Fun Easy English American English Pronunciation Lesson 1.

[SagatDepre]

excellent teacher! ...

i like this!

[CycloneJosh]

It's very subjective Re: which sounds better-- American or British English. Also, each country has gorgeous accents and hideous ones; there's no single American accent or British accent. I'm American and I have a preference for the American sound-- it sounds mild and pleasant to me-- but I respect that some prefer the British. I live part time in Eastern Europe, and my Czech colleagues generally say they prefer American English, as they find it easier to understand.

[fabianalmendros]

Great job! freaking easy and concise. Thanks for posting.

[FREEvRUN]

Whose Akiko?

[ThePacopaco23]

i have the best english ever ha-ha-ha

[MrTaher30]

thank you 

[misswillingtolearn]

I love your classes !

[BIoodBath]

why are there so many combinations of letters for one single soud?

[DannieKim91]

thank you so much!!

[OgelAPO]

Like that, good work!

[assisino]

I like it!.

[btrueeth]

Something is wrong here. Americans pronounce complete as "Camplete".

[valarmanwe]

Language is a means to an end, that`s all. English is actually very good at achieving that end - evidently. Ergo I find arguments as to which form of English is superior rather superfluous ! Both my English and American English are equally efficient, when spoken well.

[hoilaahahaa]

@valarmanwe but which one would be better to be spoken when can speak well neither American English nor British?

[valarmanwe]

@hoilaahahaa Dare I say it ? British English would, to my mind, sound better. But I`m English, so perhaps I`m just biased. Let me put it another way, I`d imagine most people in the world wishing to speak English are learning the language by listening to American accents. If you learned it with an English accent, you`d possess a rarer gift. I once came across a Spanish Lady who spoke perfectly good English with an American accent. Still, it did not sound right.

You write very well !

[hoilaahahaa]

@valarmanwe hmm maybe that's bad news to me.. I have been taught British English at school, but I have mostly felt that English is just too difficult to learn and recently when I have finally even learned something I have heard far more American accent than British. So now my "accent" is a terrible mix of American and British accent (I guess more like American), and somehow it seems to be so hard for me to even try to learn to speak English with certain accent, whit British accent even harder.

[hoilaahahaa]

@valarmanwe and thaks for your surprising last sentence; unless you're kidding me :) Anyway I'm afraid you have seen too little my writing to know the truth :)

[valarmanwe]

@hoilaahahaa I was entirely sincere re. my last sentence. I have been told that Finnis ( ? ) is a very difficult language for the English speaking world to master. And, I surmise, the same would be true of a Finn ( ? ) learning English. So you do very well to write as you do.

I can understand why so many non -English speakers learn our language with an American accent. American accents are far more common - in the media and on film for example - than the English accent.

Continued.....

[valarmanwe]

@hoilaahahaa ..Continued : Put it this way,if you came over to England with an American accent,many people would be rather curious to hear it. People here are generally fascinated to hear American accents- particularly people of your age.

On the other hand, if you went to The States, they would be pleased to hear your "English" accent. Trust me - I know. I`ve been to the USA. English accents , generally, go down very well there.

[inkey2]

@valarmanwe yes, Americans like the brit accent and the aussie accent as well. Thats why all the "info-mercials" on American TV have brits or aussies doing the sales pitch. Americans have this unconcious belief that any product hawked in a brit accent has more credibility

[szymonwoj1]

@valarmanwe I agree, I can remember a group of Americans on a tram in Sheffield, all the Brits were quiet just listening to what the Americans were saying, and I believe it works both ways

[URSTillDeath]

thanks for the awesome lesson!!!!

[Reeeinnna]

where's the next one? I can't find that!

[2d181]

How come all of these titles make no sense?

[rOsE24401]

I am already english and seeing people learing it and wanting to makes me feel good.

[rapidpay]

sorry but where is the fun?

[drbob2596]

Amerivan English - a self invented language, an self renamed term for SLANG!

[Sprousefan813]

i love american english, it's way better than british!

[gda321]

@Sprousefan813 You idiot hows it way better than Britsh is that because you don't understand British. They just copy the English language change a few words and call it American English. The day a fucking yank tells me he speaks American i would have to slap him. But anyway i surpose the copy everything not just language i mean how they can even say they are American is crazy technically they are all European.

[ThefirstGluhbirne]

@gda321 We may be many things, but European we are not!

[gda321]

@ThefirstGluhbirne You might want to do some History lessons. Maybe you can tell me, why is it that America hasn't got its own language, yet places as small as Wales have got their own. I'm saying i don't like Americans.... i have American friends but i find it pretty fucking crazy when someone says American English is better than British and Americans mastered the language even my friends who are American think it's stupid.

[inkey2]

@gda321 well since america was first colonized by brits our own language is "English" although the accents can be quite different in various parts of the country depending on what type of immigrants flooded into that location many years ago. For example some parts had a high german population, some parts Irish (like Boston, massachusetts), new york........Italians, etc.

[inkey2]

@gda321 i have news for you.....America is not "all European decent"......we have many blacks decended from African slaves, people of middle eastern decent, at least 30 million from mexico (legal or otherwise). Also you made the statement "how can we even call ourselves American".....Thats like saying How can Canadians call themselves Canadians........

[deathir123]

I speak my spanglish

[nuaiaa0e]

it added  a great value to me ..

[waldy1993]

I love Californian accent!! :D

[Eillecestmoi]

The accent I prefer is the canadian accent XD

[dedsunny]

i love American English too it's kool and pretty easy for me

[paspax]

English is primarily a written language. One should learn to speak English as a by-product of learning to read it. Learn Spaking & reading together.

Being able to read & write English well is more important than being able to speak it with a particular accent. If you read well & understand the sounds represented by certain letter groups, your English speech will improve quickly.

[paspax]

American English 101.

Spell most words incorrectly. Leave off the ends of words. eg. thorough becomes thorou & through becomes thru. Substitute Z for S in 90% of words. eg. specialise becomes specialize.

Rule 2). Talk funny.

[CTaran]

paspax 101.

1). Be a troll.

[LifesClock]

I like American English. I mean, maybe it's not 100% correct by the Oxford's English rule, but it sounds good and makes people want to hear it more. Like for me, I'm an asian, and trying to master American although it is really difficult since I am stuck with my current accent which sounds pretty odd even to me!!

[ourtortsystem]

@LifesClock There's no such thing as "the Oxford English rule"

The british make all sorts of grammar mistakes themselves, so it's the kettle calling the pot black.

There's no such thing as Right English. There's American English and British English and some other brands. Period.

Those ignorant people who thing British English is right are in the wrong themselves

[christacdc]

@ourtortsystem Ohhhhh yeah/??????

[Fubs]

@LifesClock But it doesn't sound good. it sounds awful and honestly it sounds uneducated and downright stupid.

[boujja3]

tank you,your re the best,give me more pls

[Gedas103]

Whooops, double post, sorry.

[sianwin]

gedas, your stupidity is showing..

anyway these videos are helpful for basic pronounciations; good for my students :)

[Gedas103]

I disgust British accent in great intensity, it's way to gay to be listened, or spoken world wide, thank you lord, for America's way of English and the understandability it brings.

[peckaroo200]

understandability? more like the dumbed down version for retards

[Gedas103]

I just disgust the British accent, it's way to gay to be spoken world wide, hail America.

[DennisChoy1]

You would be American for---ever . I mean , your opinion is kinda kids .

[Sefiroth89]

But true!

Britfags English is G A Y..

[DRHOUSE922]

:) thank you

[unbelievable110]

i like american english `

[al3zmi]

thank you so much sir ill try it everyday :) and ... i hope u get a new one with "r" pls!

[Zidanefangirl]

Thanks for the lesson..(:

[embrujadaaa]

great job, i love american english :)sounds beautiful

[pharaohegypt20010]

good job

[morenodelaorilla]

as a teacher of english we use phonetics

/i:/ this symbol would represent all the words he previously practiced

[dongchulgold]

Sometimes I would strain to hear british english,but it just frustrates me.

When some CNN anchors speak british english,

I wish that they spoke american english.american one is a little bit easier than brit one to hear.

[morgandrim]

dongchulgold, that`s probably because you hear more "English" spoken by Americans. Believe me, to learn English from an educated Englishman / woman sounds much better. I`ve been around the world and i`ve heard non English speakers speak English with a US accent. It doesn`t sound good. There`s nothing wrong with sounding American. As long as you are from the US. Otherwise, it sounds awful !

Addendum : It is still impressive how many foreigners do learn English.

[pyungdaeelementary]

The American accent doesn't sound awful...just different. Your preference for one accent over another is irrelevant. More people speak English with an American accent than an English accent. That's just due to the sheer numbers of Americans in existence.

[redcore88]

I'm arab and i think that american english is much better than the british one,bcause it's easy to catch words,well it's my opinion!

[desperatemexicano]

thx for the lesson, IM LIVING IN MEXICO AND I LIKE TO SPEAK ENGLISH, THESE LESSONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO LEARN, THIS IS MY MAIL I LIVE IN DF. IF YOU WANT TO PRACTICE WITH ME SEND A MAIL. darynlara(at)gmail. com

[Piercostanzo]

You're speaking the language of the world.

[coumbaa]

Thank you very much

[justizbk]

thank you very much mate.. all the best and good luck

[tomskaria]

good thank you.. . god bless you man

[avocado475]

thanks is not enough

but thank you very very very very much.. is somewhat enough

i enjoyed it a lot :)

big thanks to you from KSA..

[chico007hgo]

Bro, Thank you for this apportation. I am a spanish speaker and wanna get better at it.

[yourXfavoriteXTOP10]

oh thanks.

[malayjapanese]

Thank you.

[cibieldho]

GOOD......