Peppy English Pronunciation Lesson 5 - Learn English with Steve Ford

[poppichaya]

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[secretman0621]

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Great teacher

[Turtillianus]

this video series are really wonderful to be tought english

[booksandquills]

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[DrWisal]

Thank you...love your lessons

[fantasma0017able]

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[w1nos]

Excellent

My English is not very good but with this lesson learned a lot...

[Saudi7Girl]

that helped me =) Thaaanks

[mauricetranslator]

42 seconds "My students have always asked to me" It is very difficult to see if you said asked me or asked to me. Anyway I accept your explanation. I am working on narrations nowadays, and in one course I translated, the English woman said, "Circumference" as "Circumférence" stressing the "fer" and so I asked her to do these sentences again and say "Circúmference" What can you tell me about your concept on the pronunciation of this word. Is that an acceptable pronunciation?

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@mauricetranslator right! "The 'ed' ending of asked has a 't' sound. Please check out my Peppy Pronunciation 1 video on 'ed' endings. I made a point of showing students here that asked uses a 't' sound. The full pronunciation is: ask+ t. A more relaxed pronunciation would drop the 'k' and sound like: as+t me" :)

In regard to your second question: In teacherese, I would say the first. Speaking 'on the fly' I would say the second. Try forvo.com for more examples.............

[mauricetranslator]

You mentioned "Asked to me" in this video (Peppy Pronunciation 5). I have already thought that this was a mistake. I believe, we say: asked me. Please let me know if this is an exception or if this is English from Canada. I recommend your site to many of my students. I admire you as a teacher.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@mauricetranslator Where did you see that in this video? Can you give the exact second count?

That's a basic mistake, so I'm sure you must know (as a fellow English teacher) that it is not used in either British or American English.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@mauricetranslator Hmmmmm! I see where you mixed up 'asked me and 'asked to me' The 'ed' ending of asked has a 't' sound. Please check out my Peppy Pronunciation 1 video on 'ed' endings. I made a point of showing students here that asked uses a 't' sound. The full pronunciation is: ask+ t. A more relaxed pronunciation would drop the 'k' and sound like: as+t me :) Well noted mauricio! Abração

[lucianobb19]

Great teacher! The best!

[kucibaba2]

Could you please show us the difference in pronunciation between butter and batter? I can't hear any, they sound the same to me.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

Excellent question. The first uses the sound I explain in this video:

butter = bahtter = that's the shorter 'ah' sound/short 'u' vowel too

batter= this is the short vowel sound 'a'

just like: but and bat or cut and cat etc

I was thinking of doing some more shorter and longer single vowel sounds in my next video. I have talked about the short 'i' vowel and the long 'e' vowel sound in Peppy 13, so check it out! Just type Peppy 13 in the youtube search Engine. Also check Peppy Pronunciation 1

[lewn5]

Great lesson indeed! Pronunciation is my biggest problem. Your teaching is always so clear and easy to understand that everything you explain becomes unforgettable. Thanks once again for another fabulous lesson, Steve! You are the best teacher ever!

[cpaniaguam]

Great lesson. Thanks.