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In the American English Pronunciation Podcast, Mandy offers weekly lessons covering the most common and difficult English pronunciation issues for non-native English speakersand ESL students everywhere. Formal and informal pronunciation patterns are discussed. Learn about the pronunciations you are actually hearing in conversational English, not just perfect 'dictionary pronunciation.'

Level: Intermediate to Advanced ESL/ELL students

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Recent Episodes

#154: "She sells seashells"
#153: "Look at Luke!"
#152: 's-c-h' and the word 'schedule'
#151: j/ch sounds plus -ed ending
#150: Common spellings and non-phonetic words
#149: Practicing the w and v sound
#148: More th sounds practice
#147: The -ious suffix
#146: Happy "New" Year!
#145: A,E,I,O,U and sometimes y

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#154: "She sells seashells"

#153: "Look at Luke!"

#152: 's-c-h' and the word 'schedule'

#151: j/ch sounds plus -ed ending

#150: Common spellings and non-phonetic words

#149: Practicing the w and v sound

#148: More th sounds practice

#147: The -ious suffix

#146: Happy "New" Year!

#145: A,E,I,O,U and sometimes y

#144: -ed ending exceptions

#143: Don't over-pronounce sounds

#142: The syllabic l

#141: We "recently" changed our t sound lesson

#140: The "oo" spelling of "foot" and "soon"

#139: Pronunciation of "sure"

#138: Pronunciation of "often"

#137: ct spelling plus ed and s ending

#136: Personal Pronouns and Sentence Stress

#135: m sound/n sound/ng sound

#134: consonant-y-consonant

#133: t/d, p/b, and k/g at the beginning of a word

#132: ea spelling: long or short?

#131: The word "new" in place names

#130: 2-syllable word stress

#129: Portuguese Speakers, Part Two

#128: Pronunciation of i-consonant-e

#127: Portuguese Speakers, Part One

#126: Unstressed vowels: Part 2

#125: Unstressed vowels: Part 1

#124: French words in English

#123: A Merry, Marry, Mary Christmas

#122: The Pronunciation Poem

#121: Introducing English Assembly

#120: VIDEO: f sound and v sound

#119: The bunched r sound

#118: The prefix re-

#117: Suffixes with the ch sound

#116: Using ain't

#115: Taking the s off of sp-, st-, sk-

#114: Aspiration details in stop sounds

#113: The h sound, like a chameleon

#112: Dropping the d sound

#111: Linking to and from v and f sounds

#110: The troublesome v sound and f sound

#109: s/z/sh/zh sounds; compare and contrast

#108: Difference between "learned/spelled" UK/US

#107: ck after short vowels, k after all the others

#106: long u stressed and reduced

#105: Pronouncing though, thought, through, thorough

#104: Pronouncing "pronounce" and "pronunciation"

#103: VIDEO: Introduction to other vowels

#102: Russian/Ukrainian Special Episode

#101: Subtle oddities of the word subtle

#100: A Hundred / One Hundred

#99: Three-word informal contractions

#98: VIDEO: Introduction to short vowels

#97: From used to to useta

#96: women could have been wimmen

#95: VIDEO sh sound, part 2

#94: t+y=ch, d+y=j

#93: The l sound at the end of words

#92: (VIDEO) sh sound, part 1

#91: iPad/iPod the world's newest minimal pair

#90: The j sound, another affricate

#89: (VIDEO) Introduction to Long Vowels

#88: The tch and ch spelling

#87: 2 announcements for 2010

#86: Using rhymes to learn pronunciation

#85: Why is Christmas said with a k sound?

#84: Pronunciation of the wh spelling

#83: (VIDEO 11) Schwa+r spelling and pronunciation

#82: Thanksgiving holiday th sounds review

#82: Thanksgiving holiday voiced th and unvoiced th special

#81: Comparing long o and ow sound

#80 (VIDEO 10): the other u (u as in put)

#79: Comparing long a, long e, and long i

#78: Comparing short a, short o, and aw sound

#77: Comparing long e, short i, short e, and short u

#76 (VIDEO 9): Schwa, Part 1

#75: can versus can't

#74: for versus four

#73: Reducing the word of to the schwa sound

#72: Substituting the n sound for the ng sound in the -ing ending

#71: dropped syllables, syncope

#70 (VIDEO 8): the long u and oo sound spelling and pronunciation

#69: Numbers: Teens versus Tens

#68: Voiced and Unvoiced th sound review

#67 (VIDEO): the aw sound spelling and pronunciation

#66: Syllabic n's and a nasal plosives

#65: What is the glottal stop and when do Americans use it?

#64 (VIDEO): the short o spelling and pronunciation

#63: When Americans don't say the t sound

#62 (VIDEO): the long o spelling and pronunciation

#61: The American t as a quick d sound

#60: Tag questions are not always questions

#59: Rising and Falling Yes/no Questions

#58: Statement Pitch Boundaries: Rising and Falling

#57: Comparing extra-high and rising pitch words

#56: Extra-high pitch words for extra intensity

#55: Introduction to intonation and pitch and high pitch words

#54: Pre-buy our new book and SAVE!

#53: Phrasal verb sentence stress

#52: Linking from the -ed ending

#51 (VIDEO): the long e, short e, and short i sounds

#50: the silent t in -sten and -stle spellings

#49 (VIDEO): the long i and short i sounds

#48: talk and walk

#47: could, should, and would

#46: th plus r sound combinations

#45 (VIDEO): the long e and short e sounds

#44: the letter x pronunciations

#43: the words "world" and "word"

#42 (VIDEO): review of long and short vowels, spelling and pronunciation of long a and short a

#41: the silent b of the -mb spelling

#40: been, not bean

#39: quit, quite, quiet: three similar-sounding words

#38: idea, a troublesome little 3-syllable word

#37: says, and said: two words NOT said with a long a

#36: palpable, a word worth learning to say

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#35: there, their and they're the most important homonyms

#34: consonant plus y suffix word syllable stress

#33: -ate suffix word syllable stress and heteronyms

#32: -ize suffix word syllable stress

#31: -ic suffix word syllable stress

#30: 2-syllable word stress, -tion/-sion suffix syllable stress

#29: The English short i sound and long e sound

#28: The English h sound

#27: The English g sound and k sound

Special episode: Chinese speakers of English as a Second Language

#26: The English m sound and n sound, more nasal sounds

#25: The English ng sound, beginning nasal sounds

#24: The English ch sound and j sound

#23: The English b sound and p sound

Special episode: Spanish speakers of English as a Second Language

#22: Review the sounds we've covered so far

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#21: The Rhythm Rule and sentence stress, continued

Special episode: Japanese speakers of English as a Second Language

#20: The Rhythm Rule and sentence stress

#19: The English -ed ending pronunciation

#18: The American English f sound and v sound

#17: The American English sh sound and zh sound

#16: Reducing Pronouns

#15: Linking Vowel Sounds

#14: Linking Consonant Sounds

#13: The American English Informal Contractions

#12: The American English Common Contractions

#11: The American English aw sound, oi sound and ow sound

#10: The American English u as in put and oo sound

#9: The American English short vowel sounds

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#8: The American English long vowel sounds

#7: The English w sound and y sound

#6: The American English r-controlled vowels

#5: The American English r sound and l sound

#4: The American English r sound

#3: The English s sound and z sound

#2: The English t sound and d sound

#1: The English th sounds

About the ESL/ELL Teacher

Mandy has been teaching ESL, pronunciation and accent reduction since 2005 at Seattle Learning Academy, an English language school in Seattle, Washington, USA. She uses her experience with intermediate to advanced students to create the topics that most affect students living and working in the United States and can help them communicate better and more clearly.

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