Topic: American T in the middle of words
Accent Error Pattern: Americans use flapped t, stopped t, and aspirated t in words. You might use the aspirated t for all, or a different type of T.
How to Correct the Errors: Learn common words that use flap T, as this is the pattern which will have the biggest impact on your speech sounding more American.
Practice Steps: Try flap T words: better, matter, water, city, Saturday, Seattle, little
Repeated phrase practice: better _____ (speech, business, communication, than that)
a little _____ (bit, busy, hot, tired, much)
Resources:
American T videos: https://youtu.be/VkJDDaiEjRs
website practice: american-t-how-americans-say-the-t-sound-in-the-start-middle-and-ends-of-words.html
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Accent Error Pattern: Americans use flapped t, stopped t, and aspirated t in words. You might use the aspirated t for all, or a different type of T.
How to Correct the Errors: Learn common words that use flap T, as this is the pattern which will have the biggest impact on your speech sounding more American.
Practice Steps: Try flap T words: better, matter, water, city, Saturday, Seattle, little
Repeated phrase practice: better _____ (speech, business, communication, than that)
a little _____ (bit, busy, hot, tired, much)
Resources:
American T videos: https://youtu.be/VkJDDaiEjRs
website practice: american-t-how-americans-say-the-t-sound-in-the-start-middle-and-ends-of-words.html
Need more help with this topic? Don't miss our Live Class this Friday, where we'll be covering this topic in more detail and taking your questions.
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