American Accent Training | Part 02 - Vowel // i // - Accent training, ESL

[bestwishes0608]

it's really helpful. Thanks so much for uploading videos. ^_^

[unknowdud3]

i still dont know the difference between sea and sea(pronunciation)

[ArturoStojanoff]

I always wondered, the "ear" sound, is it /i/ur, or /I/ur?

[princessbella64]

@ArturoStojanoff its more like iyyar :)

[Pedrofrombrazil]

@princessbella64 So Ear=Year?

[Nb3nB]

It's too fast for me but so nice

[ErrorGameManiac]

Speak Chinses wow wow... hold on there I though I'm learning American.

[svvkk24]

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tis video is very useful.............

[amouna147258]

thanks great lessons

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[missjanna07]

Excellent Videos part 1as 2 are excellent

[cee16jhay]

Caboosethecool is right americans are not idiot, they can understand the non-native english speaker...

[onahpets100]

what about "several"?

does it pronounce with /i/ or there are just some exceptions?

[russianspy24]

@onahpets100 I think most americans say, "sev'ral."

[onahpets100]

@russianspy24 hehehe I know, but I´m just asking becase if you use /i/ sound in "severe" then what is the case in "several"

[johnson6099]

@onahpets100 i like this comment because of the word "several"

[TomWilliams921]

@onahpets100 several is a two-syllable word in US accents with the stress on the first syllable. it's an /e/ sound |(nothing to do with /i/ or /I/), and the second syllable is reduced into a schewa (a neutral sound) . hope you find this helpful. I'm a british actor btw, currently working on mastering the Californian

[onahpets100]

@TomWilliams921 thanks =) but "severe" is also a two-syllable word like "several" and I know how to say "several" I'm just asking because some words has 2 ways to pronounce them like "schedule" "neither" and some other words

[jiyanni]

i agree but most call center agents in asia wants to learn the neutral american language for you guys to understand us more clearly and that we do not have to repeat ourselves and also for your issue to be addressed properly and get resolved in a timely manner. We have observed that the very reason why customers say "customer service sucks" is because of the language barrier. That's why it is important to asians to speak neutral american english language to avoid the language barrier. :)

[Caboosethecool]

I dont think you need to make these. This is the U.S. so we can understand most people unless they have a really bad accent