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:

 164: Consonant clusters in English | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 8:36

/br/, /pr/, /gr/, /kr/, and /skr/ at the beginning of a word

 163: -ile and the differences in American and British English | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 6:18

fragile: /ˈfrædʒ əl/ in the US /ˈfrædʒ aɪl/ in the UK

 162: The differences between /b/ and /v/ | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 8:37

Two different yet similar sounds

 161: Schwa in 2-syllable words | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 9:30

The importance of tiny syllables!

 160: w+a (want), w+a-r (warm), w+o-r (work) | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 8:39

Less-known patterns for the aw sound, schwa+r, and or sound

 159: What are non-phonetic words? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 7:30

Words that aren't pronounced like we'd expects.

 #158: Vowels plus voiced and unvoiced consonants | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 12:14

Vowel sound duration depends on many things.

 #157: Native French speakers special! | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 11:14

The top 10 errors made by native French speakers

 #156: Silent letters in high-frequency words | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 5:39

Which high-frequency words have a silent consonant?

 #155: The f sound and semi-irregular plurals | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 10:18

3 things to keep in mind when making wife into wives and leaf into leaves. www.pronuncian.com for ESL and ELL

 #154: "She sells seashells" | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 8:06

A tongue twister to compare the sh sound and s sound. www.pronuncian.com for ESL and ELL

 #153: "Look at Luke!" | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 7:39

Compare the oo sound and other u sound. www.pronuncian.com for ESL and ELL

 #152: 's-c-h' and the word 'schedule' | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 4:26

An American/British difference and a Greek history. www.pronuncian.com for ESL and ELL

 #151: j/ch sounds plus -ed ending | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 8:03

Practice adding the -ed ending to the j or ch sound. www.pronuncian.com for ESL and ELL

 #150: Common spellings and non-phonetic words | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 8:42

How do we choose which spellings are common and which words are non-phonetic? pronuncian.com for ESL and ELL

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