American English Pronunciation Podcast

The American English Pronunciation podcasts teaches non-native English speakers and ESL/ELL students

Episodes

Total: 200

The importance of tiny syllables! Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

Less-known patterns for the aw sound, schwa+r, and or sound. Full episode transcripts at www.pronun

Words that aren't pronounced like we'd expect. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podca

Vowel sound duration depends on many things. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast

The top 10 errors made by native French speakers. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/po

Which high-frequency words have a silent consonant?

3 things to keep in mind when making 'wife' into 'wives' and 'leaf' into 'leaves.' Full episode tra

A tongue twister to compare the sh sound and s sound. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.co

153: ’Look at Luke!’

2012/4/18

Compare the oo sound and other u sound. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

An American/British difference and a Greek history. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/

Practice adding the -ed ending to the j or ch sound. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com

How do we choose which spellings are common and which words are non-phonetic? Full episode transcri

/w/ and /v/ in paragraph practice. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

Practice quickly saying the th sounds in paragraphs. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com

147: The -ious suffix

2012/1/11

All of those vowels and two different pronunciations make this a tricky suffix. Full episode transc

146: Happy ”New” Year!

2011/12/28

"New" in American and British English. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

Why is 'y' sometimes a vowel. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

144: -ed ending exceptions

2011/11/30

Some -ed adjectives gain a syllable. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

Exaggeration is not authentic speech. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

142: The syllabic /l/

2011/10/12

Don't add a vowel sound! Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.