Hi everyone, I usually don’t post this soon after a lesson, but just wanted to clear up a couple of things. If you’ve found this lesson difficult, don’t worry too much about it. This skill, like any other, takes time and practice to master. Anyway: I see this lesson has received very mixed reviews. For those of you who have found it useful, I’m glad I could help. For those of you who disliked it, or at least some aspects of it, allow me to explain myself a little: 1) I’m not British. I am Canadian, and so I speak with a neutral North American accent (i.e., not Texan, or Bostonian, or Newfoundlander, etc.) I could try to fake a British accent, but then I’ll have to comment here with apologies for sullying the Queen’s English. 2) What about the IPA? Well, what about it? I have been teaching English for a long time. I have tried on many occasions to get my students to use the IPA and have had very little success. Why, you ask? Firstly, it involves memorizing a new alphabet, which many students who have enough trouble with the regular one aren’t very inclined to do. Secondly, not everyone finds it useful. That’s because it is actually not as international as it may seem; there is no such thing (yet?) as an international English standard. All I was trying to do was provide an alternative approach (much like I did in my lesson on The Sentence- svo, svc, sva, rather than a subject-predicate group. You’d be surprised how difficult it is for many people, native and non-native English users alike, to grasp the concept of a predicate). Take the word CAN'T: Merriam Webster: \ˈkant, ˈkänt, especially Southern ˈkānt\ Oxford Dictionary: /kɑːnt Ummm… ok, well… which one should I go with? Imagine you study the British pronunciation. Next, imagine you take that pronunciation of the word can't and go to a small, conservative town in the southern US. In certain contexts, your pronunciation of this word might get you slapped in the face, punched in the stomach, or shot. I’m afraid I cannot elaborate here as to why, but the curious amongst you will figure it out. 3) Why use the Merriam Webster Dictionary in the first place? If you attend college in the US, most likely your professors will want you to write using the standard language rules of the US, which follow (in most cases) the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) It then follows that you should use it for pronunciation as well. This is why I was very careful to mention which dictionary I was using for this exercise. 4) Some of the fiercest comments against my approach came from people whose writing suggests to me that they are native or near-native English users. Please keep in mind that it isn’t as easy for newcomers to the language to grasp the things that you can, at least not at this stage of their language development. Besides, most native English users (outside linguistics programs) don’t even have a clue what the IPA is.
I can't believe that there are people complaining about the lesson. Adan, you are fantastic. Your lessons have helped me a lot in a way that you can't imagine. I am so grateful for your work and the others EngVid members, especially the Canadian ones, who have the most lovely english accent in the world. :) Best regards from Brazil.
Without a doubt, this is one of the best videos I've seen about pronunciation. Pronunciation and accent are two different things. Pronunciation is of paramount importance so that native and non-native speakers can understand you, and Adam did an excellent job in this video. Now, accent is something you may find really hard to change, and here I'd ask you why you would wanna do that. If your pronunciation is top-notch and native speakers can understand you easily, then accent becomes an irrelevant issue. Take it from there guys and you won't have to worry about sounding like a native speaker. Oh, and it works both ways, think about the times when you have met an English native speaker who has recently learned Spanish (or any other language for that matter) and how unimportant his/her accent is as long as he says each word clearly and the goal of communication is reached. That's what a language is about: communication. Keep that in mind.
ADAM DO NOT WORRY ABOUT SILLY OR MEAN COMMENTS KEEP ON TEACHING THOSE WHO REALLY WANT TO LEARN, YOU R DOING A GREAT JOB AND I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN FROM U SO I'M ABOUT TO CLICK ON YOUR NEXT VIDEO THX
When you took out the hookah, your smile was so genuine and beautiful! you're a great teacher who brings joy and excitement to students, which really motivate them and get them excited to learn as well! students don't always want strict teachers, and I learnt from you that it's nice to bring some fun to class once in a while!
Adaamm I want you to be my teacher, you're the best! I like that you don't speak too fast, you do it just "normal" and clearly. When you explain the meaning of any word, you do it with mimic and thats great, because it's much easier to understand. Your videos are not boring like others', you're not grumpy, somehow you make it interesting... maybe your personality. You are awesome. Congratulations for doing a great job.
Hey, guy. I'm brazilian and I'm at the intermediate level of English. I understood most of your class although I'm not be fluent! Thank you very much, guy! :D
thank you very much for your effort , i am Arabic native language and i am very penitent from your lessons please we need more on the sounds because this is very important for the another language
I am a native speaker of Fench and honestly, I think your videos are very helpful ! I could understand everything thanks to the English subtitles and due to the fact that I have problems of understanding ! but..of course I am trying to get used to the sound even if I have already got basic knowledge of english. thanks for your help
Adam, we need more videos about intonation, pauses and stressed words. Presentations and speeches are very difficult for English students...!!! Thank you for your lessons. They are amazing.
Me ha resultado muy útil el video, me encanta las lecciones que explican sonido por sonido y ponen varios ejemplos de cada uno, ya que de esta forma nos ayuda muchísimo a clarificar la pronunciación y cada detalle de los diferente sonidos de las vocales..
2:01 drink Throw em back, till I lose count I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist Like it doesn't exist
thank you teacher Adam, im a complete beginner to study english and your lessons really good and your expalanation help me to understand more about it. thank you.
Great lesson! It is not difficult, I think you summarized it and also explained it very well. Phonetics is so boring, but your lesson is short and simple.Thanks a lot and please, keep posting!
Hi Teacher Adam; I'm whatching you since 3 months and I can say i admire you You're really good Teacher on internet I wish i could be like you Thanks 4 everything
Dear Adam, your lessons are awesome. They are further better than the lessons that I take here in México. I can feel your passion for teaching. I usually learn something new when I am listeing to you and I really love your accent...thank you a lot. Regards.
Hello! I'm Daniot Anéus from Haïti. I enjoy this part you're talking about ''vowel sounds'' ,but your explanation in this video is not clear for a student who is learning the vowel sounds for the first time,in fact I'm looking forward to watching another video about the vowel sounds again and having clearer explanation,thank you. Good job!
excellent explanation of all those sounds, it is very hard for latin people like me because we pronounce quiete different and we see difficult speaking as much as native english speakers. Thanks for helping us with your videos and webpage
Only something that maybe it could be useful Practice: is when you practice something (action) Practise: is a kind of test or something like that. It is where you prove your knowledges about what are you practiCing.
hello, i'm from Venezuela, i'm learning English and I love your video!! I understand everything and I'm surprised because it's so easy! thankful! You're amazing!
I just figured out the phonetic symbols you wrote on top have to do with the way you place your tongue in your mouth. Thus, a dot means you only touch the palate with the tip of your tongue. the diaresis means you touch with both sides but not the center. line means full contact... the E sideways looks like an open mouth and that's actually the way you place it... and so on. that was fun :D
Hi, Adam! You're great teacher! I've been watching some of your videos which are so pedagogical and easy to understand. Even though, as you just said, the pronunciation of English is quite difficult, only practice can help us, non native speakers to improve our pronunciation....You're doing such a terrifc job! I love it..!
You're doing well, a relly good job teaching us. Don't pay that much attention about what ppl say sometimes. There is always someone to judge others, unfortunately ugh. 😏 I do really appreciate your lessons. And they have been very helpful for me till now. I've been living in USA for a year and your teachings and envid's lessons in general, have made of me a better speaker. So let me know if someone dares to talk wrong about your lessons again please, so I can shoot at them, on their face hahaha 😂😁 Thank you for everything teacher. 😊
They came with my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 keyboard. But there is a keyboard app on the play store of Google that has similar ones. The app's name is "SwiftKey" Leo Alex
Fiasco is an italian word. This is why its spelling correspondswith the pronunciation (in italian, of course). Litteraly means 'big bottle'. And it's used only for wine. And we have the same way of saying 'fare fiasco' that is fall down with a bloop. Guess you didn't know this ... thanks for your great lessons!
Thanks! you're such a great teacher! I've learned a lot with your lessons, you're really clear not just announcing words but also explaining grammar or anything! Blessings!
I can feel it, you have good way to make me to know English language by easy way,so thanks let me add this the way you said about PRONUNCIATION is very clear to me Thank you always.
Hello, Dear Adam! Thank you very much for your lessons. I really appreciate them. i am Beninese and I want to improve my way of speaking. Congratulations! Sharing knowledge is wisdom; you are wise. GOD bless you
Hi everyone,
I usually don’t post this soon after a lesson, but just wanted to clear up a couple of things. If you’ve found this lesson difficult, don’t worry too much about it. This skill, like any other, takes time and practice to master.
Anyway:
I see this lesson has received very mixed reviews. For those of you who have found it useful, I’m glad I could help. For those of you who disliked it, or at least some aspects of it, allow me to explain myself a little:
1) I’m not British. I am Canadian, and so I speak with a neutral North American accent (i.e., not Texan, or Bostonian, or Newfoundlander, etc.) I could try to fake a British accent, but then I’ll have to comment here with apologies for sullying the Queen’s English.
2) What about the IPA? Well, what about it? I have been teaching English for a long time. I have tried on many occasions to get my students to use the IPA and have had very little success. Why, you ask? Firstly, it involves memorizing a new alphabet, which many students who have enough trouble with the regular one aren’t very inclined to do. Secondly, not everyone finds it useful. That’s because it is actually not as international as it may seem; there is no such thing (yet?) as an international English standard.
All I was trying to do was provide an alternative approach (much like I did in my lesson on The Sentence- svo, svc, sva, rather than a subject-predicate group. You’d be surprised how difficult it is for many people, native and non-native English users alike, to grasp the concept of a predicate).
Take the word CAN'T:
Merriam Webster: \ˈkant, ˈkänt, especially Southern ˈkānt\
Oxford Dictionary: /kɑːnt
Ummm… ok, well… which one should I go with? Imagine you study the British pronunciation. Next, imagine you take that pronunciation of the word can't and go to a small, conservative town in the southern US. In certain contexts, your pronunciation of this word might get you slapped in the face, punched in the stomach, or shot. I’m afraid I cannot elaborate here as to why, but the curious amongst you will figure it out.
3) Why use the Merriam Webster Dictionary in the first place? If you attend college in the US, most likely your professors will want you to write using the standard language rules of the US, which follow (in most cases) the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) It then follows that you should use it for pronunciation as well. This is why I was very careful to mention which dictionary I was using for this exercise.
4) Some of the fiercest comments against my approach came from people whose writing suggests to me that they are native or near-native English users. Please keep in mind that it isn’t as easy for newcomers to the language to grasp the things that you can, at least not at this stage of their language development. Besides, most native English users (outside linguistics programs) don’t even have a clue what the IPA is.
The difference between luck and lack sound is not always very clear. Stuff and staff. Sack and suck etc
Thank you teacher
Thanks...=]...you the best!...
:)
What does IPA mean?
I can't believe that there are people complaining about the lesson. Adan, you are fantastic. Your lessons have helped me a lot in a way that you can't imagine. I am so grateful for your work and the others EngVid members, especially the Canadian ones, who have the most lovely english accent in the world. :)
Best regards from Brazil.
Bruno Matheus love from Canada
Repetition Is The Mother Of All Skill
Without a doubt, this is one of the best videos I've seen about pronunciation. Pronunciation and accent are two different things. Pronunciation is of paramount importance so that native and non-native speakers can understand you, and Adam did an excellent job in this video. Now, accent is something you may find really hard to change, and here I'd ask you why you would wanna do that. If your pronunciation is top-notch and native speakers can understand you easily, then accent becomes an irrelevant issue. Take it from there guys and you won't have to worry about sounding like a native speaker. Oh, and it works both ways, think about the times when you have met an English native speaker who has recently learned Spanish (or any other language for that matter) and how unimportant his/her accent is as long as he says each word clearly and the goal of communication is reached. That's what a language is about: communication. Keep that in mind.
I'm from Mexico and every single english teacher I have had, they're all sound like native speakers...and I sound like shit :(
I'm from Turkey and I bet I sound worse than you bruh
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You are such a great instructor...and you seem so patient. Very useful lessons!!
ok, I understand you love the teacher
ADAM DO NOT WORRY ABOUT SILLY OR MEAN COMMENTS KEEP ON TEACHING THOSE WHO REALLY WANT TO LEARN, YOU R DOING A GREAT JOB AND I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN FROM U SO I'M ABOUT TO CLICK ON YOUR NEXT VIDEO THX
Thank u 4 urgood idea
When you took out the hookah, your smile was so genuine and beautiful! you're a great teacher who brings joy and excitement to students, which really motivate them and get them excited to learn as well! students don't always want strict teachers, and I learnt from you that it's nice to bring some fun to class once in a while!
Adam you're amazing. Amazing amazing. Amaaaaaziiiiiiinnng.
Greetings from Brazil 🍂🍃
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I'm looking for a speaking partner to practice and improve my English speaking
I wonder if you are interested in?
Adaamm I want you to be my teacher, you're the best! I like that you don't speak too fast, you do it just "normal" and clearly. When you explain the meaning of any word, you do it with mimic and thats great, because it's much easier to understand. Your videos are not boring like others', you're not grumpy, somehow you make it interesting... maybe your personality. You are awesome.
Congratulations for doing a great job.
Hey, guy. I'm brazilian and I'm at the intermediate level of English. I understood most of your class although I'm not be fluent! Thank you very much, guy! :D
thank you very much for your effort , i am Arabic native language and i am very penitent
from your lessons please we need more on the sounds because this is very important for the another language
In my opinion, you are the best teacher of English I ever saw in my life!
I am a native speaker of Fench and honestly, I think your videos are very helpful ! I could understand everything thanks to the English subtitles and due to the fact that I have problems of understanding ! but..of course I am trying to get used to the sound even if I have already got basic knowledge of english. thanks for your help
I am Vietnamese. This page is help me speak English better. Thank you very much
Adam is the best and loyal teacher I’ve ever met him
Well...Adam is a contagious fantastic teacher !!
Adam, we need more videos about intonation, pauses and stressed words. Presentations and speeches are very difficult for English students...!!! Thank you for your lessons. They are amazing.
so nice of you, i am asian and sometimes it really hard for me for pronounce words... thank you so much
Me ha resultado muy útil el video, me encanta las lecciones que explican sonido por sonido y ponen varios ejemplos de cada uno, ya que de esta forma nos ayuda muchísimo a clarificar la pronunciación y cada detalle de los diferente sonidos de las vocales..
2:01 drink
Throw em back, till I lose count
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
Iam an arabian student of english language ,, and you don't know how that benefit us ..thank you so much my teacher 🌸
Go ahead 🙈😄
thank you teacher Adam, im a complete beginner to study english and your lessons really good and your expalanation help me to understand more about it. thank you.
Thanks Adam you are a life saver loads of peace from Egypt 👍🏻
The best teacher ever!!! Thanks from Brazil
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Great lesson! It is not difficult, I think you summarized it and also explained it very well. Phonetics is so boring, but your lesson is short and simple.Thanks a lot and please, keep posting!
What a nice lecture thanks sir for describing confidently
good lesson Adam you are the best
You explain very well , thanks a lot Mr. Adam
Muchas gracias en español 😅!! I take note it ✏️... I hope you continue to be a good cook, chef too 🥘, Paella.
Great and for free! Thanks, Adam!
Thank you very much for the lessons. You are a great english teacher.
So happy to you Adam because of your cleared and precised explanations in all your courses. Thanks too much my professor .
what a great lesson .........thank you so much
Hi Teacher Adam;
I'm whatching you since 3 months and I can say i admire you
You're really good Teacher on internet
I wish i could be like you
Thanks 4 everything
thank you for your lesson very much. it become easier to learn english
you are kinda amazing ADAM,might be i can make my pronunciation a lil bit better.cheers man,ur doing freaking great
thanks so much mr.Adam for everything
it is quite difficult to learn the phonetics symbols but it is very useful when we completely understand.
Dear Adam, your lessons are awesome. They are further better than the lessons that I take here in México. I can feel your passion for teaching. I usually learn something new when I am listeing to you and I really love your accent...thank you a lot. Regards.
Thank you very much, Adam.
I love you so much.
I will see all your video .
Because I love your teaching style very much.
senior teacher thanks the way of teaching , very useful.
You are a great teacher, sir.
Thank you so much Teacher Adam
Thank a lot teacher the lesson is easy and useful.
Excellent, explanations thnks a lot teacher adam
Thank you ... from Germany! :-)
Adam your English is very clear the pronunciation,thanks I like your videos.
Hello! I'm Daniot Anéus from Haïti.
I enjoy this part you're talking about ''vowel sounds'' ,but your explanation in this video is not clear for a student who is learning the vowel sounds for the first time,in fact I'm looking forward to watching another video about the vowel sounds again and having clearer explanation,thank you. Good job!
Your the best teacher man,I hope you were my teacher.
hello Adam, your lessons are quite beneficial. thanks
am from Morocco i like the way how you explaine ،always i follow you thanks
excellent explanation of all those sounds, it is very hard for latin people like me because we pronounce quiete different and we see difficult speaking as much as native english speakers. Thanks for helping us with your videos and webpage
I am huge fan of Adam and Emma.... Both are really good teacher for me..... 🤸
Thank you so much for this lesson Mr. Adam I'm from Phil. And it really helps me a lot.
I love your teaching
Really thank you
Thank you so much! Best wishes from Brazil!
All of your lessons helped me a lot of,you're amazing
Hello, Adam. My name is Roberto Gemaque. I am from Brazil and I live in Belém state Pará. I like your videos.
great lesson . thanks a million !
Great to lesson to practise and understand more the phonetics. Thank you for your videos.
Only something that maybe it could be useful
Practice: is when you practice something (action)
Practise: is a kind of test or something like that. It is where you prove your knowledges about what are you practiCing.
hello, i'm from Venezuela, i'm learning English and I love your video!! I understand everything and I'm surprised because it's so easy!
thankful! You're amazing!
You're a very good teacher, Adam... thanks for doing this... I'm sure it benefits a lot of people.
Thank you for the lesson
I'm teacher in brazil and your classes n tips has helped me a lots thanks....
Thank u! Want more of that. Like pronunciation and intonation videos
Thank you, Adam. You're an excellent teacher. Hugs.
Thank you.I am from Ukraine and for me know English is very important ,your lessons is very useful)
You are very good. I learn a lot from your video lectures.
Thank you so much, Adam
You've really done the best to make our English sound attractively. And frankly, i do appreciate your efforts. Keep it up!
Adam u are very good teacher I never see
Excellent video. Thank you so much. Your English is easy to understand.
I just figured out the phonetic symbols you wrote on top have to do with the way you place your tongue in your mouth. Thus, a dot means you only touch the palate with the tip of your tongue. the diaresis means you touch with both sides but not the center. line means full contact... the E sideways looks like an open mouth and that's actually the way you place it... and so on. that was fun :D
I REALY LOVE YOUR LESSONS BECAUSE THERE BOOST MY MOTIVATION EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANKS A LOT BUDDY
Thanks mister Adam i find your lessons interesting.
Excellent as usual! You're a great teacher Adam!!!
Hi, Adam! You're great teacher! I've been watching some of your videos which are so pedagogical and easy to understand. Even though, as you just said, the pronunciation of English is quite difficult, only practice can help us, non native speakers to improve our pronunciation....You're doing such a terrifc job! I love it..!
I wish I could do something more than thank you, Adam! Each class is something else!
Hello thank you for good work and your kindness !
Thanks very much. I like your lessons. You are clever teacher
Thanks a lot Adam!!! excelent,..........
Very good teaching and pronunciation is very clear
Superb
You're doing well, a relly good job teaching us. Don't pay that much attention about what ppl say sometimes. There is always someone to judge others, unfortunately ugh. 😏 I do really appreciate your lessons. And they have been very helpful for me till now. I've been living in USA for a year and your teachings and envid's lessons in general, have made of me a better speaker. So let me know if someone dares to talk wrong about your lessons again please, so I can shoot at them, on their face hahaha 😂😁 Thank you for everything teacher. 😊
Excuse me, Could you tell where do you take these "smile", or whatever it is?
They came with my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 keyboard. But there is a keyboard app on the play store of Google that has similar ones. The app's name is "SwiftKey" Leo Alex
Thank you man.
Ur welcome bruh Leo Alex
I’m a beginner and these lessons realy help me. Thanks)
Fiasco is an italian word. This is why its spelling correspondswith the pronunciation (in italian, of course). Litteraly means 'big bottle'. And it's used only for wine.
And we have the same way of saying 'fare fiasco' that is fall down with a bloop.
Guess you didn't know this ...
thanks for your great lessons!
Very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks! you're such a great teacher! I've learned a lot with your lessons, you're really clear not just announcing words but also explaining grammar or anything! Blessings!
I can feel it, you have good way to make me to know English language by easy way,so thanks let me add this the way you said about PRONUNCIATION is very clear to me
Thank you always.
Excellent lesson!
Hello, Dear Adam!
Thank you very much for your lessons.
I really appreciate them.
i am Beninese and I want to improve my way of speaking.
Congratulations! Sharing knowledge is wisdom; you are wise. GOD bless you
am gonna write down it and keep practicing hard.
WOW ! Your English is just awesome !
This list is useful. Thank you!
Thank you for your advices!!! Regards from Spain
Thank you very much for your lessons, its very useful to practice my pronunciation. Hope you post more lessons.
Very good Teacher ADam Thanks!!
Its really good ., i was looking how to explain all this to my child and u made it easy..
Thank you Adam.
Really Impressive of your videos and way of learning system. It is greatly helpful for learning English. Love it
i like reading all the nice comments from non-native speakers trying to learn english :)
So helpful. Thank you so much. With me, the perfect when you speaking within showing your mouth.