American Accent - Articulation Exercises
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Learn exercises to increase the movement of your mouth, lips, and jaw and improve your ability to control your speech. This will help you to speak American English with clarity & confidence. www.englishbythehour.com
After 11 years . Now I'm watching this video for improving my pronunciation☹
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I suffered a "mini-stroke" and it only appears that my speech and swallowing responses/reflexes were affected. My articulation improved immediately after hearing and then practicing this video. Thank you VERY much! You have blessed me tremendously!
This is the tutorial I have been looking for. Thank you so much!! I will definitely practice it every day on my own and apply to my speech. Hope my accent will improve and people can understand me better. :)
I had a problem with 'lazy speech, not articulating enough when speaking a long period of time. I started doing these exercises and it helped me drastically. I can tell I wasn't using all my mouth muscles, because after during the exercise for the first time, my mouth felt so "stretch" and my air way is more opened if that makes sense. I also can speak louder now. I was kind of known for being soft spoken. Thanks!
R, Thank you so much for posting your videos. I suffered a stroke and had weakness on my left side, your you tube facial exercises and other you tube videos have helped me strengthen my face and speech. English is my native language. Please consider posting a video for stroke victims. Thanks
Thank you so much Rebecca Linquist for making this great video. I have tried for years to loose my accent and have not had any significant improvement. I took classes with many of the so called accent coaches for many years and nothing worked. This exercises have done wonders for me. They really worked. I am a foreigner from South America and my accent now is almost nonexistent. Thank you so much for creating this video!
I was searching on web about the differences about american accent and british. Your videos are perfect! I was doing all the mouth exercise together with you. Thanks a lot for your time. You are very precious for non-speaker English language.
kisses
she said once that the only way to get an american accent was to get a coach, she also said that we cant learn a new accent off of free videos on youtube am glad you proved her wrong with what you have accomplished!!!
EXCELLENT EXERCISES!!! Thanks so much - this goes beyond ESL teaching. I am a non-native speaker so this helps very much, but it also helps, like someone else pointed out, people who have speech impediments. I have some undiagnosed speech issues so I've checked out different sources to help my articulation problems. This video provides the clearest, most helpful exercises I've seen - I think it''s going to help me very much even with my own native language speech/tension issues. Thanks, bless you!!
Thank you so much! :-)
Great video. Thank you.
I am working at a radio station and when practicing the first few shows I had such pain in my mouth. This really helped
I really learned a lot from you video. thank you.
Thank you! The relaxing of the jaw makes a huge difference on my speech!
Thank you for these great exercises. That was a great work out for my jaw!
I keep practicing this movement. It dramatically change my ascent! I have been trying to lighten my heavy ascent for years. I tried many methods, however only this one work obviously!!
Thank you! Thank God!
So glad it was helpful!
The exercise alone won't improve your accent, but it will you to gain more awareness of your facial muscles and how they work.
Rebecca,
you are a great teacher! Thank you!
Hi Rebecca,
Just wanna say that I am studying to be an actor so speaking clearly and confidently is a must for any actor. Your video's have really helped me to improve my communication skills. Keep up the good work and don't let negative people ruin ur progress. Take care of yourself hun and i look forward to seeing more of your clips in the future. I will be saving them for future reference. :D
thank, and also thank for your time making these videos as well
Thank you so much, your such a great accent teacher. I love the way you teach very
articulate. I think you're well experienced with accent area. Once again, thank you hope you don't feel tired of teaching us.
That's a pretty cool feature ... thanks for sharing it!
Wow. I ve never seen such a professional with great quality sharing those secrets. Thank you very much for posting!!! You re a real pro, I must say. I am subscribing for sure !!!!
Greetings from Mexico City.
OMG. Thank you so much! I'vee been looking accent training like this. I am currently an actor, obviously not from america, and one of my challenges is the american accent. I have tried different exercises, but this seems the best for me. Thank you!
It is very helpful... Thank you very much:) God bless!
Thanks for the free and lovely tips !
This has truly helped me, I've just subscribed! Thank you!
you solved my problem.....I am very much thankful to you.
It's really helpful, one of the best ever. Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot, good exercises rebeca !
If you are not using those muscles, then it can be challenging. It's an awareness exercise so that you can start using them (slowly), perhaps massaging the area to get the muscles active, and then begin using them more. Over time, it will get easier.
awesome exercises, ill be doing them daily
thanks a lot..sounds great
Oh this is something I was looking for.
i never realized that my tongue was so short! thank you for your video
i am addicted to ur videos!!!!
you're the best!! and a life-savior!
Great video, thanks!
i could certainly feel it in my jaw muscles doing the exercises.
"You made my day:-)"
Thank you so much.
thanks you so much. that's really helpful
very helpful. Thank you!
Fantastic!
Thank you so much for this video.
Thanks a bunch for the video, and you have an amazing voice.
I'd like to use this video for my students... Thanks for helping me!
this is wonderful!
For pronunciation, yes, being language-specific is helpful.
This exercise is for anyone who wants to gain more control over his/her articulators ... it works with any language.
Your exercices have been really useful, thank you very much! :)
Very good exercise. ..
Many thanks
Thank you
Thank you very much. It was very helpful
nice one...and nice methodology too.
Well I guess practitioner insight is an important part of evidence-based practice, too. Sorry if I sounded short in my last comment! It's wonderful you've been able to help so many people!
Thank you Rebecca for these tips. I practice again tomorrow: D
Amazing answer! ur great!
thx a lot, I really needed these exercises! ^^
Wow! You seem like an awesome teacher! I am a non-native American English speaker, but when I came to the States everybody thought I was raised there, but I still have my "gaps". Hopefully I will learn something from this and perfect my accent.
PS: You look good.
these actually work, thanks
Thanks for the positive reinforcement :-)
Thank you.
You are very experienced,,i ve been looking for an instructor like you.My accent is awful,,i need to practice .thanks for this video
Hi Rebecca,
I'm originally from Pakistan but was born and raised in Kuwait (Arabic country). When I came to US first time I had a tough time learning American Accent but your video has helped me a lot. Thank you once again.
Gosh
Thank you for this video
Thanks alot. That was very helpful.
In 2012 I had some problems with talking because of side effects of my medicines. I used this video to practise at home and develop my speaking. This video was very usefull and it helped me a lot to develop my speaking and become more confident in speaking and communicating! I am very gratefull that you have made this video and shared it with everybody! It had a big impact on my life and it helped me recover much better and also helped me deal with the side effects of the medicines
Wow! That's so inspiring ... thank you for sharing!
Your welcome Rebecca! Thanks again and good luck with your work! You are doing wonderfull work!
How could I not have found out about this insightful video until now? I am very much interested in picking up an American accent. (This is kind of a hassle to my English girlfriend though) So I have recently re-opend up a book called American Accent Training by Ann Cook, which I've been using on and off, and also have been following many instruction videos on youtube. Unfortunately, I have noticed that I feel a lot of pressure and tension around my neck and upper chest, and this leads me to sound choppy/halting/jarring like other Korean English learners. Thankfully, I've got a hint from your video and am going to focus on controlling my breath and jaw/mouth movement. Thank you!
+DG H Feel free to contact me for a free consult .... I replied to your other post as well ... www.englishbythehour.com (408) 429-3557 ... takes all the mystery out of the process and you'll see a result in 10 weeks!
this is great...i'll work on that...
Thanx rebecca, Im from South Africa busy studying Drama so this really helps :-)
Hi Rebecca,
Glad that you've posted a video to educate us on the use of American Accent. Not sure if you've heard of Singapore but I've a pretty strong Singaporean accent (my first language is English). Feeling kinda apprehensive as I'm heading down to the states this coming fall semester and worry if American won't be able to understand me. Hope you can advise me on this.
PS: I speak English since the day I was born.
Thank you so much, Rebecca, for this video. Although English is my first language, I'm hoping these exercises will improve my speaking which seems to have become "lazy" over time. Thanks again.
Nancy
thank you soooooo much miss rebecca !!!!!! :) ur awesome
you are great
Really learn something from you . Mam you helped us
Thanks, Rajesh. This is my oldest most popular video! So funny ... did it back in 2009, and amazing people are still watching it! Check out my website for the lastest info: www.englishbythehour.com
i have learnt from American Accent Course, which is very good in my opinion, that when you speak, try to limit the mouth movement as much as possible to sound like an American. but then i see this video advise otherwise. I've got to agree totally with Rebecca that most of ESL students dont move and open their mouth enough. thanks again for this video
thank you so so much.
omg!! I'm glad i found this helpful videos... i will compromised myself everyday to do this exercises... i'm a child care teacher and i want to improve myself in order to become a role model to my children who are learning from me and help those children who were born in this country, but their first language might not be English... i would like to obtain all your videos. but that will be coming soon
thanks a lot your video helped me a lot.
hey nice one !
Simple yet important explanation!!
U r amazing. Mouth moving really the best way. I`ve tried many ways but no way help my accent like this mouth moving. There r many teachers in the world but nobody teachs like you. now i know why americans jaws r wide, so if i wanna know american accent i get american wide jaw ))) u r really adorable
thanks to make this video
That's a good idea fora future video!
These are really hard exercises! I can feel it working!
very easy way to explain
This is a great video, actually!
wow! This is amazing! Really helpful. Thanks! :D
Thank you very much for the several videos, Rebecca!!
This video (i believe) is one of the most powerful video amongst several good ones you have out there.My question is - How long should one do these exercises for and in what frequency? I currently do each exercise, back to back for ~ 2 mins and try to do 2 sessions a day if I can. Is that good, or do I need to do more?
I used to stammer when I was a kid, and occasionally face this issue even now. Any videos for overcoming stammering? Thanks!
Thanks! you are great ! :)
Really Interesting...
@surfertedd Yes and yes ... I do think American English requires more mouth movement than many other languages, but I also agree that many Americans don't have to move their mouths as much as I'm suggesting for 2 reasons. 1: not everyone wants to be a public speaker ... some people mumble and don't care and 2: native speakers of a language can make sounds easier than non-native speakers (especially adults learning a new language) can, so exaggerated mouth movement can help.
excellent
NICE!
Excellent exercise for freshers
Thanks Rebecca, your vedios are very useful.
a little teachers like you focus on articulation mouth and tongue movement.
Thanks for the support :-)
I felt pain but I still was moving my tongue, jaw and mouth, and finally I said 'Robert!' as American. Now I need improve my grammar, and keep going exercicing 'r' sound.
These exercises didn't help my speech,but it sure helped me with the ladies!
very nice
Thank you so much for the video!
Could you, please, also make one that has common phrases in American English that are important for an interview?! Thank you in advance!!!
Good Video!!!
ur so amazing absolutely yes
Thanks