RachelsEnglish is a website that helps people who are non-native English speakers learn an American Accent.
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Rachel's English - American Pronunciation Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The official IPA of the word "thank" is "θænk" but in practice the ng changes the 'a' so much it is really like the 'ay' as in 'say' diphtong: [eɪ]
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation Here's some info on Word Stress - which words should be unaccented in a sentence?
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TRANSCRIPT: http://www.RachelsEnglish.com/function_words See more videos and exercises to improve your American English accent at http://www.rachelsenglish.com
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation
Imitation is an important part of accent training - try out this exercise. See others like it at http://www.RachelsEnglish.com/imitation_
Length:5:34
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation Do you get nervous about answering the phone in English?? I do too when I'm living abroad! In this first of two videos, I go over some vocabulary you might use when answering the phone.
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Vocabulary and pronunciation types for answering the phone in American English.
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation [veɪ ˈkeɪ ʃən, və ˈkeɪ ʃən] I'm on vacation right now! It's great. Above you see two different pronunciations for the word 'vacation' in IPA (The International Phonetic Alphabet). The first pronunciation is the most common, with the 'ay' as in 'say' diphthong [eɪ] in both the first and second syllables.
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ALL sound videos are now new and published on my site! They each have a how-to section, a section with photos of the sound with parts of the mouth drawn in, and a section for seeing the sound in action, up close and in slow motion! See a list of the sounds and links to their pages/videos here:
http://www.rachelsenglish.com/sounds
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I am staring to role out a new series of sound videos that are more detailed - see the anatomy of the mouth drawn in to better understand tongue placement, etc. Also see zoomed slow motion speech to study the movement of the mouth.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: http://www.rachelsenglish.com/diph_ay_sa
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation Hey everyone! I joined twitter today. If you want to follow me, visit http://twitter.com/Rachels_English
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Creating an online resource to help you improve your Ameican English!
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation
See the transcript of this video here:
http://www.rachelsenglish.com/blog_20090
Length:5:55
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation This video goes over the pronunciation of Michael Jackson's name, and some of his most popular songs.
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How to pronounce Michael Jackson and his most famous songs, Thriller, Billie Jean, and others in American English.
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation
Some words, like bass, are both heteronyms AND homophones!
Dictionary.com definitions:
Heteronym: a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
Homophone: a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way... or not, as heir and air.
See the TRANSCRIPT: http://www.rachelsenglish.com/blog_20090
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation
Hello Everyone! I am requesting feedback on some new videos I am working on for the site. My aim is to re-do all the 'Sound' videos (that is, the how-to's for each sound). (That is, if I can get my camera working again!!)
So here is a link to the page with a few samples. Comments including constructive criticism want...ed !! :) You can post here or email me feedback@RachelsEnglish.com.
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This website was created to help people improve their American English pronunciation. At the core is a series of videos explaining in detail how each sound is created, as well as a blog.
Quesiton via email: One question keeps puzzling me , I can not find answer in either Web site or any book , that is whether L is pronounced "Dark L" or "Clear L" in words "Value and Volume " in American English .In words value or volume , L occurs before a /j/ (lju )...
Rachel's English - American Pronunciation
Someone asked me about the pronunciation of the word 'Facebook'. Is the 'CE' pronounced as an S or Z? Most definitely an 'S'!
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