American English Pronunciation Podcast show

American English Pronunciation Podcast

Summary: The American English Pronunciation Podcast offers weekly lessons covering the most common and difficult English pronunciation issues. Learn the General American Accent English speaking techniques and become better understood. Level: Intermediate to Advanced ESL/ELL students

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Podcasts:

 194: faux pas, chauffeur, fiance, and more | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 9:36

Loanwords from French into English

 193: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 5:48

How to find free ebooks and audio books online!

 192: Special holiday words" | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 8:46

mistletoe, tree farms, Scrooges, and more

 191: The difference between "my car" and "Mike are" | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 9:18

Aspiration, of course.

 190: From "wait time" to "snack time" | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 5:25

Linking different stops is a bit harder than linking same and similar stops.

 189: Linking magic! | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 9:22

Linking same and similar stop sounds increases spoken fluency.

 188: Heteronyms: 'Lead' rhymes with 'read' | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 6:51

AND 'lead' rhymes with 'read'

 187: "Fall" and "Autumn" | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 7:11

In the US, it's fall; in the UK, it's autumn

 186: Fake it 'til you make it | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 5:31

Are you uncomfortable speaking really well?

 185: From the zh sound /ʒ/ to the j sound /ʤ/ | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 7:11

A natural progression through consonant sounds

 184: Pronouncing the zh sound | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 5:40

If you can say sh, you can say zh!

 183: expected and unexpected s sound/sh sound minimal pairs | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 6:07

'sock' and 'shock' are obvious, 'sour' and 'shower' might not be

 182: on-off /ɑn/ /ɔf/ | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 6:45

The "cot/caught merger"and short o/aw sound revisited

 181: The troublesome thr- /θr/ combination | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 6:58

Words like three, through, throw, thread, and threaten

 180: because → 'cuz: stressed, unstressed, informal | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 6:19

How to know which form of this high-frequency word to use

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