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In this pronunciation lesson, you’ll learn how to pronounce a unique sound which is is the /ju/ as in Use Diphthong.  This sound is unique because normally a diphthong comprises of two different vowel sounds but the /ju/ diphthong comprises of the /j/ consonant which is acting as a vowel in the beginning position and the /u/ as in Shoe Vowel in the ending position. Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode. • Abuse  • Computer  • Cube • Fuel  • Fuse • Future  • Music  • Unity • Few • Mew • Nephew  • YewThe activity for this episode is to get 20 more words that have this sound under the two categories mentioned in this episode. Good news🤭, follow me on Instagram @marvellous_englishwonder to watch me pronounce unique words and also get my free ebook, it's a self guide to the pronunciation of the sounds in American English. If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name either on Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

In this week's pronunciation lesson, you'll learn how to pronounce the /ɑʊ/ as in House Diphthong.  Follow this word list to pronounce all the words in this episode. • Cloud • Round • Couch • Found • Bound • Loud • Sound • Mountain • Pronounce The activity for this episode is to get 20 more words that have this sound. Good news🤭, follow me on Instagram @marvellous_englishwonder to get my free ebook, it's a self guide to the pronunciation of the sounds in American English. If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name either on Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

In this pronunciation lesson, you'll learn how to pronounce the /oʊ/ as in Home Diphthong. Diphthong contains two vowel sounds, for the /oʊ/ as in Home Diphthong, in the beginning position, there is the /ɔ/ as in Saw Vowel and in the ending position, there is the /ʊ/ as in Book Vowel.Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode. • Phone • Cold • Joke • No • Go • Told • Grow • Flow • Slow • Snow • Low • Own • Goal • Goat • Soap • Coat • Road • Load • Soul • Poultry • Dough • Though • Mould The activity for this episode is to get 30 more words that have this sound under any of the categories mentioned in the episode. If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name either on Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

In this pronunciation lesson, you'll learn how to pronounce the /ɔɪ/ as in Boy Diphthong. This sound just like other diphthongs has a beginning position and an ending position.Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.• Coin• Boy• Point• Oil• Choice• Noise• Toil• Toy• Joy• Royal• Loyal• Employ• OysterThe activity for this episode is to get 10 more words with the /ɔɪ/ sound under each category.If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name either on iTunes, Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American.Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

Today, you'll learn how to pronounce the /eɪ/ as in Baby Diphthong. This sound has a beginning position and an ending position. It comprises of the /ɛ/ vowel in the beginning position and the /i/ vowel in the ending position.Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode. • Plane • Face • Paper • Name • Game • Paint • Train • Rain • Nail • Spain • Play • Say • Clay • Day • Obey • Pray • Survey  • Eight • Weight • Break • Great • SteakThe activity I have for you in this episode is to get 10 more words that have this sound under each category. If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name either on iTunes, Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing word.

In this episode, you'll learn what a diphthong is and you'll also learn how to pronounce the /aɪ/ as in Child Diphthong.  A diphthong comprise of two different vowel sounds and as a result, when pronouncing there is always a beginning position and an ending position. This is the movement from one vowel sound to another vowel sound. The /aɪ/ diphthong comprises of the/æ/ vowel in the beginning position and the /i/ vowel in the ending position. Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode. • Kind • Wife  • Climb • Aisle • Sky • Cry • Try • Eye • Lie • Pie • Tie • Right • Flight • Light • Either  • Neither • Height • Guide • Guise • Quite • Require The activity for this episode is to get 10 more words that have the /aɪ/ diphthong under each category of examples I gave. If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name, English Wonder, either on iTunes, Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

Today, you'll learn how to pronounce the /ɜ/ as in Learn Vowel. This sound in American English is synonymous to the /ɹ/ consonant because they are pronounced the same way. Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.• Verb• Serve• University • Service• First• Girl• Firm• Dirty• Word• Work• Worse• Worship• World• Church • Turn• Nurse• Purse• PurpleThe activity for this episode is to get 30 more words that have this sound.If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name either on iTunes, Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American.Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

This contains the pronunciation of all the sounds in American English.

In this episode, you'll learn how to pronounce the /ə/ as in Agree vowel. This sound is always unstressed in American English and its pronunciation is similar to the pronunciation of the /ʌ/ as in Love vowel. Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode. • Amaze • Accept • About • Banana • Famous • Generous • Upon  • Suggest • Correct  • Effort • Tonight The activity for this episode is to get words ending with '-er' and common adverbs that have this sound.  If you haven't subscribed to this podcast, I'll love you to kindly search for this podcast's name either on iTunes, Spotify, Google podcast or any other podcast directories you stream from and subscribe from there. If you also learnt from this episode, I'll appreciate you sharing it with any of your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

In this episode, you'll learn how to pronounce the /u/ as in Shoe Vowel. This vowel sound is unique because it is different from how other vowel sounds are pronounced. Other vowel sounds have just one mouth position while the /u/ sound has two mouth position just like a diphthong.  Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode. • Room • Food • Soon • Truth • Rule • Flew • Crew • Grew • Group • Soup • Routine • Fruit • Juice The activity for this episode is to practice pronouncing this sound ten times every day and also get more words that have this sound under the categories in this episode. Kindly subscribe to this podcast either on iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast or any other podcast directories you're getting it from. I'll also love if you can share this episode with your friends if you got value from it.  Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words. 

In this episode, you'll learn how to pronounce another vowel sound and that is the /ʊ/ as in Book Vowel. This sound is somewhat easy to pronounce so let's learn together.Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.GoodCookWoodCouldWouldShouldPushSugarBullWomanWolfThe activity for this episode is to get more words under the four categories of letters that have this sound. Once you get your words, write them down in your book and keep the collection going.If you haven't subscribed to this episode, kindly search for this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcast or any other podcast directories you're getting it from and subscribe from there.  Also, if you found this episode useful, kindly share it with your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak like a native speaker, particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

Let's learn the pronunciation of the /ɪ/ as in Rich Vowel today. The pronunciation of this sound is somewhat similar to the pronunciation of the /ɛ/ as in Head Vowel and it also shares little similarity with the  /i/ as in Sea Vowel.In this episode, you'll learn how to pronounce the /ɪ/ vowel and I'll also teach you the differences between the pronunciation of the /ɪ/ vowel and the /i/and /ɛ/ vowels. I've taught how to pronounce these sounds in two previous episodes, I'll drop the link to them so that you can learn how to pronounce these two sounds if you haven't listened to them before. Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.  • Begin • Decide • Return • Remind • Trick • Win • Ship • Give • Wish • Little • Gym • System  • Symbol • Pyramid  • Build • Guilt  • Guitar The activity for this episode is to get more words with these letters 'i', 'e', 'y', 'ui', that represent the /ɪ/ vowel.  Follow these links to learn how to pronounce the /i/ as in Sea Vowel and the  /ɛ/ as in Head Vowel. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1492705/8324770  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1492705/8238205 Kindly subscribe to this podcast if you haven't done that before and also kindly share this episode with your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak fluently like a native speaker particularly like an American. Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

This episode is about the /i/ as in Sea Vowel. This sound can be referred to as a smiling sound because the pronunciation of this sound is made like a smile.   Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode. • Three • Free • See • Cheese • Screen • Agree • Week  • Tea • Cheap  • Dream • Eat • Meat • Weak • Receive  • Chief  • Believe  • Piece • Scene  • Fever • Complete  • Unique  • Boutique  • Antique   The activity for this episode is to search for more words that have the /i/ sound and write those words in your book. To make this activity interactive for you, you can join our Facebook group, that's ENGLISH WONDERERS.   Kindly subscribe to this podcast if you haven't done that already and kindly share this episode with your friends that are also interested in learning how to speak like a native speaker, particularly like an American.  Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

This episode is about the /ɔ/ as in Saw Vowel. This sound when in its pure form is not often used by Americans, they make use of it more when it's in its modified form. So in this episode, you'll learn how to pronounce this sound in its pure and modified form.   Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.All Small  Wall Call  Sauce  Saw Law Lawn Sport Order More North Four Court Your  Course  The activity for this episode is to get 50 words with pure /ɔ/ and 50 words with modified /ɔ/. To make this activity interactive for you, you can join our Facebook group, that's ENGLISH WONDERERS. There, you'll be able to participate and also interact with other English Wonderers.  Kindly subscribe to this podcast if you haven't done that before and kindly share this episode with your friends who are also interested in speaking fluently like a native speaker, particularly like an American.  Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

In this episode, you'll learn how to pronounce the /ɛ/ as in Head Vowel and you'll also learn the difference between the pronounciation of  /æ/ and /ɛ/.Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.SendTellEmptyAmericaMetalHeadMeasure LeatherHeavyReadyAnyManyBurySaidSayLeopard The activity for this episode is to search for more words that have the /ɛ/ sound.Kindly subscribe to this podcast from the podcast directory you're getting it from and also kindly share it with your friends that are also interested in speaking English like a native speaker.Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

The /ɑ/ sound as in FATHER Vowel in American English is a vowel sound and this implies that it's voiced because it makes sound with the vocal cord in form of vibration. This sound requires a lot of jaw drop unlike the /ʌ/ sound which doesn't require a lot of jaw drop.Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.DarkLargeGardenStartHardBarCarStarCartSmartFarParkFarmArmyMarchHarvard Body BombBondBossBottleBoxChop ClockCoffeeCollegeDogDollFromGodOfficeOftenOxygenBalmChicago GarageFather LaughAuntDraughtPausePauperDaughter The activity for this episode is to get more examples of words with the /ɑ/ sound under these category of letters: ar, o, a, au.If you've gotten value from this episode and you haven't subscribe to this podcast, then you've got to kindly subscribe to this podcast and also kindly share this episode with your friends that also desire to speak English fluentlyAlways remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

This tip on stress and intonation if practiced will help you speak with an American accent. This tip makes the English Language distinct from other languages, and it's the reason English is referred to as a stress-timed language unlike some other languages. As a stress-timed language, syllables in words are not pronounced with the same length and duration, as a result, there are stressed syllables that require emphasis while pronouncing and unstressed syllables that does not require emphasis.Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.MoneyAdmission CareerTomorrow AlongThe activity for this episode is to write ten 2 syllable words and ten 3 syllable words,  practice pronouncing those words appropriately by placing emphasis on the stressed syllables. Kindly subscribe to this podcast and kindly share this episode with your friends.Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

In this episode, you're going to learn fruit vocabulary,  you'll learn how to pronounce some kind of fruit. Follow this list to pronounce the fruits.AppleBananaOrangeStrawberry Blueberry BlackberryRaspberry Pineapple WatermelonLemonMangoPlumTangerine The activity for this episode is to get the spellings of the three uncommon fruits pronounced towards the end of this episode. You can send your answer to our Facebook group, that's ENGLISH WONDERERS.Kindly subscribe to this podcast and share this episode with your friends and anyone around you who is interested in speaking English like a native speaker.Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.

This episode is all about figures, numbers like 1,2,3,4.  The figures talked about in this episode have special pronunciation because they have the Flap T characteristics. You'll learn how Americans pronounce this category of figures. *If you haven't listened to my previous episode on Flap T, ensure you listen to it so that you can have a better understanding of what I mean by Flap T. The activity for this episode is to write down 3 digit numbers with 3, 4, 8, 9 in the middle like 247, 695 etc, that you can practice with. You can drop a comment on our Facebook group when you're done practicing, it's ENGLISH WONDERERS. You subscribing to this podcast is a way to let me know you're here for me, so kindly subscribe. Also, kindly share this episode with your friends so that they can also learn from here.Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words!

This episode is a concluding episode on how to pronounce the modified /æ/ when it's followed by  nasal consonants.  It's on the other two nasal consonants /m, n/ and you'll learn how to pronounce words with /æ/ when it's followed by these nasal consonants because it's not your usual way of pronouncing them, you'll learn the American way to pronounce them. Follow this word list to pronounce the words in this episode.FamilyVampirePamperCamera Banana MansionStandCandle BrandDance StampHandFanThis week's activity is to get more words under this category that you can practice with. Join our Facebook Group, that's ENGLISH WONDERERS to learn more. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't done that and also don't forget to share this with your friends.Always remember to keep practicing and keep pronouncing words.