American English Pronunciation

What is My Accent?

10/4/2018

American Accent Training Lesson 25: Reduced Sounds for Fluent Speech

8/24/2018

Topic: reduced sounds
Error Pattern: If you don't reduce, it can sound less fluent. Americans say "tuh-day" and "tuh-the" rather than too-day and too-the.
How to Correct: Practice common words and phrases with reduced "to."
Today, tonight, tomorrow, to go, to talk, to think, to the library, to the meeting.
Repeated phrase practice: I need to _____ (talk to you, eat something, go). I'm going to the ______ (store, train station, party)
More Resources: Video (below): https://youtu.be/j9H_MMUbFhc
Longer class on reduced sounds: https://youtu.be/A6L1X3MlWkc
Website practice
https://www.speechmodification.com/blog/how-to-improve-your-american-accent-reduced-sounds
Real talk online course (with free trial): https://courses.speechmodification.com/courses/RealTalk