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In the American English Pronunciation Podcast, Mandy offers weekly lessons covering the most common and difficult English pronunciation issues for non-native English speakers and ESL students everywhere. Formal and informal pronunciation patterns are discussed. Learn about the pronunciations you are actually hearing in conversational English, not just perfect "dictionary pronunciation."

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  1. #1: The English th sounds
  2. #2: The English t sound and d sound
  3. #3: The English s sound and z sound
  4. #4: The American English r sound
  5. #5: The American English r sound and l sound
  6. #6: The American English r-controlled vowels
  7. #7: The English w sound and y sound
  8. #8: The American English long vowel sounds
  9. #9: The American English short vowel sounds
  10. #10: The American English oo sound and u (as in put)
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  1. #11: The American English aw sound, oi sound, and ow sound
  2. #12: The American English common contractions
  3. #13: The American English informal contractions
  4. #16: Reduced Prounouns: he, him, her, them
  5. #14: Linking consonant sounds
  6. Newer still episode 1
  7. #19: The English -ed ending pronunciation
  8. #15: Linking vowel sounds
  9. #18: The English f sound and v sound
  10. #20: The Rhythm Rule and Sentence Stress
  11. #17: The English sh sound and zh sound
  12. #21: The Rhythm Rule and Sentence Stress, continued
  13. #40: been, not bean
  14. #75: The differences between can and can't
  15. #102: Russian/Ukrainian Special Episode
  16. #47: could, should, and would
  17. #46: th+r=difficult sound combination
  18. #22: Review all the sounds covered so far
  19. #105: Pronouncing "though," "thought," "through," and "thorough"
  20. Special episode: Japanese speakers of English as a Second Language
  21. #55: Introduction to intonation and high pitch words
  22. #116: Using "ain't"
  23. #100: A Hundred/One Hundred
  24. #81: Comparing the long o and ow sound
  25. #24: English ch sound and j sound
  26. #25: English ng sound, beginning nasal sounds
  27. #73: Reducing the word "of" to the schwa sound
  28. #41: the silent b in the -mb spelling
  29. #101: Subtle oddities of the word 'subtle'
  30. #109: s sound, z sound, sh sound, and zh sound; compare and contrast
  31. #74: Are the words for and four pronounced the same?
  32. #97: The transition from 'used to' to 'useta'
  33. #91: iPad/iPod, the world's newest short a/short o minimal pair
  34. #23: English p sound and b sound
  35. #28: English h sound
  36. #30: 2-syllable word stress and -tion/-sion syllable stress
  37. #43: about the words world and word
  38. #42 VIDEO 1 review long and short vowels, long and short a
  39. #27: English g sound and k sound
  40. #26: English m sound and n sound
  41. #29: compare the short i and long e sounds
  42. #31: -ic suffix word syllable stress
  43. Special episode: Spanish speakers of English as a Second Language
  44. #33: -ate suffix word syllable stress and heteronyms
  45. #71: dropped syllables, syncope
  46. #34: consonant plus y suffix word syllable stress
  47. #53: Phrasal verb sentence stress
  48. #63: When Americans don't say the t sound
  49. #82: Thanksgiving holiday th sounds review
  50. #110: The troublesome v sound and f sound
  51. #44: letter x pronunciations
  52. #115: Sound combinations: sp-, st-, sk-, sc-
  53. #99: Three-word informal contractions
  54. #69: Numbers: Teens versus Tens
  55. #108: In the US, it is "learned" and "spelled," while the British kept "learnt" and "spelt"
  56. #56: Extra-high pitch words for extra intensity
  57. #88: Why is 'tch' easier to pronounce than 'ch'?
  58. #96: The word women could have been wimmen
  59. #58: Pitch Boundaries, Rising and Falling
  60. #94: t+y=ch, d+y=j
  61. #113: The h sound, like a chameleon
  62. #72: Substituting the n sound for the ng sound in the -ing ending
  63. #121: Introducing EnglishAssembly.com!
  64. #104: Pronouncing "pronounce" and "pronunciation"
  65. #111: Linking v and f sounds
  66. #48: talk and walk and other -alk words
  67. #35: there, their, they're: they're all said the same!
  68. #54: Pre-buy the new book for a big discount!
  69. #76 VIDEO 9: Schwa Part 1
  70. #32: -ize suffix word syllable stress
  71. #107: ck after short vowels, k after all the others
  72. #118: The prefix re-
  73. #106: long u stressed and reduced
  74. #39: quit, quite, and quiet
  75. #50: The silent t in sten and stle
  76. #90: The j sound, spelled j, dge, ge, and g(i)
  77. #119: The bunched r sound
  78. Special episode: Chinese speakers of English as a Second Language
  79. #57: Comparing extra-high and rising pitch words
  80. #93: Do you accidentally make your l sound into a w sound?
  81. #60: Are tag questions really questions?
  82. #85: Why is the word Christmas pronounced with a k sound?
  83. #142: The syllabic l
  84. #77: Comparing the long e, short i, short e, and short u sounds
  85. #117: Suffixes with the ch sound
  86. #68: Voiced and Unvoiced th sound review
  87. Remote Assessments with Seattle Learning Academy!
  88. #103 audio of video 17: Introduction to the "Other Vowels" /u/ /ʊ/ /ɔ/ /aʊ/ /ɔɪ/
  89. #87: Two New Year's announcements: a new logo and a coupon
  90. #130: 2-syllable word stress

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