American English Pronunciation Podcasts

In The American English Pronunciation Podcast, Mandy offers weekly lessons covering the most common and difficult English pronunciation issues of adults living and working in the United States, as well as ESL students everywhere. More informal pronunciation patterns are discussed, which makes the podcast equal parts "pronunciation" and "accent reduction". Mandy tells you the pronunciations you are actually hearing around you, not just the perfect "dictionary pronunciation."

Level: Intermediate to Advanced ESL/ELL students

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Current Episode

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

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

Recent Episodes

#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

Special episode: MP3 audio practice now available for purchase!

#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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