HOW TO SPEAK WITH A STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENT 🇺🇸

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Let's talk about, learn, and practice the (standard) American English accent. I want to do a deep dive and help you understand why people from the United States speak the way they do.
So if you're interested in speaking with more of an American accent or just want to improve your listening comprehension, this lesson will help.
Here are the seven keys to speaking and understanding the American English accent.
1. Pronounce the Final Rs
2. Use the Flap T /d/
3. Link Words & Phrases
4. Use Reductions
5. Master the Schwa Sound
6. Pronounce Unstressed Words
7. Practice
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///LESSON CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro to the American English accent
1:21 Pronounce the Final Rs
2:28 Use the Flap T /d/
3:30 Link Words & Phrases
6:23 Use Reductions
8:33 Master the Schwa Sound
9:50 Pronounce Unstressed Words
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[@Wihf]

As an American, this was very helpful.

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Native or Latino?

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The american accent is so bad

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[@Angrybirdo2009]

As an American this is very helpful for non native speakers

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[@tabassumqureshi9540]

Listen to native speakers and practice. That's how I am practicing sir.
You are really awesome.

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It's a wonderful lesson ! Lessons as such are helpful to try to speak 🗣️ closer to the native English speakers! Anyway, it is hard but could be achievable. Teacher Wes thank you for your help!

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This is wonderful content even for us who english is not our first language. THANK YOU

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[@natalie_x140]

I’m an Scottish Actor who has struggled with the American accent for years and just watching this there’s hardly any difference

[@Elmoburner]

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[@meropale]

I am a native speaker who has trouble speaking quickly since I tend to speak slowly and enunciate. This is probably more the case with introverts. This is good practice even for me to let my words run into each other.

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This was super helpful. I am a British college student and we are putting on a musical where I need an American accent, I was struggling but this has made it so much easier!

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[@cadmus204]

As an American who's just curious, this was cool

[@vadym_mysiv]

The basic knowledge that is very helpful to get better understanding of an American Accent. Still practicing on making my conversation flowing.
Thank you for the video, appreciate it a lot.

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[@maegonzales9096]

I love this video,so helpful! I wanted to have an american accent without having to go to the US.😅 i used to work in a call center as a customer service rep where I get to talk to native english speakers and practice my english. I always watch Wes' video for phrasal verbs, daily expressions, idioms that native English speakers use. The only way I knew I improved my english was through my customers not noticing that I am not from the Us as they are having a hard time talking to people with accents.😊 Wes really helped me a lot! Thank you so much sir. 🥰

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Thank you Mr.Wes. Your instructions are clear and concise and so very helpful. Cheers!

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God bless you .

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[@swaroopkumar2]

Thank you so much ❤
I'm learning it clearly, and gaining my confidence.

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[@juliabara8499]

Love this video!! Thank you so much!!

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[@zsb707]

I love pronouncing the final Rs, using the flap T and mastering the schwa sound. Shadowing used to be my middle name 😊.

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@lollylolly4821]

Thanks, Wes! A very informative video!👍👍

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[@2Years2Farm]

I have a standard American accent and I never really understood how it sounded to non American accents. Thanks for a great video!

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Great lesson , very helpful , cheers !

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[@ChikTrans]

I love the way he talks; I understand at a high level his speech.❤

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[@LordDirus007]

Hard Rs, remember that

[@jebastins5801]

As an American this was very useful thanks buddy

[@animestory6987]

Tysm for the video,you’re brilliant person and I understand your accent and everything what you say in this video❤

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@courtney_bert]

Thanks a lot ! This was very helpful ❤

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[@chesterlenihan]

Speaking! Thanks mate. Aussie actor here, this has been very helpful as an introduction into the standard American accent 👌

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[@LordDirus007]

Remember over pronunciation of the Rs.
So "Remember", really pronounce the R at the end.
We have a very Dry Accent, it's Rough and Unpolished

[@LordDirus007]

Also we pronounce our Ts as Ds

[@Canadian_MinistryOfDefense1984]

America 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 is nicest country in the world. 🌎

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[@Fortnitecrab.]

How is your accent now

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[@mujahid1411]

As a language enthusiast, i find your vids very interesting and helpful. I pretty much like learning variety of english accents. I think you missed somethin here. While its very common in most BrE accents, not in american accents but i noticed that AmE speakers too, use T glottalization in words like shorten (which i noticed you used it in this vid), kitten, button, mountain etc. so far as i know, this aint a feature in General American accent, is it? Will you explain more about glottal stop in AmE accents? Thank you in advance.

[@devendhargundeti]

I work for one of the tech support agencies and I don’t blame any American for being so rude to me when ever they don’t understand my accent however I took some of the customers angry words are as my gifts apparently I have start talking to local Canadian people and i am not fully ready with the accent but I am up there like 40 percent of it. Although I am trying to learn one of the customer scolded me you don’t know English you are talking like a espanic accent. This is the reason why I have searched for this topic and your videos are on top five. Thanks for backing up with this kind of videos this is going to help in building my accent ❤

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[@krussell89]

Born and raised in So Cal. and when I traveled to other parts of the states I was asked where I was from because I had NO accent. It wasn't until 10 years ago I learned my accent was called "Standard American". Didn't know it was a thing. People back East and overseas coined it the "Newscaster Accent". 😅

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Where were you born?

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[@InteractiveEng]

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You a good narrator, no noticeable accent, right speed. Movies teach a lot, depends on what one learns.

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[@rebecca_rose]

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[@Canadian_MinistryOfDefense1984]

I think there are a lot of European-Americans are British and German accents and then European-Canadians are have British and French accents.

[@user-hl2vd1wv7x]

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Im fluent in English but not in accent so i hope this video works , havent watched it yet

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[@rajeshahuja221987]

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[@anncatherinesaluta9760]

I'm a Call Center Agent in a BPO Company, sometimes customer don't wanna talk to me because of my accent. They want to talk to Americans who can speak better english. So i am thankful for this lesson, because it will helps me to speak a better english ❤

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Don't forget about practice, I found American RUclips channels to be very helpful in getting understanding of the American accent.

[@ga4110]

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[@bluemrgeniuss]

I'm an actor, and this really helped me practise, not only the strong R consonant, but the differences in vowel sounds to my native Australian accent. Some of the vowel sounds are very different to my accent, and some are subtle in variation to my accent, which can be difficult to get a handle on, without specific practise. Ta!

[@InteractiveEng]

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You're always perfect. I loved it

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The lesson was awesome and I hope I will improve having English my second language.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you for the video...Greetings from West Virginia :)

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[@Berlitz81]

Water with a soft D sound for T.
Not according to the Simon & Garfunkel song ''BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER''.

[@begzoderkinov2748]

So helpful

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@paranoidgenius9164]

The American accent somewhat derives from the Irish accent because the Irish were amongst the first immigrants to colonize America.

[@royjohnson465]

Yes the standard North American dialect is very, very similar to the Irish dialect. I also say the English language came to North America and it was perfected and made better. Ireland and Cornwall have the very best and most accurate English speaking dialect in all of the UK British Isles and Ireland. The rest of England and Wales have the worst English dialect, Scotland is better and Ireland is the best.
~~But outside of that, other than that, “worldwide”:: New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and some minority parts (‘New England’ and south) of the USA have the very worst dialects. The very best English dialects are in the rest of the USA and Canada.

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[@ShahriarkhanAkram]

Need more videos from you regarding shadowing and american accent

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... excellent ... !!!

[@Miguel.Balalaikin.]

Super and I just started learning English

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thank youu

[@hurraynature7449]

Another one to point out is the way we say "do you" which can sometimes come out sounding more like "dju". Or we drop the O like you talk about in other words so it sounds like "d'you"

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This is amazing.

[@InteractiveEng]

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Thank you :)

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[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

I’m from the South, so I definitely need to learn how to speak properly.😅 No, but seriously; A person could have Three PhD’s, be able to recite the Iliad in Ancient Greek, live in a mansion, with a summer house on the French Riviera, and as soon as someone hears that southern accent; you will be labeled as a hick.😢

[@Userofjxjueizos]

Super ! Thank you
Guys, you can make the speed lower to understand each sound too :)

[@InteractiveEng]

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Speaking: cheers mate, you help me a lot 🙏🏻

[@InteractiveEng]

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thank you.

[@InteractiveEng]

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[@thegreatone11]

As an American, I'm very confused

[@rafaeldejesus8494]

very helpfull, from Angola!

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[@aagrahs]

Thanks Mr.Wes ! This video helped me a lot. In School I wasn’t able to make friends because of my accent. I am thankful for your video. 💓
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[@alikachantavy]

Honestly, anyone who avoids you because of your accent is the wrong person to be your friend.

[@Superfit01]

Excellent

[@InteractiveEng]

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