How to Improve Spoken American English - Sound like a Native Speaker
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- Опубліковано 25 гру 2011
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How to Improve English and American English Pronunciation: this video outlines two different exercises (Ben Franklin Exercise and Imitation Exercise) you can do to reduce your accent and improve your pronunciation.
Improve your American Accent / spoken English at Rachel's English with video-based lessons and exercises.
See the transcript for this video: rachelsenglish.com/sound_native
Cải thiện nói tiếng Anh Mỹ / 음성 미국 영어를 향상 / 話されているアメリカ英語を向上させる / Улучшите свой американский акцент / Meningkatkan berbicara bahasa Inggris Amerika / Melhorar a fala Inglês Americano / Mejorar el habla Inglés Americano / 提高口语的美式英语 / बात अमेरिकी अंग्रेजी में सुधार / تحسين محادثة اللغة الإنجليزية الامريكية
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Rachel's English hellow i need to learn with you
Hi,Reachel,Can you tell me this sentence 'I want some information',why 't' is no sound?
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Rachel's English [ASK❤️] Hi Rachel,here i've got a quick question:Why don't we pronounce 'to' as '/də/'? Because we had another video 'How to Pronounce the Word TO' before,it says:Use /tə/ after a word ending in /t/;Can use /də/ all other times,according to that,in this video, 'to' is after 'possible',which is not ending in /t/,so it seems like we should pronounce 'to' here as '/də/'.So Rachel,may I have ur idea?what do you think of it?Thanks a lot!Love u!❤️❤️❤️❤️
through your video
I sound american in my inner self
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This is literally me 🤣😂
Same here!!! In my brain, i'm speaking like an American native speaker but when I speak, here it comes perfect Thai accent lol
yeah me
Me after watch this video :
*Walking in home*
A lot of people ask me if its possible to sound like a native speaker
And then just go blank and don't know what else to say.
😂
So true
LMAO
LMFAO
I’m a native speaker but I found myself watching the whole thing 😂
Hello
Exol😍
Same ;)
😂😂😂😂
Can you speak with me ? I need learn English language
When I'm behind the screen my vocabulary is wide but when I'm talking I sound so dumb trying to pronounce or say c l e a r l y a word and it makes me look like I'm trying too hard HAHAHA So when I'm sarcastic it just sounds like I'm a fool akjflba I eat my words >:0
Related. I can sound like a native speaker when im alone but a dumb ass when i talk to others=))
Olive Oil what am I doing here
Story of my life
I'm good at speaking or talking, but in writing a pretty much suck at it, cant even write a good ass paragraph
@@osamabinballin5369 same that's my problem too and I have exams on March 22nd
When you grow up a native speaker of English, you don't realize how convoluted it is for people to learn.
+WatchTheWorldBURN So true!
+Don'tWatchTheWorldBURN Actually, it is one of the easiest languages to learn. Not that any language is *easy* to learn, but compared to the others out there, English is one of the least bothersome.
+Rachel's English Nice video btw.
+Don'tWatchTheWorldBURN -- You Americans have completely messed up the English language.
yeah it seems like it'd be hard for people to nail the accent down right unless they speak with Americans constantly
you mean north americans....right?
I'm a native speaker who grew up in NH speaking both French and English, and when I hear a person speaking English with any kind of accent I feel great admiration for that person, because I know they have had to learn English, which is a very difficult task.
Don't get discouraged, people, and don't be too hard on yourself. Keep smiling.
Fact is English is a global language with lots of different native accents. Then there is also a bunch of non-native speakers with their respective accents. When I lived in the US, I spoke with my own accent, let the Americans speak with theirs, and everybody got along perfectly well.
it works only with one native..
if two non native speakers from different regions... difficult to understand each other..
thats why there needs to be a sort of standard which is American or british one
Partially agree. Redically Language be used for communication. if it's work, no problem.
It is today's lingua franca, can you believe it that in India they import college texbooks from the West and translate them into their dialect?
I'm a Filipino and learned a lot through this. Thank you!! 💛
Awesome! You're welcome Lyra! :)
I'm French.... Thank you, you are doing a great job.
Yas L.M haha maybe we could teach each other
Interesting video. I am looking for a native french, italian, and English to practice, and I can teach my native language which is spanish in return.
Wesh poto tranquille ou quoi?
Killerfreak Tuto yop la famille
I wanna be perfect english speaker in my life but I don't know how I will success
Why am I watching this, when I was born in the usa
Hhaha lol
same
Same
me too
yep me too haha
I'm mexican and I've unintentionally been doing this for Finnish, French, German, Arabic and Russian learning, too.
I use ä, ö, y(ü), ó, á, é, etc... and I've created my whole code for learning myself.
Thanks to you, now I know it's called Ben Franklin exercise.
You're welcome Rafael and thanks for watching!
Different accents are beautiful, and you should be proud of yours!
I'm Japanse and I live in the use since end of 2015, I have strong accent and sometimes native speaker can't understand what I said. some of my feel actually scary to speak in English. btw, I was very surprised many people who was born the us, watch this you tube!! I have to keep practice pronounce, grammar etc.
I hope you are excellent with speaking and everyone understands what you say :)
Good luck but it's been 3 years. Any update?
What do you think about British accent? Have you ever tried to learn it?
@@ErtixPoke if u live in USA, what u need to learn only American English but not British English.
Hey,how it is now?
I'm trying my best to be a native speaker. i kinda love speaking English,now. thank you for this video
Tinh apple You're welcome!
+Mohammed-bouchouc2012 interesting points ,if anyone else is searching for get an american accent try Wondsting Amazing Accent Wiki (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my co-worker got amazing results with it.
interesting points ,if anyone else wants to discover how do you speak with an american accent try Wondsting Amazing Accent Wiki (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my neighbor got cool success with it.
I'm a Brazillian here Learning more about English I Love Speak English
I'm an Arabic girl and I really love English and I want to learn it and speak like a native speaker
@@siddiki1708 stop the cap right now😂
@@force652 mean of cab..brother
@@siddiki1708 other words stop lying
I speak fluent English but my accent is that of the Caribbean as I am from Jamaica. Most of the time online jobs like it when you able to perform intonation, that of the USA. Rachel's English is really helping me in less than 10mins. No joke. Great work Rachel.
Hi Rachel, I am an American English teacher; you made some very good and specific points that students can use in learning American English and comparing it to say British or Australian English. Good work! Good luck!
I always try to emulate you and watch your videos and I observe my accent is totally getting better than the first year where I moved to the university. that is why I admire that you are the best professor I've ever seen on UA-cam.
I highly recommend any non-native speaker to follow you if he/she enthusiastics to ameliorate accent .
These are timeless lessons. I still remember about 10 years ago, I discovered your channel and this video is one of the very first lessons I learned from you. You're still producing many useful teaching lessons today for free and I feel I need to show my gratitude for that. You're my primary online English teacher. God bless you for all you've been giving. Thank you so much!!
Wow! That's a long time! Thanks for sharing Quang! :)
Yes. Wish you all the best !!!
"Aladav peepllesk mee ifids pAHsible ta sOWnd lihkah naydiv speakerr."
I'm someone who sounds kinda British, who is attempting voice acting/impressions, and this is basically how it all sounds to me.
same, I want the American accent but Idk why it sounds like Brithish omg, even reading
Could we practice together
@@mcjoe6244 what's your discord?
You're Indonesian people
@@slimshady19 As an American why would you want my accent 😂
Yes, this will depend on your native language. Is it Arabic? The Flap T and D between vowels in American English = the R in Arabic. Keep in mind it is way different from the R in American English.
Thank you! I'm going to repeat everything these days!
who unlike the video? On what basis?
there is nothing to unlike video.
amazing video.
Thanks Rachel.
Thanks Rachel, I am a non- native English teacher and I like your videos a lot. Not only do they help me improve my English, but also teach my students about reduction, linking and so on. Thanks and keep up the amazing job
I'm Saudi and I wanna say that you are awesome and the best teacher , good job and keep going 👏👏
Thank you because I did just this when learning French and wooow "Imitating a native and then comparing yourself until it's perfect" is the best way to improve my accent.
I would add that you speak to a native and then paraphrase everything for him to correct you.
It has been nearly 9 years and i am still learning from this channel. Thank you so much Rachel ❤️
You're welcome Ngọc! Keep it up.
you sound like siri
CitronMayor HAHAHAHASDF SO TRUE😂😂😂👌🏻
CitronMayor she could be siri lmao
HAHAHA TRUE!!!
maybe Rachel's voice was integrated into iOS? =)
CitronMayor she might be the model of Siri
I've been studying english for 2 years, right now I'm trying to improve my speaking, I will follow your advice, thanks for the video, see you later, greetings from mexico.
Thank you so much for this! I really appreciate it!! I've been living in the United States for a decade now but sometimes my accent makes it hard for others to understand so I've been practicing English and I really appreciate these videos I believe that with practice and consistency I will be able to speak like a Native or similar to an English native speaker!
smash
I am Egyptian and enjoy learning from your channel. Thank you
Such a good tutorial! I'm trying to improve my pronunciation since I sound, as my friend from the US said, 'like someone from Europe who has spent like two years in America'
i'm italian and i really enjoyed the video! you're a good and awesome teacher! never stop teaching!
maybe u can teach me Italy😇😇😇
Me too
I'm also from Italy.. ciao
I am french and I really enjoy too...
CIAO
I pronounced it correctly on my own 🙏🏻
I love ur new videos from movies, I stress a little more than required and not always do the necessary reductions ..
I like how you have put the title in so many languages for other people to find relatable videos.
Thank you!
Hello Rachel, On behalf of millions of people that have benefited for watching this video, we are extremely grateful for your kind generosity to educate us on how to improve our accent. Thanks in million Sister.
You're welcome Tom!
Thank you so much! I'm learning English with my teacher in a small group, but your videos helps with nuances a lot :) it's great.
I just started. and begin from here ..... I think I'm gonna watch all the videos to make my pronunciation better or even best. thank you rachel.
you are a total life saver......i haven't found any vdo in youtube as informative as this one.....if anyone just practices this one...within a month he is gonna get the accent....thank u again for this informative vdo
English turned into a very interesting game after listening to this. There are a lot of things to analyse and think about, even with the simplest phrases. So it actually gave me huge improvement in a short period of time! Thanks!
It's been a long time since my English classes finished and you´ve helped me to improve my pronunciation. Now I'm probably going to watch every single one of your videos. Subscribed of course!
Thank you!
Your pronunciation is perfect, so it´s easy to understand everything you say!!! The major problem, for me and for many others, I think, it´s how to understand people who speak very fast and not so clearly. I love your channel, thanks for teaching us with so much patience and elegance.
You're welcome!
Sometimes I feel like I sound like an American but when I record it, my inner filipino ass is getting out HAHAHA
Yeah, sana no!
Totoo HAHAHAHAHAHA
As usual.You are fantastic Rachel. I enjoy all your classes very much.
I'm a Voice and Accent trainer too, and I use a lot of your videos and techniques with my trainees. You're the best on UA-cam, in my opinion! ☺
Thanks Sammy!
Because of your comment, I am now really interested to open this video to watch 😜
Dude I wish I was born in the UK or the US. Anyway I'm gonna keep pushing my accent as close to native as I can
@Diana Laura hey 2 years later when I'm speaking my best I guess my accent is pretty much on paar with a native speaker. So yeah thats cool
@@talxaN congratulations mate!
as a native american i find accents literally so cool hahah
Um I'm doing the same, I hope I can sound like a us speaker because my dream is to move to the USA
Is it possible to practice and get a native accent if I’m now 18 already?
I consider my self as your student. I like your way teaching English. GOD BLESS
Thank you Qutaiba!
i'm chilean and enjoyed this lesson, thanks 💕
One thing that is rarely mentioned: o's often have a bit of an "ah" sound to them, like in "a lot" (in contrast to British English for example). A's have something similar going on being nudged towards an "e" and "e"s are closer to an "i" like in "it" so than Americans saying "n" sometimes sounds a bit like "in"
Rachel you are best , extraordinary online teacher in the world. I wish you all of the best from mongolia
I finally found great teacher!! THANK YOU
I'm Jordanian, I started learning by myself when I turned 7 I used to watch Bratz lol and listening to music until I turned 11 I started to speak English very well at this age until I ended up speaking fluently, learning languages from young age is good thing for the subconscious mind
Great! thanks for sharing Yaman!
Great explanation!!! :)
A lot of people ask me if it's possible to sound like a native speaker , well it's perfect! !!!!
These are great videos. I upload 'John's Word of the Day' videos almost daily, and as an American I am always looking to improve my English speaking skills. It is an ongoing process, as I tend to fall into bad habits.
Fantastic Teacher.
Thanks, Ms Rachel. You spoke awesome.
I wish everybody will speak like you then I would have no problem in understanding.
You're welcome!
great lesson! I teach ESL and these are all the things I would help them with too. Listen to language like it's Music, no matter what language you're learning. Keep up the good work Rachel!
Nice suggestion.. We'll keep this in mind when we try to speak like a native speaker..
I followed your video to practice over and over again, and I thank it's very effective.keep going, step by step. I told me every day.
This is a nice video. It can really help. I graduated of Journalism and my pronunciation is not good to work on television, but with this video I can practice to improve my English. Thank You.
carlos piantini hard luck
Thank you so much for your informative videos!! I've been struggling with pronunciation for a very long time and just found the link of Imitation Exercises on this video. It really seems helpful and i will train my pronunciation with it from now on!
Rachel I am a pronunciation teacher and your video is very precise and the explanations about linking, stressed syllables and other aspects of native speakers pronunciation is excellent Is it a fact that you have had your channel 7 years now I have just started so need to learn from you
I'm from panjshir AFG: thanks a lot your are doing a best job and help us more.
I'm studying Translating and Interpreting and this is truly useful!!
Wow my department is also translation. Which languages do you study?
I’m learning a completely different language, but I think this studying method might help me with my target language too! Thank you so much for posting this!
You're welcome and thanks for sharing!
I'm from Brazil and I would apreciate an American friend who can help me improve my English!!!
Thank you Rachel! You are what I needed.
Olá Rachel, estou assistindo as suas aulas, e estou gostando muito da sua didática, acredito que eu vou aprender a falar Inglês agora.
Excelente, parabéns...
fazem 10 anos do video dela e ainda é importante para pegarmos a manha. Espero q vc tenha conseguido.
Thank you, Ms Rachel! I'm an Asian so this is heaven for me, you know ;-)
I'm Persian native speaker and found this video very peractical.
Thanks a lot Zahra!
@@rachelsenglish 🥰🌹🌹
Hi Rachel, my name is Maria and I am from PR but I came to USA more than ten years. Nice to meet you. I will learn a lot with your channel. 👍🏼
You're welcome Maria!
Mesmo que você não entenda o que está escrito, eu digito: -Excelente aula, apesar de ainda eu não saber muita coisa, sua pronúncia tem me ajudado muito. Obrigado!!!
Eu não entendo muito mas é bom para acostumar com a pronúncia é tbm acostumar com o Inglês .
Com certeza. Cara perdí um empregaço aqui porque não domino o idioma.
Você conseguiu aprender? Quanto tempo levou pra falar o intermediário?
i am indonesian and your videos really help me to learn english, thanks
You're welcome!
Always love you my smart teacher! ❤️💐
I'm Vietnamese . thank you you doing good job
You are such a great teacher! I'm going to share this video. I am a polyglot, but English is my native language. I have done the same exercises in my foreign languages. It's so important to be able to pick up on all of the subtleties of speech including stress, rhythm, intonation, reduction, assimilation and so many other aspects. It really is incredible. Not until we learn another language or try to teach a foreigner to speak our language do we begin to become aware of the complexity involved.
Thanks for sharing Cory! Very much appreciated:)
Is there any doubt that you're asking me to feel bad for you because you exerted the effort to do the equivalent of remembering a dream in chronological order?
I'm Kurdish...I wanna say that you are doing a great thing..you are the best..
Thanks!
peshawa khalid Go Kurdistan!
Cartmando98 :D what do u mean?
Biji biji
By your lessons my language is getting better ... I don't say any thing just thank you for your helping the others ... Allah blesses you
Thank you!
Learning English is a great opportunity to grow up in life.
Day after day I notice how this videos are so important and make me discover more about English language, I started to feel I be closer to understanding the language... it's amazing to start like language... thanks so much for you Rachel👸
You're welcome Ibrahim!
Im recoding now and listening my voice. So stunning!! Thank you!
YESSSSSS!!!
Hi Rachel. I do something similar but I didn't know that it's an excercise named Ben Franklin! Actually, I use it for something that German teachers call 'Die Sprachmelodie'. It means the "melody of the sentence". Simply I draw curved lines over the text for knowing where the sounds become short and low just as you did with the stressed and unstressed syllables.
I'm so happy about it.
Thank you so much! I love your videos Rachel.
Shahin from Argentina.
Thanks again for sharing Sha! I bet that's effective too! :)
Now i did realise that you guys from America are so lucky !
I found this video in my recommendation and it's helping me! thank you~
You're welcome Richa!
thank you!
Thank you now I know how to speak fluently,
But it's just that,what I am fluent with is 'alot of people asked me if it's possible to sound"😌
ゆっくり話してくれて助かる
She speaks better than I do, and I was born in the US.
lol maybe you guys have different dialects?
hello this is my skype... enmanuel.peguero add me and we can be friends... thanks
i want to speak with you
Osama Gamal Hi do you have WhatsApp?
What chatting apps are american use?
I have a dream to speak, read and write the English language and I will learn with you, God willing
Great job, thanks so much, Rachel. I discover this channel yesterday, and you help me better very much. I'm Brazilian.
Nine Years since this video, and it is still a working method!!!
Thanks for watching!
She made a smiley face when she pointed out "if it's"
Alishba Wajid
:)
Alishba Wajid Yass xd
Great thank you for this wonderful video
You're welcome Haneefa!
there is lots of videos for American accent learning on you tube but mam your teaching style really different and awesome.
Thanks a lot!
I'm not learning English, I speak it quite well. I'm learning Korean but I'm looking at some materials like this to be aware of where I'm coming from. This video made me understand how different my South Australian English (my formal register English sounds a bit like some more southern England speech) is from your American English. I don't flow sounds over from one word to the next and my "t"s almost never sound like "d"s.
There's also “p(h)ossible”, “music(h)ality of the speech”.
And interesting thing: a glottal stop instead of [t]: “in the entire sen-'ence” at 4:14 or “halfway through one sen-'ence” at 4:42.
Aleksandr Nestrato it depends on how fast the person is saying sentence.
that h helps a lot thanks
I don't see what you say,but i think it's useful.
That's an awesome vedio, I am Chinese and I am looking forward to having a friend with an American accent!My mandarin is native hah
Awesome! Keep it up! :)
thank you for sharing your work, that helps me a lot.