Linking with Vowels 1 (Understanding Spoken English Series)

[meonhius]

The way you teach English is simple, plain and easy to understand.

I'm learning English on line and I think you would be my favorite teacher.

You would help me improve my English a lot.

I hope eventually you will come out with more and more video clips.

Thanks a lot !!!

[EnglishwithStacy]

@meonhius

Thank you -- I appreciate your kind words!

[Sun2strider]

thank you for your lessons! I understand everything said in this video, it makes me happy :)

[EnglishwithStacy]

@Sun2strider

I'm so glad!

[GooGooJoob]

well, united states are a very large nations, the accents are so different but.. little by little you start to notice the slight differences. not to talk about english pronunciation. although we study britain english at school, i could understand nothing when i tripped to london. i can watch an american movie and i can get what is said almost every time.seems easier than britain.understanding spoken english has always made me curios, because i could write it and speak it but never understood it!

[EnglishwithStacy]

@GooGooJoob

I hope the lessons are helping!

[SamuelPuckett]

u r a great teacher i'd like to have a teacher like u

[EnglishwithStacy]

@SamuelPuckett

Thank you -- you're very kind!

[mulikgs]

I WOULD LIKE THI VIDEO.

[melissajjoa]

Stacy look so kind and nice..!

I will have to buy this book and practice how to listen the fast English...

[EnglishwithStacy]

@melissajjoa

Thanks for your kind words, and good luck with your listening studies.

[magdaguolo]

You are a wonderful teacher. I am your fan. Thanks.

[EnglishwithStacy]

You are very kind!

[baymagic]

Thank you very much Stacy. If you can upload some more video which subject are problem for student as you know better. I appreciate. Have a nice weekend.

[EnglishwithStacy]

I uploaded a new video today. It's my 2nd lesson on wh-questions and contractions. Take a look!

[dukeliwanen]

nice vid/!!!helpd alot

[barrach7]

'a' - in US pron as "e" ("epple", rather than apple. (Just as the presenter did on the video above....)

'o' - in US pron as "a" ("hat" and "hot" are not the same word!)

Still - it could be worse. You could pron. English as badly as Londoners...!

P.S: No - am not bothering to check the grammar and spelling on my post here...sigh!

[barrach7]

Here's a fact for you: The best phonetically spoken English is NOT spoken in England. Nor is it spoken in US A. To find this, try the Nairn/Inverness areas of Northern Scotland. Totally unlike a stereotypical 'Scottish' accent (in fact, almost accentless). Finding an Englishman who can pronouce even a fraction of the common vowels correctly is as likely as finding WMD's in Iraq!

[Dzwitch]

Why so many teachers insist on saying there are 5 vowels in the English language? This is fake, those 5 vowers are just written symbols unrelated to the spoken sounds. There are at least 7 basic vowel sounds, some of them with short and long versions, plus diphthongs.

Only languages like Spanish or Greek have 5 o 6 vowels fitting the written symbols. In english "u" can be [A], [iu], [o], swa... it is pointless to start talking about 5 vowels, and only drive to student's turmoil.

[EnglishwithStacy]

In my lesson, I am talking mainly about vowels in relation to the spelling of the words, not the pronunciation. To understand linking, you need to talk about vowels and spelling.

Yes, there are more vowel sounds than five. In the American English that I speak, there are 15 vowel sounds. But it is not necessary to know that in order to understand linking.

By the way, these lessons teach listening comprehension. Students can use them for pronunciation, but that is not their purpose.

[Elearning123]

GREAT! 5*

[jehvaleria]

minha lingua nativa é português e tinha dúvidas referente a isso na minha pronúncia em inglês. Bom vídeo.

Fiquei meio confusa porque ainda não domino muito bem o inglês, mas as legendas ajudaram..

very good, i loved... sahuehauhs

kiss

[EnglishwithStacy]

Thanks for your positive comments! The ISBN for Sound Advice is 0-13-081361-3. For Understanding and Using English Grammar, it's 0-13-233331-7

[benji3001]

Excellent listening practice.

Please the ISBN of your book. Thanks a bunch.

[JenniferESL]

Very clear presentation. Looking forward to the next video. - Jennifer