Accent Training Podcast

Josh is an American accent coach and founder of Boost Up English. He has spent the last 10 years living in Colombia, and is here to share his experiences and guidance to strengthen your speech skills…

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"Feel" and "Fill" have distinct sounds to American ears which most non-native English speakers do not know about.

"Feel" sounds like "FEE yuhl" when pronounced slowly. "Fill" sounds like "Fiiuhl", an…

The word "Figure" can be pronounced "FIG yer" or "FIG er" depending on your preference. Personally, I say "FIG yer", and I invite you to practice both with me to see what suits you best!

Once you unde…

"Further" is used for theoretical progress, while "Farther" refers to a distance which can be measured physically.

Today's episode focuses on clearly pronouncing  "Further" and "Farther", along with …

You may be just fine, but if your English needs a tune-up, here it is! Express your feelings with more colourful words than "I'm fine" by listening along and pushing yourself to use new vocabulary!

Cl…

In school, most English learners learn to respond "I'm fine" to the question, "How are you?"
This word choice isn't an issue, however your intonation may be enhanced if you slightly change your tone. 

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Here's just a quick episode to breakdown a couple of common words that I notice students hesitate with every day.
The "A" sound in Nature is different from the "A" sound in Natural.
Listen on in to f…

Not all languages make the same distinction between W and V that English does. For this reason, the W and V sounds made by English speakers may no be clearly heard by non-native English speakers.

If …

This week we consider the W sound, and the impact it can have on your spoken English. Listen in, and follow along slowly as we repeat a number of common W words, phrases and idioms that you can use r…

The letter A makes many different sounds, and here we see a quick exercise to better understand the most commonly used American A pronunciation. Repeat after me as we compare A with E and O sounds to…

Maggie is a graphic designer, a Spanish teacher, and a life-long language learner. If you want to see change in your language skills, take the time to hear Maggie's advice as a teacher, and language …

I'm releasing this episode at midnight of October 1st. If you want to change your accent  this month, say "October" -the way that I teach you- as often as possible!
Have a great October!

If you're loo…

When we focus on too many things, we see little progress. However, when we focus on building upon our strengths, we can see a lot of progress in a short amount of time!
Today's session will focus on o…

Andrew is a Canadian bartender and server with years of experience, working at a high-class resort in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Today we had a great chat to breakdown key terms used in a bar or r…

The words "Island", "Isle" and "Aisle" all drop the S from their pronunciations. This is a simple concept, but to build the habit you'll need to repeat all 3 a ton of times!

Listen along and repeat af…

When you learn from others' experiences, you can save yourself a lot of time and hardship. Learn from my experience and teaching method today, as I give you clear direction for a better learning expe…

Confusing the S, Z and Th sounds is a very common difficulty for English learners from all different languages. Listen closely as we consider the pronunciations of "close" (adjective / adverb), "clos…

Syllable stress contrasts in English words to make our voice rise and fall sharply between words and changes in sounds. There are patterns within words to predict the rise and fall of your sound, and…

If you take your Accent learning seriously, then you need serious materials to see changes in your speech. I am developing a Patreon page to give you crystal clear, directed content to see you throug…