ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AND ACCENT TRAINING: Detailed Analysis of American speech | Rachel’s English – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Today, we're going to do one of the most effective exercises in improving your listening comprehension, which in turn, improves your pronunciation, your accent, and how natural you sound when speaking American English
2.We're going to do a Ben Franklin exercise
3.I've been doing these exercises for years with my students and i've seen that they are truly one of the best ways to understand how Americans really speak
4.So what we do is we take a bit of speech that a real American is speaking, and then we do a full analysis of the pronunciation
5.We'll look at the stress, we’ll look at reductions, we'll look at things like a flap T, so that you understand everything that's being said and how to say that yourself
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
describing
B1To represent in words.
Example:
"So what was the most important part about this sentence to me, was describing it, not introducing it."
intonation
B2The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Example:
"So the intonation goes up. Well, what about that? Well, that means everything was a little chaotic."
cha-o-tic
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Did I say first syllable? definitely meant middle syllable. Cha-o-tic."
three-syllable
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"This could be a three-syllable word: fam-il-ly, family, family."
fam-il-ly
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"This could be a three-syllable word: fam-il-ly, family, family."
recommend
B1To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
Example:
"Maybe that's how you say it. maybe that's how you learned it. but I recommend going with a two-syllable pronunciation instead: fam-ly."
two-syllable
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Maybe that's how you say it. maybe that's how you learned it. but I recommend going with a two-syllable pronunciation instead: fam-ly."
adjective
B1(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
Example:
"The important word there is the adjective. It was delicious. And here, my pitch goes up at the end."
connecting
B1(of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
Example:
"Most importantly, most importantly. Just connecting the S sound into the next word."
contraction
B2A reversible reduction in size.
Example:
"It's really fast and it sounds just like this word: were. I use that contraction twice here."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| describing | B1 | To represent in words. |
| intonation | B2 | The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. |
| cha-o-tic | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| three-syllable | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| fam-il-ly | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| recommend | B1 | To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. |
| two-syllable | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| adjective | B1 | (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent. |
| connecting | B1 | (of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| contraction | B2 | A reversible reduction in size. |
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