This is a series of lessons about American English pronunciation. You will learn about each of the sounds of American English. After that you’ll learn about word and sentence stress, rhythm, word blending, and intonation.
- Lesson 1 – Introduction to IPA, American and British English
- Lesson 2 – Vowels /i/, /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /æ/
- Lesson 3 – Vowels /ɑ/, /ɔ/, /ʊ/, /u/, /ʌ/, /ə/
- Lesson 4 – Diphthongs /eɪ/, /aɪ/, /aʊ/, /ɔɪ/, /oʊ/
- Lesson 5 – “R” vowels /ɝ/, /ɚ/, /ɑr/, /ɜr/, /ɪr/, /ɔr/
- Lesson 6 – Plosive consonants /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/
- Lesson 7 – Articulatory phonetics
- Lesson 8 – Fricatives /f/, /v,/ /θ/, /ð/, /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ and affricates /ʧ/, /ʤ/
- Lesson 9 – Nasals /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ and consonants /l/, /r/, /w/, /j/
- Lesson 10 – Consonants /h/, /ʔ/, /ɾ/ (glottal stop and flap t)
- Lesson 11 – Syllables and word stress
- Lesson 12 – Sentence stress
- Lesson 13 – Stress rules in a sentence
- Lesson 14 – Pronunciation of unstressed words
- Lesson 15 – Contractions
- Lesson 16 – Word blending
- Lesson 17 – Rhythm
- Lesson 18 – Intonation
- Lesson 19 – Rising-falling intonation
- Lesson 20 – Rising intonation
- Lesson 21 – Non-final intonation
- Lesson 22 – And/Or series, “or” questions
- Lesson 23 – Direct address
- Lesson 24 – Tag questions
- Lesson 25 – Focus
- Lesson 26 – Review