Common
American English
Pronunciation Errors
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Vowel Errors
 
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Pronunciation will be improved dramatically by correcting 3 or 4 critical Vowel errors.
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Problem:
  Long and short vowels are confused:
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   "cat” sounds like “cart"
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   “man” sounds like “men”
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   “ran” sounds like “run”
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   "fool” sounds like “full”
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   “cup" sounds like “cap”
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   “seat" sounds like “sit”


 
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
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Consonant Errors
 
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Pronunciation will also be improved by correcting a few critical Consonant errors.
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Problem:
  Sounds mispronounced:
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   “thin” is mispronounced as “sin”
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   “bill” is mispronounced as “pill”
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   “van” is mispronounced as “fan”
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   “they” is mispronounced as “day"
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   “made” is mispronounced as “mate”
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   “clothe” is mispronounced as “close”
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   “rise” is mispronounced as “rice"
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   “spoon” is mispronounced as “spool”
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   “vet” is mispronounced as “wet”



 
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
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Intonation Errors
 
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Using the correct stress and rhythm will immediately improve your ability to be understood.
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Problem:
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Rate - Fast - Vowels are pronounced too quickly
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Pitch - Flat - the voice must go up and down to create the proper "melody" of American English.
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Stress - Syllable and word stress are often incorrect.
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Intonation - Patterns are often incorrect
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Linking - words are separated slightly, creating "choppy" speech.




 
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
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