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Dialect Work
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I'm Dillon and I'm an accent reduction coach. My students' goal is to sound more American specifically and I help them with that! I'll be posting tips on this channel to help you with your pronunciation if you're looking to sound like a native speaker. This is also helpful if your goal is to speak more clearly. These two goals align with each other!
Check out www.dialectwork.com if you're interested in working with me. All sessions are held on Zoom. I have students from all across the world!
Check out www.dialectwork.com if you're interested in working with me. All sessions are held on Zoom. I have students from all across the world!
Quick Tip: vowel to vowel linking
We're talking about linking again, going into "vowel to vowel" linking this time. Often, non-native speakers of English have trouble connecting words here and end up doing "glottal stops" instead. If you want a little trick to help you connect, picture a tiny /j/ or /w/ between the vowels to help you connect. If you were to link smoothly, there should be either a tiny /j/ or a tiny /w/ in there but merely as a byproduct of connecting properly so DO NOT over do this or it'll sound strange.
Follow for more accent tips and check out www.dialectwork.com to learn more and to work with me!
Follow for more accent tips and check out www.dialectwork.com to learn more and to work with me!
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Video Course: American Accent Fundamentals
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www.dialectwork.com/course Have you moved to the US and/or work with American clients but you struggle with communicating clearly and confidently, and you want to blend in with other native speakers? I just released a very detailed video course that will teach you the most important concepts, consonants and vowels that are the most important for: - communicating clearly and confidently - soundi...
Quick Tip: extra tip for consonant to vowel linking
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Another quick tip for you! Today, we're expanding upon the previous video about "consonant to vowel" linking. This time, we're going into more detail for how exactly we want to hit the consonant with which we're connecting between the two words. It's important not to overdo the consonant (=give it too much force/strength) or it'll make it sound like we're saying something else. Example: "pitch ...
Quick Tip: "ship" /ɪ/ vs "sheep" /i/ spelling re-
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Another quick tip for you today, this time for both "ship" /ɪ/ and "sheep" /i/ sounds. Today, we're talking about the prefix (beginning of a word) "re-". This one can be tricky because it could actually be said with either sound, depending on what exactly we're saying. Generally, if this prefix is unstressed, it's safe to commit to a "ship" sound. If I'm adding this prefix to an existing verb a...
About me, how long it takes to reduce your accent and how to practice
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About me, how long it takes to reduce your accent and how to practice
Quick Tip: /e/ "get" sound - using spelling & stress to our advantage
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Quick Tip: /e/ "get" sound - using spelling & stress to our advantage
Quick Tip: NG's - adding a /g/ for adjectives
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Quick Tip: NG's - adding a /g/ for adjectives
Introduction, recommendations and info about the process - Dialect Work
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Introduction, recommendations and info about the process - Dialect Work
Quick Tip: Schwa Sound Spelling Indicator
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Quick Tip: Schwa Sound Spelling Indicator
Quick Tip: general positioning for an R (inside of the mouth)
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Quick Tip: general positioning for an R (inside of the mouth)
I used to think not possible for sure but I've met people that have done it!
Most people believe/are told that it's not possible. I definitely had a lot of people around me growing up that thought you had to be resigned to your accent in English but like you said, people have done it! It's 100% possible.
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Always so interesting to break the spelling down in English. Especially because it's so inconsistent with the pronunciation sometimes haha
That's exactly one of the reasons people tend to have trouble knowing what sounds to go for. Patterns like this are common and very helpful, although there are also lots of cases that don't follow any particular rules and we simply have to memorize how to say those words.
Already mastered the American 12 years ago and switched to the British
THs for sure imo. R's sometimes
should be b) I think, right?
That is correct!
Nice
This was so helpful, thank you for sharing a longer video on the drilling and practice parts.
I'm glad to hear that!
Thanks 🙂
My pleasure!
I’m going to have a seizure listening to you.
I'm getting soo many aha's from your videos! thank you!
😮😮 very useful
Oh wow
You're really good at making things simple and clear. Thank you!
Somehow, this very distinct sound flew over my head several times. Not anymore now. Details matter.
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This really helped, thanks!
The more you know, the more complicated. R has many variables.
I subscribed to your channel because I find you cute, I hope you don't mind. 👀🍹
Good to know!
I speak British English
I know some Russians that do this all the time, mixing these two up I mean
Recently, tongue twisters become intriguing to me. Appreciate your content. Keep going.
That's more difficult than I expected haha
If you have trouble getting the tongue twister the way you want, I recommend slowing down and even working on just parts of the tongue twister on their own as well. Trying to say anything, especially tongue twisters quickly, increases the difficulty level significantly. Hope that helps!
I subscribed because youre cute
Those are extremely different boards, why would you even compare them
I thought I was the only one
I'm not a native English speaker, and for the life of me, I CANNOT hear the difference between a W and a V, unless it is explicitly pointed out like in the video here. Something else I noticed in the video; do British English spell/speak out the letter W (dub-li-yu) different to American English (dub-oui-yu), or is it just that I'm mishearing?
Hi there, Yes, that's quite a common issue. In a lot of languages 'w' and 'v' letter are also pronounced the same so that will add to that. I recommend that if you encounter an instance where you feel like you can't tell the difference, repeat the word to yourself a couple times and switch out the /v/ for a /w/ (or the other way around) using the instructions for positioning in this video. Doing this, over time, will make it easier for your ears to pick up on the difference in a live conversation or when watching videos. In regards to the 'w' letter being spelled out, British and American speakers spell the letter out the same actually. This would be an approximation (using English words) of how they both say it "double-you". The actual phonetic writing would be /dʌblju/. The thing that happens here as well is that most non-native speakers spell the letter out quite quickly so it can be difficult sometimes to hear every phonetic sound in it + some native speakers are a bit mumbly as well. The mumbling could account for not hearing the L as clearly in the American version but that can happen to Brits as well. Hope that helps and thank you for leaving a comment!
Could you explain Canadian accents? I'd be interested
Hi there, Sure, I can make a video series on some of the key differences. Generally, most "North American" accents, whether they are dialects within American or within Canadian are very close to each other. If we take a "general" Canadian accent and a "general" American accent, they have a lot in common. There are some vowels that Americans will typically notice as different, for example the double vowel in the word "abOUt" is one that comes up quite commonly as well as the vowel used in words like "bat" or "cat". That being said, just like there's a lot of variety within American dialects, the same is the case for Canadian dialects as well. So even though certain things can be commonly "associated" with the Canadian accent, they might not necessarily occur in that same way in your own speech. It depends on where in Canada you're from, what kind of environment you grew up in socially, etc. I wouldn't call myself an expert on Canadian accents either so I won't claim that I have the best answers to that particular question. Still, I can make a video on some of the general differences in the future. I hope this helps!
These are always so helpful!
For me (Southern British): hot <> what
Great example. /h/ and /w/ should definitely be the only difference in your case.
I studied IPA in grad school at USC which is part of what Dillon uses in his work. I find his explanations more clear, concise, and practical than much of what I learned in school. He is a caring, thoughtful, and thorough teacher. I highly recommend.
Thank you so much for the kind words, Malachy! That means a lot coming from another teacher who's also very caring, thoughtful and thorough!
This is exactly how i explained b/v to my spanish gf In spanish they have the unvoiced p/f, but the voiced forms are interchangeable
Since you're from america i think the sounds you're looking for is RA-TA-TA-TA-TAAA. Yes?
What you wrote here is a valid drill but would only cover one stop-plosive (/t/). The drill I describe in the video covers more ground in regards to warming up quickly with all stop-plosives but if you want to hone in on /t/ then your suggestion would work as well.
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I love these videos!!!!
I'm so glad to hear that and thank you for commenting, I appreciate it!