Peppy English Pronunciation Lesson 3-Learn English with Steve Ford

[rerisonchelsea]

steve, te quiero, lo te amo, seni seviyorun, te amo, I love you..... lol!



[mike1992123]

aDRESS and Adress. In the US we WILL use aDRESS but only when we want to aDRESS someone.

[mike1992123]

@mike1992123 Just realized I spelled address wrong.... Sorry bout that.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@mike1992123 No worries!

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@mike1992123 Good point! Noun becomes a verb!

[mike1992123]

I would say i disagree with the thirTEEN and the rest of the teen part. BUT! That my be only because I live in the US. Also, watching this video, it seems you have a good system down to teach people, and that is good. But the best learning would probably come from being around native speakers. But I guess this is a good substitute when that isn't an option.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@mike1992123 Hey Mike thanks for your input! From the teaching side, a lot of non-native English learners mix up 13 VS 30, 14 VS 40, 15 VS 50, etc. and the best way to show them the difference is where the word stress falls. They even like using the 13 VS 30 thing on academic English tests to see if the students can hear the difference. Many times they can't. You gotta crawl before you can walk! Hopefully more will be walking and even running soon to reach their dream of speaking like you and me

[TheUami]

if you go round saying fifTEEN your going to be laughed at.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@TheUami Before I post a response, please tell us who you are.

[MrFreshpot]

Ive never said adVERTisement

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@MrFreshpot Good point. If you go to forvo.com you can hear 17 different native speakers from the UK/US saying this word. All people from the UK said "adVERTisement" except for one person. Interesting!

[MrFreshpot]

@PrivateEnglishPortal And where was that one person from?

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@MrFreshpot Lanarkshire, Scotland. Here is the link on Forvo.com Check it out:

forvo.com/word/advertisement/#­en (6th person down from top "Kraig")

[MrFreshpot]

@PrivateEnglishPortal im from the uk and ive never heard anyone say it like that tbh

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@MrFreshpot What part of the UK are you from?

[MrFreshpot]

@PrivateEnglishPortal Im from Lancashire but i go to london every few months

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@xNordicPrincessx I agree. Students are always asking me what the standard British or American accent is. I try to point them in the direction of the BBC or CNN.

If they want more relaxed pronunciation I try to point them in the direction of "Friends"(US) or an equivalent British sitcom. Accents vary from each region of the UK and the US and I am always baffled by other comments(not yours) saying that all Americans talk like cowboys and that the British talk like Mary Poppins or the Queen.

[c35213]

water = worer

butter =burer

T=R

All deformed

yes but i prefer the british one sorry :(

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@c35213 That's strange, where did you hear such pronunciation? I suggest you watch a movie, for example Avatar. In that movie, pay attention to how the scientists and doctors are speaking as opposed to the soldiers. What about French people from the countryside and banlieues VS a graduate from Sorbonne? I also suggest you watch Coronation street and pay attention to the pronunciation in that one too.

[HmNoClue]

@PrivateEnglishPortal it is possible for people from the banlieues and the countryside go the sorbonne as well...

[TheBurak5834]

I just learning english in turkey :((

[20rapid]

thanks very much

[andrefsferreira]

Steve, do not speak so slowly. It's so not native-like

Greatest hardship for ESL learners is the agglutination of words produce in spoken English.

[naoki9363]

I just learning English in japan .

I fell so better this proglam,

Thank you!

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@naoki9363 I am happy to be helping you all the way across the Pacific there in Japan!

[MegaGgghhhjjj]

8:14 - 8:17

herpy-derpy =3

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

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[OJSlaughter93]

Do we english speakers stress words like this? I suppose when we talk, it is so fast this is is hard to notice: or is it just something that only happens if you properly talk hard

[MistaVista1]

@OJSlaughter93 We do, but we do intuitively; without really thinking about it, so we don't notice it.

[bankaikun94]

I always wanted to learn the english accent, it sounds so sexy and smooth.

[litorulo]

thnxxxx!!!! i've learned a lot!!! :D

[luffy08dn]

I'm from vietnam.

Thank you very much for sharing this video. You're a great teacher

[Zaro7]

Oh my goodness... you have given the world a powerful tool !!!

You rock!, thanks for these videos. I'm an English teacher in South America, and trust me, these kind of videos are just what I need to teach a better English.

Sometimes it's kind of difficult to teach the differences between BrE and AmE English. But with this, it's going to be easier!!! Thanks so much again.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

ah that's cool! you really love studying your linguistic history like I do!

I think one of the most interesting things I've seen in terms of a person who can switch back and forth between US/UKaccents is Gillian Anderson from 'The X-Files' TV series. I'm just not sure how spot-on her British accent is...:)

[stuchka]

In the UK we say 'laboratory' as ...'Laborra tree' with the stress on 'borra'.

And also as a rule, in the UK any word ending in 'tory' is shortened to 'tree'

Lavatory = 'La-va-tree'

Dormitory =dor-mi-tree

Factory = 'fak-tree' or 'fak-ter-ee'

Victory = 'vik-tree'

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@stuchka I really like the second point about words ending in 'tory' ending up being 'tree' which is the same here in North America. Another one I have been going over with my students is words ending in 'ion'.

So : solution = so -LU - shin , information = infor +MAY + shin rather than so- LU -shown, infor+MAY+shown

[stuchka]

@PrivateEnglishPortal funny that! over here we say 'shun'

Soh-LOO-shun.

I've noticed that the North Americans say 'shin' , for us this sticks out like a sore thumb if you are every trying to do an English accent.

I love comparing the sounds of different 'Englishes' , where I come from in the central midlands, we are right on the border between the old French influences, the Danish and the Celts, so we have all kinds of fun with pronunciation :-D

[stuchka]

@PrivateEnglishPortal funny that! over here we say 'shun'

Soh-LOO-shun.

I've noticed that the North Americans say 'shin' , for us this sticks out like a sore thumb if you are ever trying to do an English accent.

I love comparing the sounds of different 'Englishes' , where I come from in the central midlands, we are right on the border between the old French influences, the Danish and the Celts, so we have all kinds of fun with pronunciation :-D

[jorgepeterbarton]

@stuchka that's not a general case. plenty say fak-tor-ee, vik-tor-ee... i don't know many who say vik-tree, fak-tree, but often the 'tory' is sped up and harder to distinguish, often more tur-ee.

[yangqinks]

Sir, wouldn't it be more correct to say "one-on-one classes " instead of "one-to-one classes" (your video time 6.03).

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@yangqinks Hello! One-on-one is used more in sports/games. I remember we used it when I was playing hockey for example. Two opposing players would play one-on-one. Tennis opponents play one-on-one etc.

[yangqinks]

@PrivateEnglishPortal

Thanks for your reply. You have been a great teacher!

[xincacata]

Thought I'd just make a point; with a lot of English accents (especially Northern ones) the stressed syllables are largely where is more convenient. If you listen to a Scouser speak, for instance, you'll find it more rhythmic than a person from Essex.

[HennyLoves]

supercatchy song xD

[samadizo69]

perfect!!!

[cumnkisme]

i love the song!!!

[TheTemplai]

As always, another great lesson! But the Google's ADvertisements [US] / adVERtisement [UK] are annoying!

Bye-bye!

[KasiaSia67]

GOOD WORK !!!!! THANKS !!!!!

[palabrasquietas]

Thank you very much indeed!

[alcantara06]

thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!

[M4rc1n4nd3gr4nd]

Your lessons are so helpful! Thank you and give us more of it !

big up!

[chrischrissiecrystal]

awesome. :D

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

Thanks for the comment everyone! I am happy you enjoyed the video.

to wklize: Ciao Claudia and thank you!!

to TheHoba81: I am happy to teach you!

to pupsoid1: Excellent question! in this case the word stress changes as follows: NINEteen NINEty-two. It would be too hard to follow the rule and say nineTEEN NINETY-two

to moicava: you are very welcome. it is a pleasure to ' teach' you. it ' gives' me great pleasure also. Have a great day!

[wklize]

ta! that's a swanky video !

[TheHoba81]

thank u for learning us , it is a very useful video

[pupsoid1]

What about 1992? Is the stress shifted in the first element i.e. 19?

[rafaeljpl]

next very useful video! I'm always confused about British and American accents. Steve, thank you very much once again!

[moicava75]

Good job, steve. it makes pleasure to see you, the good way to learn us.

Thanks a lot.