The Complete Guide to American English Pronunciation

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Sounds #1 [pʰ] & #2 [b]

Lecture 1: Sounds #1 [pʰ] & #2 [b]

Lecture 2: The Spelling of the [pʰ] & [b] Sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: park vs bark

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: pan vs fan

Chapter 3: Sound #3 [tʰ] & #4 [d]

Lecture 1: Sounds #3 [tʰ] & #4 [d]

Lecture 2: The Spelling of the [tʰ] and [d] Sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: tie vs die

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: hard vs heart

Lecture 5: When is a 't' not a 't': The Alveolar Flap

Lecture 6: When is a 't' not a 't': The Glottal Stop

Lecture 7: Unreleased [t̚] and [d̚]

Chapter 4: Sound #7 [kʰ] and #8 [g]

Lecture 1: Sound #7 [kʰ] and #8 [g]

Lecture 2: Spelling the [kʰ] and [g] sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: Coat vs Goat

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: Muck vs Mug

Lecture 5: Unreleased [k] and [g]

Chapter 5: Sound #9) [ʧ] and #10) [ʤ]

Lecture 1: Sound #9) [ʧ] and #10) [ʤ]

Lecture 2: Spelling the [tʃ] and [dʒ] sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: Chips vs Ships

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: Chips vs Sips

Lecture 5: What could go wrong: Lunch vs Lunge

Lecture 6: What could go wrong: Jack vs Zack

Lecture 7: What could go wrong: Gel vs Yell

Lecture 8: What could go wrong: Legion vs Lesion

Chapter 6: Sounds #11 [f] and #12 [v]

Lecture 1: Sounds #11 [f] and #12 [v]

Lecture 2: Spelling the [f] and [v] sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: Serve vs Surf

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: Boat vs Vote

Lecture 5: What could go wrong: Wary vs Very

Chapter 7: Sounds #13 [θ] and #14 [ð]

Lecture 1: Sounds #13 [θ] and #14 [ð]

Lecture 2: Spelling the [θ] and [ð] sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: Tanks vs Thanks

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: Thinking vs Sinking

Lecture 5: What could go wrong: Oaf vs Oath

Lecture 6: What could go wrong: Day vs They

Lecture 7: What could go wrong: These vs Zees

Lecture 8: What could go wrong: Clothe vs Clove

Lecture 9: What could go wrong: Then vs Len

Lecture 10: What could go wrong: Teeth vs Teethe

Chapter 8: Sounds #15 [s] and #16 [z]

Lecture 1: Sounds #15 [s] and #16 [z]

Lecture 2: Spelling the [s] and [z] sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: Sip vs Chip

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: Gas vs Gash

Lecture 5: What could go wrong: Saw vs Thaw

Lecture 6: What could go wrong: Steam vs Esteem

Lecture 7: What could go wrong: Eyes vs Ice

Lecture 8: What could go wrong: Composer vs Composure

Lecture 9: What could go wrong: Teethe vs Tease

Chapter 9: #17) [ʃ] Ship, nation, should, push #18) [ʒ] Pleasure, measure, usual, garage

Lecture 1: Sounds #17) [ʃ] and #18) [ʒ]

Lecture 2: Spelling the [ʃ] and [ʒ] sounds

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: Ship vs Chip

Lecture 4: What could go wrong: Sheet vs Seat

Lecture 5: What could go wrong: Measure vs Mesher

Chapter 10: Sound #19) [h] have, he, how, hot

Lecture 1: Sound #19) [h] have, he, how, hot

Lecture 2: Spelling the [h] sound

Lecture 3: What could go wrong: Hair vs Heir

Chapter 11: Sound #20) [m] arm, my, number, from

Lecture 1: Sound #20) [m] arm, my, number, from

Chapter 12: Sound #21) [n] No, line, find, noon

Lecture 1: Sound #21) [n] No, line, find, noon

Chapter 13: Sound #22) [ŋ] sing, long, wrong, rank

Lecture 1: Sound #22) [ŋ] sing, long, wrong, rank

Lecture 2: Spelling

Chapter 14: Sound #23) [l] Well, laboratory, always, let

Lecture 1: Sound #23) [l] Well, laboratory, always, let

Chapter 15: Sound #24)[j]: Yes, you, yesterday, young

Lecture 1: Sound #24)[j]: Yes, you, yesterday, young

Chapter 16: Sound #25) [w]: we walk wish away

Lecture 1: Sound #25) [w]: we walk wish away

Chapter 17: Sound #26) [ɹ ]: read, write, row, relax

Lecture 1: Sound #26) [ɹ ]: read, write, row, relax

Chapter 18: The Vowels

Lecture 1: Sound #27) [i] He, meet, teach, chief

Lecture 2: Sound #28) [ɪ] in, is, sit, big

Lecture 3: Sound #29) [e] day, make, train, vein, steak

Lecture 4: Sound #30) [ɛ] met, let, said, bread

Lecture 5: Sound #31) [æ] cash, half, laugh, hand

Lecture 6: Sound #32) [ʌ] cup, son, sun, enough

Lecture 7: Sound #33) [u] food, blue, do, soup

Lecture 8: Sound #34) [ʊ] Book, took, good, should

Lecture 9: Sound #35) [o] go, know, coat, tow, pole

Lecture 10: Sound #36) [ɑ] father, saw, far, bought, cot

Lecture 11: Sound #37) [ɚ] her, bird, doctor, earn

Lecture 12: Sound #38) [ə] ago, alphabet, listen, student

Chapter 19: Diphthongs and Triphthongs

Lecture 1: [o] + [i] = [oi]: noise, boy, point, oil

Lecture 2: [ɑ] + [i] = [ɑi]: I, nice, tie, by, write

Lecture 3: [ɑ] + [ʊ] = [ɑʊ]: out, now, town, mouth

Lecture 4: [i] + [ɚ] = [iɚ]: ear, fear, peer, rear