HOLD Your Breath To Sound American
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2023
- If you want to sound American and gain a more American accent when you speak English, this is the Fluent American English pronunciation video for you!
Breath and breathing are two fundamental concepts for achieving a more natural accent in American English. The problem is when many English learners speak, they pause more to inhale, exhale, and breathe, which can disrupt their speech, break their linking, and hurt their fluency.
This Fluent American video goes through an advanced breathing exercise to help you master your breath, become more conscious of your breathing, and increase the fluency of your speech.
Try the exercise and start applying it to other materials today!
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Fluency is not based on speed, but breath! Let me prove it to you: czcams.com/video/-XiVXs2dXlU/video.html
Hello, this exercise is extremely challenging for non-native speakers which is what I want thanks coach.
You brought my a lot new knowledges about pronounciation skill. It's so amazing. Thanks my lovely teacher.
so glad to hear this! we're trying to change how people view pronunciation
This is very very crucial video thanks coach
thanks!
Yes! Finally it's here! These exercises are amazing! Thank you so much!!❤
Haha thought you'd like it!!
As a non native English speaker, I appreciate your job so much in offering more detailed tip to people who want to improve English to the authentic level. No one did such thing looks like.Thanks your job!!!
thanks so much Will; I really appreciate your kind words! How did you find the video?
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I find out your video programs from Jill Diamond channels recently. She also offers some tips on English speaking.
Your programs constantly comes up with tips from micro angel that is based on scientific pronunciation techniques, actually which is a macro strategy improvement for the learners who really master it. It is valuable. Meanwhile if the learner can master your principles, the listening comprehension can get improved, since it is impossible for people speaking very North American, but can't understand locals. Nevertheless, I expect you make some listening programs here. Thank in advance.
@@one-two-three o cool, Jill is great!
definitely agree that pronunciation connects with listening comprehension
Listening comprehension also can be improved a lot if you stay on one breath along with the speaker pace.
Shadow reading also requires the learner focused on the speaker pace, which is a basic practice for simultaneous interpreter.
that really is true about pace--a lot of times, learners are actually speaking faster than the people they shadow!
Thanks!
really appreciate your support!
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thanks as always!
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good video again. I recorded myself reading this whole paragraph with one breath. very helpful I think I instantly sound more natural and kinda feel like sound resonates greater(?) my mouth or torso(?) hmmm, how long of a paragraph or sentence you are supposed to speak with one breath? I am not sure I am doing it right tho haha I feel a lot of pressure in the upper stomach right below the chest hmmm
Hi again John! Thanks for the kind words
great job on making it through with one breath, and glad to hear about how it helped sound more natural with more resonance
Don't worry so much about how long exactly you need to speak without breath; I would experiment with just trying to speak a little bit longer than usual before breathing again
It sounds like you're using your diaphragm more, which would explain some of that "pressure" you feel--it should feel like a slight amount of tension, but NOT be painful or a strain
Keep up the great work! I love your channel! 🙂
thanks so much! how did you find us? Hope to see you more around the channel!
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eyy appreciate it! How'd you find the video?
@@FluentAmerican you commented on kris emerikos videos.
@@nothingworks230 you might like a video we have coming out in May then.... ;)
That's cool, breath means more fluent than fast speed.
hi again Jassay! It can definitely give you a more natural flow than just speaking quickly! Have you noticed any difference with breath in your speech?
I am the first one to have liked it :)
beast mode! Thanks so much; how did you find the video?
Extremely helpful CZcams channel. Thanks a lot!
thanks so much Ayes! Glad you found us; what makes you interested in pronunciation?
@@FluentAmericanI'm tired of having to repeat myself multiple times when communicating with Americans. It gets frustrating always.
oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that. Are you based in the US now?
@@FluentAmerican Yes in NY! I found your channel a couple weeks ago but that was a big impact. Thanks!
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can you elaborate a bit more?
This video is so much underrated. I'm going to share it with my friends whom learn English.
Thanks so much James! How did you find the video?
Second... I like your advices my friend 💪
thanks so much Unknown! how did you find the video?
By recomendations... Algoritm's youtube supposed. I think that recommend me your video because i am learning english.
Gotcha! What makes you interested in studying English more?
@@FluentAmerican pronaunce sensei... I try to understand english fast and contractions (for example, words with d sounds like a J or the word TO in some ocassions sounds like flat T or erase the T and just pronounce schwa).
I fight with those rules because i práctice my listening a lot to understand.
But, your advices also are good for try and prove that those can be essentials when everybody wanna speak fluently.
it sounds like you enjoy reductions and contractions! You might like this video that goes over some of the more common ones in American English:czcams.com/video/yGf3YBfx_sg/video.html
Two breaths.
pretty good Showq! thanks for keeping me posted!
.When I say "lit" why does it sound closer to "let" or "lick" also when I say "sat" why dose it sometime sound like "said" frustrating...maybe I am doing the "held t /d"and or "glottal t /d" wrong frustrating..
sounds like we might be having some confusion with some vowel sounds
here is a video that compares "sit", "set", and "sat": czcams.com/video/_bWNESqOJpY/video.html
re: a T vs a K sound, a /t/ will have the back of the tongue down usually, and a /k/ will have the back of the tongue high
@@FluentAmerican for "ae" is it the middle tongue that raises up as you mention in the video? not the back of the tongue? if yes, what makes it different from "e" as in "bed" tho? I know "e" is relatively shorter but it is not always the case. when saving "e", is your tongue simply just flat cuz you are saying for both sounds, the tongue raises up. I know we are not too much worries about the tongue position and I agree wit you breath is a far more important but for sounds like "i" as in "lit" and "I" as in "leave" and "e" as in "bed" and "ae" as in "bad" to distinguish them it is important to under than the correct tongue positions for these sound maybe
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for /ae/ the middle of the tongue goes up; the very, very back will be a bit down; for /ɛ/, the front, middle, and back of the tongue can all go up (the goal is to block a lot of air in the mouth, though make sure enough air passes through the throat).
For more on /ae/: czcams.com/video/lM_krYJPUHM/video.html
For more on /ɛ/: czcams.com/video/9irgK-6HLzI/video.html
How do you pronounce during, tourist, rural, poor-with o, or back open rounded sound as in book? I was wondering about this 🤔 can during be pronounced with the r colored vowel?
Also, It's hard to keep the placement low while chunkjng sentences with breath flows, could you give any tips regarding this
hi, thanks for writing and the great questions!
RE: the R sound, just making the vowel like in "book" won't be enough; you will need the R itself to be a bit more present. The back of the tongue will be high; the front of the tongue can be down or up. Here is more info on R sounds: czcams.com/video/8UjJPqdWUJ8/video.html
re: placement and chunking, it's hard to know for sure what's happening without hearing you; it could be that consonants are causing your placement to rise, the vowel sounds are too short, the diaphragm isn't being used enough/the lungs are doing too much work
In general, engaging the diaphragm more will help lower placement. Remember to weaken your consonant sounds and strengthen your vowels