American English pronunciation errors made by speakers native to the Philippines

Common
American English
Pronunciation Errors

Vowel Errors

Philippines

Pronunciation will be improved dramatically by correcting 3 or 4 critical Vowel errors.

Problem:

Long and short Vowels are confused:

i.e.

"fit” sounds like “feet"

i.e.

“ran” sounds like “run”

i.e.

“full” sounds like “fool”

i.e.

"bought" sounds like "boat"

Solution:
AAP Vowel Tutorial

Techniques Taught :

- Tongue Position
- Lip Position
- Jaw Position
- Tongue Tension
- Vowel Length
- Compound Vowels

Targeted Exercises

- Vowel Reductions
- Vowel Sounds
- Vowel Pairs
- Vowel Length Drills

Consonant Errors

Philippines

Pronunciation will also be improved by correcting a few critical Consonant errors.

Problem:

Sounds mispronounced:

The " f " and "p": sounds are often confused.

i.e.

Filipino may sound like Filifino

The " t " sound is often pronounced like a "d".

i.e.

"tin" may sound like "din"

Other common errors include:

"b" is pronuounced like a "v"

"r" is pronounced like an " l "

"s" is pronounced like a " f "

"s" is pronounced like an "z"

Solution:
AAP Consonant Tutorial

Techniques Taught :

- Placement
- Airflow
- Voicing

Targeted Exercises

- Consonant Sounds

24 different sounds

- L Drills

Blends
Sound combinations

- R Drills

Beginning
Middle
Ending

Intonation Errors

Philippines

Using the correct stress and rhythm will immediately improve your ability to be understood.

Problem:

Pitch is often flat - needs to go up and down to create the correct "melody" of American English..

Stress is often placed on the wrong syllable of a word:

i.e.

pho-to-graph vs. photo-graph

i.e.

The wrong word is stressed in a sentence or question.

Intonation - very often incorrect

Rate - speech is fast

Solution:
AAP Intonation Tutorial

Techniques Taught :

- Stress
- Pitch
- Steps and Glides
- Duration

Targeted Exercises

- Intonation Patterns
- Compound Nouns
- Heteronyms
- Word Reductions
- Sentence Level Intonation
- Contrastive Intonation
- Response Drills
- Tag Questions