The Sounds of American English

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Introduction
2

Letters vs. Sounds: What's the Difference?
3

Consonants: Introduction and Overview
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American R
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American L (Light L, Dark L, Syllabic L)
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TH (Voiceless /θ/ and Voiced /ð/)
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American T
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D /d/
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P /p/
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B /b/
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/k/
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/g/
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S and S-blends
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/z/
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/ʃ/ "sh" sound
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/ʒ/
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/dʒ/ "J" sound
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/tʃ/ "CH" sound
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/j/ "Y" sound
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/w/
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/h/
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/v/
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/f/
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/m/
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/n/
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/ŋ/ "NG"
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Vowels: Introduction and Overview
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Vowel /i/ as in "Green Tea"
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Vowel /ɪ/ as in "Pink Pig"
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Vowel /eɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "Gray Day"
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Vowel /ɛ/ as in "Red Tent"
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Vowel /æ/ as in "Black Cat"
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Vowel /u/ as in "Blue Shoe"
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Vowel /ʊ/ as in "Good Book"
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Vowel /oʊ/ (Diphthong) as in "No Snow"
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Vowel /ɔ/ as in "Caught Law"
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Vowel /ɑ/ as in "Not Hot"
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Vowel Schwa /ʌ,ə/ as in "Above"
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Vowel /aɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "White Light"
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Vowel /aʊ/ (Diphthong) as in "Brown Cow"
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Vowel /ɔɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "Noisy Boy"

How to Use the Course FREE PREVIEW The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
The Alphabet: Letters are not Sounds The Sounds of Letter A FREE PREVIEW The Sounds of Letter O How to Pronounce the Letters of the Alphabet Silent Letters
The Consonant Sounds -Overview Video The Consonants of American English - Sounds, Spelling, Sample words FREE PREVIEW
How to Make an American R sound R Practice R-Diphthongs (are, or, ear, ire, our, oor, our) Initial R word list "Vowel Er" word list American R MP3's Bonus: Difficult Words with R
Initial L (Light L) L vs. R Final L (Dark L)
Lesson 1: Voiceless Th /θ/ Lesson 2: Voiced Th /ð/
American T: 3 different sounds! Lesson 1: Initial T Lesson 2: Final T Lesson 3: Medial T Lesson 4: Linking American T Lesson 5: "Real Talk" (How Americans Really Talk in Fluent Speech)
Final D
Initial P
B (vs. V)
/k/
/g/
/s/ (vs. /ʃ/ "sh") S-Blends Letter S: /s/ or /z/ sound? Quiz: /s/ and /z/ sounds FREE PREVIEW
Lesson 1: Final Z FREE PREVIEW Lesson 2: Initial Z Letter S Paragraph - Find the /z/ sounds.
How the /ʃ/ sound is spelled SH vs. CH /ʃ/ "sh" vs. /s/ "s"
/ʒ/
/dʒ/ "J" sound
CH vs. SH Letters CH and their sounds
/j/
/w/
/h/
Lesson 1: Initial V (V vs. W) Lesson 2: Initial V (V vs. B) Lesson 3: Final V
/f/
/m/
Lesson 1 - Live Class for Final N Lesson 2: Syllabic N
/ŋ/ "NG" N /n/ vs. NG /ŋ/
The Vowel Sounds - Overview Videos FREE PREVIEW The American English Vowel Sounds (Symbols, Spelling, Most common words, Minimal Pairs) FREE PREVIEW
Vowel /i/ Practice
Vowel /ɪ/
Vowel /eɪ/
Vowel /ɛ/ as in "Red Tent"
Vowel /æ/ as in "Black Cat" FREE PREVIEW
Vowel /u/
Vowel /ʊ/
Vowel /oʊ/
Vowel /ɔ/
Vowel /ɑ/
Vowel Schwa
Vowel /aɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "White Light"
Vowel /aʊ/
Vowel /ɔɪ/ (Diphthong) as in "Noisy Boy"

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