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Russian

12/22/2016

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If your native language is Russian, these are the most likely accent patterns you will find in your speech.   The pronunciation targets you can work on to improve your American Accent are listed below.  The links will take you to the appropriate video lessons and additional practice materials. You can purchase this module on the Subscriptions button or in our store.
Practice in the order listed, as the most important patterns are listed first.

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Step 1:  Z
can sound like s at the ends of words

was /wʌz/ sounds like wass

Step 2: D
can sound like “t” at the ends of words,

or be left off the ends of words
code sounds like coat,
or we’d sounds like we


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Step 3:  W
can sound like v at the start of words

why sounds like vie

Step 4:  V
can sound like W at the start of words

very sounds like wary
    can sound like F at the ends of words
leave sounds like leaf


Step 5: /ɪ/ “vowel ɪ” 
can sound like vowel ee /i/
   

it sounds like eat

Step 6:  TH /θ/ (as in “think, with”)
can sound like s 

thing sounds like sing
with sounds like
wiss

Step 7:  TH /ð/ (as in those, breathe)
can sound like d or z

those sounds like dose or zose
breathe sounds like breed or breeze


Step 8: /ɹ, ɚ/ "vowel er"
can sound like vowel schwa /ə/ or is rolled

bird sounds like bud

Step 9:  R
can be rolled
    


Step 10:  P
can sound like “b” at the start of words

pay sounds like bay

Step 11:  T
can sound like "d" at the start of words

can be left off the ends of words
to sounds like do
boat sounds like bow


Step 12:  ng
can have an extra g or k sound

thing sounds like think

Step 12:  Consonant Clusters
can have sounds left off,
or the same error patterns as above

lived sounds like lift or live, 
want sounds like wan, 
words sounds like word
or worts

Step 13: vowel eh /ɛ/
can sound like /e/ “vowel ay” or /i/ vowel ee
wait sounds like wet or wheat

Step 14: /æ/ “vowel a”
can sound like /a/ vowel ah or vowel eh /ɛ/

cat sounds like cot or ket

Step 15:  /a/ “vowel ah”
can sound like vowel o /o/

not sounds like note

Step 16:  /ʊ/ “vowel U”
can sound like vowel oo /u/

look sounds like Luke

Step 17: /ə/ “vowel schwa”
can sound like written letter rather than the American "uh" sound
     

between sounds like bee-tween
above sounds like ay-bove


Step 18:  G
can sound like K at the ends of words
 

pig sounds like pick

Step 19:  /i/ Vowel ee
can sound like vowel /ɪ/

seat sounds like sit

Step 20:  J
can sound like ch

ridge sounds like rich
jump sounds like chump

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Santigie dumbuya
1/12/2017 01:44:44 pm

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