How to Sound Like a "Neutral" Native Speaker (American English)- 3 Tips beyond Pronunciation

[@FluentAmerican]

I've been having a lot of conversations with students regarding contractions/reductions/linking/intonation recently. It's a shame that English classes don't typically cover these topics more. Also, when I was examining IELTS, so many candidates would overuse slang/idioms; glad you addressed that!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences:-)

[@binli6427]

Thanks 🙏🏻 very useful!

[@noemiacastro5145]

I really like It i am Brazilian

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks so much Noemia! I love all the Brazilians I work with- what a lovely group of people you all are:)

[@LSSTmusic]

I'm not sure why I'm here, I'm a native English speaker, but I watched the whole thing and it was super fascinating ahaha

[@martuzaahmed7364]

You're videos are very helpful, m great fan of yours.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks so much, it’s really nice to hear that!

[@PianoDisneygal10]

I’m a native English speaker, being born in America. Why do I still find this interesting?

[@Adrian-fg9cc]

Czesc widzialem Twoj film z davem. Czy akceptujess nowych studentow jak mozna sie z Toba skontaktowac?

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Cześć Adrian! Mój e-mail to americanaccentmastery @ gmail . com Pozdrawiam:)

[@azim8enam]

Thanks Victoria 😘

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

You’re very welcome!

[@topquarkbln]

I understand and agree... But it's just fun on the other side to use slang terms! There is a kind of poetry to it. 😉 Certainly a good book is a pleasure to read. Even really old books! 🙂🙂 Thanks for sharing 👍

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

I agree, slang can be SO fun- the real lesson was to use it intentionally based on the context:-) Best wishes!!

[@Jma82-photo-travel-drone]

Great information

[@mamymimma]

Listening to you is always a pleasure🤗

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks so much! You’re so kind 💕

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

"Crib" for "house" or "home"? THat's cool! That's WAY cool! From now on, I'm going to say "crib" so often that people are going to start telling me to stop--but they, too, will be using "crib" themselves without even realizing it. This is going to be fun!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Haha, this made me laugh!! Please do this experiment and report back;)

[@laracroftvideos]

Brilliant points as always. Contractions are tricky cuz (😀) they usually tend to whiz by so quickly. Also, certain contractions are quite common in North American English, but less frequent in British English. 2:25 very very true and I believe it applies to idioms, too. English is notorious for its love of idioms, but I knew this one girl who literally made it a point to include at least one idiom in every sentence and she sounded.... well, very poetic, but certainly not natural. And lol these old MTV shows still influencing people's English worldwide 😂😂😂 To me, "crib" also sounds quite urban... like a cool street slang rich rappers would use... but probably not CEOs and businessmen. I might be wrong tho!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks friend! Right after I filmed this I was watching a KZbin vid about a luxury apartment tour (I know, lol!!), and she, Tatiana James, used the word “crib” - I thought, she’s way more cool than I am😂😂 but yes, I have a similar as you re: when this word is usually used! Really funny re: the idiom girl- idioms are a funny thing! I tend to use more of them being married to a native speaker than I did in earlier years, I think..

[@vigneshkarthik5172]

This a a top notch video victoria. I really loved it☺❤.keep up the good work.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks so much Vignesh!! :)

[@vigneshkarthik5172]

@@AmericanAccentMastery no worries mate 😊Do you have IG account?

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

I do not

[@vigneshkarthik5172]

@@AmericanAccentMastery it will be awesome if you have one. You can reach lot of people and you will get lot of support and credits.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks for the idea:) I just have so little free time 😭

[@adamplays6830]

cos czuje ze po kooperacji z Dave'em bedzie miala Pani zaraz 10x wiecej subskrybentow. Super. ja juz subskrybuje! ;-). A to porownanie cat vs cut vs cought albo amerykanskie Left vs polskie Left troche mnie dobilo. uswiadomilem sobie jak mala wage przykladalem do poprawnej wymowy a jak duze to ma znaczenie jednak.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Dziękuje bardzo:) Ja uczę wymowy zawodowo, więc mam na pewno „bias” że to ważne 😂 pozdrawiam!

[@macius3971]

Thanks for that video. Its very useful

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

You’re very welcome:)

[@emilsander4570]

Thanks for tips. By far the easiest to use is the second one. I usually extend the first one by reducing the length and number of sentences during the speech. The third one requires many conversations with the mirror so I put it off for the future. (I hope there will be mirrors with artificial intelligence then). All the very best to you!!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks Emil:) Re: intonation, really think of your brain as having a intonation learning algorithm- it will get better and better as you feed it lots of good quality input- i.e. as you deeply focus on intonation, think about it, analyze it, etc. Very similar to the 48 hour exercise you did, but thinking ONLY about intonation, you can make a lot of progress! OR just wait for the AI mirror!! ;)

[@emilsander4570]

Thank you Victoria. Of course, I will follow your instructions because they are the most important for me to learn. I can roughly distinguish the correct American accent or intonation and I know what the sentence should sound like, while listening. I can pronounce most individual words or very short sentences correctly. However, when I try to say something longer, especially read aloud, it sounds terrible. I think that "muscle memory" is needed to improve it.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Best of luck Emil!! :)

[@天下大同-p7u]

You have a very unique voice.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks 😊

[@s3bus686]

If there are English subtitles, I'll be very grateful. I met you by Dave's channel. Greetings :)

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks so much! I’ll fix the ones on this video- they auto generate (usually very accurately) but in this video YT auto generated Dutch subtitles 🤷‍♀️

[@Spokenenglish12]

Thanks a lot ! It was useful!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Very glad to hear that!

[@BartekKowalski-qi4rj]

👍👍👍

[@SurajSingh-pl6zu]

good afternoon from India jammu and kashmir

[@zmartking6110]

Wow

[@thienantran9885]

You're pretty !!! 😊

[@skankanek]

m'kay? ;)

[@LanguageswithErman]

👍

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Ehm... "Neutral"? Do you mean SE? Standard English?

[@KevinMeyerSSK]

Well. I hope you were wearing socks while record.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Always!!! 😂😂😂

[@QQleKK]

@@AmericanAccentMastery did u eat good? have some more!

[@voy_tech]

Black folks have cribs, white people have households 😀

[@satmars520]

taking too much time to get to the point

[@AgnieszkaH1991]

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