All of the Sounds of American English — #GOALS English
When it comes to learning general American pronunciation in English, I encourage all English learners to go back to the start and get a clear understanding of all of the sounds used in American English. Even highly advanced and fluent English speakers sometimes have points of confusion with at least some of the vowel and consonant sounds in American English.
Commonly confused vowels in American English include the different ‘oo’ sounds such as in “moon” and “book” or the short i and long e such as in “sit” vs. “seat.” Of course, there is also the schwa which is actually the most used vowel in English, but rarely gets the attention it deserves.
Difficult consonant sounds in American English include the two ‘th’ sounds as well as the various different pronunciations of the ‘t’ sound, especially the flap ‘t’.
I have a video lesson on this and more here: All of the Sounds of American English… Made Simple, if you prefer to watch a video, but I wanted to create this text and audio lesson below as a reference guide for you to be able to quickly return to when you need clarification on the various sounds of American English.
Bookmark it and review it from time to time to review. Let’s go!
