Common Intonation Mistakes- American English Accent Training

Are you ever unsure about your spoken English? Are you confident that you are pronouncing each word correctly, yet your sentence doesn't sound quite right?!
If so, the problem may lie with your intonation, or use of pitch- a very important (but often overlooked) component of the American English accent!
In today's video, we're going to analyze several sentences in terms of their intonation to convey a natural and convincing message.
If you think any of your English learning friends may benefit from this American accent video, then please share it with them, I truly appreciate it!

[@achedangmei4375]

Intonation is the key to learning any language.contraction, reduction, linking etc. are easy we can just pick up, but intonation is a bit difficult for non native speaker.because it convey meaning.it happen in every language.thank for your useful tip, teacher.

[@Mseleku1]

What should I do on daily basis in order to improve my intonation and sound exactly like a native English speaker?

[@tazrox4283]

"Can I ask you *something*" almost sounds like the person you've been talking to hasn't allowed you to ask questions. (This is coming from a native speaker.)

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

I don’t think I’d stress it that way, but hence the beauty of choosing our words and intonation to reflect our individuality:-)

[@laracroftvideos]

So glad to see you back! Hope you're enjoying your summer!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Aw thanks so much, I hope you’re having a great summer too! Great profile pic btw- Brit ❤️

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

Here's a thought: have you ever had your clients listen to their speech (and speech of native speakers) backwards? It's possible to try to think of what the phonemes would sound like backwards, but they often sound quite different from what one would expect.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

I’ve never tried that, it sounds like a fun experiment!

[@arkadiuszdec2493]

That's right, very often overlooked topic, but good explained. Great job :)

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Thanks so much for your kind words!

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

Prosody is difficult. It's so full of nuance and sensitivity to context. Small changes can make a big difference in meaning, and small errors stand out like a sore thumb.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Absolutely true!!

[@thatgamerbiatch]

This video gives me some hope of learning American intonation. Thank you so much❤️

[@frederickhofrederick2164]

Hi! Teacher Victoria.Thank you so much for your kind words, it's so encouraging and inspirational. I've been following your videos for a while, I can't agree with you more. You're doing a great job. In my point of view, intonation and pronunciation are the key to spoken English, words stress and sentences stress are important in our communication, it makes us sound more fluent, confident, and natural in English. You've helped us reach our goal. I'm Chinese, a non-native speaker, my goal is to be able to communicate with confidence as a speaker and as a listener. We learn English with teacher Victoria and follow the basic principle of collocation, contraction, reduction and many others. We'll reap what we sow. Thanks so much. Have a wonderful day. Take care, Victoria. Bye for now. I'll see you soon for the new lesson.

[@iamatigernotacat1697]

Hello🙂. Ok i wanted to learn English but now you are changing my personality 😄

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Hello! Oh dear, how so? It's not my intention to change anyone's personality, unless that change involves being more confident:-) All the best!

[@iamatigernotacat1697]

@@AmericanAccentMastery Oh i was just joking.I hope my message hasn't upset you. Well my personality isn't that great anyway. I'll be thankful if you change it.😄 I always follow your lessons and i have learned a lot. Thank you🤗

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

@@iamatigernotacat1697 Oh no, I'm not upset; I just wanted to understand;-) Thanks very much for your kind words, you seem to have a very nice personality to me!

[@iamatigernotacat1697]

@@AmericanAccentMasteryWell let me tell you a secret.😀 You have a great personality. I know it! 😉

[@ahbanetube3315]

You content is outstanding ! I really wish you post more consistently !

[@TeacherAizDumuk]

This video is very informative especially for a non native speaker like me. Thank you for sharing.

[@rayzan9561]

"There's a lot more to it". Can you be more specific? Any fixed rules? Otherwise, we are not learning much.

[@mamymimma]

Wow 😄

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

I was thinking of something else, this time about Polish (which is a language that you know quite well from what I understand). You recently mentioned Polish phonemes for a word--I think that is was "cat". Does Polish have any quirky phonetic rules? For instance, Japanese has very simple rules for phonemes, but it does have a few quirks. One is how the "ka" is turned into "ga" in some cases. The Japanese word for "paper" is "kami", but in the word "origami", the "ka" in "kami" is turned into "ga"; hence "origami".

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Hi Gregory! Yes Polish does have a few quirks, it’s not “perfectly” phonetic. There are several sounds that can be represented by more than one spelling, for ex. ż/rz u/ó ć/ci etc. Also, final voiced consonants are devoiced. For example, “śnieg” (snow) would have a final /k/ pronounced, the voiceless counterpart of /g/. Same would apply to any voiced/voiceless consonant pair- b/p, d/t, z/s etc.

[@GregoryTheGr8ster]

@@AmericanAccentMastery I wonder whether English has the most quirks, exceptions, contradictions, etc. between spelling and pronunciation. It really is a problem.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

@@GregoryTheGr8ster I'm not exactly sure Gregory, but I would guess that it's definitely up there in terms of the above!!

[@jacksonamaral329]

pretty good.

[@andrewdurham259]

who in their right mind gave this a thumbs down? (those 2 people must not like the American accent, they shouldn't be rating because she is spot-on on what she's saying)

[@dheerajdheeraj1901]

please make more videos on practicing intonation with sentences if you think there are enough then plz send me the playlist if you have made on it. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@amazingvipul8392]

Awesome..very informative. Can you please tell me how to maintain the rhythm(stress-timed) of rest of the sentence when applying more stress on the winner word?

[@dumalsindamag1839]

Those are correct ,if begin with can the end of the sentence should be question mark (?)

[@dumalsindamag1839]

What is the difference between back and again wahahahahahahaha .are you a single? Are you single hahaha

[@richardfrangie3518]

👍

[@caganyldran7904]

👍

[@b.b.b.a.a.a2414]

Thanks a lot teacher

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

You’re welcome Tony!

[@yili1041]

Thnx the video is very helpful.

[@markvincentcocjin]

I'm COMING! No. I'M coming.

[@yosfazi201]

Merci my mame

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

You’re welcome!

[@lemardogonzalez1575]

thank you, that is something I've been working for some time, it's not easy.

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

You’re welcome Lemardo! I’ll try to make more videos about this topic, it’s such an important one!!

[@dheerajdheeraj1901]

Helpful!!

[@plavor]

Why does she call her students of clients? Is it something comum in US?

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

Hi Pedro! It's because I'm a speech language pathologist, not an English teacher, and we refer to those seeking out our services as "clients" :-)

[@plavor]

@@AmericanAccentMasteryI Got it, thank you very much for your prompt reply :)

[@prichitoadiamantadoP3-18]

Super useful, thanks!

[@AmericanAccentMastery]

So glad you enjoyed it!