The Chaos (Slower Version For ESL Students)

[jamixxmariie]

thaaaaaaaanks! :)))) I got the score of 100/100 thaanks to you!

[eslclick]

@jamixxmariie

Wow!! That's so great! You must've worked really hard to get such an awesome score. Congratulations!

[jamixxmariie]

@eslclick Thank you very much! Hope i'll get the 1st rank for the 1st Quarter! :DDD

[qazastan]

The reason people prefer American English is because it's easier. Americans dumb down English so that perfect tenses are mangled, t is pronounced as a d (bottom becomes boddom), twenty becomes twenny but 10 is pronounced correctly as ten.

They changed centre to center but ask Americans what er is supposed to be used for and they don't know, they just like the simplicity of center even though Brits have no trouble using centre.

US English = substandard English :)

[eslclick]

@qazastan

Your argument doesn't carry weight. Here's why:

1) If it is easier, why would ESL learners want to learn a language where the pronunciation doesn't match the spelling? Your example of "twenty" would be easier to pronounce as it's spelled. As an ESL teacher, I do know that English (both British and American) can be very frustrating for the ESL student, which is why I made this video. As for "centre": then what about "phone", "colonel" or "picture"? Those weren't "dummied" down.

[eslclick]

@qazastan

2) The reason why American English is more popular isn't because it's "easier". It is because the United States is considered a cultural and an, until recently, economic superpower.

I've made it clear, I love British English. However, if you speak with the average British person, even watch BBC, you will see that the majority of people in the UK, like Americans, have a conversational dialect that can't be taught in most textbooks.

[youjinnida]

Thanks! (^^)/



[panos442]

you are so hot

[ursulasiqueira]

Wow!! very nice! thanks a lot!

[ggguest329]

This interests me a lot,I'm going to try it.

Thank you!

[Takaouto]

Thank you for the tips! XDD

For some reason every time I get to 'sward' by brain just wants my mouth to go down really had on that damn 'a'. I guess I'll have to practise a bit more. Boo. (On the other hand - exceptionally unlikely I'll have to use it again. Ever.) Cheers!

[Takaouto]

We have to record ourselves reading a few stanzas of this poem for our linguistics class. It's too bad that more than half the students are NESB. They've having a heck of a time, poor lambs. :)

...oh, is that how you're supposed to say Balmoral? Meh. I'll say it wrong anyway. Aussie!pronunciation!pride! ;D Haha

[eslclick]

@Takaouto

Sorry to take so long to respond. I did previously admit to messing up "Balmoral". So, yes, as you can see, even an ESL teacher can't say all of these words correctly! : )

[Takaouto]

@eslclick It's fine. :) After some research [aka using American friends as guinea pigs and forcing them to pronounce things] that's just HOW N.Americans pronounce 'Balmoral'. :shrug: No biggie. I would think that as long as it didn't break the rhyming scheme/couplet that it wouldn't matter if you pronounced it either way. Eh, tomato/tomato.

Thanks for the reply! Was definitely not trying to bag you out, sorry if it came over that way.

[eslclick]

@Takaouto No, I really appreciate when someone asks if I used the correct pronunciation. As for the rhyming scheme, even after a few decades, some of the pronunciation continues to change (e.g. "khaki"). Ugh.

Since I originally put up the video, there have been a slew of different versions; some better than mine. But I decided to keep mine up to show that everyone's human, even the teacher. : )

[carlosmagnomendoza]

subtitles please..

[eslclick]

I've been unable to post the links, so please check the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary. Both are online.

[95Joan]

Thank you! I have to learn this for school and this really helps! x From the Netherlands.

[iZENstein]

Being born of both English and American parents, I can only say that eslclick has provided a wonderful platform for learning "proper" English. She has helped many of my friends who came stateside to properly pronounce American English. Now across the pond, we do have peculiar pronunciations for words, but, of course, we are a peculiar sort. Don't you agree?

[neadecvaten]

thank you!!!!!

[ana7493]

Im Spanish. My teacher said to me that this poem was good for the pronunciation.

is the poem complete? I mean, I download the poem´s lycris, and I find that you didnt read all words that I have :S and I dont know, if that is a short version.

Thank you :)

[ana7493]

Im Spanish. My English teacher said to me that The chaos was good to pronunciation. Is it the poem completly? I mean, I download lyrics poem, and I find you dont read all words that I have. I dont know :S

sorry to my english. Thank you :)

[xFeloxX]

Very helpful video! :D

But do you native speakers of English tend say "AGUE" as [a'giu:] or [ˈeɪɡ juː] ? 'Cause [ˈeɪɡ juː] is the pronunciation I found on dictionaries :/

[xFeloxX]

Wow! Your vid has helped a lot! I my pronunciation midterm on this poem tomorrow, and I was wondering about the prononunciation of "AGUE"... you said like [a'giu:] but I looked for it and found that it was [ˈeɪɡ juː]

do you Englishe speakers tend to say more like [a'giu:] or like [ˈeɪɡ juː] ?

[Rodinc]

Thanks a lot for taking the time to do this. I believe it's very helpful. You also saved me some time since I was heading straight to Merriam-Webster to obtain a one by one pronunciation...... just imagine.

PS. It was fun too.

[drkrk9]

Melpomene didn't sound right :\

I found an audio file on how it is pronounced in the merriam-webster website and it doesnt sound like in the video... which one is right?

[eslclick]

I wasn't sure of the pronunciation, so I did check it first before I read the poem. Sorry if you got a different one than I found.

[drkrk9]

Yeah, thank you. English is my second language and I got around 90% right :\

I wish I got them all right :D

[boyluckluck]

You look a lot like Liz Lemon! Anyway, thanks for the pronunciation tips. Very helpful!

[Bresule666]

you said "query" wrong... its "kwee-ry" not "kee-ry"

[eslclick]

@Bresule666

Thanks for the comment. I thought I has said it with a "kwee" sound, but it does sound like I said "kee".

We can also say "kwe".

Thanks for pointing it out.

[JoongBeomAn]

thanks alot.. but why don't you upload another lesson anymore? i'm waiting for next one!

[alepotter25]

That's a good advice DON'T GIVE UP

[yunelsia]

wow i just love this...thanks

[sirocampo24]

im a call center agent in the philippines and we recieve calls from the U.S... most of our customers get irate and annoyed when they found out that we are asian. this will definitely help me with my pronounciation exam tom. thank you very much because this is a huge help.

[MyOwnMorrow]

Thanks a lot. I'm an ESL student whose native language is Canadian French, and you're reading is so useful, for I want to learn the proper pronunciation of English. ^^ You really help me. Between, I think you have a very nice voice to hear. ^^

[eslclick]

I'm glad this video was helpful to you.

And thanks for the kinds words.  I really appreciate it. (smile)

[ElhaneSW]

I m sorry but I'm just a little bit confused... I was wondering if you could tell me for sure how it's really correct to pronounce Dies and Balmoral (Camb. dict. says the primary stress is on the second syll. - Bal' moral )

Thanks a lot)) that was very helpful)

[eslclick]

I have to admit I wasn't sure of the pronunciation of this word and thought I had done enough research to say it correctly. However, after your comment, I checked again, and found that the second syllable can be stressed and have more of an "eh" sound (there are at least a couple of ways to say it). This would make sense since it would rhyme with laurel - the last word on the next line.

Thanks so much for pointing that out!

[anarchangel23]

@ElhaneSW It's like "Bell moral" (it's a Scottish place name, rhymes with laurel, yeah). Billet is "Bill it" (emphasis on the first syllable, rhymes with millet, skillet, and fillet, but not the American way of pronouncing fillet (fill-ay)).

Hooray for English!

Dies is like french /fries/, /pies/, surp/rise/