Accent Training Podcast

It takes work to keep one's house in order, and the words that we use to describe these actions can be confusing. Listen along as I give context to 25 must-know American English phrases to keep your …

Take a good look at how you connect your speech. Do you do this at all, or is this something that usually goes right over your head? Face this concept head-on with everyday phrases like "you" and "yo…

Mornings can be a drag, but if you take them head-on, you might find them to be a great way to prepare yourself to take on the day! Listen in to learn about my personal morning routine, and what word…

Blending sounds helps to eliminate the choppy sound from your speech. Sometimes sounds blend between words, and sometimes to transition smoothly between sounds within a word.

When T precedes u in an …

We all take a little leisure time now and then, so let's take a moment to consider the words we use to express what we're doing! Tune in to learn about 10 great idioms to better explain your leisure …

Today I teach you all about a the au / aw Digraph, and why you're overthinking this sound. It's an easy letter combination to pronounce, all that you need to do is forget what you previously learned …

Today I interviewed Stephen Greene, an English teacher from the U.K. Stephen has taught English for many years in many different countries. In this chat Stephen breaks down for us some of his favouri…

Glides are used all over spoken English, and getting used to them will help you take more control over your speech when it comes to learning an American Accent. Here we discuss 2 more Y glides, and c…

I'm here to help, and the best way to do that is to make sure that those who need my help can find me. For this reason, I have changed the name of this podcast to "AccenTraining Club".
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In order to take control of your spoken English using an American accent, it's essential to understand what makes vowels sound the way they do. What do Americans do differently from yourself, and wha…

When you're learning to speak clear American English, I suggest starting with words you use on a daily basis. Money idiomatic expressions are a great place topic to cover in reaching this goal. Under…

If you want to improve your English speaking in your, I have a challenge for you! When speaking English professionally, you want to ensure that you clearly pronounce STS, SKS and SPS consonant cluste…

Daniel Alfaro is an American Accent coach from Mexico with a ton to offer. He is the founder of Pronunciationandfluency.com. Daniel breaks down learning spoken English from an overwhelming task to ac…

Whaaaa? Pfft! Mhmm... Mhm? Huh? Huh.. Hmm.. Ooo!

This silly combination sounds tells a story. Tune in to learn what, and go on to retell it yourself!

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Today I bring on Accent Coach Bianca from Master an American Accent. We consider how we can set realistic and quantifiable goals to improve overall speech, and work on accent related skills.

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Today I get into detail with 3 different general rules for pronouncing the letter X. X may sound like "eks", "igz", or "Zz", depending on its position in a word. Listen on in to get a good feel for t…

Speech involves many aspects, and accent reduction takes dedication and patience. However, when we consider the sounds of the American accent, connecting our speech, and intonation, we can break spee…

Today's episode practices more Spanish words than English. This may seem like craziness, but I'd like to show you how the concepts that we speak about to improve your spoken English muscle memory can…

ZH spelling is not commonly found in English, but we do say it a lot! We make the same position as an Sh, but add a little voice.

Tune in to work this one out with me here!

Practice your ZH with these…

Today we see a list of words that I find people commonly mix-up. Tune in to see what difficulties you may be facing, and how you can overcome them!

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