How to Pronounce the word THE – three rules
Learn the two different ways to pronounce the article “the”. Sometimes we pronounce it as “thee” with a long /i/ sound. Learn the rules in this video. But first, make sure that you can correctly pronounce the TH sound. Lightly touch your upper...
The 2nd Edition of “Mastering The American Accent” Is Here
The second edition of “Mastering the American Accent” just became available for sale. You can buy it on Amazon or wherever books are sold. It has a lot more practice exercises for syllable stress and word stress and sentence rhythm. These are very...
Accent reduction – difficult American vowel sounds
One of the most difficult things about learning to speak with an American accent is knowing how to correctly pronounce different vowel sounds that may sound similar to you. Here are some very common mistakes that my accent reduction students make: Do you know the...