When i spend a good time listening to english i feel that i'm much more conected to the lenguage.

dude yo are the best English teacher ever (my native language it's Spanish)

this must be the best course i have ever taken, thank you, im from colombia

Hey, I am an English Teacher. I am struggling to teach children reading.. they are unable to read... Not even easy words.. but because of these exceptions I am unable to tell them how to read.... As I thought ea spelling would lead to ee sound... But there are ALOT OF EXCEPTIONS.... can you make one video on it... On how to match spelling and pronunciation.... It will be very helpful for all Learners... And what shall I do?

I have just one question if you are still able to see this comments...why you divide the syllables different from a dictionary? I want to thank you for your great contribution!

I am an English Teacher. But i would like to learn more about Pronounciation so that i can teach it properly to my students... I wanna master it.... I am from India.... And i am really getting surprised by some sounds.. and alot of learnings... Thanks Alot❤

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what a Amazing lesson, thank you a lot.

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Hi! Thank you very much for your content. Can these techniques be applied to British RP pronunciation?

Writing this comment down because this video and phase 1 helped me astronomically, as someone who came to the US when I was 13 and had some past knowledge on it even before, I’ve never really mastered my US accent and I’m 21 now, and after working on the exercises in this video and following phase 1 I’ve been seeing good results, the only thing I can say to anyone trying to do the same is that changing your accent(and in my case also my voice) takes a long time and you really do need to put in the work, it takes a good 2 months to start seeing true results if you continue practicing, test yourself, and don’t give up. Take long breaks if you have to even up to a week and then go at it again. Right now I’m trying to master my normal t’s and th’s let’s get it..

Hey not sure if your still active but I’ve been trying to pronounce er but always pronounce it or, do u have any advice?

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Thank you very much!

Great video! I thought the vowel sound in 'here' and 'hear' was /ɪ/, but apparently it’s not?

Using gestures can be hard to understand. Sometimes your hand points to the right, and other times it points to the left. Additionally, using hand gestures makes it difficult to convey the exact position and boundaries, which can lead to misunderstandings. I suggest using a model or pictures instead.

Describing it like there’s a little h behind it was the perfect explanation I needed, glad I found this 😂

The contractions aren't and weren't are the most difficult of all to me! I always get confused when natives are speaking them quickly! I'm like, did they say are or aren't? Etc.

whenever am trying to do my tongue naturally pushing forward. It tensionally pushing the bottom tooth and hinges slighting forward to 3rd upper tooth:(

So far (throughout the course) I haven't understood what it means to use the front part (or other part) of the tongue. For me, the sound comes from the throat, I can't "visualize" this tongue thing.

What's the difference between beegihn, bihgihn and buhgihn? I mean, if I pronounce one or another does it make any difference? Where do people use each one of them the most?

I find it a little difficult to know when this sound is used and when the second vowel (as in "it") is used in the first syllable of words like: believe, behind, because, become, misunderstood, dismiss...

Thank you, teacher.

the tip of my tongue always curls back does that mean it’s still too weak to fully control

Please don't hum in between. You realize that this exercise requires a lot of concentration for people who cannot distinguish between the two sounds. The humming just gets in the way. Without this disturbance, this video could have been a very good daily exercise for me.

Hi there! I’ve been watching your videos, and I’m really inspired by the way you explain everything so clearly. I want to change my accent to sound more like an American, especially with a deep voice. With so many great playlists on your channel, could you please guide me on where to start and which videos I should follow step-by-step for the best results? My goal is to learn an American accent with a deeper voice, so I’d love to know which playlist to watch first. Your content has been incredibly helpful, and I’m excited to keep learning from you!

Quick tip for anyone having trouble relaxing the back of the tongue like i did: tense the front of your tongue while sliding the tip of your tongue back the roof of your mouth. This should tense the back which will give you more awareness of what needs to be relaxed. To fully relax the tongue you might need to “shift” that back tension (at the root of the tongue) to the top of your throat (this is what he talks about in phase 0, part 2) this will push out your throat and give you more space. - keep in mind english holds the muscles more “relaxed” than most languages. But like he talks about in phase 0, part 2, you might need to build some muscle memory before these muscles feel relaxed. Hope this helps

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Linguistics lecturer here. I'm with Dr. Lindsay on this one. I don't think you've properly absorbed his video and accounted for the evidence he presented. Your accent undoubtedly has stressed and unstressed schwa. [ʌ] is a back vowel, not central, and I rarely hear it these days, except maybe in the speech of some old school posh RP speakers, usually (but not exclusively) from southeastern England.

Hi Josh, I'm looking forward to buy your book "the logic of English prepositions" but on Amazon, I see only kindle edition, is the book available as hardcopy to buy online?

Hey Josh, I've been practicing my American accent, and with the help of your videos, I've made some progress. My mouth posture and schwa sound have improved. What I want to ask you is, no matter what I do, it still feels like something is off. I think it might be due to tightness in my face, or maybe my tongue isn't low enough. I'm pretty sure the tightness in my face is an issue, but I'm not certain if my tongue placement is also a problem, even though I've been practicing a lot to get it as low as possible. So, my question is, how do I know if my tongue is low enough for the accent?

Hey Josh, I've been practicing my American accent, and with the help of your videos, I've made some progress. My mouth posture and schwa sound have improved. What I want to ask you is, no matter what I do, it still feels like something is off. I think it might be due to tightness in my face, or maybe my tongue isn't low enough. I'm pretty sure the tightness in my face is an issue, but I'm not certain if my tongue placement is also a problem, even though I've been practicing a lot to get it as low as possible. So, my question is, how do I know if my tongue is low enough for the accent?

Examples?

There are too many cars 'ON' or 'IN' the street? Which one is common?

What app(s) do you like for shadowing?

You are the best American English accent teacher out there 😊

Well explained!

What does Ts sound stand for

Best american english tutoring channel I've ever seen on youtube! Thank you!

I've noticed many young adults over doing the soft guttural stop in words like, 'important', 'button', and, 'curtain', to name a few. They will pronounce the word, important, "Impor.....ent", the word, button, "Bu...unn", and curtain, "Cer....en:". Is the passage of time causing this? Regional accents and dialects affect how people pronounce some words. Spans of time may cause how some words are pronounced.

You explained about the two types of L, do native speakers distinguish between them?

Thanks bud, you probably changed my life by this video

Thank you for this lesson josh. I hope you're doing well, just want to say I appreciate the content and you've helped me out a lot

Hi there, Are you original American?

Thank you sir🔥🙏🏼

Regarding the central gravity( the schwa position), Does this mean that everytime that I don't raise my voice it will be pulled back down to the Schawa position? Especially at the end of the sentence I notice my voice will sound a little bit lower and deeper if implemented this guidence.

I guessed you’re moving to Spain 😂 anyway, good luck with whatever you’re trying to achieve

Notes for myself 3:00 Voice Placement Definition 4:38 moving voice higher to lower on eh sound 7:07 pitch vs placement demonstration 8:40 Slightly tighten stomach muscles, to feed your breath upwards for use in making sound 9:30 Americans shift tension from throat to stomach as they speak 13:57 location of global resonance in mouth in other languages verse American English, which is further back