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Talking about your day

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Lesson 1

Analyzing everyday speech

in this American English pronunciation exercise we're going to study some conversation today it's going to be a Ben Franklin exercise where we analyze the speech together today'...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 2

Reducing “today”

Tom what did you do today it's on what did you do today today today today I woke up now here we have today three times always the first syllable is reduced to the schwa sound bu...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 3

Linking “woke up”

consonant sound woke up woke up so to help us link we can almost think of it as beginning the next word whoa Cup woke up today I woke up today today today I woke up and I went f...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 4

Linking words smoothly

come today I woke up and I went for a run and I went for a run and I went for a run and then I just worked and now here Tom did pronounce the D he linked it to the next word beg...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 5

Pronouncing “worked”

just worked I just worked I just worked do you notice that the Eadie ending here is pronounced as a tea sound that's because the sound before the K is unvoiced so this ending wi...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 6

Stress in place names

Greene Park I run in Fort Greene Park I run in Fort Greene Park I run in Fort Greene Park I hear Dada Dada Dada definitely I hear Fort Greene & Park all being longer all having...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 7

Using the flap T

the word our to the schwa our sound or that means the T here is now coming between two vowel sounds and I'm making that a flap T sound which sounds like the D between vowels wat...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 8

Finding stressed syllables

syllable as being stressed you're right F after director the second syllable very low in pitch flat and quick half what about the word nothing again it's the first syllable ing...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 9

Rising pitch in questions

dinner get dinner should we get dinner should we get dinner should we get dinner should we get dinner do you notice in this question my voice does go up and pitch at the end din...

Language: enDuration: 2 min

Lesson 10

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Full video: English Pronunciation Study: What did you do Today? (Ben Franklin Exercise)

Language: en

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