter’s bitter! If I put it in my batter It will make my batter bitter. But a bit...
12.19.2023
Where's Molly (the cat)?
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Where's Molly? The cat? I don't know. Where have you looked? Did you check the bedroom? She's not in the bedroom. Did you look in the fridge? How would a cat...
12.16.2023
I went to an auction...
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! If you're not familiar with the word auction, A-U-C-T-I-O-N, I want you to stop this podcast, look at the notes, and go watch two parts of videos...
12.12.2023
Two tongue twisters with "L"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Here are two home-made tongue twisters featuring "L". Lazy Lucy left languid Larry lingering in Louisiana. Lucille’s lizard lives happily in her yellow bungalow. (Note to Turkish...
12.11.2023
I used to work for... - another mini podcast
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Today's mini-cast discusses these two sentences: I used to work for a big company, but after a few years I quit. Now I'm self-employed. If there's a sentence or...
12.09.2023
I could take the bus to work..
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Another mini-cast: the sentence to practice here is: "I could take the bus to work, but I'd rather walk." Listen carefully as always, and notice how words pronounced in...
12.08.2023
close analysis: To tell you the truth...
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Here's another podcast where I dig into exactly how I pronounce a single sentence: "To tell you the truth, I was surprised by his attitude." By the way: thank...
12.06.2023
The secret of "geldi' (for Turkish students of English)
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Note: the podcast recording is not identical to this short essay. But the topic is the same. Who knew? The "TH" sound in English does not exist in...
12.06.2023
Close analysis: I'm so tired of waiting...
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! This podcast contains a very close analysis of how I pronounce a few sentences: 1- I am so tired of waiting in the rain. 2- I'm so happy to...
11.30.2023
Arthur the Rat - listening practice
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! There was once a young rat named Arthur, who could never take the trouble to make up his mind. Whenever his friends asked him if he would...
11.30.2023
Barry's Adventure in Learning Turkish--Report after 1 month
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! No text. This podcast is my quick report on how my Turkish studies are going after one month. It's definitely an adventure. Intro & Outro Music: La...
11.07.2023
Nasal sounds in American English
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! English has three nasal sounds. They are “M” as in “mama”, “N” as in “nine”, and /ŋ/ - the ‘ing’ sound, as in “ring.” In making each...
11.05.2023
Learning Turkish - 1st Report
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! About a week ago I decided I would learn some Turkish. Why Turkish you might ask? And the answer is I don't really have a good reason....
11.05.2023
A short weather report
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Listen to the following weather report read by an A.I. (artificial intelligence produced) voice. I'll play it twice and then I'll record the same report. Listen to...
10.25.2023
Collocations with make. Meet Hannah
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Hello, everybody. Barry is resting his voice and he asked me to record this podcast. My name is Hannah. Today’s sentences all include the verb “make” plus...
10.20.2023
Collocations with "book"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! A reminder: collocations are words that are commonly used together by native speakers. For example “brand” and “new” are a collocation, as in “Look at my brand...
10.16.2023
Collocations with "see"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! The verb “see” has many collocations. This podcast will introduce you to some of them. Let’s begin. Verb + See: 1) I could see the soldiers coming...
10.13.2023
Some collocations with "heavy"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! There are many collocations with the word “heavy”. For example, if one team is very likely to win the football World Cup, you could say “Brazil is...
10.09.2023
Some collocations with "Look"
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Collocations are words that commonly go together. Using them makes you sound more like a native speaker. For example, a person might say: “That coffee is really...
09.26.2023
Sentences with five-syllable words
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1. Too much exposure to ultraviolet light is bad for your skin. 2. That meal was very unappetizing. 3. He was deliriously happy after winning the lottery....
09.19.2023
Sentences to practice the American 'R' sound
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1. My idea was rejected for being too risky. 2. Lightning struck a tree and set it on fire. 3. I’m not crazy about the American...
09.16.2023
Even more practice with TH sounds
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! 1. I want some earthworms for my birthday. 2. There are three thieves in my bathroom. 3. My brother has a theory about everything. 4. He put toothpaste...
09.13.2023
Minimal pairs with the S and Z sounds
Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks! Minimal pairs with /s/ and /z/. /S/ is unvoiced (no vibration in the vocal cords). /Z/ is voiced (the vocal cords are vibrating). Listen: ssssssssssssssssss Now listen...

What's Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice episodes:

Practice with fixed expressions

Practice with the 'dj' sound

Dessert Time at the ZooQuarium

Mind Your Vs and Ws

More reductions with 'and'

Up 'n down, over 'n over: reductions with "and"

Past tense of regular verbs - MORE PRACTICE NEEDED!

Consonant clusters with "R"

Encounter with an alien part two

Encounter with an alien part one

Syncope, or throwing away an unneeded syllable

Water Worlds

Cold calling Part One

Linking Sounds Lesson 1: Y and W glides

Practice with some fancy six-syllable words.

Mini-podcast: A tough course

Sentences about parachutes

Types of Parachutes

Collocations with "back"

PER-fect? Per-FECT? Both?

Practice with reflexive verbs

Job Scams

What's in a word? - Pain

Little Red Riding Hood - a retelling

What's in a word? - Exercise

What's in a word? - Extravagant

Happy sentences to end 2023

Betty Botta (or Betty Botter)-- a well-known tongue twister

Where's Molly (the cat)?

I went to an auction...

Two tongue twisters with "L"

I used to work for... - another mini podcast

I could take the bus to work..

close analysis: To tell you the truth...

The secret of "geldi' (for Turkish students of English)

Close analysis: I'm so tired of waiting...

Arthur the Rat - listening practice

Barry's Adventure in Learning Turkish--Report after 1 month

Nasal sounds in American English

Learning Turkish - 1st Report

A short weather report

Collocations with make. Meet Hannah

Collocations with "book"

Collocations with "see"

Some collocations with "heavy"

Some collocations with "Look"

Sentences with five-syllable words

Sentences to practice the American 'R' sound

Even more practice with TH sounds

Minimal pairs with the S and Z sounds

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