American English Accent Practice with the TV Show FRIENDS!

If you’re working on your American English accent this practice session is perfect for you! We’ll use a clip from the TV Show Friends to show you exactly how the characters are sounding native. The secret to learning an American English accent is practicing and repeating native speakers. With this practice session the TV Show Friends will make it easy and enjoyable! I’ll help you understand what makes an American English accent and how you can improve yours! And we’ll have a lot of fun 😊
00:00 Introduction
00:19 The scene
00:36 Start of the in-depth analysis
00:44 I got fired
02:40 Check out RachelsEnglishAcademy for more in depth analysis
03:04 Audio soundboard
04:10 Oh
04:27 Yeah. They said they acted too much with it.
08:57 I told everybody about this
12:02 International Phonetic Alphabet
12:32 Now everyone's going to go to the theater expecting to see me.
20:20 Joey
21:04 You know what?
21:45 No one is going to be able to tell.
25:13 My mom will.
26:02 The whole scene
26:26 The whole scene in slow motion
27:08 REA in depth analysis and audio training
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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎬 This video is about studying American English pronunciation using a scene from the TV show 'Friends.' 01:26 🗣️ Stress is essential for natural American English speech, shown through pitch changes. 02:23 🔠 The "T" pronunciation changes based on its position and surrounding sounds. 03:37 🔤 The "ed" ending is pronounced as an extra syllable when indicating past tense. 04:31 🔊 Syllable stress and melody are crucial for conveying emotions and rhythm. 05:54 🔄 Smooth linking of words and sounds creates the characteristic flow of American English. 08:13 🗣️ Reductions and linking enhance the natural rhythm of spoken English. 11:18 📢 Different stress patterns and reductions lead to varied syllable lengths in speech. 14:08 📊 Reductions, such as "gonna" for "going to," are common in informal speech. 15:31 🎭 Changing pitch, volume, and rhythm add expressiveness to speech. 18:58 🎭 Character voices often involve specific stress and reduction patterns. 20:47 🆔 Introducing the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to understand sound symbols. 23:56 🤐 Flap T and reduced vowels are common, affecting words like "able" and "to." 24:54 🚀 Learn about specific speech elements like the dark L sound for better clarity. 25:25 👩‍👧‍👦 Stressing the word "mom" shows its importance in the conversation. 25:57 🤣 Humor arises from Joey's mother knowing about his situation. 26:29 🎭 Slow-motion playback helps analyze pitch changes and linking in speech. 27:08 🎥 Rachel's English Academy offers comprehensive accent training with scene analyses and audio practice. 27:37 🌐 To enhance English skills, consider exploring Rachel's English Academy and subscribing for more content.

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Hi, welcome! I do not put every KZbin video into the Academy, but my instruction videos are there for every sound, as well as many of my KZbin series and playlist videos (such as the 500 most common words), and lots of practice soundboards! My suggestion is to use the Academy to study and work through all the soundboards (using the Play-It, Say-It method) and check my social media for additional fun, short videos.

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Hi @jhohandfernandorocharodrig7932! As long as you can read the captions in English, you'll learn something from it. Here's the link to learn more: www.rachelsenglishacademy.com/

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Hi, I am sorry for asking off-topic question, Rachel. When I read the books written by American authors I encounter (can + to) forms in the sentences. For example, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's books, she used infinitive (to) after model verb can, and this is not first time I came across such cases. I found these kinds of (can + to) forms in another author's books, but not all American authors. Can you please briefly tell me if this usage is OK or is it just common in the USA?! Another astonishing encounter is "peoples", some American authors add -s after the word people, what are they going to express by doing so? I thought the word people is anyways plural word, so we don't need to add -s at the end of it. Thank you very much for awesome, magnificent lessons, I highly appreciate it! Thank you so much for the answers in advance! 😊

[@rachelsenglish]

"Peoples" seems like an old way of simply saying "people" or "kinds of people". I don't think it is necessary. For can + to, do you have an example? I can give my thoughts more effectively if I see an example of what you mean.

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@@rachelsenglish I am sorry, I have just read the sentences in the book, however, it was my fault, I misunderstood the gist of the sentences. She used ...we can to..., ...I can to..., forms right after the words everything, whatever, as hard as while making compound sentences. And the sentences convey different meaning than the ones I thought. In general, we do not use infinitive after can or could in simple sentences! I apologize for this, Rachel! 🥺🙏🙏☝

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In the second season of Friends Tv Show, there is a scene where they talk about the word except vs. accept. Where Ross gets it wrong, could you make a video about this scene? Season 2 Episode 14. In 11 minutes and 02 seconds

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Thanks for the suggestion @jhon-speakingtofly8012! In the meantime, here's a playlist of Friends: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2i2cqdvnZmmmpI

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7:35 can we pronounce WITH with a voiced th as well?

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Yes! You can use voiced or unvoiced TH here.

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We are working on it!

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Are there any groups to learn American English?

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Hi @user-sx6de9ct8r! I have an Academy you might be interested at. It is is focused on all aspects of American English pronunciation: specific sounds, vocal placement, rhythm/stress, intonation, and smooth, connected quality/flow. We have a great online Academy community where you can post videos of your practice and receive personalized video feedback from Rachel's English teachers, as well as support from other students. If you have other questions about the Academy - feel free to reach out to [e-mail] www.rachelsenglishacademy.com/

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I have @RachelsEnglish, but no community group there yet!

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Hi @samayshukla943! I have an Academy you might be interested at. It is is focused on all aspects of American English pronunciation: specific sounds, vocal placement, rhythm/stress, intonation, and smooth, connected quality/flow. We have a great online Academy community where you can post videos of your practice and receive personalized video feedback from Rachel's English teachers, as well as support from other students. If you have other questions about the Academy - feel free to reach out to [e-mail] www.rachelsenglishacademy.com/

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Hi! I suggest practicing on your own out loud with imitation dialogues (checking for accuracy with self-recording), and also checking out the REA community to find speaking practice partners! The Academy also has regular Conversation drop-in hours on Zoom, run by REA teachers. Check out the schedule and drop in for some practice time.

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Why American always say quicly and stress? I hardly understand them?

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It can definitely sound quick, but lots of listening practice and observing patterns in the unstressed syllables can help train your ear to hear it more clearly. I recommend some Fast English practices: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKLbdp2Hat2Zptk

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Question: Why are so many people mispronouncing the word ‘women’ these days?

[@rachelsenglish]

It's a tough one to pronounce! Probably because it has the IH vowel, but is spelled with a letter O.

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[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! I have an Academy you might be interested at. It is is focused on all aspects of American English pronunciation: specific sounds, vocal placement, rhythm/stress, intonation, and smooth, connected quality/flow. We have a great online Academy community where you can post videos of your practice and receive personalized video feedback from Rachel's English teachers, as well as support from other students. If you have other questions about the Academy - feel free to reach out to [e-mail] www.rachelsenglishacademy.com/