Once my dad was in the USA on vacation and he asked a kid what he thought was "Where's the beach?", but he realized he had done something wrong when the kid suddenly ran away.
Yeah I tend to pronounce seek sick can you imagine XD. But that's right you didn't realize it's that important when you try to pronounce it at first :)
Wow, awesome and helpful video....I`m Canadian but live in Brazil and teach ESL and this video has certainly helped me a lot on how to teach those sounds which are so natural to me.
this video really helped me thank u so much for uploading it :D u really do know the most common mistakes in speaking english because i've been having problem for a very long time :P
This is a very important lesson and it is praiseworthy that in a lesson to foreigners, the teacher endeavors to pronounce as she is addressing to foreigners, that is slowly and clearly. But I am afraid that the topic in discussion required more elaboration, as another viewer alluded by bringing up the example "fleece/fleas"...
@icaruz06 The vowels of those two words are pronounced as /i/ also. Not sure why you are confused. There is a bit of difference in the lenght of the vowels though. Fleece has a slightly shorter /i/ sound because the consonant which follows it is voiceless whereas the /i/ in fleas is voiced, which makes the vowel longer. Same vowel sound though. That's a rule that I discuss in my DVDs.
It's so funny that being a native speaker of English, I have never realized any of this! I feel so sorry for anyone who has to learn this language! lol!
I never really thought about all this stuff. I guess when you grow up learning English all this stuff is natural to you. Like I can't tell you why certain grammar is wrong I just know it is.
i am glad I have checked your video, it has been days of learning English though. I am from Phils. and such words you've mentioned above are some of the common words we Asian people often mispronounce. Thanks and god bless you
As a singer and voice teacher, I often teach Broadway-style music to students who have accented English. I spend almost all my time teaching the sound of the American vowels, because that is such a huge part of creating the "American" singing sound. I can usually tell IMMEDIATELY if someone singing Broadway music speaks a language other than American English as their primary language. Great video :)
Thank you! You really helped me! I'm 14 and I'm from Italy, I'm trying to improve my English and your lesson are helping me a lots! You are the best, thank ya again!!!
wow.....I am American and I never realized how different our accent is to other English speakers. I wonder how Americans sound to other English speakers. I like accents though, I just thought that the American accent was very slight but I was wrong. Its so funny cause everything this woman is saying is absolutely the way I speak and everyone I know.
@GAYPRIDE1985 I seriously feel the same way! >.> I thought our accent was just something very easy to pronounce but the way other people make it out to be so difficult! For sure I thought it would be harder to do a British accent! ( Which IS very hard to do for me, and hard to understand. )
I'm a spanish speaker but I live in Australia and my friends make fun of me because I can't hear the difference between beach and bitch.. so I always end up saying "let's go to the bitch" ahahhaha :) This video is great!! Thank you!
I was teaching this Russian girl the American accent and she said she could not hear the difference between bit and beat. It was pretty funny because she actually speaks with a very good american accent.
@fukimuki1 like people have said, they are pronounced the same. Many words in English are like this, and they are called "Homophones", words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings. Some other examples are "ate" and "eight" or "sun" and "son", and they can even be spelled the same, like "rose" (a flower) and "rose" (past tense of the verb "to rise").
I naturally speak English and I'm sure this is very helpful for people learning English. And while everything makes totally sense it seems like it'd be hard to learn o.O and teach. lol
If I were taught like this from the very beggining, I wouldnt have had a heard time to getting my prounciation understood my others. THANKS FOR THIS OFFER!!!
I'm Asian, have been living in U.S almost 10 years and I was trying so hard to fix my accent. This video "is" helping me out soooo much! everytime I watch this I learn more things. omg! You are my life savior!!!!!!!!
@anonymous5536 that is SO far from being true. 1st of all, EVERYONE has an accent. yes, even americans. 2nd, american english isnt just based on english from britain. its also based on french, spanish, italian, and even latin. so americans DO have an accent.
@anonymous5536 Uhh what??? You are 100% wrong. The English language was created by, get ready for it, the English! You can't say it's just English without the English accent. We speak English with an American accent. I speak it with a Southern American accent. If there was a standard official way of speaking English, I'm pretty sure the actual English people could claim rights to that. But heck, even their speech varies from region to region.
I understand every word she says but I have a problem is that when I am watching movies, those americans speak very fast but they can understand each other. I have to think awhile to know what they are saying. The problem isnt with my english standard. Can anyone tell me the problem?
@Kenneth9725 that's a first. i always here people say americans speak to slowly. i'd say the problem is only you're not use to speaking the language. you'll catch on eventually. english is very easy to learn to speak, but it's the hardest to write.
I live up North in Canada, and now I see the difference in Canadian and American accents. First, no one confuses hill with heel. I think people in the South of America like in Texas do that. But the biggest thing I notice watching MTV and Fox, and everything, all those American shows. The way they pronounce WHITE! Every time I hear an American pronounce white they pronounce the H! Its silent!
@DaanceTech Really? I've never noticed that, and I'm American. Back just a few decades ago, I'm pretty sure that all Americans used to pronounce the "h" after a "w." You know, like in the 50's TV shows such as "Leave it to Beaver" I've noticed that everyone did that. I remember learning in kindergarten that the "h" in "why" should be pronounced. So I think this is something that older generations do. As for me, even though I was taught that way in elementary school, I never pronounce the h.
@DaanceTech It might depend on region (then again, I have no idea what's going on TV-wise because I don't watch much of it). Most people, myself included, who speak with a west coast American accent pronounce it like "Wite," not "w-Hite." Those who do pronounce the H were probably brought up on that.
One difference I've noticed w/ general Canadian and American accents is the pronunciation of certain "ou" words. Like "mouth." We say "m-OW-th," Canadians say "moh-th." Interesting how it is..
for spanish speakers, in -heel- the vowel sound is the spanish "i". in -hill- the vowel is a sound between a spanish "e" and a "i" as if you mix them together but really makin sure the sound lands in the middle. thats how i was taught
@sickdeathshappen I am !!! I've been watching all the videos from this lady, but this one is really above me............Bummer !! I wonder if buying her book will make me get this lesson .....
Dear teacher , I'm a spanish speaking , and let me tell you that you are AWSOME , thanks for all this pronunciation and over all, for your interest that non speaking people learn the way to pronunce well.
Im 18, from Slovakia. Ive learned English by watching Cartoon Network. Everyday about 10 hours when I was little. At the age of cca 3-4 I could speak Englist better than Slovak, when playing with brother we were often using English instead of Slovak. As I grew up I didnt use it so much anymore but at school Ive learned theory. Now my English is much worse than it used to be when I was a child but its still good I think, I could say all these words correct without knowing it, its funny a bit :)
Genial. Ahora tengo mas cuidado con palabras como beach and bitch, que importante es la pronunciacion ! Indudablemente excelente el video para gente como yo que le gusta estudiar ingles THANKS
I don't have much problem with words, I can pronounce them in the right way but when it comes to sentences I completely lose the control of my accent. Does this happen to anyone else? Just curious.
This spoken by this woman fortunately is the neutral American pronunciation, which is very good indeed, and fine and understood by every speaker, and not considered bad neither from British point of view.. unfortunately the accent spoken by most of American media is the "mediatic" accent generated from Midwest which is truly bad.. confusing vowels and having a harder "R",and general nasalization.. but this American accent by this woman is the correct one, and should be spoken by more people!
Please, please, please teach pronunciation of the letter "i". Semicolon is not "sem-eye-colon". The "i" is short as in "bit". I once heard an American say "hem-eye-sem-eye-dem-eye-quaver for hemidemisemiquaver. It's not "Eye-talian" for Italian or "Eye-rack" for Iraq. It's odd that Americans shorten "been" to "bin" and pronounce "i" as "eye". Most of all it's irritating when someone drawls it out with a Southern accent. Hem-eyyyye-demeyyyye-semeyyye-quaver. Mind numbing!
just right off the bat, south fla, feel and fill can sound exactly the same. both sound like fill. for the american accent. but im from the us so i dunno how brits would do it.
Umm I'm from America and there are many different accents here so someone can't simply say that Americans have an annoying accent. It depends what part of the US you're from that gives someone there accent.
Wow, I've learnt English ever since I was in elementary school here in Mexico. They kinda never tell you tips about pronunciation. I think I have mastered this differences in a natural way, may be because I do hear the difference, but I never knew consciously that they were different. LOL.
Nice vid - I'm a fan of your work. Minor note - Brits like myself often pronounce "been" the same way Americans do. We can choose between been and bin. The choice might depend on the social situation, personal habit or dialect, but as a Londoner with lots of friends from different areas I've heard plenty of "bin"s as well as "been"s.
@chin010 Konichiwa. 1. is i. You don't do a smile to say it. In fact you almost close the mouth into a dropped bottom lip. 2. is l. You pull your mouth back, almost like a growling position.
I'm English, and I've had to teach my Japanese wife lots of this stuff. She finds it hard to say words like 'mean', as she doesn't want to sound and look aggressive. Of course Americans do some of it differently to the English. Depends which one you want to learn. I don't know if Lisa replied to you.
i think a good rule for english is to speak kind of slowly, because there are so many words that sound the same and it will be easier for us to understand you if you have an accent. we don't speak very fast most of the time anyway :)
Once my dad was in the USA on vacation and he asked a kid what he thought was "Where's the beach?", but he realized he had done something wrong when the kid suddenly ran away.
ArturoStojanoff 4 weeks ago
Im not a native english speaker, but seriously, it isnt a hard language to learn. Piece of "sheet" lol
dominateyoo 1 month ago
@dominateyoo i agree 100%
ReasonForLiisu 3 weeks ago
I could see this being very useful to Russians
zoedil 1 month ago
Wow! This is really helpful thanks!! :D
miriamsaucedo 1 month ago
Yeah I tend to pronounce seek sick can you imagine XD. But that's right you didn't realize it's that important when you try to pronounce it at first :)
Imala54 1 month ago
Wow, awesome and helpful video....I`m Canadian but live in Brazil and teach ESL and this video has certainly helped me a lot on how to teach those sounds which are so natural to me.
rafaelinrio 1 month ago
this video really helped me thank u so much for uploading it :D u really do know the most common mistakes in speaking english because i've been having problem for a very long time :P
Angela25597 2 months ago
I can't say "ghost's" properly and it's really annoying!!!!!
catrina1and1bethany 2 months ago
I'm using mastering the american accent:D
theterminator308 3 months ago
youre so great in teaching english. i would love to enroll in your class if im just from US. more videos please:)
101ahole 3 months ago
IT'S something dificult but very helpful, thank you very much.
darlisaw 3 months ago
Thank you very much. I trust that you as an accent teacher understands how often we are discrimated against. Again, thank you very much.
W3ZlK4U 4 months ago
that was perfect. thank you
catafarinha 4 months ago
I have Thai students that cannot pronounce the slight buzzing sound as in the English word "fleas" Any suggestions would be appreciated.
missionarymayn 4 months ago
i want you as teacher!
XLeaRadkeX 4 months ago
Thanks a lot Lisa !!!!!!
Simple and perfect.
514570HP 5 months ago
This is a very important lesson and it is praiseworthy that in a lesson to foreigners, the teacher endeavors to pronounce as she is addressing to foreigners, that is slowly and clearly. But I am afraid that the topic in discussion required more elaboration, as another viewer alluded by bringing up the example "fleece/fleas"...
Curatica 5 months ago
you said that if the word is spelled with 2 vowels, it is pronnounced as /i/ right? but how about this?
fleece - fleas
icaruz06 5 months ago
@icaruz06 The vowels of those two words are pronounced as /i/ also. Not sure why you are confused. There is a bit of difference in the lenght of the vowels though. Fleece has a slightly shorter /i/ sound because the consonant which follows it is voiceless whereas the /i/ in fleas is voiced, which makes the vowel longer. Same vowel sound though. That's a rule that I discuss in my DVDs.
AccurateEnglish 5 months ago
I've learned something new today. Thanks.
akalisavn 5 months ago
I'm from Indonesia and i so lova with american accent. Greats!
TheVaniara 5 months ago
I didn't know the difference in pronouncing "been" between British and American English.. thank you!
violetinchains 5 months ago
It's so funny that being a native speaker of English, I have never realized any of this! I feel so sorry for anyone who has to learn this language! lol!
MarFish101 5 months ago
I never really thought about all this stuff. I guess when you grow up learning English all this stuff is natural to you. Like I can't tell you why certain grammar is wrong I just know it is.
theoneyouwanttobe2 6 months ago
I remember my dad said when we're on a beach. He said "I love this bitch" because he's a filipino!!!!
CysticJI24 6 months ago 15
am happy i got a change to visit your video. have been learning english for days....... god bless
marie04441 6 months ago
i am glad I have checked your video, it has been days of learning English though. I am from Phils. and such words you've mentioned above are some of the common words we Asian people often mispronounce. Thanks and god bless you
marie04441 6 months ago
I love you so much you've helped me alot
:)
amallo123 6 months ago
As a singer and voice teacher, I often teach Broadway-style music to students who have accented English. I spend almost all my time teaching the sound of the American vowels, because that is such a huge part of creating the "American" singing sound. I can usually tell IMMEDIATELY if someone singing Broadway music speaks a language other than American English as their primary language. Great video :)
compoundmeter 7 months ago
Oh god, English would be soooo hard to learn! haha glad I'm native :3
kellargrg12 7 months ago
u are great,,,))))))
aaaaaaa4506 7 months ago
omg i didnt know our "accent" is so hard i thought it was so easy
purplerules2345 8 months ago
@purplerules2345 jjajaja you said thay beacuse you are a native speaker, i want to see learning other language. spanish? or french jejej greatings
sweetscorpious 7 months ago
love your teachin style :)
stoppeekin 8 months ago
thank you
khan22s 8 months ago
thank you so much lisa mojsin.. im learning a lot from you.. i hope i can find your book..
chameleonne19 8 months ago
Lisa Mojsin is an incredible teacher! I wish I took English classes from her.
RomanMoskva 8 months ago
@fukimuki1 words HEEL and HEAL have no difference in pronunciation, as I get it. You must listen to a context to identify them :)
RomanMoskva 8 months ago
Thank You!!!
Verkholyak 8 months ago
Thank you! You really helped me! I'm 14 and I'm from Italy, I'm trying to improve my English and your lesson are helping me a lots! You are the best, thank ya again!!!
NoeMjj 8 months ago
it is really helpful.. thanks a lot..
abo0ody85 8 months ago
thanks a lot.
andydo2007vietnam 8 months ago
wow.....I am American and I never realized how different our accent is to other English speakers. I wonder how Americans sound to other English speakers. I like accents though, I just thought that the American accent was very slight but I was wrong. Its so funny cause everything this woman is saying is absolutely the way I speak and everyone I know.
GAYPRIDE1985 8 months ago
@GAYPRIDE1985 I seriously feel the same way! >.> I thought our accent was just something very easy to pronounce but the way other people make it out to be so difficult! For sure I thought it would be harder to do a British accent! ( Which IS very hard to do for me, and hard to understand. )
at102596 8 months ago
@at102596 No, is not easy..........Your accent is very dificult.
Ezinck4730 7 months ago
@Ezinck4730 her accent is very easy, don't worry with time it will get easier
PeterVanoli 6 months ago
I'm a spanish speaker but I live in Australia and my friends make fun of me because I can't hear the difference between beach and bitch.. so I always end up saying "let's go to the bitch" ahahhaha :) This video is great!! Thank you!
nancyloaz21 9 months ago
Watching this video I finally learned how to pronounce well "sheet". Thanks!
zevazstian 9 months ago
I was teaching this Russian girl the American accent and she said she could not hear the difference between bit and beat. It was pretty funny because she actually speaks with a very good american accent.
rring88 9 months ago
for me sound like a small r. Good teacher¡
puntoclave7 9 months ago
thumbs up if your from INDIA!
vivaladan009 9 months ago
waaaaaa, i always got troubles with been and being :(
isasave 9 months ago
could anyone explain to me the difference between the pronunciation of the words HEAL and HEEL (i am from Spain).
fukimuki1 9 months ago
@fukimuki1 they are pronounced the same. the only way you can know which one is being used is by looking at the context.
iKatielovemusic 9 months ago
@fukimuki1 They are pronounced the same. They just mean different things.
Rain800120 9 months ago
@fukimuki1 its not a big difference, but with the word "heel" it slightly longer. but just a little bit.
Pondebong 9 months ago
@fukimuki1 like people have said, they are pronounced the same. Many words in English are like this, and they are called "Homophones", words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings. Some other examples are "ate" and "eight" or "sun" and "son", and they can even be spelled the same, like "rose" (a flower) and "rose" (past tense of the verb "to rise").
Leggaureggieggo 9 months ago
i love all your videos.. thank you, teacher. :)
35iknow 9 months ago
I love this teacher <3 i can understand everything what she said and I'm from Argentina!!!!!!!
juuli01 9 months ago
my tongue is tensed...........haha
MrTahadar 9 months ago
Thank You very much - the most simple and clear English lesson I'd heard from my childhood!
fcentaur 10 months ago
you're so great, I love your accurate way of pointing out the inquietudes and doubts of many people (especially of me)
AKVR19 10 months ago
You are great!~ Love your video. I am a chinese and it helps a lot with my accent!~
lamomo1982 10 months ago
Same in MUSIC SHEET .
Did you HEAT it and Did you HIT it . A A A A FLAP or LAP T -> D
I want to know when we use LAP T ? and When we use LINKING
Did you HEAT it ? = did ju: Hi: dit ?
Thank your for your teaching .
hienrambo 10 months ago
Is it odd that I'm a literate Amerian and I'm watching this??
xaraowlx1 10 months ago 54
@xaraowlx1 it's okay, i am too
xXxItachixUchihaxXx 9 months ago
@xaraowlx1 same here lol, it's interesting
xBallpark09 6 months ago
@xaraowlx1 And do you enjoy watching it? :P :P :P
AnnaLynne3 5 months ago
She laughs at minute 1:02 !! You're a great teacher !!
rccbatv 10 months ago
hahahaha can you DIG it suckers?
guacareada 10 months ago
I love her accent :)
Sweetieicy 10 months ago
Can you FEEL it?
Can you FILL it?
That's what she said!! Sorry, too much Office...
qouithhoieqth 10 months ago
hey this video was amazing!! please can you do a video where you express the difference between Bad and bed, 'cause it's really difficult!
Stephenuxx 10 months ago
Im from the us and this mades me lul
EasyBakeSmiles 10 months ago
Very helpful not only for students but also for ESOL tutors!
dlauri 11 months ago
GREAT! THANKS A LOT. I AM FROM RUSSIA.
28090210 11 months ago
thannnnnnnnk you
puntoclave7 11 months ago
you should do thirteen versus fourteen or f versus th
AshPasierb 11 months ago
feel, fill, fail
heat, hit, hate
i still cant really differentiate those words.. i mean, the way to pronounce it..
honeyzdeluXia 11 months ago
thx
2537mai 11 months ago
good.
khaalelkhan 9 months ago
This is the best video on explaining these sounds.
kylui1 11 months ago
AMAZING.
mahonney 11 months ago
too good.
srarvindgupta 11 months ago
I naturally speak English and I'm sure this is very helpful for people learning English. And while everything makes totally sense it seems like it'd be hard to learn o.O and teach. lol
AviyaFowler 11 months ago 23
@AviyaFowler Like the fact that you must be able to speak english beforehand...
MistaVista1 7 months ago
great!!!
sarahsusane 11 months ago
Awesome !!!!!!!! me too... I´m Colombian :D
camilenium 11 months ago
Thank you!
Edward9004 11 months ago
This was an amazing lesson. So easy. I've been pronunciating differently just because I didn't know the rule. Thank you so much.
coniector 11 months ago
American accent... lol! I didn't even know I had an accent. I don't know why I'm watching this video....
MyMindToldMeSo 1 year ago 3
thank u very much ... i think it`ll help me :)
freedom1988june 1 year ago
If I were taught like this from the very beggining, I wouldnt have had a heard time to getting my prounciation understood my others. THANKS FOR THIS OFFER!!!
gashts 1 year ago
Best lesson ever ;)
sharerx 1 year ago
I'm Asian, have been living in U.S almost 10 years and I was trying so hard to fix my accent. This video "is" helping me out soooo much! everytime I watch this I learn more things. omg! You are my life savior!!!!!!!!
oabeo 1 year ago
Wow this was incredible helpfully, I'm from Transylvania and I've been(bin) struggling a lot now to speak in American accent, so thank you very much!
FumezKentLung 1 year ago
she said shit! a million thumbs up!
mattakudesu 1 year ago
@anonymous5536, Then why wouldn't it have a name where it is most widely spoken? You know, like America?
GregP1996 1 year ago
they're really is no american accent. it's just english without the actual english accent like the british have.
anonymous5536 1 year ago
@anonymous5536 Of course theres an American accent.
1withRUSSIA27 1 year ago
@anonymous5536 that is SO far from being true. 1st of all, EVERYONE has an accent. yes, even americans. 2nd, american english isnt just based on english from britain. its also based on french, spanish, italian, and even latin. so americans DO have an accent.
ilovesparky13 1 year ago
@anonymous5536 ... What? XD
EasilyDistLOOKABIRDY 1 year ago
@anonymous5536 Uhh what??? You are 100% wrong. The English language was created by, get ready for it, the English! You can't say it's just English without the English accent. We speak English with an American accent. I speak it with a Southern American accent. If there was a standard official way of speaking English, I'm pretty sure the actual English people could claim rights to that. But heck, even their speech varies from region to region.
acjones810 1 year ago
I wish I could attend your classes ! You´re a great teacher !
misswillingtolearn 1 year ago
excellent, i got it!
woshy0 1 year ago
I understand every word she says but I have a problem is that when I am watching movies, those americans speak very fast but they can understand each other. I have to think awhile to know what they are saying. The problem isnt with my english standard. Can anyone tell me the problem?
Kenneth9725 1 year ago
@Kenneth9725 that happens with everybody learning a new language. You'll pick it up as you get better.
xNAFoRcEzZ 1 year ago
@Kenneth9725 that's a first. i always here people say americans speak to slowly. i'd say the problem is only you're not use to speaking the language. you'll catch on eventually. english is very easy to learn to speak, but it's the hardest to write.
anonymous5536 1 year ago
I live up North in Canada, and now I see the difference in Canadian and American accents. First, no one confuses hill with heel. I think people in the South of America like in Texas do that. But the biggest thing I notice watching MTV and Fox, and everything, all those American shows. The way they pronounce WHITE! Every time I hear an American pronounce white they pronounce the H! Its silent!
DaanceTech 1 year ago
@DaanceTech well not technically. my grandparents and even my parents grew up learning it to say wHite instead of 'wite'. same with wHat.
anonymous5536 1 year ago
@DaanceTech Really? I've never noticed that, and I'm American. Back just a few decades ago, I'm pretty sure that all Americans used to pronounce the "h" after a "w." You know, like in the 50's TV shows such as "Leave it to Beaver" I've noticed that everyone did that. I remember learning in kindergarten that the "h" in "why" should be pronounced. So I think this is something that older generations do. As for me, even though I was taught that way in elementary school, I never pronounce the h.
MademoiselleChopin 1 year ago
@DaanceTech really? thats the first time i've heard about americans pronouncing the h in whit. and im american!
ilovesparky13 1 year ago
@DaanceTech It might depend on region (then again, I have no idea what's going on TV-wise because I don't watch much of it). Most people, myself included, who speak with a west coast American accent pronounce it like "Wite," not "w-Hite." Those who do pronounce the H were probably brought up on that.
One difference I've noticed w/ general Canadian and American accents is the pronunciation of certain "ou" words. Like "mouth." We say "m-OW-th," Canadians say "moh-th." Interesting how it is..
cazonetta 1 year ago
Great, just a great piece of information, thank you very much
Motl3yDude 1 year ago
Oh god! Thank you very much for all these videos. I've learnt a lot.
Greetings from Chile.
Insana114 1 year ago
for spanish speakers, in -heel- the vowel sound is the spanish "i". in -hill- the vowel is a sound between a spanish "e" and a "i" as if you mix them together but really makin sure the sound lands in the middle. thats how i was taught
pinchiponcho831 1 year ago
Thank you!
tatromain 1 year ago
thank you for your advices..hi,from Italy
museinter 1 year ago
i want to buy your book
potet09 1 year ago
great help thank you!!!!
lifeguard28usa 1 year ago
great teacher thanks so much
TheSong0120 1 year ago
Mexicans need to take this class
sickdeathshappen 1 year ago 14
@sickdeathshappen I am !!! I've been watching all the videos from this lady, but this one is really above me............Bummer !! I wonder if buying her book will make me get this lesson .....
louisianaboy86 1 year ago
@sickdeathshappen Really???? I 'am Mexican and belive me even though I wasn't born here I have a single drop of accent.I am seriosly.no fucken jk
christacdc 1 year ago
@sickdeathshappen youre right, im mexican and most english teachers over here dont know there is a different pronunciation for these sounds.
Akshayakumara 8 months ago
@sickdeathshappen that's messed up not all Mexican people are uneducated I'm half Mexican half White and speak English perfect!
thinkgreen52 8 months ago
@sickdeathshappen LMFAO
angesaur 8 months ago
@sickdeathshappen how about including the Filipinos, Chinese, Africans, Hindus and Russkies? The worst are the Filipinos, it's painful to my ears.
theintelligent1973 7 months ago
这个很有用 \thx
shinemore1989 1 year ago
great!!!!
rose4835 1 year ago
it's really confused to understand the difference between 'feel' and 'fill' these words sounds the same.
viisaah 1 year ago
@viisaah "Feel" is much longer. In German, it would be written "viel". "Fill" has a short "i" sound in it.
shmuli9 1 year ago
Dear teacher , I'm a spanish speaking , and let me tell you that you are AWSOME , thanks for all this pronunciation and over all, for your interest that non speaking people learn the way to pronunce well.
Angeljosetoronto 1 year ago
Thanks a lot!!!!
lomontero 1 year ago
I dont understand of why people want to learn the accent of American. I go head over heels for Australian/ Irish/ and Scottish.
Of course if I was unable to speak with an American accent i guess would like to speak it on some levels.
121314whitewolf 1 year ago
Thank you very much for the video.
English is second language for me and it is entirely different from my mothertongue(Nepali).
My reading,listening and writing for English language is a kind of good, but speaking is horrible.
Hope I will improve that with the help of your videos ☻
I have one small blog too, and have been trying to improve my english through writing.
19990SAND 1 year ago
Im 18, from Slovakia. Ive learned English by watching Cartoon Network. Everyday about 10 hours when I was little. At the age of cca 3-4 I could speak Englist better than Slovak, when playing with brother we were often using English instead of Slovak. As I grew up I didnt use it so much anymore but at school Ive learned theory. Now my English is much worse than it used to be when I was a child but its still good I think, I could say all these words correct without knowing it, its funny a bit :)
zeib10 1 year ago
what about "Fool" or "Full"?
soran15 1 year ago
Awsome.......
nday81 1 year ago
yea i agree... haha it's kinda confusing when they do that...
DHLuzuriaga 1 year ago
gosh i used to say shit instead of sheet too. It was so bad :(
sirapobch 1 year ago
I hate to pronounce 'fact' :D
xxsolakxx 1 year ago
this is cool
hxy32167 1 year ago
Thank you for the video.
kgamino 1 year ago
Such a good video!! I'm French and I understand everything the woman said! It's a miracle... ;)
DuduTheFlapper 1 year ago 44
@DuduTheFlapper teach me French
unh00ky 1 year ago
great again!
Chantere3 1 year ago
Genial. Ahora tengo mas cuidado con palabras como beach and bitch, que importante es la pronunciacion ! Indudablemente excelente el video para gente como yo que le gusta estudiar ingles THANKS
johnsteven001 1 year ago
wow thank u so much,love it
nunyreau 1 year ago
:D thx u so much for doing this.
Plz upload more videos to help the foreigners (like myself) improving our accent..
0badgurl0 1 year ago
It is a fantastic lesson. She seams to be really master
hmro2007 1 year ago
traaaaaaaaaaa
Hagfold80 1 year ago
I don't have much problem with words, I can pronounce them in the right way but when it comes to sentences I completely lose the control of my accent. Does this happen to anyone else? Just curious.
iheartpetersellers 1 year ago
@iheartpetersellers I think this happens to most people.
cinevaxx 1 year ago
wow I love this... Thank you very much
BoredDude24 1 year ago 22
hahahahahahaha lol beach or bitch
christacdc 1 year ago
haha if someone said bitch instead of beach ahah wow i didn't know people could get them wrong
sammy424912000 1 year ago
This spoken by this woman fortunately is the neutral American pronunciation, which is very good indeed, and fine and understood by every speaker, and not considered bad neither from British point of view.. unfortunately the accent spoken by most of American media is the "mediatic" accent generated from Midwest which is truly bad.. confusing vowels and having a harder "R",and general nasalization.. but this American accent by this woman is the correct one, and should be spoken by more people!
Weekrulez 1 year ago
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Weekrulez 1 year ago
Please, please, please teach pronunciation of the letter "i". Semicolon is not "sem-eye-colon". The "i" is short as in "bit". I once heard an American say "hem-eye-sem-eye-dem-eye-quaver for hemidemisemiquaver. It's not "Eye-talian" for Italian or "Eye-rack" for Iraq. It's odd that Americans shorten "been" to "bin" and pronounce "i" as "eye". Most of all it's irritating when someone drawls it out with a Southern accent. Hem-eyyyye-demeyyyye-semeyyye-quaver. Mind numbing!
verziehen 1 year ago
Oh, and I forgot E! Example, delay, me, England, etc... :D
Thanks!
dontknowshisname 1 year ago
And what about Y? System, biology etc?
dontknowshisname 1 year ago
My mother needs this course badly; everytime she says "fork" it sounds like "fuck" or a bastardized version of "fuck".
fc007 1 year ago
Its all about voiced and unvoiced consonants. They decide whether its a tense or a lax vowel.
Johnny9Storm 1 year ago
just right off the bat, south fla, feel and fill can sound exactly the same. both sound like fill. for the american accent. but im from the us so i dunno how brits would do it.
kb1kb1 1 year ago
lol i have a really thick Fillipino accent and this helps a lot :D
i'm really grateful and i want to thank you ^_^
TranceHeartBreaker 1 year ago
@TranceHeartBreaker Not to be mean, but every time my Fillipino friends says feeling I get a chuckle out of it; it sound almost like pealing.
fc007 1 year ago
ohhh i like her....she is so great teacher.i would like to have on like her too:)
musiclovers51 1 year ago
Umm I'm from America and there are many different accents here so someone can't simply say that Americans have an annoying accent. It depends what part of the US you're from that gives someone there accent.
lulug1995 1 year ago
Helped me a lot! Thanks! ;]
ramengirI 1 year ago
Thank you really really much.I like to find your video that makes me clearer what is the the differents of the words that i always make mictakes.
Very clear, I hope to improve a lot after and while viewing your video, but can you make more of them..
thank you. I'M NOT COME FROM ENGLISH COUNTRY
lovelyseasame 1 year ago
I like the American accent. Your lesson was awesome!! thanx a lot.
Keep up the good job.
Greetings from Peru
XXXEdwardAbeXXX 1 year ago
Wow, I've learnt English ever since I was in elementary school here in Mexico. They kinda never tell you tips about pronunciation. I think I have mastered this differences in a natural way, may be because I do hear the difference, but I never knew consciously that they were different. LOL.
AlCovarrubias 1 year ago
Nice vid - I'm a fan of your work. Minor note - Brits like myself often pronounce "been" the same way Americans do. We can choose between been and bin. The choice might depend on the social situation, personal habit or dialect, but as a Londoner with lots of friends from different areas I've heard plenty of "bin"s as well as "been"s.
potentperson 1 year ago
lol. its so funny how calm she is with her "swearing".
BlackBlitz7 1 year ago
thank you so much for this vdo
I'm Thai
I learning American accent.
microbial1 1 year ago
I want to ask the teacher, in these coming words, are there /i/ or /I/?
1. -ty or -ly. just like quantity, reality activity, friendly, silly, carefully, etc.
2. glidings. like bite /bait/ or /baIt/? face /feis/or /feIs/?
This font is not good for me to show, I mean, the bar between the slashes means capital I, not L.
Thank you.
chin010 1 year ago
@chin010 Konichiwa. 1. is i. You don't do a smile to say it. In fact you almost close the mouth into a dropped bottom lip. 2. is l. You pull your mouth back, almost like a growling position.
I'm English, and I've had to teach my Japanese wife lots of this stuff. She finds it hard to say words like 'mean', as she doesn't want to sound and look aggressive. Of course Americans do some of it differently to the English. Depends which one you want to learn. I don't know if Lisa replied to you.
moyadapne 1 year ago
i love your videos :)
TheSkyIsTheLimit8 1 year ago
i think a good rule for english is to speak kind of slowly, because there are so many words that sound the same and it will be easier for us to understand you if you have an accent. we don't speak very fast most of the time anyway :)
annabanana5137 1 year ago