Part of Smoother American pronunciation

Breakfast pronunciation exercise

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Lesson 1

The Ben Franklin exercise

in this American English pronunciation video we're going to study American English by looking at a short text topic what I ate for breakfast I call this a Ben Franklin exercise...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 2

Reducing “for” and linking words

morning this morning for breakfast did you notice how I pronounced the word for that was reduced to fur fur fur very quick with the schah r sound fur fur for breakfast this morn...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 3

Voiced endings and word stress

this apostrophe s is a z sound that's because the sound before is voiced so the apostrophe s is also voiced z z r r barbaras I also noticed that the e d ending here is pronounce...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 4

Fast unstressed words

fave and Breck also these three words this is my those were incredibly fast listen again this is my favorite breakfast so this string of three unstressed words this is my this i...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 5

Pauses, emphasis, and reductions

was just a little pause there for the punctuation I also notice how I stress the word do I do I do have eggs but sometimes I do have eggs the word eggs even though it's a Conten...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 6

Full text and practice tips

milk this is my favorite breakfast but sometimes I do have eggs I hope this has given you some ideas on how to take notes and study the speech of native speakers do this on your...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 7

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Full video: ESL Pronunciation Exercise: Breakfast (Ben Franklin Exercise®)

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