Speech Modification SMART American Accent Training
In this podcast, we offer learning and practice episodes for fluent speaking in the American accent. Master pronunciation, intonation, and all you need to sound natural when speaking English. Want to sound like a native speaker? You can do it! SpeechModification.com.
Episodes
In fluent speech, we contract "you will" to "you'll." It sounds like "yool" /jul/ when stressed, but is often reduced to "yull" in connected speech. Practice shadowing phrases with "you'll" in this listen and repeat lesson.
In fluent speech, we contract "I will" to "I'll." It sounds like the word "aisle" /aɪl/ when stressed, but is often reduced to "ahll" in connected speech. Practice shadowing phrases with "I'll" in this listen and repeat lesson.
Master fluent speaking with contractions: how "I will" contracts to "I'll" and when it sounds like "aisle" and when it sounds like "ahll." Sound more like a native speaker with these contractions and reductions for fluent speech. Join me for a shadowing practice.
In this shadowing lesson, we'll work on phrases "that is is, that is her, those are his, those are her" and "these are your" in fluent speaking.
Practice using "oo" vs. "yoo" in mixed phrases with this advanced shadowing practice. We work on the understanding and using the correct patterns for words like Tuesday, YouTube, knew, communication and more!
More help for this topic: https://youtu.be/QKSJn6u_BSk
In this fluent speaking practice, you can shadow a short conversation about holiday plans.
Text:
Hi, how're you?
I'm fine, thanks, how're YOU doing?
Doing well. How were your holidays? Did you go anywhere?
They were great, thanks. We stayed in town. We had some family visiting for a few days.
That's always nice.
Yes, we hadn't seen my sister for a few months, and she has a new baby. Her older kids were really excited to see their...
In the fluent speaking shadowing practice, we work on naturally linking and reducing phrases with "and" and "or."
In this shadowing practice, we work on fluent speaking for phrases with was and wasn't, as well as reduced her your their my and our.
In this listen and repeat shadowing practice, we use common phrases with should have (should've), would have (would've) and could have (could've), as well as the negatives shouldn't have (shouldn't've), couldn't have (couldn't've) and wouldn't have (wouldn't've). Practice integrating these contractions into fluent speech in short phrases.
In fluent speech, we can sometimes reduce "his" to "iz." In this listen and repeat shadowing practice, we use common phrases to practice reduced "his" to increase your fluency and speak English like a native speaker.
In fluent speech, we can sometimes reduce "her" to "er." In this listen and repeat practice, we use common phrases to practice reduced "her" to increase your fluency and speak English like a native speaker.
You Tube Video: https://youtu.be/yIhgpWA8yok
One of the error patterns which is common for non-native speakers of English is to say an extra syllable in certain words. This usually occurs because the spelled word looks like it should have additional sounds/syllables, or the root word has a different syllable pattern.
Here are some words to work on, written so you can see the syllables:
Different DIF rint
Difference DIF rinss
General GEN rul
Groceries GROS(H) reez
Vegetables V...
In this lesson, we learn how to use Backwards Chaining to practice intonation. Listen and shadow to get natural sounding rhythm in fluent speech.
In this fluent speaking practice, we use shadowing and backwards chaining to have perfect intonation, while working on integrating W and V sounds into fluent speech.
In this shadowing lesson, we work on intonation for verbs with and without phrasal verbs.
Here are the phrases we cover in this lesson:
That's where she ran. That's where she ran into it!
They play soccer after school. Just play along with it for now.
He walks to work every day. Let's walk through the notes.
I don't know where to look. She will look out for her younger brother.
She reads books before bedtime. Le...
Have difficulty integrating your TH sounds into fluent speech? This practice focuses on the most common words with TH at the start and ends, to help you use this sound correctly and fluently in connected speech.
Letters PRO are pronounced differently when stressed on unstressed. We'll practice mix and match phrases with PRO as /prə/ (unstressed) and /prɑ/ (stressed) words in this shadowing lesson.
In this advanced mix and match practice, we work on integrating vowel schwa and vowel /ɑ/ into phrases. Many speakers struggle with differentiating vowel schwa and vowel /ɑ/ as in "nut" and "not." In this listen and repeat practice, we use common phrases with these vowels to help you master the vowels in fluent speaking.
For more basic practice and learning these two vowels, check out this video: https://youtu....
In typical intonation patterns, we stress the last content word in a phrase, which is sometimes the verb. But in a phrasal verb, the meaning is contained in the preposition which follows the verb, so it gets the stress instead of the verb. For example, we stress play in the phrase I like to play. But we stress out the phrase Let's see how it plays out.
Phrasal verbs covered: run into, play along, walk through, look out for, ...
In this lesson, we cover ST blends as well as how to pronounce words with Final L. Get pronunciation and fluent speech practice for these sounds. Shadow, list and repeat.
For visuals, see our video: https://youtu.be/6xSoxz7FUb4
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