American Accent Training

[Music] hello welcome to english for everyone today we're practicing intonation and american pronunciation with our dialogue john says hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend first we look at the intonation this is a positive statement for a positive or affirmative the intonation goes down at the end next weekend hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend intonation goes down before a comma the intonation goes up hi mike listen hi mike hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in important words mr mrs gonzalez moving in listen hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend now let's look at the silent letters and when you have nd with a consonant after the d is silent especially for the word and and and mr and mrs mr and mrs no mr and mr n and mr and mrs gonzalez also we see andy here when you have nd and there's nothing after the d is silent weekend weekend next weekend next the t between two consonants the t is silent it's not next weekend it's next next next soon next weekend next whoa next weekend next weekend so again hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend so mike responds great what do you want me to do the intonation goes down at the end of an information question an information question is one that starts with a question word like what or where here we have what so information question with question word what intonation goes down at the end what do you want me to do what do you want me to do and also intonation goes up with the first word great because it's a response great what do you want me to do stress stress on the important words hear what important and want your action your verb is the important word what do you want me to do what do you want me to do now let's look at the different sounds that tea makes first one we have is grape the t is a stop t you put your tongue up and stop great we don't say great great great what are you here the t is silent we only pronounce the d the d between vowels what do you what are you what are you one and t before consonant the t is silent one one the tongue goes up a little bit but you don't hear it want me want me what do you want me what do you want me to do here you might hear it also that o is not two it's uh you can hear tadu or sometimes people say what do you want me to do or what do you want me to do people say both what do you want me to do john responds i want you to paint the house this is affirmative statement the intonation goes down at the end i want you to paint the house important words stress want you and paint the action the person and the action the verbs are stressed now with you it is stressed if you're putting emphasis on the person i want you to paint the house but if there's no stress on the person i want you to paint the house and all you want is stress i want you to paint the house and the different letters the different sounds of tea here we have a t it's silent between two consonants so you can say i want one i want you i want you i want you or with a t some people say with a ch sound i want you i want you or i want you but we're not going to make that sound want you or want you both are good again with the two i want you to i want you to paint the house i want you to paint the house to to i want you to also you can mix with the d sound duh i want you to i want you to paint the house i want you to paint the house and t before constant the tea is silent no paint paint paint i want you to paint the house it goes together paint the house paint the house again i want you to paint the house now let's look at the sounds the t's make first we have one want me and t between two consonants you don't hear the t want me the tongue goes up a little bit but you don't hear it want me want me when do you want me now the two we say between two vowels you can also say duh when do you want me to want me to when do you want me to paint the house or with the t when do you want me to when do you want me to paint the house remember not to but tuck or duh when do you want me to paint the house remember paint and tea the tea is silent so you don't hear the tea paint paint the paint the paint the house question when do you want me to paint the house when do you want me to paint the house so john responds i want you to paint the house tomorrow so similar here i want you to paint the house i want you to paint the house tomorrow it's affirmative the intonation goes down at the end i want you to paint the house tomorrow important words reactions want paint and house important words i want you to paint the house tomorrow let's look at the cheese i want you remember you can say want you with a silent tea want you want you or together the tea makes a chip sound ch want you i want you so want you or want you i want you to paint the house tomorrow remember tough you can say or duh i want you to want you to but it's up i want you to paint remember the sanity paint the house tomorrow i want you to paint the house tomorrow and the question john makes a question do you know a good handyman it's a yes or no question for a yes or no question that starts with a helper like do the intonation goes up at the end do you know a good handyman do you know a good handyman and let's look at the important words no this is the only important word it's the verb it's the action so is a nation that stresses on no do you know a good handyman do you know a good handyman and mike answers my friend is good at fixing things it's a positive statement so the intonation goes down at the end my friend is good at fixing things and important words friend good at fixing things your people and your actions are important my friend is good at fixing things now let's link the words and look at the pronunciation for t and d my friend is good my friend is good this d is almost silent because it's after the n and d d is almost silent friend is friend is a very soft d my friend is my friend is my friend is good at fixing things the t in at is a stop t we don't say act fixing things we say at the time comes up at fixing things at fixing things again my friend is good my friend is good my friend is good at fixing things so listen my friend is good at fixing things my friend is good at fixing things with the question does he want to make some extra money we see here want to want to the sounds are linked together want to we don't say want to it's or you hear wanna you can make both keys silent and say wanna does he want to make some extra money question again does he want to make some extra money and remember when you see tr it makes the sound ch ch like chicken so it's x ch extra extra extra so again does he want to make some extra money and mike responds sure with those one word responses intonation goes up sure great yes so one word sure i can ask him it's a positive statement the indication goes down at the end i can ask him i can ask him very important the stresses on the important word i and with can remember we don't say can for the positive idea we say ken ken aiken aiken i can ask him i can ask him putting the stress on the first word only i can ask him and remember when you have that h for him and her the h is silent so it's ask him no ask him ask him so no h kim i can ask him ask him and john responds i want him to fix a toilet in the sink so this is a positive idea affirmative the intonation goes down at the end i wanted to fix the toilet in the sink so important words are stress want the action fix the action the toilet the thing the object i want him to fix the toilet and the sink i want him to fix the toilet in the sink now let's look at the silent letters and how we link the words together so first i wanna wanna this t is silent between two consonants and of course the h in him is silent so it's i want him i want him remember two is ta i want him to i want him to i want him to fix the toilet and the sink remember with and especially with the constant after the d is silent and and the and the sink again linking the sounds not speaking too fast only linking the sounds i want him to fix the toilet and the sink again i want him to fix the toilet and the sink so let's listen and repeat hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend very good great what do you want me to do great what do you want me to do very good i want you to paint the house i want you to paint the house very good when do you want me to paint the house when do you want me to paint the house very good i want you to paint the house tomorrow i want you to paint the house tomorrow very good okay okay do you know a good handyman do you know a good handyman very good my friend is good at fixing things my friend is good at fixing things very good does he want to make some extra money does he want to make some extra money very good sure i can ask him sure i can ask him i want him to fix the toilet and the sink i want him to fix the toilet and the sink very good let's practice what we learned the question john asks hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend very good mike response great and ask a question great what do you want me to do very good john says i want you to paint the house very good question when do you want me to paint the house very good respond i want you to paint the house tomorrow very good john asks a question do you know a good handyman very good my friend is good at fixing things question from john does he want to make some extra money very good response sure i can ask him and positive john says i want him to fix the toilet on the sink very good hi mike mr and mrs gonzalez are moving in next weekend great what do you want me to do i want you to paint the house when do you want me to paint the house i want you to paint the house tomorrow okay do you know a good handyman my friend is good at fixing things does he want to make some extra money sure i can ask him i want him to fix the toilet and the sink thank you for watching if you like this video watch again the more you practice the better you will get and if you want to watch the complete lesson for this it is in our other video beginner 1 lesson 24. thanks for watching

Channel: English for Everyone Dallas

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Keywords: shadowing technique, how to imitate Americans, American accent training, American accent conversation, American listening practice, American accent impression, American accent shadowing technique, American conversations, conversations in English, conversational English, speak English like a native speaker, speak like an American, spoken American English, sound like an American, stop T in American English, silent letters in American English, ESL pronunciation exercise

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Length: 15min 6sec (906 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 22 2020