You're a good teacher Antonio. I'm a native English speaker taken speaking it for granted. Never heard anyone break things down the way you have. I enjoy it.
As a Native English Speaking Canadian, I think Antonio is amazing! Sometimes, as in Antonio's case, those who have learned a language to proficiency are able to teach others what they learned and how they learned what they learned to get to their levels. As a Native speaker I never even considered those things as deeply, as it is just my native language and I am used to it... even if in the word cu"t"e .. the T is never really said... I guess native speakers just know the word ends with the T and is written with a T so our brain just imagines the "T" as automatically being there..... and when someone uses a different accent or pronunciation we just hear it as being off or different but don't really know why.
@@YanaSarkar so at this point the T sound is pronounced, but stopped this happen when the T sound Is close two vowels especially when the last vowels Is lazy like a schwa or ih sound in "sit" , for a native speaker will be natural doing this .
Honestly, the best pronunciation video I've ever seen. So many tips condensed in a single video. You were also very considerate to highlight the linguistic differences and tell us not to feel obligated to sound like a "native speaker". Great video, thank you!
@@catallystic Brazil isn't unique country in the world that speaks Portuguese or has _Fernando Filho_ as proper name(even in India there are a lot of native people with Portuguese/Brazilian names and family names).
Hi Antonio, my name is Kim, I am Vietnamese, I am 62 years old, I found your Chanel that you teaching English, I love to learn with you even my brain not remember good, i watch your class every day, I just want to say thank you very much for English not just for, a lot young people are too .🙏❤️
I love how you emphasize that we shouldn't feel obligated to sound like a native speaker. I totally like this video, it is very informative and fun to learn!
School here in the Netherlands really messed up my accent. They teach us British English and then you're let loose into the world where most of us are mostly exposed to American English. So now my accent alternates between British and American (with of course my own Dutch accent on top lol). Thanks for your video!
I have to say that in the NL everyone speaks excellent English however the accent may be slightly different from the UK (of course it's in the middle between Germany and the UK as it is the Dutch language). I have been in the Netherlands 3 times and worked with Dutch people long time.
M-- I feel your pain. Historically, languages have been dominated by economic power; however, I cannot explain why Mandarin (or any other Chinese dialect) is not pervasive outside of China. The UK used to be a dominate economic power and most of the world is experiencing the effects of that. I have also concluded that stress and reductions are the two main reasons why Britain and American English sound different. I am also convinced Americans are hell bent or detetmined to completely shed their ties with British that they will use anything to accomplishment that objective. I was born in the Caribbean and educated in the US, which has led to my conclusion.
@@Jade-xw2ur Thank you for the history refresher. There are many variations of the British accent, but if you were not raised or educated in Britain then you speak a variation of British English.
Man, I met your channel by chance, and I'm loving learning English with you, you make everything easier, thank you for the tips and keep doing this amazing and wonderful work.
You sound like a native American speaker, and your ability to master many accents is fascinating, I like your way of teaching it's obvious that you are doing a lot of research, I appreciate your efforts you helped me a lot to improve my pronunciation, I can't thank you enough you are a great person, I'm a university student from Morroco.
I am from Sri Lanka .I really love the way you teach ... I always watch your videos and try to follow what you teach. Thank you so much for teaching us so beautifully ❤️.
I agree with your last message. ESL learners are not obligated to imitate American accent just to become a great English speaker. It's not all about that. Just like my English teacher said before, your grammar, fluency, and articulation is far more important than the accent alone. As long as you're understood by the person you're conversing with, you're good to go. 💗
Accents are beautiful and they get a bad rap because people don’t realize the accents don’t matter at all. It is the PRONUNCIATION which matters! Someone could say that an accent can interfere with good pronunciation but really LISTENING is what is lacking more. Make listening number one if you want good pronunciation.
I have been living in California for 17 years now. Most of the time I still get "what?" or "huh?" when I talking to a native American. It makes me feel frustrated of my self sometimes. I tried watching more English movies and not Asian movies/dramas. Still, it did not work. So, this video gave me answers why. Thanks you so much, Antonio!!! This is very helpful. I will put into practice all that I have learned from here and will keep you posted.
First class of ESL in USA 10 years ago: I'll never forget our teacher saying that English is our second or third language. We should feel so proud of the process that we are doing to learn the language. Our effort, making mistakes and keeping learning, it doesn't matter our edge, educational level that we got in our lives before. We are incorporating a new culture to our lives with a new language. I see americans learning English with ESL people all the time! Thank you Antonio!!!. You are a natural and amazing teacher! Your words means a lot to me!❤❤
I think this might be my first-ever youtube comment - though I've been on the platform for ages. The ending triggered me to comment (this is not to say that the content wasn't great either!). The ending demonstrates a level of empathy I rarely see, and, in fact, in the most unexpected place (a pronunciation lesson)! Thank you! I never thought of it like that. You are a great, empathetic teacher.
I'm American and a native English speaker and I recently discovered your channel. I really love your videos because they help me understand parts of the English language that I forgot or just never learned. I'm learning Korean from a Croatian tutor who is also fluent in English. She often refers to parts of the English language when teaching me Korean and I'm too embarrassed to admit that I don't know what she's talking about half the times because I don't know the parts of English speech. So, here I am watching your videos to learn. 🥴
needed to leave this comment, im brazilian and i've been fluent in english for almost five years now, my accent was easy to understand (i talk to native and another english speakers constantly) but this year i started getting annoyed by some accent "mistakes" that i didn't wanna do but still did it anyways, well i've been watching your videos everyday for a month now, shadowing everything you say for at least ten minutes and taking some notes, and today one of my friends asked me why do i sound like a native speaker lately, (need to confess i jumped outta bed and did a little happy dance), i know everybody have an accent and i loved mine, however i'm always impressed when i hear someone that learned english confusing people with their "native accent", and that's my goal now since i already speak the language hahhahah anyways your channel has been such a big help i needed to stop by to tell you how grateful i am, especially when you're such a great teacher and anyone can tell you love teaching, thank you so sooo much❤️
This is so beautifully explained! I am from California but I have a degree in opera singing, so I’ve had to take a lot of diction classes. It’s interesting to look back and see how studying diction has changed my own accent. For example, I’ve had friends tease me for “over pronouncing” sounds that most people with my dialect would glide over (mostly T’s) and my vowels are more succinct without strong diphthongs. Diction is cool! You’re doing great work :)
Thank you for highlighting not being obligated to have a native-like accent. One of the reasons I lost my motivation to learn German and French was because both of my teachers regulary made comments about my Hungarian accent. Keep up the great work!👏
I firmly believe that showing the linguistic difference between the two accents really helps a lot. This video also helps peoplr who want to be able to understand the accent of the person they’re talkin’ to ! Very well done Antonio! From Naples 💙
Nice to meet you, Antonio. You are a great teacher, and your videos will be really useful for everyone who is learning English like me. Thanks from Brazil.
Frankly speaking, your teachings are amazing. I'm learning a lot even though it isn't easy but I'm pretty much sure that a continuous practice is going to improve me
you are such a great teacher! american english is my first language and i still learned so much. and I really appreciate how you said that these linguistic phenomenons are not about being educated or lazy. To be honest, I always beat myself up when I catch myself speaking too "relaxed", and maybe I shouldn't stress about it. Thank you for the great lesson!!
I am an teacher in Philippines and I teach English, your videos really helped me in my lessons to my students,especially in their English pronunciation skills. You speak fluently and clearly.
Love it! You do a good job of showing the difference between US and UK pronunciations and using linguistic terms to explain what's going on. 👏 One interesting point is that in California most people make no distinction between the o sound in law that you mentioned and a as in pot. Most Californians will pronounce thought, caught, law, etc. with the same a vowel in "pot" or "lots."
You're a really great teacher brother. I can learn more easily with you than I do with others whose teaching videos I've beening watching for some months, only because of your amazing capability to make complicated things so nice and lucid and easy to grab. I am from Calcutta in India and I studied in school and college in my vernacular language i.e Bengali. So whatever English I have learned I mostly did on my own efforts. And because there hadn't been any teacher to correct me there remained many lacunas in my learnings . Some are grammatical and other are spoken/colloqualism and phonetics related. The former type of error seemed easier to correct with the help of books but the latter are the things where I seem to be stuck for ever. And because of this I can't understand English movies or songs or complicated discussion on TVs etc. which I so so desire to understand. And this is where you and other teachers are coming to my help a great deal. So thank you so very much ang God bless you.
I’ve grown up in Australia, but I’m American born, since my mid teens my accent has been quite mixed between the two and been trying to make it more American, this video will definitely help
Hey Antonio, you're such a sweetheart ☀️ I have come across with your channel a week ago. I'm an English Language Teacher and I find your videos awesome! You're so inspiring, keep up the good work please 😊 Sending love from Türkiye 🇹🇷
I loved finding your channel and you are so on point! I grew up with American mid west accent, moved to Boston for 25 yrs, now live in Atlanta. I am now so accent confused, no one understands me. Keep up the great work!😃
Hey I’m from the uk and I have a pretty strong British accent and there’s been I few times when I’ve needed to sound more American(mainly in voice acting) and this helps a lot, Would 100% recommend this video to people who want to sound more American
This is the first time in a long time that I can see some progress in my pronunciation of words, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your video!
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
@@thomasrobertson2225 i lived there 1975-1977...my father was in NPS..scholarship given to Indonesian Navy Officer to strengthen the US Indonesian diplomatic and military allies in South East Asia..best time as a kid
I really appreciate your closing words. I work under a call center and I experience a lot of customers who bashes or mock me when they notice that I'm not a native speaker. And that's one of the main reasons why I started watching videos like this to at least improve my accent. Cause even if I try not to mind it, their words really echoes especially when I'm about to sleep at night :'). Thank you for sharing your knowledge and words of wisdom haha 😉
The important thing you mentioned at the end made me love you so much. It tears me up. As an Asian, it is challenging to pronounce certain words as we do not have R or L in our native language. I got a lot laughed at when trying to say certain words. Thank you. You are more than an English teacher. You are such a kind human being ❤.
:( I'm sorry that happens to you. People are really mean when it comes to accents or pronunciation for some reason. I feel embarrassed trying to speak any form of Chinese because i suck at making the tonal inflections correctly and I feel ashamed, lol. It's difficult to speak multiple languages and I hope you're proud of yourself!!
@@aprilmeowmeow Thank you for your kindness. Having no control of some people's negativity, but it motivated me to learn and try harder. That's why we met here:). It means a lot to me. Love!
Hi, Antonio! I’m learning English because I’ll begin a degree in two months. Crazy, right? I can’t believe that you are Italian! Your accent in English is like a native! And in Spanish (my language) are great, perfect! Your Mexican accent está muy chido, wey! Anyway you inspired me! Un abbracio!
I love the way you explain every sound, and the must I like about this particular video, is the last comment, encouraging us to be not ashamed about our foreing accent.
"That kiTTen is so cuTe". I'm saying it incorrectly and I've lived in the USA for my entire life. I do pronounce a soft T. When I recently saw a couple of shorts you made, I had NO idea you were teaching English. So my comments were quite bizarre. Forgive me. I truly enjoy your concise warm manner in which you teach. It's a pleasure watching and listening to you!
I have been speaking American English for most of my 76 years. I'm still working on it. Once, many years ago, I tried to learn how to speak the language that the people from Belgium speak. I worked on it every day for months. Never got to the point where I could carry on a conversation. The funny thing is, when I got to Belgium, everybody was speaking American English. I was there for 8 days, and I enjoyed myself so much because everyone was so nice, friendly, treated me like they knew me my whole life. They all speak Flemish. I don't think I would ever be good enough to carry on a conversation. Absolutely love your youtube channel. I'm very glad I stumbled on to it.
It is always a struggle for me to teach letter R to Koreans. I hope you could post more lessons about teaching R or R blends for Koreans or Japanese. TIA!
As an American myself, this was very interesting and informative. Thanks for all the details!! For myself I do usually pronouns my t’s after n’s (like in internet). Sometimes I also pronounce those silent t’s (like in cute). I guess it just depends how fast or informal I’m talking.
I love your classes, and I love even more when you make me feel so good in my poor knowledge of speaking English. I'm sure your students love you like I love you right now. Dear teacher ❤️. Greeting 🥰🇵🇪.
😂😂😂😂 like somalia . most of people lives somalia they not knowing what they says but when they speak Arabic language they love so many. You never seen any faults about that language because it is first Islamic language
Love your videos. One comoent on this one.. you said cha-RAC-teristic. The stress/emphasis should be on the first sylable..CHA-rac-teristic. Keep up the great work!
Antonio is terrific and so talented. As a native speaker, I picked up the same thing though with your pronunciation of the word characteristic. I heard this mispronunciation on two videos. That being said, I was surprised that you aren't a native speaker of American English.
@@robertgessner8846 yes, I heard the other video as well. Not sure where you got the idea I am not a native speaker but I am. Just love listening to his videos. He does a wonderful job.
These are really helpful tips! Thank you ❤️ been trying to find effective ways on how to improve accent (for my French students). Also, love the way you articulate words ❤️
getting called out as my accent is bad while it's not even that bad i speak better than alot of people i know but i felt bad i wanted to change that i think im learning things i already knew about 😭 but i wasn't using them correctly thank you so much
Hello. I'm from India 🇮🇳 I follow your sessions and that's very helpful me for understand English. Can you please make videos on english literature, like some terms or forms.
I really enjoyed listening to your video and perhaps learning a lot. I think what you said about that we shouldn't be ashamed of our native accent it's very important for us to know..
I burst into tears when he said "You shouldn't feel obligated to have a native-like accent" --- from an American-educated Chinese national who's living in Japan and struggling to find a job that would allow her to utilize her native-LEVEL English ability.
Great Job Antonia. Clarity to the core and clears all confusion in the pronounciation of different words. Well explained the subtle differences and a great trainer to learn from.
I would say losing foreign accent is more like going to the last step of learning some language, its definitely not required, but it’s the only step you can learn the intonation and rhythm that are used in countries that speak English as first language
Your videos are really helpful. I've learned a lot of lessons, basically on correct and proper pronunciation of both unfamiliar & familiar words which I already encountered & used but need to be corrected. I am a Filipino & I do appreciate your work. Thanks. More power!
I have a New York accent & I personally like hearing English in foreign accents. I know others make fun of our American accent when we learn a different language... but maybe bc we have so many different nationalities in our country, a lot of us like the sounds of their accents more than our own. A lot of Americans feel that way, so don’t be ashamed of your accent & don’t beat yourself up over trying to change it! We love it over here!
@@ladybird1463 > Where’s your accent from? Don’t be embarrassed! I understand your English perfectly, and even if I couldn’t understand it (I know quite a few ppl here who I can barely understand, but bc we all grew up with so many different kinds of ethnicities it’s super normal to us. The term “bad English” isn’t really a “thing” here). I was just swooning over a woman with a THICK Colombian accent at my job. And I remember for the longest time, having a guy with an accent was on my “must-have” list... which resulted in me dating guys from Russia & Guatemala, who could barely speak a LICK of English - but I LOVED it 😂😂😂 Guys here are the same way when foreign women have an accent. So no worries! If you need some inspiration, look up videos of a Japanese baseball player named Munenori Kawasaki speaking. He came over here to play, but couldn’t speak nearly any English. But what ended up making him the fan favorite was how confident he was still. We found it so endearing - everyone wanted to hear him, he was the star of the show. A lot of us honestly didn’t even want him to better his English lol We loved him exactly how he was. So yea, don’t be ashamed! Your accent is simply telling the story of who you are/where you’re from, not how good your English is. It’s what makes you unique & what makes us jealous when you’re stealing up all the men lol
as an american that had lived in america their entire life and never left, this is so helpful. there's so many people with non native accents that no one gives a shit if you have a good accent or not. we're used to it, trust me. unless you're from scottland or ireland..
Awesome...it is so great to find this kind of videos where the accent is involved Yo hablo español y atrapar ese acento es mi meta tambien🤩...thank you for everything
I am American and have no problem with English but I love your videos. You are very articulate in your explanations. I am also from the South but most think I have a Midwestern accent like someone from Chicago.
Antonio, this is my second visit to your great channel. Again, this particular video is excellent for me, you pointed out again the core differences between the British and American accents. Great job. Congrats, I'm beginning to like you and your video tutoring!
I'm still astonished about your English proficiency, considering you haven't (as far as I know) moved to an English speaking country in your early ages. I have two theories about that: the first one is your toponymic family name (Parlati), [who is eager and pleasant to talk], and the second, your good ear for music. After been an adult person who has been learning English as a second language, I can say that your case is pretty unique.
I think he mentioned in one of his videos that he learned English when he was 11 and he used to watch American TV shows and movies and imitate the sounds of the accent. I know someone who did the same thing when he was 12 but he did it with British accent and now he speaks English like a British person. But as an adult, it’s almost impossible to be able to speak like a native, and there is no need to do that. By the way, I think he is an amazing teacher
He’s speaking slowly I like that awesome teacher I appreciate this lesson thank you so much Antonio, I’m new comer here on your UA-cam channel, happy for found you I hope after one month my English take to fluently ❤❤again thanks thanks,,, love and light
This is the best english lesson video I have ever seen👍 I think this man deserves an oscar for making it so easy for us and at the end he even guided us not to feel obligated and be proud of your accent but learning American accent is my own decision cuz I wanted to utilise my vacations but from now on I will definitely work on my accent and try to remember the points he told me btw thanks man🙌
So glad I found this channel on UA-cam. First I saw one of your videos was on TikTok. I’m a Malaysian, was taught British English by a non-native English teacher. I grew up watching mostly American TV series, films and also listening to their songs. The English accent that I built up therefore is affected by those mediums and neither makes it British or American which I have always realized. So interested to watch more videos from your channel and benefit from them! God bless you and keep making more videos! You make learning so engaging even virtually!
I’m American and always find it interesting when someone has an accent in between other accents. For example I had a really cool Scandinavian teacher that spoke with traces of a British, American, and of course Scandinavian accent
Hi! Could you please make a video of how to have an American intonation? I would really appreciate it! Your videos help me a lot to improve my English. Thank you so much!!
Eres fantástico explicando, tan claro, tan puntual, no puedo dejar de escucharte, y este video en particular ha sido de mucha ayuda ya q intento imitar el acento pero es muy difícil para mi... Porq hay sonidos q ni siquiera existen en español. Muuuuchas gracias porq cada vez q veo tus videos aclaro dudas y refuerzo lo q sé...
You're a good teacher Antonio. I'm a native English speaker taken speaking it for granted. Never heard anyone break things down the way you have. I enjoy it.
I'm jealous of you * *sobs in a corner* *
@@jafarsheriff8543 😂
As a Native English Speaking Canadian, I think Antonio is amazing! Sometimes, as in Antonio's case, those who have learned a language to proficiency are able to teach others what they learned and how they learned what they learned to get to their levels. As a Native speaker I never even considered those things as deeply, as it is just my native language and I am used to it... even if in the word cu"t"e .. the T is never really said... I guess native speakers just know the word ends with the T and is written with a T so our brain just imagines the "T" as automatically being there..... and when someone uses a different accent or pronunciation we just hear it as being off or different but don't really know why.
Try this one ⤵️
ua-cam.com/users/rachelsenglish
@@YanaSarkar so at this point the T sound is pronounced, but stopped this happen when the T sound Is close two vowels especially when the last vowels Is lazy like a schwa or ih sound in "sit" , for a native speaker will be natural doing this .
Honestly, the best pronunciation video I've ever seen. So many tips condensed in a single video. You were also very considerate to highlight the linguistic differences and tell us not to feel obligated to sound like a "native speaker". Great video, thank you!
Where u from?
@@mixlifeview Brazil. I know it by his name. Very common in our country.
@@catallystic Brazil isn't unique country in the world that speaks Portuguese or has _Fernando Filho_ as proper name(even in India there are a lot of native people with Portuguese/Brazilian names and family names).
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Hi Antonio, my name is Kim, I am Vietnamese, I am 62 years old, I found your Chanel that you teaching English, I love to learn with you even my brain not remember good, i watch your class every day, I just want to say thank you very much for English not just for, a lot young people are too .🙏❤️
I love how you emphasize that we shouldn't feel obligated to sound like a native speaker. I totally like this video, it is very informative and fun to learn!
You demonstrated the tips briefly and perfectly! One of the underrated teaching accent videos I’ve ever came across.
School here in the Netherlands really messed up my accent. They teach us British English and then you're let loose into the world where most of us are mostly exposed to American English. So now my accent alternates between British and American (with of course my own Dutch accent on top lol). Thanks for your video!
I have to say that in the NL everyone speaks excellent English however the accent may be slightly different from the UK (of course it's in the middle between Germany and the UK as it is the Dutch language). I have been in the Netherlands 3 times and worked with Dutch people long time.
M-- I feel your pain. Historically, languages have been dominated by economic power; however, I cannot explain why Mandarin (or any other Chinese dialect) is not pervasive outside of China. The UK used to be a dominate economic power and most of the world is experiencing the effects of that. I have also concluded that stress and reductions are the two main reasons why Britain and American English sound different. I am also convinced Americans are hell bent or detetmined to completely shed their ties with British that they will use anything to accomplishment that objective. I was born in the Caribbean and educated in the US, which has led to my conclusion.
As long as you pronounce the words correctly and people understand you it's enough!
Love Dutch language and culture. Greetings from Uruguay.
@@Jade-xw2ur Thank you for the history refresher. There are many variations of the British accent, but if you were not raised or educated in Britain then you speak a variation of British English.
One of the youngest English teachers and one of the best. I'm impressed with your teaching techniques.
Thanks ❤️
Greetings from New York 🗽
AND ONE of the cutest :)
I Agree, Greetings from The Netherlands (Europe)
@@AntonioCaruso906 from the beautiful country of Philippines :) mabuhay :)
Man, I met your channel by chance, and I'm loving learning English with you, you make everything easier, thank you for the tips and keep doing this amazing and wonderful work.
Maam*
@@ogtyt7549 Nope.
@@ogtyt7549 that's not funny.
You are right i just moved to USA and start watch his channel its help me a lot.
Hi Antonio, how are you doing?
As a Brit trying to learn how to properly speak in an American accent for a musical this video has been fantastic so thank you very much Antonio!
but British accent is lovely!!
You sound like a native American speaker, and your ability to master many accents is fascinating, I like your way of teaching it's obvious that you are doing a lot of research, I appreciate your efforts you helped me a lot to improve my pronunciation, I can't thank you enough you are a great person, I'm a university student from Morroco.
Ummm... You didn't know he said car-ACTER-istics... among many other wrong pronunciationns?
@@kiajulian4619 Your comment tells me that you are monolingual
I would have never known he was actually an Italian until this comment oh my gosh
I am from Sri Lanka .I really love the way you teach ... I always watch your videos and try to follow what you teach. Thank you so much for teaching us so beautifully ❤️.
I agree with your last message. ESL learners are not obligated to imitate American accent just to become a great English speaker. It's not all about that. Just like my English teacher said before, your grammar, fluency, and articulation is far more important than the accent alone. As long as you're understood by the person you're conversing with, you're good to go. 💗
Accents are beautiful and they get a bad rap because people don’t realize the accents don’t matter at all. It is the PRONUNCIATION which matters! Someone could say that an accent can interfere with good pronunciation but really LISTENING is what is lacking more. Make listening number one if you want good pronunciation.
I have been living in California for 17 years now. Most of the time I still get "what?" or "huh?" when I talking to a native American. It makes me feel frustrated of my self sometimes. I tried watching more English movies and not Asian movies/dramas. Still, it did not work. So, this video gave me answers why. Thanks you so much, Antonio!!! This is very helpful. I will put into practice all that I have learned from here and will keep you posted.
First class of ESL in USA 10 years ago: I'll never forget our teacher saying that English is our second or third language. We should feel so proud of the process that we are doing to learn the language. Our effort, making mistakes and keeping learning, it doesn't matter our edge, educational level that we got in our lives before. We are incorporating a new culture to our lives with a new language. I see americans learning English with ESL people all the time! Thank you Antonio!!!. You are a natural and amazing teacher! Your words means a lot to me!❤❤
I think this might be my first-ever youtube comment - though I've been on the platform for ages. The ending triggered me to comment (this is not to say that the content wasn't great either!). The ending demonstrates a level of empathy I rarely see, and, in fact, in the most unexpected place (a pronunciation lesson)! Thank you! I never thought of it like that. You are a great, empathetic teacher.
I'm American and a native English speaker and I recently discovered your channel. I really love your videos because they help me understand parts of the English language that I forgot or just never learned. I'm learning Korean from a Croatian tutor who is also fluent in English. She often refers to parts of the English language when teaching me Korean and I'm too embarrassed to admit that I don't know what she's talking about half the times because I don't know the parts of English speech. So, here I am watching your videos to learn. 🥴
So as you’re a native does he have a slight accent or does he sound 100% native
Kinda me in spanish :"
Pathetic how I'm native and I forgive you 🙄weak
How can I get your WhatsApp number please
needed to leave this comment, im brazilian and i've been fluent in english for almost five years now, my accent was easy to understand (i talk to native and another english speakers constantly) but this year i started getting annoyed by some accent "mistakes" that i didn't wanna do but still did it anyways, well i've been watching your videos everyday for a month now, shadowing everything you say for at least ten minutes and taking some notes, and today one of my friends asked me why do i sound like a native speaker lately, (need to confess i jumped outta bed and did a little happy dance), i know everybody have an accent and i loved mine, however i'm always impressed when i hear someone that learned english confusing people with their "native accent", and that's my goal now since i already speak the language hahhahah anyways your channel has been such a big help i needed to stop by to tell you how grateful i am, especially when you're such a great teacher and anyone can tell you love teaching, thank you so sooo much❤️
Your lessons are just awesome, and your imitation of British and Southern pronunciations are out of this world!! 🌟🥳
This is so beautifully explained! I am from California but I have a degree in opera singing, so I’ve had to take a lot of diction classes. It’s interesting to look back and see how studying diction has changed my own accent. For example, I’ve had friends tease me for “over pronouncing” sounds that most people with my dialect would glide over (mostly T’s) and my vowels are more succinct without strong diphthongs. Diction is cool! You’re doing great work :)
Thank you for highlighting not being obligated to have a native-like accent. One of the reasons I lost my motivation to learn German and French was because both of my teachers regulary made comments about my Hungarian accent.
Keep up the great work!👏
I firmly believe that showing the linguistic difference between the two accents really helps a lot. This video also helps peoplr who want to be able to understand the accent of the person they’re talkin’ to !
Very well done Antonio!
From Naples 💙
Nice to meet you, Antonio.
You are a great teacher, and your videos will be really useful for everyone who is learning English like me. Thanks from Brazil.
Hello brother can we be friends bc I need a friend from Brazil?
He's really a good teacher.Thank you, finally i can improve my accent and sound more like americans .Love you )
Frankly speaking, your teachings are amazing. I'm learning a lot even though it isn't easy but I'm pretty much sure that a continuous practice is going to improve me
you are such a great teacher! american english is my first language and i still learned so much. and I really appreciate how you said that these linguistic phenomenons are not about being educated or lazy. To be honest, I always beat myself up when I catch myself speaking too "relaxed", and maybe I shouldn't stress about it. Thank you for the great lesson!!
I am an teacher in Philippines and I teach English, your videos really helped me in my lessons to my students,especially in their English pronunciation skills. You speak fluently and clearly.
Love it! You do a good job of showing the difference between US and UK pronunciations and using linguistic terms to explain what's going on. 👏 One interesting point is that in California most people make no distinction between the o sound in law that you mentioned and a as in pot. Most Californians will pronounce thought, caught, law, etc. with the same a vowel in "pot" or "lots."
Antonio, non sei solo bravissimo ma anche simpaticissimo. Se la mia giornata avesse più ore ti ingaggerei per imparare il napoletano
هذا الدرس مميز لقد استفدت منه كثيرا اشكرك كثيرا طريقتك مميزة مختصرة وملمة بألفاظ كثيرة
You're a really great teacher brother. I can learn more easily with you than I do with others whose teaching videos I've beening watching for some months, only because of your amazing capability to make complicated things so nice and lucid and easy to grab. I am from Calcutta in India and I studied in school and college in my vernacular language i.e Bengali. So whatever English I have learned I mostly did on my own efforts. And because there hadn't been any teacher to correct me there remained many lacunas in my learnings . Some are grammatical and other are spoken/colloqualism and phonetics related. The former type of error seemed easier to correct with the help of books but the latter are the things where I seem to be stuck for ever. And because of this I can't understand English movies or songs or complicated discussion on TVs etc. which I so so desire to understand. And this is where you and other teachers are coming to my help a great deal.
So thank you so very much ang God bless you.
I’ve grown up in Australia, but I’m American born, since my mid teens my accent has been quite mixed between the two and been trying to make it more American, this video will definitely help
Hey Antonio, you're such a sweetheart ☀️ I have come across with your channel a week ago. I'm an English Language Teacher and I find your videos awesome! You're so inspiring, keep up the good work please 😊
Sending love from Türkiye 🇹🇷
I loved finding your channel and you are so on point! I grew up with American mid west accent, moved to Boston for 25 yrs, now live in Atlanta. I am now so accent confused, no one understands me. Keep up the great work!😃
That's great. Mixing the accents makes you unique!
I have my native language's accents all mixed up too due to moving
Thank you Antonio for all your amazing tips! Every time I listen to you I admire how perfect and clear your pronunciation is.
Hey I’m from the uk and I have a pretty strong British accent and there’s been I few times when I’ve needed to sound more American(mainly in voice acting) and this helps a lot,
Would 100% recommend this video to people who want to sound more American
shurly
This is the first time in a long time that I can see some progress in my pronunciation of words, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your video!
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign
language and wants to realize their full potential!
Sharing your knowledge ,so good & hearty.
In Monterey??
@@ariturbo4094 yes
@@thomasrobertson2225 i lived there 1975-1977...my father was in NPS..scholarship given to Indonesian Navy Officer to strengthen the US Indonesian diplomatic and military allies in South East Asia..best time as a kid
Antonio, you'll pass as genuine American native speaker! No wasted time watching your vlogs. Hats off to you!
I'm American, and if I hadn't seen the description of this video, there's no way I would have thought he was anything other than American. 🤷🏼♀️
I really appreciate your closing words. I work under a call center and I experience a lot of customers who bashes or mock me when they notice that I'm not a native speaker. And that's one of the main reasons why I started watching videos like this to at least improve my accent. Cause even if I try not to mind it, their words really echoes especially when I'm about to sleep at night :'). Thank you for sharing your knowledge and words of wisdom haha 😉
Lmao I hate that shit when you’re going to bed. My brain becomes a cringe memory generator
omg ! this is the best.pronunciation channel. period.
The important thing you mentioned at the end made me love you so much. It tears me up. As an Asian, it is challenging to pronounce certain words as we do not have R or L in our native language. I got a lot laughed at when trying to say certain words. Thank you. You are more than an English teacher. You are such a kind human being ❤.
:( I'm sorry that happens to you. People are really mean when it comes to accents or pronunciation for some reason.
I feel embarrassed trying to speak any form of Chinese because i suck at making the tonal inflections correctly and I feel ashamed, lol. It's difficult to speak multiple languages and I hope you're proud of yourself!!
@@aprilmeowmeow Thank you for your kindness. Having no control of some people's negativity, but it motivated me to learn and try harder. That's why we met here:). It means a lot to me. Love!
Hi, Antonio! I’m learning English because I’ll begin a degree in two months. Crazy, right? I can’t believe that you are Italian! Your accent in English is like a native! And in Spanish (my language) are great, perfect! Your Mexican accent está muy chido, wey! Anyway you inspired me! Un abbracio!
Hello brother can I talk to bc I wanna improve my english so I need a friend?
@@english_arabiclover hi, sure thing! Practice, practice and practice is what we need.
@@english_arabiclover do you have IG?
Brother a actually if u want can we talk on whatsapp ?
What does IG means?
I love the way you explain every sound, and the must I like about this particular video, is the last comment, encouraging us to be not ashamed about our foreing accent.
"That kiTTen is so cuTe".
I'm saying it incorrectly and I've lived in the USA for my entire life. I do pronounce a soft T.
When I recently saw a couple of shorts you made, I had NO idea you were teaching English. So my comments were quite bizarre. Forgive me.
I truly enjoy your concise warm manner in which you teach.
It's a pleasure watching and listening to you!
Your not pronouncing it wrong, pronunciations vary from place to place. I pronounce t's too
I have been speaking American English for most of my 76 years. I'm still working on it. Once, many years ago, I tried to learn how to speak the language that the people from Belgium speak. I worked on it every day for months. Never got to the point where I could carry on a conversation. The funny thing is, when I got to Belgium, everybody was speaking American English.
I was there for 8 days, and I enjoyed myself so much because everyone was so nice, friendly, treated me like they knew me my whole life. They all speak Flemish. I don't think I would ever be good enough to carry on a conversation. Absolutely love your youtube channel. I'm very glad I stumbled on to it.
Everybody speak American English ?
It is always a struggle for me to teach letter R to Koreans. I hope you could post more lessons about teaching R or R blends for Koreans or Japanese. TIA!
As an American myself, this was very interesting and informative. Thanks for all the details!! For myself I do usually pronouns my t’s after n’s (like in internet). Sometimes I also pronounce those silent t’s (like in cute). I guess it just depends how fast or informal I’m talking.
Pronounce, not pronouns, but that's fine. Spelling is certainly easier for us Italians.
So as a native does he have an accent or does he sound 100% native
I love your classes, and I love even more when you make me feel so good in my poor knowledge of speaking English. I'm sure your students love you like I love you right now. Dear teacher ❤️. Greeting 🥰🇵🇪.
I love, love,love this guy. I’ve learned a lot through his videos. Thank you sooo much Antonio!
Here in India we speak both American and british English 😅
😂😂😂in your head maybe
😂😂😂😂 like somalia .
most of people lives somalia they not knowing what they says but when they speak Arabic language they love so many. You never seen any faults about that language because it is first Islamic language
Love your videos. One comoent on this one.. you said cha-RAC-teristic. The stress/emphasis should be on the first sylable..CHA-rac-teristic. Keep up the great work!
Antonio is terrific and so talented. As a native speaker, I picked up the same thing though with your pronunciation of the word characteristic. I heard this mispronunciation on two videos. That being said, I was surprised that you aren't a native speaker of American English.
@@robertgessner8846 yes, I heard the other video as well. Not sure where you got the idea I am not a native speaker but I am. Just love listening to his videos. He does a wonderful job.
Character-IS-tic
@@englishwithmiranda Yeah, that would be pretty weird if someone placed the emphasis on that first syllable. 😁 It's indisputably on the "IS."
I adore how Antonio explain us everything, he's unic!!!
These are really helpful tips! Thank you ❤️ been trying to find effective ways on how to improve accent (for my French students). Also, love the way you articulate words ❤️
I kinda speak British accent and (Indian accent) but i really wanna study at US so im trynna lose my accent.
Me too
getting called out as my accent is bad while it's not even that bad i speak better than alot of people i know but i felt bad i wanted to change that i think im learning things i already knew about 😭 but i wasn't using them correctly thank you so much
Hello. I'm from India 🇮🇳
I follow your sessions and that's very helpful me for understand English.
Can you please make videos on english literature, like some terms or forms.
Wow, I did three years of linguistics at uni and I couldn't get my head around phonetics but you make it sound so interesting and fun to learn!
I really enjoyed listening to your video and perhaps learning a lot. I think what you said about that we shouldn't be ashamed of our native accent it's very important for us to know..
I live in France and I'm learning English in class and I would like to have an American accent because it's stylish
I burst into tears when he said "You shouldn't feel obligated to have a native-like accent" --- from an American-educated Chinese national who's living in Japan and struggling to find a job that would allow her to utilize her native-LEVEL English ability.
Great Job Antonia. Clarity to the core and clears all confusion in the pronounciation of different words. Well explained the subtle differences and a great trainer to learn from.
Get some glasses.
Antonio
Me encanta tu forma de enseñar. Lo explicas todo despacio, muy claro y conciso.
Realmente estás haciendo un gran trabajo. Muchas gracias
Si yo también pienso lo mismo. En síntesis se puede decir "Italians do it better" 😁🇮🇹
Amazing content! I've been learning and speaking English since I was 4, and now learning with you was so much fun!
Hello brother can u help me in improving my english
Accent is our identity and as a Brazilian I would never attempt to speak or imitate any nationality rather than showing my real accent.
I would say losing foreign accent is more like going to the last step of learning some language, its definitely not required, but it’s the only step you can learn the intonation and rhythm that are used in countries that speak English as first language
Your videos are really helpful. I've learned a lot of lessons, basically on correct and proper pronunciation of both unfamiliar & familiar words which I already encountered & used but need to be corrected. I am a Filipino & I do appreciate your work. Thanks. More power!
I have a New York accent & I personally like hearing English in foreign accents. I know others make fun of our American accent when we learn a different language... but maybe bc we have so many different nationalities in our country, a lot of us like the sounds of their accents more than our own. A lot of Americans feel that way, so don’t be ashamed of your accent & don’t beat yourself up over trying to change it! We love it over here!
My God, this is so ispiring and needed, I am very embarassed when I speak English, I am so ashamed of my accent ... thank you for these words
@@ladybird1463 > Where’s your accent from? Don’t be embarrassed! I understand your English perfectly, and even if I couldn’t understand it (I know quite a few ppl here who I can barely understand, but bc we all grew up with so many different kinds of ethnicities it’s super normal to us. The term “bad English” isn’t really a “thing” here). I was just swooning over a woman with a THICK Colombian accent at my job. And I remember for the longest time, having a guy with an accent was on my “must-have” list... which resulted in me dating guys from Russia & Guatemala, who could barely speak a LICK of English - but I LOVED it 😂😂😂 Guys here are the same way when foreign women have an accent. So no worries! If you need some inspiration, look up videos of a Japanese baseball player named Munenori Kawasaki speaking. He came over here to play, but couldn’t speak nearly any English. But what ended up making him the fan favorite was how confident he was still. We found it so endearing - everyone wanted to hear him, he was the star of the show. A lot of us honestly didn’t even want him to better his English lol We loved him exactly how he was. So yea, don’t be ashamed! Your accent is simply telling the story of who you are/where you’re from, not how good your English is. It’s what makes you unique & what makes us jealous when you’re stealing up all the men lol
@@hey.its.kenners Thank you so much!!!!!!!! Your words are sun rayes for me!!!Thanks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@ladybird1463 > of course!
This is so true! Gosh I love Sofia Vergara’s accent. It makes her so special. I personally love Slavic accents or Italian.
I love learning the american native pronounciation although here in most part of the philippines it looks like doing it in a very articulate way..!
as an american that had lived in america their entire life and never left, this is so helpful.
there's so many people with non native accents that no one gives a shit if you have a good accent or not. we're used to it, trust me.
unless you're from scottland or ireland..
My accent was originally American when I was a little boy; now it's British.
Awesome...it is so great to find this kind of videos where the accent is involved
Yo hablo español y atrapar ese acento es mi meta tambien🤩...thank you for everything
What a complete learning session thank you so much you’re the best English teacher I’ve seen and listened so far God bless
@@vlovegan he's great. I'm an English teacher myself and I love him too.
THIS IS SO HARD THANKYOU SO MUCH
I am American and have no problem with English but I love your videos. You are very articulate in your explanations. I am also from the South but most think I have a Midwestern accent like someone from Chicago.
You are a genius. And the final message is what makes it the best pronunciation video ever!
Antonio, this is my second visit to your great channel. Again, this particular video is excellent for me, you pointed out again the core differences between the British and American accents. Great job. Congrats, I'm beginning to like you and your video tutoring!
Thank you for these valuable tips.
Amazing! I loved learning these tips in a easier way. They're very useful... Thanks Antonio! 😀 💗
before learning accenting and sihit, embrace masculinity
Him: "if you struggle with the /r/ soun, try imitating a barking dog...rrrwha"
Me, a Spanish-speaker: "GUAU" 🐶
Thank you Antonio for sharing this video. I've understood and practised everything that you said. Greetings from Argentina..
hah, it turned out that I speak with an American accent, although I studied British English, cool :)
You're a great teacher. Thank you.
Omg I LOVE LISTENING TO YOUR VOICE it’s so soothing ❤
It's really significant lesson. Great thanks from Medan. Indonesia.
I'm still astonished about your English proficiency, considering you haven't (as far as I know) moved to an English speaking country in your early ages. I have two theories about that: the first one is your toponymic family name (Parlati), [who is eager and pleasant to talk], and the second, your good ear for music. After been an adult person who has been learning English as a second language, I can say that your case is pretty unique.
I think he mentioned in one of his videos that he learned English when he was 11 and he used to watch American TV shows and movies and imitate the sounds of the accent.
I know someone who did the same thing when he was 12 but he did it with British accent and now he speaks English like a British person.
But as an adult, it’s almost impossible to be able to speak like a native, and there is no need to do that.
By the way, I think he is an amazing teacher
@@hellophoenix why is it almost impossible?
@@em4001 it’s really not. Just emulate how they talk , you’ll see the difference:)
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Fr BRO XDDDD
Awesome explanations!!
It is easy to learn with you 😃
im getting bullied on discord for having an indian accent even tho im not indian so that's what brought me here 😂
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He’s speaking slowly I like that awesome teacher I appreciate this lesson thank you so much Antonio, I’m new comer here on your UA-cam channel, happy for found you I hope after one month my English take to fluently ❤❤again thanks thanks,,, love and light
Great Antonio!!
I really love your pronunciation.
Antonio, you’re not just a good English teacher but also have a sense of humor! 💙
Antonio can you make episode about how to learn two languages at same time
How you learn french
And thanks for your effort 😊
This man does not need 22 minutes to explain things like other teachers ,l like it thank you.
This is the best english lesson video I have ever seen👍 I think this man deserves an oscar for making it so easy for us and at the end he even guided us not to feel obligated and be proud of your accent but learning American accent is my own decision cuz I wanted to utilise my vacations but from now on I will definitely work on my accent and try to remember the points he told me btw thanks man🙌
So glad I found this channel on UA-cam. First I saw one of your videos was on TikTok. I’m a Malaysian, was taught British English by a non-native English teacher. I grew up watching mostly American TV series, films and also listening to their songs. The English accent that I built up therefore is affected by those mediums and neither makes it British or American which I have always realized. So interested to watch more videos from your channel and benefit from them! God bless you and keep making more videos! You make learning so engaging even virtually!
I’m American and always find it interesting when someone has an accent in between other accents. For example I had a really cool Scandinavian teacher that spoke with traces of a British, American, and of course Scandinavian accent
@@laynemccormic9102 my international friends usually call me 'the guy with the fluctuated accent'. haha
Hi! Could you please make a video of how to have an American intonation? I would really appreciate it! Your videos help me a lot to improve my English. Thank you so much!!
Awesome teacher! Thanks 🙏🏻
I really enjoyed this video, and barking along with you haha
I also love the message at the end!
Thank youu
Thank you . I love the way you interact. This is really helpful
Eres fantástico explicando, tan claro, tan puntual, no puedo dejar de escucharte, y este video en particular ha sido de mucha ayuda ya q intento imitar el acento pero es muy difícil para mi... Porq hay sonidos q ni siquiera existen en español. Muuuuchas gracias porq cada vez q veo tus videos aclaro dudas y refuerzo lo q sé...