The Sounds of American English

A comprehensive look at all of the sounds of American English.

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Video lessons for every sound. Learn about accent error patterns and how to correct them, how to practice to improve, and tips and tricks to help with those challenging sounds.
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Course curriculum

1. How to Use the Course
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2. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
1. The Alphabet: Letters are not Sounds
2. The Sounds of Letter A
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3. The Sounds of Letter O
4. How to Pronounce the Letters of the Alphabet
5. Silent Letters
1. The Consonant Sounds -Overview Video
2. The Consonants of American English - Sounds, Spelling, Sample words
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1. How to Make an American R sound
2. R Practice
3. R-Diphthongs (are, or, ear, ire, our, oor, our)
4. Initial R word list
5. "Vowel Er" word list
6. American R MP3's
7. Bonus: Difficult Words with R
1. Initial L (Light L)
2. L vs. R
3. Final L (Dark L)
1. Lesson 1: Voiceless Th /θ/
2. Lesson 2: Voiced Th /ð/
1. American T: 3 different sounds!
2. Lesson 1: Initial T
3. Lesson 2: Final T
4. Lesson 3: Medial T
5. Lesson 4: Linking American T
6. Lesson 5: "Real Talk" (How Americans Really Talk in Fluent Speech)
1. Final D
1. Initial P
1. B (vs. V)
1. /k/
1. /g/
1. /s/ (vs. /ʃ/ "sh")
2. S-Blends
3. Letter S: /s/ or /z/ sound?
4. Quiz: /s/ and /z/ sounds
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1. Lesson 1: Final Z
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2. Lesson 2: Initial Z
3. Letter S Paragraph - Find the /z/ sounds.
1. How the /ʃ/ sound is spelled
2. SH vs. CH
3. /ʃ/ "sh" vs. /s/ "s"
1. /ʒ/
1. /dʒ/ "J" sound
1. CH vs. SH
2. Letters CH and their sounds
1. /j/
1. /w/
1. /h/
1. Lesson 1: Initial V (V vs. W)
2. Lesson 2: Initial V (V vs. B)
3. Lesson 3: Final V
1. /f/
1. /m/
1. Lesson 1 - Live Class for Final N
2. Lesson 2: Syllabic N
1. /ŋ/ "NG"
2. N /n/ vs. NG /ŋ/
1. The Vowel Sounds - Overview Videos
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2. The American English Vowel Sounds (Symbols, Spelling, Most common words, Minimal Pairs)
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1. Vowel /i/ Practice
1. Vowel /ɪ/
1. Vowel /eɪ/
1. Vowel /ɛ/ as in "Red Tent"
1. Vowel /æ/ as in "Black Cat"
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1. Vowel /u/
1. Vowel /ʊ/
1. Vowel /oʊ/
1. Vowel /ɔ/
1. Vowel /ɑ/
1. Vowel Schwa
1. Vowel /aɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "White Light"
1. Vowel /aʊ/
1. Vowel /ɔɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "Noisy Boy"

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Introduction

Letters vs. Sounds: What's the Difference?

Consonants: Introduction and Overview

American R

American L (Light L, Dark L, Syllabic L)

TH (Voiceless /θ/ and Voiced /ð/)

American T

D /d/

P /p/

B /b/

/k/

/g/

S and S-blends

/z/

/ʃ/ "sh" sound

/ʒ/

/dʒ/ "J" sound

/tʃ/ "CH" sound

/j/ "Y" sound

/w/

/h/

/v/

/f/

/m/

/n/

/ŋ/ "NG"

Vowels: Introduction and Overview

Vowel /i/ as in "Green Tea"

Vowel /ɪ/ as in "Pink Pig"

Vowel /eɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "Gray Day"

Vowel /ɛ/ as in "Red Tent"

Vowel /æ/ as in "Black Cat"

Vowel /u/ as in "Blue Shoe"

Vowel /ʊ/ as in "Good Book"

Vowel /oʊ/ (Diphthong) as in "No Snow"

Vowel /ɔ/ as in "Caught Law"

Vowel /ɑ/ as in "Not Hot"

Vowel Schwa /ʌ,ə/ as in "Above"

Vowel /aɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "White Light"

Vowel /aʊ/ (Diphthong) as in "Brown Cow"

Vowel /ɔɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "Noisy Boy"

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