5 Speaking Mistakes to AVOID in American English

[@cejannuzi]

Many thanks for the video and thanks also to your student who served as an example.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @cejannuzi!

[@maqsudpardayev8619]

Thanks a bunch. All of your recorded videos are kind of special, and I find unexpected information all the time like "the dark and light L". I admire u😊

[@steevetested3847]

Thank you for updating us , making us aware of our mistakes and help us grow in our American English ❤

[@rachelsenglish]

My pleasure @steevetested3847!

[@agdapicollileite5412]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanations. I loved this video and all your classes!

[@rachelsenglish]

You're very welcome @agdapicollileite5412!

[@theMASTER810]

Thank you so much! I wish I knew this before.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome and thanks for watching @theMASTER810!

[@profesordanielalvarez3498]

I loved when you pronounced all the "t" as "true t" 😅 (I'm a Spanish native speaker)

[@billowney8080]

Excellent, as always!

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @billowney8080!

[@celiopar]

Thanks ☺

[@rachelsenglish]

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[@automekanicsshops8827]

amazing class ! amazing teacher !! Thank You !!!

[@rachelsenglish]

Glad you liked it @automekanicsshops8827!

[@oscarantob1999]

Hi there! I've been following you since beginnings of 2018! This week, I had like 4 job interviews since I just graduated college, and every time I get asked by a recruter: "Where did you learn English"? Your name always comes up in the conversation! While it's true that I studied in a bilingual school since I was a kid and learned lots of vocab and grammar, it was never focused on pronunciation. I always tell the recruiters, you know, I improved my pronunciation because of somene called Rachel's English! I always have to give you your flowers because you are truly the reason I've improved so much, and then the recruters tell me: "Mmm, I think I've heard of her before, her name rings a bell". I start talking about the schwa, the stop t, reductions and much more... They prolly think I'm out of my mind, lol. I wanna thank you so much for your videos and for existing! Your hard work is truly appreciated. You're just the definition of the word iconic! You're an icon! Wish you the best, Rachel. Take care.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for this great feedback - it's always great to hear positive things @oscarantob1999!

[@wsooitgcionadisco15]

My mother tongue is Japanese. I learned a lot from this lesson! Especially, about [ou] and dirk [l]! ( Making my mouth round confidently, using upper throat instead of a toe of the tongue! ) These are a huge help! Thank you so much as ever❣️

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @ionadisco15! Keep up the great work.

[@ronaldoferreiraoliveira]

What wonderful english teacher Rachel very good work 👍👍👍👍

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @ronaldoferreiraoliveira!

[@tiberiusbonates6121]

Great video!

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @tiberiusbonates6121!

[@alexanderatencio7675]

I love you classes, congratulations

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @alexanderatencio7675!

[@maroroarocha]

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[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you for your kind words @maroroarocha!

[@pedrozamba5531]

I'm from Angola and I loved your English channel ❤❤❤

[@rachelsenglish]

Hello there and thanks for watching @pedrozamba5531!

[@AchimWidespread]

Thanks for this lesson.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're very welcome @AchimWidespread!

[@jilene_jiji]

Hi, I am from Algeria I love wtch you you are the best thank you

[@rachelsenglish]

You're very welcome @jilenejiji7126!

[@richardvergara9429]

Thanks

[@rachelsenglish]

Welcome @richardvergara9429!

[@TerryWong12345]

11:21 Light L before vowels or diphthong, Dark L after.....

[@uahzhhh]

Love this Rach

[@mariaamaya2021]

Thanks for remind me how I can speech American English. Taking into account each point and rules to follow. God bless you.

[@wadecampbell7727]

Should be “Thanks for reminding me how I can speak…”

[@rachelsenglish]

You're very welcome @mariaamaya2021!

[@PTLbH]

This is amazing. It's great insight and tips. You're an excellent teacher 👏

[@juliocesar-bz4on]

as always great class...I´m keen on you Rachel ....I´ve been learning a lot...trying to improve ...tks ....your fan from Brazil

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you for the kind words @juliocesar-bz4on! Keep up the great work.

[@mosabalzibeer8356]

You are the best one Iam really appreciate your concern 🎉🎉

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you so much @mosabalzibeer835!

[@suanyangelaoliveira949]

It is an interesting video. Thank you very much.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @suanyangelaoliveira949!

[@widelindaveus9532]

Thank you so much for the lesson, Teacher Rachel!

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @widelindaveus9532!

[@english4u386]

I've learned a lot with Rachel's English channel 🎉❤

[@rachelsenglish]

That's fantastic to hear and keep up the great work @english4u386!

[@Robquintas]

Hey there Teacher, I need to work on my pronunciation and I bet this the best place to do that....

[@sayranaubakirov1177]

Hello Rachel Thanks a lot for useful lesson.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're very welcome @sayranaubakirov1177!

[@SOAZ3]

cool teacher, you make everything easy

[@rachelsenglish]

Glad to hear that @SOAZ3!

[@sajidfernandez7138]

Love your videos ❤ Could you do more about idioms that are currently in used?

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for the suggestion @sajidfernandez7138!

[@sajidfernandez7138]

@@rachelsenglish I never thought you would answer me!!!! I am VERY grateful 🥹

[@josephang9927]

I realized my weak point are pronunciation of vowels and phrasal verbs. Thanks for helping us!

[@rachelsenglish]

Happy to help @josephang9927!

[@katyk777]

thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@rachelsenglish]

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[@manoelabreu2936]

Great video! Thanks a lot.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @manoelabreu2936!

[@shamsamohamed8625]

It's amazing how you study❤

[@ABDUKIGANDA]

Good work, keep it up. Thank you

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks, will do @ABDUKIGANDA!

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[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks @rj-jl5nv!

[@englishforever]

The D in Portuguese from Portugal has the TH sound from faTHer, moTHer: The voiced one.

[@franciabathaw3648]

Thanks so much❤, Fran

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @franciabathaw3648!

[@astridpabon9994]

Excellent 🎉

[@zynababdelhameed4157]

This’s a very helpful exercise ❤❤

[@roldophsonhenry3085]

That sounds great

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for watching @roldophsonhenry3085!

[@AlexandroRicon]

Very well

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks @user-uy7vd4qr6l!

[@adafelatenciorincon3522]

Hi! In "legal" we get the two l's.

[@Guide2English]

👍 good work

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @Guide2English!

[@anastassiyasun4851]

I love it ❤

[@yungwest00]

The excitement i get when i hear you say "let's watch up close and in slow motion" ❤

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for watching @yungwest00!

[@xxxdian13]

I’m a new fan from china, this is a practical content for me!

[@joseluispadillanolasco482]

Hi, please could you make a video about connected speech with verbs ended in -ed, please?

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for the suggestion @joseluispadillanolasco482! Here's a playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZfXeYqHa6h_q5o

[@english4u386]

Awesome

[@arwaalsafty9157]

Hello,Rachel I have a question,please I've learned that "feel" is a stative verb meaning it can't be in the continuous form. Then why do you say "How are you feeling?" ? And what is the difference if I said "I feel sick." And "I'm feeling sick." Or which one is correct English? Thank you so much in advance

[@rachelsenglish]

Both are correct! Americans don't always follow traditional stative/dynamic rules, especially with words like feel, have or think.

[@arwaalsafty9157]

@@rachelsenglish Thank you so much Rachel!

[@habibatalaat8637]

You 're Wonderful. 🥰

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @habibatalaat8637!

[@pinkyorchid6017]

What will it take for me to schedule a coaching session with my favorite teacher?

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi @pinkyorchid6017! In my online Academy, you can purchase private 30 minutes lessons with some of Rachel's English teachers. Learn more here: www.rachelsenglishacademy.com/

[@yungwest00]

I really found the zoomed footage of your mouth for the word thanks to be a great shot. Could you do more that way?

[@rachelsenglish]

More to come @yungwest00!

[@kingly6108]

You are a very good teacher, but for me beginners there are Chinese subtitles I can learn from you slowly.

[@mahaveerrayka2126]

Hii Rachel could u plz help me how to use "quote and unquote"?? it,s kind of confusing to put into sentences. Thank you .❤

[@rachelsenglish]

Here's more on how to use quotes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWing2ivqt2Ge6c

[@katayamafer]

I didn’t find the link of ted talk

[@rachelsenglish]

Sorry about that @katayamafer! Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJTbiJlulsRqo9U

[@gillesfarge1819]

Hi Rachel, I'm French, Thanks for all the content you released on Internet. Hearing yours podcasts, I wonder if there is an other way of pronouncing "t". This other way is not to pronounce it ! like in "international", where you say "inernational"... Gilles

[@rachelsenglish]

Yes, the T can be dropped, especially in NT clusters! More on that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6TZpXydjql9eqssi=b4PQJahppRGqogOI

[@mottahead6464]

I know I'll sound kinda crazy here ( and this from a guy who already claimed that nursery rhymes and tongue twisters are awesome English learning tools ) : I saw a big improvement in the way I speak English after I started trying to emulate the British and the Australian accents. It seems to me that any time I did that , especially when it comes to the Australian accent, by the time I went back to speaking in an American accent..... my speech was a lot clearer and my accent was a lot less pronounced. .... or perhaps it just got weirder. Peace.

[@rachelsenglish]

Wow that's great! Thanks for sharing @mottahead6464!

[@thanglongnguyen6531]

In American pronunciation, is 'thorough" possibly pronounced /'θɔ:r --/ as shown in the Marriam-Webster Dictionary, "thor·ough ˈthər-(ˌ)ō sometimes ˈthȯr-;"? Thank you.

[@rachelsenglish]

The most common American pronunciation of this word is THUR-OH [ˈθɜroʊ], but I have also heard THOR-OH [ˈθɔroʊ].

[@MukeRugabano]

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[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @user-bl9rt6cm7s!

[@jaxxon98]

gas time?

[@User-k8x7s]

Hi dear teacher, thanks a lot for the video, and what do you think about speaking skills of Ukrainian pupils?

[@rachelsenglish]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've seen many Ukrainian students make wonderful progress with their American English!

[@Quokka838]

❤❤❤

[@jonasbukasa6800]

My Rachel good evening for the others i do but the dark l ! It's catch amarican.

[@TerryWong12345]

7:20

[@michaeltelson9798]

I send these videos to a friend that teaches English in Malaysia.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing @michaeltelson9798!

[@jimcachapero1249]

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[@thomaswalker8790]

Looks like it's pretty hard for some non-native English speakers to get it right

[@englishforever]

Hey, Rachel. How about minimal pairs with the final L and without it. Let's say go X goal - so X soul - few X feel I'm runnng out of them. hahaha

[@yoursuccessfullife.]

Maybe I'm just picky but at about :30 shouldn't the be pronounced "thee" (before a vowel sound) rather than "thuh ou diphthong"?

[@rachelsenglish]

This rule about the word "the" has changed! Although many people still use the EE pronunciation when the word is followed by a vowel, it is also acceptable to use the schwa version for everything now.

[@CoronaVirus-uy1cw]

Good job

[@CharlieG143]

You guys invented the /th/ sound and the /r/ just to mess with the rest of us. 😂😂😂

[@kingly6108]

Can videos be subtitled in Chinese? I like and follow, thank you

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi @kingly6108! We rely on the community for video translations but KZbin may have disabled that capability.

[@ignaciosegobianocamarena7593]

In the world don't Elsa speak always say, that I Make the 'n' wrong

[@ola_m_3lam954]

🙏🙏

[@orelas167]

>_< I don't think I even pronounce "dark" Ls but with the tongue up somewhere (although it's flatter). But when I look in the mirror I can do it without and it sounds the same. I think I'd rather pull out or sharpen (not sure which) the pronunciation with the tongue... but I don't always bother.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing @orelas167!

[@englishforever]

15 years? So, you started when you were 5. Right? Kidding. I was there, Rachel. I saw your video, and I remember thinking. "Boy, her pronunciation is better than mine. I'll follow her. hahahahahahahahah

[@tricky_english]

Rachel, the long Oo as in PHONE is a monophthong in GA English. 🇺🇸

[@englishforever]

OMG, the final L is a nightmare for us Brasilians. We just can't make a difference between go and goal, for instance. Or, between so and soul. When we try it, we make the same "mistake" that Spanish people make and our tongue touches our front teeth. hahahahahahaha That is a hard one.

[@englishforever]

And, people who have some kind of a speech imariment, such as former Predisednt of Brazil, Bolsonaro or former soccer player Romário. If you can emilate them, you'll be able to make the TH sound as in THanks or THink.

[@AlexandroRicon]

Phono Foon

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[@rachelsenglish]

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,oooohhhhhhhhh.i see..😂

[@Noor-nb1bb]

My father's side to take classes from you

[@rachelsenglish]

That's great @Noor-nb1bb!

[@stevanjakovljevic8390]

That ouu , is from hanging with cows in cowboy times , and you constantly hear moouuuuuu . If you want to speak english ask somebody from england , not descendet of cowboys

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[@barak1445]

+++++💐

[@daaniielruiiz]

in the word ' don't ' I hear a lot of Americans saying it without including that u . Why is that?

[@rachelsenglish]

There shouldn't be a U in "don't". But the way the IPA shows the OH diphthong includes a symbol that looks a bit like a U, [oʊ]. This just represents the OH diphthong sound. More on OH here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZrZaIh4j7Vsb68si=KRjhM6-d7YIFFM_U

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[@mrzed2614]

This lady legit can't say ou xD

[@muhammetyoutube]

When I start speak English make a English video in my channel

[@EdithElem]

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[@HamoudiBergou]

Thanks

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @HamoudiBergou!

[@НадіяДерен]

Excellent, as always😊

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[@marciomarques8482]

Thank you!

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Thank you

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