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Free time pronunciation practice

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Lesson 1

Finding stressed words

in this American English pronunciation video we're going to study American English by looking at a short text topic free time I call this a Ben Franklin exercise this is when yo...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 2

Reducing “favorite”

but it's very flat and quick one of my favorite one of my favorite one of my favorite I noticed that I'm dropping the middle unstressed syllable in favorite so it's not favorite...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 3

Linking “with a”

witha sometimes when people link the ending th that is unvoiced into a voiced sound like the vowel schah they will voice it and say with with but I left that unvoiced with a wit...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 4

Stressing content words

along with adjectives adverbs nouns and verbs sometimes I'll ride along the Hudson River sometimes I'll ride along the Hudson River sometimes I'll ride along the Hudson River wh...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 5

Schwa before an N sound

written with the letter O but there's the schah vowel in there as an unstressed syllable it's very fast sun and when the schah is followed by the n Sound you don't need to worry...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 6

Reducing “and”

reducing the word and and sometimes and sometimes and sometimes let's talk about stress in that last part of the sentence and sometimes I'll go visit friends in Brooklyn what di...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 7

Practicing the full passage

friends in Brooklyn one of my favorite things to do with a free day is to ride my bike sometimes I'll ride along the Hudson River or in Central Park and sometimes I'll go visit...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 8

Full video

Full video: ESL PRONUNCIATION EXERCISE: Free Time - American English (Ben Franklin Exercise)

Language: en

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