Adjust Your Ears to FAST English (in 25 Minutes!)

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Having difficulty understanding fast spoken English? I tried to fit as much information as I possibly could into 25 minutes today -- I hope it helps! xoxo

0:00 Listening test/quiz
0:43 5 reasons you might not understand fast English
1:34 Let's talk about reduced function words
2:00 The special rhythm of English
2:42 CONTENT words vs FUNCTION words
2:52 What are CONTENT WORDS?
3:18 What are FUNCTION WORDS?
4:52 Movie example - reduced function words
5:42: "Can" in weak/reduced form
6:19 "Them" in weak/reduced form
7:32 "To" in weak/reduced form
9:00 Connected Speech
10:31 Consonant sound + vowel sound
11:20 Did you/Who did you (assimilation/patalization)
12:50 Vowel sound + vowel sound
13:45 Contractions
14:25 Shoulda, coulda, woulda
15:10 "Will" in contractions
16:03 Pronouncing final consonant groups/clusters
17:40 Why the vowels of English are hard
19:22 Let's practice TENSE vs LAX vowels!
19:56 TENSE vowels practice /iy/ /ey/ /uw/ /ow/
20:40 LAX vowels practice /ɪ/ /ɛ/ /ʊ/
21:30 LAX vowel /ɪ/ VS /ɛ/
21:57 Mini quiz /ɪ/ VS /ɛ/
22:25 Minimal pairs (tense and lax vowels together)
23:55 I am so sick :( See you soon!

💛A little about me:
-I am a Cambridge CELTA certified English teacher
-I have a Master's degree in Language and Literacy Education
-I am American but I live in Canada
-I've taught English in the U.S., Canada, Japan, South Korea, and France!

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Reference: Avery, P. & Ehrlich, S. (2008). Teaching American English Pronunciation.