The "before" recording
A standard passage at the start. At the end of the course you put the two recordings together and hear the difference yourself.
General American is the accent of broadcasts, podcasts and stand-ups in distributed teams. We build it one sound at a time: the R first, then the flap T and reduction, then the rhythm that makes speech sound natural rather than rehearsed.
A standard passage at the start. At the end of the course you put the two recordings together and hear the difference yourself.
In American English the R sounds everywhere: car, water, better. It is the first thing that marks the accent, and the first thing we set.
Water, better, city — the T becomes a quick tap of the tongue. Plus gonna, wanna and the other contractions of everyday speech.
Unstressed syllables flatten into a schwa. Without that a sentence sounds too crisp — and therefore foreign.
A flatter intonation than the British one, with the stress on the words that carry meaning. Practised on real dialogue.
The same passage, and two files side by side. It is the most honest measure this course has.
per 45-minute one-to-one lesson · minimum course is 12 lessons