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.
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 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
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 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.
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 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.
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...
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.
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?? 😂😂😂
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.
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.
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.
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 :-)
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
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/
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
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.
@@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
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 ^^
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.
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?"
