The America Accent Course-------The 50 rules you must know
The Consonsant Sound Rules
Rule One : Full Pronouncing Every Consonants
Rule Two: Voiced and Voiceless Consonants
Voiced Consonants :? Pronouncing with vocal cord vibration
Voiceless Consonants : Pronouncing without? vocal cord vibration
RULE? :?? Vowel is longer before voiced consonant
Rule Three :? The "th" Sound
The pronouncing tip :? 1.the tip is the tongue touches the upper teeth with the air? flow coming out
2.don't touch too hard to let air flowing
The voiced consonant "th" :? /e/???? The voiceless consonant "th" :? θ
Rule Four :? TheAmerican "L" Sound
The American "L" sound is prolong and softer
Tip :? Keeping tongue touch upper palate in the end of phoneme
Rule Five :? The American "R" Sound
RULE :? "R" is never silent? And? just curl tip and pull it back
Tip : The British English usually simplify the "R" if it's last letter of the words and silenting it while it following with consonsant phoneme
Rule Six :? The American "W" Sound
RULE :? Round your lips and let air flows out????? I.E.?? wait for me——"ROUND LIPS"
PS :? qui——/kw/
Rule Seven :? The "V" and "W" Sound
RULE :? The lower lip touches the upper teeth
PS :? The phoneme of "V" is similar to "W" ,? the only difference is mouth and vibration
Rule Eight :? The "S" and "Z" Sound
Cation :? The "S" is voiceless consonant with "Z" is voiced consonant
RULE :? The "s" in the end of word pronouncing voiced ("Z") when it follows voiced while pronouncing voiceless when follows voiceless("S")
I.E.? Book-------Books????? bag---------bags? laugh---------laughs
Rule Nine :? The Stop and Continuant
The "Stop" :? The consonant? produced when we stop air flow(holding the tongue and the teeth or close lips)
The "Continuant" :? The sound we can continue air flow as long as we want when we pronouncing
I.E.??? JOB----------stop???????????????????????? YES------------continuant
RULE :? 1.Prolong the continuant
2.Don't release the stop before a consonant(just like? close mouth stop replace stop consonant)
3.The stop usually pronounced by"T" or "D" in the end of word
Rule Ten : "T" between Two Vowels
RULE :? "T" between two vowels is a fast "D"
Rule Eleven :? "T" followed by "N"
RULE :? Hold the "T" followed by "N" , and simplify the other phoneme.
I.E.?? written---------writtn?????? mountain---------mountn
Tip :? The phoneme between "T" and followed "N" would be omitted
Rule Twelve :? The "ING" Sound ———————————————CHECK AGAIN
RULE :? The "ING" Sound is pronounced with back of tongue touch upper palate
Rule Thirteen :? "TR" and "DR" Sounds
RULE : 1. The "TR" sounds like a short "Chr"??? I.E.? Tree???? Try??? Introduct
2. The "DR" sounds like a short "Zir"(cn) or "Jr"(en)?????? I.E.??? Dry??? Dress???? Dream
Rule Fourteen :? "TU" and "DU" Sounds
RULE :? 1. The "TU" phoneme "t?" [Followed vowel is "t?u" ]sounds like "Ch"(en) or "Qi"(cn)????? I.E.??? Actual?? Statue? Nature
2. The "DU" [Not stressed phoneme] sounds like "J"???????? I.E.? Graduate?????? Educate?????? Schedule
3. The "T" followed by "you" sounds like "t?u"?????????????? I.E.?? want you---------want? you
4.The "D" followed by "you" sounds like "Ju"??????????????? I.E.?? would you----------woulj you
Rule Fifteen :? "ED" Endings
RULE :? 1. If last letter is "T" or "D" , "ED" is a separate syllable?????? I.E.?? Waited------waited ;?? Need--------needed
2. If last letter is voiceless , "ED" become a "T" sound .??????? I.E.??? Stopped-------stopt ;?? Worked-------workt
3. If last letter is voiced , "ED" become a "D" sound .?????????? I.E.??? Robbed--------robd ;??? Used----------used