Fun Easy English American English Pronunciation Introduction

[YaqoHomo]

he looks like the "MILF HUNTER" from porn website

[MissDeeDeeRoe]

Americans don't understand other accents, period, i'm Australian and understood her perfectly the first two times. This video is perfect for useless americans (a little redundant I know) but pointless for everyone else.

[Brownsuka1]

akiko>please ask da white man to wash his hair and face.

akiko>your teacher looks filthy.

[Mottahead]

What I find is that, even though English pronunciation is sometimes really hard for non-native speakers, English speaking Canadians are very tolerant of funny accents. They are pragmatic: if one can understand whatever it is that another is trying to say, then everything is alright.

Try speaking French (their kind of French) in Québec. Then you will know what a hard time is.

(Sometimes I think they pretend to not understand. They can not be that dumb, can they?)

[Coolboy2755]

Hi i am happy you decided to express your thoughts but you should consider this.

[judybunny91]

Hi. I'm from Spain and here the English that we learn is the British one, but I like to learn by myself so I use to see movies and TV shows in original version and all of them are American, so I use the American English. The other day in my English class I had a new teacher and when she realized that I speak with American dialect she got angry!!! And she said that my English was horrible!! I got really mad with it. It's unbelievable but it's true, and I think that this situation is very sad.

[TShilo12]

@judybunny91

I got a B in my (American) university Spanish phonetics class because my Spanish is boricua. :-p

[matrixITALIA]

the only think i understood by her,it is : i want to be fucked by some .... ;P

[tvmxo5]

I stiill had a hard time understanding what she said for the last.

[omfgpoon]

American english is much better than British english .......

[sirithica]

get a job

[thomasoeler]

arkiko is hot....hihihihihi

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[Zhenya377]

it is very important how is your pronunciation.

[c477681]

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[22446678]

if u know how to pronunciation you can learn to write and listen easier

[stefanolej]

This video has been manipulated, people do not learn to speak a foreing language that fast

[dedsunny]

oooooohhhh.....he's really right pronunciation is the important thing otherwise do not learn English bec it'll be useless for yo

[OlDirtyBizza]

Pronounce this ..... GAY !!!! haha

[butterlfystar]

ohhh look at akico's deception face

[Ulmeyda08]

There is no such thing as an English accent or British accent, it's the way it's ment to sound.

[baigandine]

'ment to sound?' As if English didn't evolve, and will contine to evolve and change.

[MyNameIsBucket]

SHE WANTS TO GO TO A WINERY YOU DEAF CUNT

[Valicore]

First to people who think he is being rude, he isn't. He is just doing what any American would do if they had no idea what you just said to them. It's important to realize what's rude in one country can be normal in another - ethnocentrism is a real danger to intercultural communication! Akiko said, btw: "I want to go wine tasting at a local winery." "I really want to sample some local wine."

[lottiee600]

OMFG! English do not talk 'powsh' most of us talk normally but with no american accent. Me n me friends dont talk like dat anyweys so u american think what you want but yhoour wron.xx LMAO!

[jokercyrus]

i don't think people would understand what you are saying lol if they have to learn what you are teaching in the video lmao lol

[Ben998x]

OMG i cannot even understand her. my wife is japanese and i can't understand sometimes. lol

since all asian chicks speak the same.. the R" is an L' and the L" they converte it in R"

to say Russian they say: Lushia

[basnetbarun]

You are right man. I am studying  here in Korea and every korean says "l" for "r". No Russia but Lushia. They can't differenciate "love" and "rub" also.

But I am also Asian(south).

[silentsoliloquy82]

This is very good idea. I wonder if their are such videos for learning Japanese, Spanish, and French. I am trying to self-teach myself and it is quite difficult. I live in an area where there are quite a many immigrants so hand, eye signals, and body language are important. I understand most, but I came across someone I couldn't understand because of the thick accent, and I felt so horrible. >.>

[silentsoliloquy82]

*a even

[FunEasyEnglish]

Hey, someone recently posted a comment and said "keep up the good work matey." Really wanted to reply to this comment but pressed the wrong button and it was deleted. If you visit this page, please post your comment again. Thanks.

[confusedimigrant]

thanks for responcing and you are right.when i came to england two years ago i had the same problem british english is difficult to understand than american or atleast it was for me back then.but know i like british more than american dilect or accent whatever you call it.

[confusedimigrant]

whatever. you should learn english in british way.speak english as english do.simply because it belongs to them and they have got original accent(now before you start bombarding racial comments on me let me tell you i live in england but i am not english)

[FunEasyEnglish]

Hi. I am happy you decided to express your thoughts but you should consider this. Asking an American to speak British English is the same as asking someone from Japan or any other country to use only one dialect when most people use several dialects in their own countries. The diversity of English throughout the world makes the language even more interesting. Thanks for your comment.

[dalebsorry]

Haha, no kidding. Which British dialect should we assume? Midland? Geordie? Cockney? Welsh? Cheshire?

[xikitakueyar]

american english is better

viva españa!

[travisdt]

why learnning british nowaday when u have option? amercan has evolved and been better in many ways. it standarized; vast media and communication is already americanized. please pull ur head out of ur b@#t as soon as possible

[OlDirtyBizza]

lol American English and English English is almost exactly the same.

[falconz1990]

First off, Americans were originally British people who fled tyranny. So English people stole the English language? How ignorant.

[baigandine]

There's no such thing as original accent. Language changes over the centuries. And it does not belong to them simply because it's named 'English.' It belongs to all native English speakers.

[baigandine]

Don't forget Americans' language descended from England. There was no alternative native language. Colonized America has always been native English speaking.They got it from their the motherland, England.

[English4All]

Considering the comments made, you might want to consider closing the comments section. Or have the student explain in Japanese at the beginning of the clip the purpose of what you doing.

[FunEasyEnglish]

Actually I prefer to keep the comments section open for those who post useful comments. Those who like to post nasty comments simply make themselves and their countries look awful. Hopefully those people will change. Thank you for posting.

[FunEasyEnglish]

Hey, I really appreciate your comment earlier about the intent of the video and your support. The situation shown in the video is exactly what non-native English speakers encounter when they come to the United States. Unfortunately many Americans do not study other languages and are not as tolerant as they should be when speaking with a non-native English speaker. Some of my students in the United States were sad and upset when their pronunciation was not understood. Thank you again.

[stekde92]

Fuck USA!

[heldenman]

Fuck you, fuck Italy, fuck your mamma and your nonna too!

[stekde92]

ooohhhh poor baby... You don't want to admit that US is the most fucking country of the world...Americans always want wars and they don't respect anyone!!!

And finally...YOUR MOM IS A WHORE...

OPS..PARDON!!!!

P.S. UK is so much better then USA!!!!

[heldenman]

At least my airline is not grounded like Alitalia, bitch... and my people and my country don't torch up innocent immigrants like you racist pigs do!

[FunEasyEnglish]

Consider these points. Thank goodness the United States stepped in to end an awful war over 60 years ago, in which your country was an aggressor. No doubt you spend a considerable amount of time listening to American movies and American music. If America is such an awful place as you say, why are an unbelievable number of people, including people from your country, doing anything they can to learn English and move to the United States?

[verdinfishy]

I really appreciate your videos and I think you are a very good person. Respect this comment I certanly have to make a point. If an unbelievable number of people (all over the world) are doing anything possible we can do to lear English and we move to this country is "only" because it is the richest country in the planet and we could starve in our countries or subordinate ourselves to and in yours. I really like this country and most people are just GREAT!!! (Including you) I hope I am clear :)

[verdinfishy]

A country is seen as if it's leaders where the only people who live there. I have lived in Los Angeles for two years and I have to tell that almost every single person here is so kind, polite, with good manners and really respectful; and for those people I see this country as the great country it really is. Unfurtunately, the world doesn't see those people, instead, they see the people on the power. My point is, the US is great for it's great people (wich are the most) :D

[FunEasyEnglish]

There are plenty of nice people from your country. Really unfortunate you choose to promote yourself as such an awful example. You should take more pride in yourself and your country and not make such awful comments. Try to be a bit nicer and make this world a better place.

[alessandrogandolfo]

akiko is hot

[gerrylebeau]

I love Akio... hahahha  so nice

plus i do not think da teacher is rude.... just unpolite lol

good video, now all illegals can learn English, buddy

[julio199204]

thanks

[English4All]

The instructor, Howie, dramatized what would happen if a Japanese person would encounter from your average American if they came to the US speaking English with poor pronunciation. He was not maliciously rude to the actress. It was a good infomercial for his lessons. Many people who post to YouTube could learn something about storytelling from this video.

[antisawsaw]

Mr. English Instructor, your lessons are great, but scorpiomooselove nade a valid point. Even though you did not intend to be rude, that's how you came across and it's not a good example of presentation. Hope you take this as a constructive criticism. Presenting a positive example would come across better to the viewers. Besides, you didn't appear funny even if you intended to. More power to you!

[mdlbj]

Akio is hot

[scorpiomooselove]

Ok, I can understand Akiko with the incorrect pronounciation. It's really stupid of the teacher to be like, "HUH? WHAT?" He should at least try to understand, jeez he's so rude!

[FunEasyEnglish]

Hi. Actually the intent was to make the video kind of funny, not to be rude. Thanks anyway for your input.

[ChefGrogs]

Whats with it being called 'American' English? It's just English.

[XxChozenGurlxX]

hahaha that's funny

[morenodelaorilla]

this man is amazing, now i learned how to speak american english, i was forced to learn the british pattern till i cried, now i am happy

[pharaohegypt20010]

wow she is so hot ha ha

[frazblue2]

i didnt even understand her second time

[leon6266]

hahaha

[ctharyar]

very helpful. indeed.

[INIGUEZELI]

i want tO! jaja!

[zijoxx]

bje...

[longhornJohnny]

are you doing this from sitting on your toilet?

[excalibur35]

I could not realise the differences!?!?

[syiunshi]

japanese accent adds an extra syllable at the end of words because of their alphabet structure

[FunEasyEnglish]

This is very true and was a difficult habit for my Japanese students to break anytime. Good comment.

[syiunshi]

but it's so cute :)

[FunEasyEnglish]

This is very true.

[Krisznyo]

the fella is funny!

[Sombrazil777]

I like the video! The teacher voice is very clear, I did not understood what the Japanese girl said, he could repeat what she said. I am learn English and I want to learn the right way.

Thank you for help me and so many other people to learn English.

Grande abraço,

[collapsedlondon]

Is she speaking Japaneses? I have few Japanese friends and they are actually not that bad

[walkeritaly]

???

[Mecklybver]

I don't know if it's just me but I couldn't understand her even in the "correct pronunciation" somebody tells me what she says please.

[AhYaOk]

a wokel wineoee? lol

[plumlove1995]

haha, that's stereotype. some can speak well while others are just like that~

[yulaobao]

I find watching English movies and listening to English music helpful in learning English

[Rawlinson16]

It's easy just call everybody Dude.

[royway1227]

,,, yeh correct pronunciation is very important,,,

[kannabhais]

thats a great idea to pronounce! i appreciate this video