Basic American Pronunciation With Diane
Diane presents easy to understand language videos about American English pronunciation. As an experienced teacher of English language learners, she details speech sounds and mouth positions along with exercises, minimal pairs, and suggestions for pronunciation improvement.
These videos organize speech sounds systematically and give help according to the specific needs of the learner's native language. In this way, learners can find instruction on exactly the pronunciation problems they want to improve.
i and ɪ
INTONATION direct address compared to object of verb
INTONATION in statements and questions
juncture, sentence stress, intonation JOINING SENTENCES
ɝ How to pronounce this vowel + r
SENTENCE STRESS primary and secondary stress(stressed words)
vowel + r WHY IS 'R' TROUBLE?
sentence stress 'BE' is WEAK!
SENTENCE STRESS LEVELS How to identify and use them.
ʊ u ʌ MINIMAL PAIRS and spelling
What are all those PRONUNCIATION SYMBOLS in my dictionary?
stress PHRASAL VERB vs. PREPOSITION
ε and ʌ TONGUE POSITIONS
stress COMPOUND NOUNS vs. ADJECTIVE-NOUN
e and ε MINIMAL PAIRS and exercise
i ɪ e ε æ What to know about front vowels.
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SCHWA [ə] sentence stress and word stress
a and o MINIMAL PAIRS, practice:WHICH WORD
e and o WHY THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER VOWELS
CONTRACTION 'd
stress on INITIALS
ɪ and ε SHUT YOUR MOUTH?
ʌ (not ε) practice IS IT CORRECT?
ε (not ʌ) practice IS IT CORRECT?
ε and ʌ practice WHICH WORD?
stress and intonation WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
ε and ʌ HOW TO PRONOUNCE ε and MINIMAL PAIRS
ɔ and ʌ practice PICK A ROW
ʌ and ɔ practice WHICH WORD?
ʌ (not ɔ) practice IS IT CORRECT?