Thank you so much, Rachel. Wish you all best. I am very thankful for all your lesson. I am 34 years old but I am very keen on learning English. Hope I can improve my speaking.
Thanks Rachel. I'm a big fan of yours. Just want to say that your videos are great help and the core material in my open ended program of improving my pronunciation of English language. After that, comes the listening to the NPR radio. Thanks and regards from the Arab world.
Been following your videos for months now, Rachel. Really good stuff. Hispanic guy here, 53. But I moved to the mainland U.S. when I was 14 1/2. Linking was the one thing I had not learned before in any other videos. I can't believe I never came across it before! It is great to explore the American dialect with drills on video. These videos are all really good.
You really want everything to link together for a smooth sound. However, if you're giving a talk to a lot of people, or speaking for a video or audio recording, you will probably take more time and enunciate a little more. In these cases, many native speakers will do things like fully release stop consonants.
I have been learning English at a learning center for 5.5 years. Native teachers never taught us anything about how to sound like an native speaker. I'am going to watch all your footages
Rachel, I think I can't even say to you how much you're great and helpful! I just had been having this doubt about stop consonants linking for a while and coincidentally you've just explained it so clear and confirmed what I was thinking on it! so, the only difference between 'I play to' and 'I played to' is the stop in the second sentence before 'to'? I see it! now I just have to practice and improve it! thank you!
i am watchng your video，i love u my teacher ， i am in china，it is not easy for us to surf the youtube，but i will keep learn english through your website， you are so great. your bike is also good firstly ，i thought it is your little girl.
Very wonderful video. Here is one thing I feel is important, that is, stop consonants in words look like the same as connection two words. For example, permanently, and the previous word of the week, definitely. I was having trouble pronouncing these words because I spoke out the stop consonants, which are supposed to be just a hold of breath.
I’m born and raised in Philadelphia, so obviously I’ve been speaking American English my entire life. But, it’s still very cool to learn these details that we Americans just take for granted. Also, what’s a flip phone?? 😂😂😂
Hey Rachel you forgot to talk about linking D_T letters, for example, I have difficulty speaking "used_to" or "kind_to" words with connection between D and T Could you explain that? Thanks and sorry my english mistakes.
Is there a difference in pronunciation between these two sentences? "I watch tv" and "I watched tv". If there is one, it must be very subtle because I can't notice the difference.
I adore your videos! You've done so many useful things. Your old videos are as interesting and useful as your new. And... well... I'm not sure I wrote last phrase correctly :-)
thank you for giving us some lessons to improve our English. I'm from Perú, anf I'm studying English..but it's quite common not to know anything about linking..consonants to vowel or consonants to consonans...and you try to watch a program...it gets difficult...and even if you read the subtitles in English...you wonder...when they said that...I have some problems with listening...and one of the biggest problems is linking by the way...again thanks a lot Rachel...
What about: since then? The s and th sound? I guess some consonants change their sound or regular pronunciarion when linked, right? I'll send some examples so you can explain them with a transcriptions. Thanks ahead.
For linking consonants like the S and TH sounds, we get as close as we can to a smooth link. I would suggest softening the S sound to make the transition feel smoother. The S is still a released consonant, so we want to feel like the air softly pushes the tongue from the center of the mouth for S to the teeth for the TH sound.
Hi teacher, I like American accent so much and still follow your videos but I wonder " Is it the matter if I prepare for an Ielts exam while learning American pronunciation?"
This is the video I was waiting for! I have trouble saying "She helped me". It's difficult for me. I would be glad if you made a video including that example. Thanks for the video.
5:02 Ma'am, I noticed that this time when you said the word "sentence", you made the T sound, but in some others of your videos, you dropped the T in the word "sentence". Similar cases like "button", "Britain", "mountain", "garden", "kindergarten", etc; they have one thing in common, a T consonant followed by a schwa + N consonant. Like many Americans including you, I used to leave out the T sound when pronouncing this kind of words, eg. I say "bʌt n"(a stop instead of releasing the T sound) instead of "bʌ tən"(with a T and a schwa, I don't know if it's true T or flap one here), however, some Americans and especially Britons doesn't drop the T in the case so that they say "tən" instead of "n". Is there any rules for this?
how about linking three consonants.... example: iT'S Been a while since I've visited you last time ........ in that example there is T + S + B separated in two words.... how would you actually pronounce that!? thank you, your videos are great and I'm sharing with the people I care to learn English
Hi. Miss Rachel, congratulations for your newborn. I wanted to ask you if you could make a video of the ING linking like doing it, taking it, running in ect ... thank you ^^
Consonant clusters are difficult to pronounce. I'd like to know how to connect /lz/ in Rachel's. Other plural noun endings are difficult for me, as in walls, people's. When the tip of the tongue should be released to make /z/?
Hi! When you have a Z follow an L at the end of the word (like 'walls, peoples') - you won't actually have the tip of the tongue up because you want to use a Dark L in this situation (not a Light L) - here's a video that will explain the difference! rachelsenglish.com/english-pronounce-l-consonant/
@@yapweehow yes, you do ...the sentence may sound as if you are saying it in the present tense, but the ED sound of the past for any verb whose last sound is K is "t." I-walk-towards-her
great video, it helps a lot but lately I've had a problem with the "T" is there a video that you explain in it how to pronounce the stopped T the one in the end of a word, like the word Peanut you just said, I tried searching but I kinda failed to find it.
thanks for your videos... I'm Arabic native speaker.. I find it hard for me to pronounce the letter D softly. I've always pronounced it hard. for example if I want to say peanut butter. I say peanut budder. with the strengthened D. i've tried many times to spell it correctly but I couldn't. so I wish you could help me with that.
yeah. linking conso. to conso. 's helpfull. it helps improve your smooth speech. But when native english use this technique.... the non-native english have many problems. eg. difficult to listen
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You are an amazing person, I have been following you for 1 year and your videos are helping me a lot. Thank you for your dedication.
You are so welcome!
At times like this one, I remember that there are amazing people in this world like you, thank you very much for the class.
My pleasure @zueiraproductionsbr8662!
Im currently teaching in China and this is a great video explaining the ability to speak fluidly...Thnx
Thank you so much, Rachel. Wish you all best. I am very thankful for all your lesson. I am 34 years old but I am very keen on learning English. Hope I can improve my speaking.
You're very welcome!
I have a series of videos on all the state names!
how about "ed" for example : I cleaned my house
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Thanks Rachel. I'm a big fan of yours. Just want to say that your videos are great help and the core material in my open ended program of improving my pronunciation of English language. After that, comes the listening to the NPR radio.
Thanks and regards from the Arab world.
Awesome! I'm glad the videos are helping. :)
Thanks
I always look for a lesson about how to link a vowel to a consonant. But I don't find.. Could you pls tell us about that connection?
Been following your videos for months now, Rachel. Really good stuff. Hispanic guy here, 53. But I moved to the mainland U.S. when I was 14 1/2. Linking was the one thing I had not learned before in any other videos. I can't believe I never came across it before! It is great to explore the American dialect with drills on video. These videos are all really good.
You really want everything to link together for a smooth sound. However, if you're giving a talk to a lot of people, or speaking for a video or audio recording, you will probably take more time and enunciate a little more. In these cases, many native speakers will do things like fully release stop consonants.
It's about 1 month since that I've watched your videos.And it's realy help me a lot that even I can follow your speed now.Thanks, Rachel .
That's great @bluestar8237! Keep on learning!
@@rachelsenglish I want to know how to pronounce " to the" in I'm going to the gas station?
The best english learning channel I found on RUclips. Learned a lot from this channel, thank you so much.
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I have been learning English at a learning center for 5.5 years. Native teachers never taught us anything about how to sound like an native speaker. I'am going to watch all your footages
Rachel's English is perfect! Thanks a lot🙏
You're very welcome Fawad!
Rachel, I think I can't even say to you how much you're great and helpful! I just had been having this doubt about stop consonants linking for a while and coincidentally you've just explained it so clear and confirmed what I was thinking on it! so, the only difference between 'I play to' and 'I played to' is the stop in the second sentence before 'to'? I see it! now I just have to practice and improve it! thank you!
channel best english on RUclips.
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thank you very much.
Nice! An amazing surprise when I read the description, "Cải thiện nói tiếng Anh Mỹ" :)
I love your teaching way . Many thanks
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Thank you Rachel:) I'm Thai and pronunciation is so hard for me. You make it easier.
Great video, Rachel. Thanks. I'm learning a lot with your videos.
This video is wonderful. It truly teaches you how to pronounce American English.
i am watchng your video，i love u my teacher ，
i am in china，it is not easy for us to surf the youtube，but i will keep learn english through your website， you are so great.
your bike is also good
firstly ，i thought it is your little girl.
Very wonderful video. Here is one thing I feel is important, that is, stop consonants in words look like the same as connection two words. For example, permanently, and the previous word of the week, definitely. I was having trouble pronouncing these words because I spoke out the stop consonants, which are supposed to be just a hold of breath.
Thanks so much Rachel for your AMAZING vídeos!! Greetings from Argentina 😊👏👏👏
Hi there and thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot💓💓
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Rachel! Fabulous explanation
Thanks Jaime!
Your lesson is Very good .
Thank you
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You're great Rachel,, thanks
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Thanks Rachel, for your information.
In Spanish we have also the linking and we can speak faster.
That's great! Thanks for sharing Henry!
Your are great teacher.❤
Thank you @Golkonda_Hyderabad_India!
Thank you Rachel. Excellent video!
Thank you for your effort .
My pleasure!
Excellent class! I have problems with the linking words
thank's for giving us knowledge of pronounciation
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Thank you Rachel! this is a great video,I love you so much!!!!
You are so kind and creative, Ma'am
Thanks alot
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Very well explained.
Thanks for watching Glyn!
Thank you very much for your lessons
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Thank you.
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Thank you for useful instructions. Linking sounds is really challenging for EFL speakers.
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You're very welcome!
I’m born and raised in Philadelphia, so obviously I’ve been speaking American English my entire life. But, it’s still very cool to learn these details that we Americans just take for granted.
Also, what’s a flip phone?? 😂😂😂
Hey Rachel you forgot to talk about linking D_T letters, for example, I have difficulty speaking "used_to" or "kind_to" words with connection between D and T
Could you explain that?
Thanks and sorry my english mistakes.
Love your videos
Thanks again!
Great ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
Very helpful for me and for everyone, without any doubt.
Thanks a lot.
You're very welcome @Bihi_Lotfi!
Is there a difference in pronunciation between these two sentences? "I watch tv" and "I watched tv". If there is one, it must be very subtle because I can't notice the difference.
You are the best English Teacher
Thank you!
Could you do a video about the BZ sound ? For instance : Describes
I really needed a clear explanation about this topic and I finally found it. Thank you so much!
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Loooove your videos about Linking, Reducing ...
Much Luv
Wlad from Brazil
new day is new thing, thank you very much
Thank you very much Rachel. That was an awesome video. I wonder if there are cases where two adjacent consonants do not link.
so how to distinguish the stop consonant t from d? are they the same when we do them a stop? bad dog sounds no different than bat dog ??
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It's perfect!!! I liked all videos so far. Thank you so much!
I adore your videos! You've done so many useful things. Your old videos are as interesting and useful as your new. And... well... I'm not sure I wrote last phrase correctly :-)
How are you doing
thank you for giving us some lessons to improve our English. I'm from Perú, anf I'm studying English..but it's quite common not to know anything about linking..consonants to vowel or consonants to consonans...and you try to watch a program...it gets difficult...and even if you read the subtitles in English...you wonder...when they said that...I have some problems with listening...and one of the biggest problems is linking by the way...again thanks a lot Rachel...
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Simply amazing explanation! Love your videos so much!
It's nice and help me very much
That's great to hear Mahmoud! Thanks! :)
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Thanks @AbudoVictorMorreira! I have an Academy you might be interested at. Here's a link to learn more: rachelsenglish.com/academy/
@@rachelsenglish the link it doesn't want teacher
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It,s really good and thanks
You're welcome Hamid!
What about: since then? The s and th sound? I guess some consonants change their sound or regular pronunciarion when linked, right? I'll send some examples so you can explain them with a transcriptions. Thanks ahead.
For linking consonants like the S and TH sounds, we get as close as we can to a smooth link. I would suggest softening the S sound to make the transition feel smoother. The S is still a released consonant, so we want to feel like the air softly pushes the tongue from the center of the mouth for S to the teeth for the TH sound.
Good video, it is useful
Thanks for watching Jair!
Hi teacher, I like American accent so much and still follow your videos but I wonder " Is it the matter if I prepare for an Ielts exam while learning American pronunciation?"
Thanks, teacher Rachel!
This is the video I was waiting for! I have trouble saying "She helped me". It's difficult for me. I would be glad if you made a video including that example. Thanks for the video.
Thanks Rachel, this video makes us easier to understand the language in use.
thank you so much but its very difficult to linking the words in this way
Thanks ! I have a question :
Does Linking Consonant to Consonant -- American English Pronunciation look like in British English Pronunciation ?
5:02 Ma'am, I noticed that this time when you said the word "sentence", you made the T sound, but in some others of your videos, you dropped the T in the word "sentence". Similar cases like "button", "Britain", "mountain", "garden", "kindergarten", etc; they have one thing in common, a T consonant followed by a schwa + N consonant. Like many Americans including you, I used to leave out the T sound when pronouncing this kind of words, eg. I say "bʌt n"(a stop instead of releasing the T sound) instead of "bʌ tən"(with a T and a schwa, I don't know if it's true T or flap one here), however, some Americans and especially Britons doesn't drop the T in the case so that they say "tən" instead of "n". Is there any rules for this?
Hello! Both are fine. There isn't really a rule so much as a norm. It is much more common in American to stop the T is these cases.
Rachel's English OK, I read. Thanks for reply.
Nice video, Rachel! Could you explain the difference between "can" and "can't" in another video?
When we say "about to", "get to", or "need to", "good to", there should be stop T or Stop D before "to," right?
Hi @janeliu1725! Yes, a stop T or D would happen before "to".
Thanks very much.
How to say 'English speakers' in rapid speech?
Is it 'Englishpeakers"?
You will definitely hear that from some native speakers, yes!
I have my pronunciation improve when I'm watching your video.
Thanks Rachel great videos. How can i pronounce...Secret to....?
SUPER COOL. TKS RACHEL
Thanks. Very helpful!
I love you, Rachel. Lol.
Thanks for making my life a bit easier. 😂
how about linking three consonants.... example: iT'S Been a while since I've visited you last time ........
in that example there is T + S + B separated in two words.... how would you actually pronounce that!? thank you, your videos are great and I'm sharing with the people I care to learn English
Hi. Miss Rachel, congratulations for your newborn. I wanted to ask you if you could make a video of the ING linking like doing it, taking it, running in ect ... thank you ^^
Does it sound like takin it, doin it ...
Melhore sua pronúncia do inglês americano . Oh thanX so much for cares about Brazil/Portugal
Thank you so much
You're welcome Murad!
Thnx, Rachel!
Consonant clusters are difficult to pronounce. I'd like to know how to connect /lz/ in Rachel's. Other plural noun endings are difficult for me, as in walls, people's. When the tip of the tongue should be released to make /z/?
Hi! When you have a Z follow an L at the end of the word (like 'walls, peoples') - you won't actually have the tip of the tongue up because you want to use a Dark L in this situation (not a Light L) - here's a video that will explain the difference! rachelsenglish.com/english-pronounce-l-consonant/
Thank you
Perfect 😍😍
Thanks Khaled!
Thank you for these videos :)
"I walked towards her".
Rachael, how can I link ed (t) with the consonant T from the next word without missing its tense as a past ?
In this case, you don't have to pronoun the /t/ of walked just go right away to "towards" because it's the same consonant
/wɑːktɔrd/
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@@oliverle5606 do i need to pronounce the k sound?
@@yapweehow IMHO, I won't /wɑːltɔrd/
@@yapweehow yes, you do ...the sentence may sound as if you are saying it in the present tense, but the ED sound of the past for any verb whose last sound is K is "t." I-walk-towards-her
great video, it helps a lot but lately I've had a problem with the "T"
is there a video that you explain in it how to pronounce the stopped T the one in the end of a word, like the word Peanut you just said, I tried searching but I kinda failed to find it.
Amazing. Well done
You are the best!!!
thanks for your videos...
I'm Arabic native speaker.. I find it hard for me to pronounce the letter D softly. I've always pronounced it hard. for example if I want to say peanut butter. I say peanut budder. with the strengthened D. i've tried many times to spell it correctly but I couldn't. so I wish you could help me with that.
Thanks ms
I always look for a lesson about how to connect ”vowel to consonant” but I can't find.. Is that connection important or not?
Thank you 😊
thanks a bunch Rach!
very interesting, thank you so much
I feel like stay un a truly school, thanks!
very useful lesson/
yeah. linking conso. to conso. 's helpfull. it helps improve your smooth speech. But when native english use this technique.... the non-native english have many problems. eg. difficult to listen
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