American English Language & Pop Culture

Can you define it in your own words?

In Season 2 let’s focus on helping you improve your pronunciation. After reflecting and studying the data Ive gathered from my student case studies, I decided to start with the unique American English pronunciation sounds that English language learners struggle with most. We won’t cover the entire alphabet, just those phonological sounds that make American English sound, “American”. I hope you like this podcast. Please subscribe. This content in season 2 Is meant to support your English Language learning journey. If you’re trying the 30 day smart Challenge, feel free to include some of these phonological sound rules.

Effective 30 Day S.M.A.R.T Goals to Improve your English Pronunciation. Please bring a pen, piece of paper or a digital notebook to take notes. In this episode, I will share some simple instructions that will help you improve your pronunciation in 30 days. With just 30-45 minutes a day, you will improve 0ver 90 % of your pronunciation errors.   To help you with this 30-day challenge, visit my blog. You will see a list of over 200 regular past tense verbs to complete this challenge. All the best!   https://teacherglory.com/5-smart-english-language-goals/

After you listen to this episode, you will begin to focus on the most important reason to improve your English pronunciation. It will be more difficult for beginners because you will be learning the fundamentals of English pronunciation. The good news is that once you learn the building blocks of standard American English phonology,  you'll have a solid foundation as you progress with your English learning journey. For more English Language learning tips visit my website: Teacherglory.com.After July 1st, I will be supplementing this PODCAST with VISUALLY interactive lessons on my YOUTUBE channel: American English Ed. To organize my video lessons, I’ll create playlists and categorize them by proficiency levels. Thanks for listening n following me. It is truly my honor to become your American English language and culture connection. ☮️ 😊

Before I begin my pronunciation on season 2, I need to clarify the differences between "pronunciation" and "accent". Most of my adult students think they mean the same. However, these terms aren’t synonymous. In fact, you cannot improve your accent without improving your pronunciation first.  Let's define these linguistic terms. An accent is a regional or international variation in how particular sounds are spoken is referred to as an accent. (listen to the podcast for examples). Pronunciation refers to how vowel sounds, consonants, and word parts known as syllables are said.  In the following Episode 3 of season 1, We will write clear learning goals by answering why improving your pronunciation is necessary.