The Rhythm of English

The American Accent: How to Sound as Smooth as a Native Speaker

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The Rhythm of English
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Jan 2024
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What you will learn

the native rhythm of American English

Why take this course?

Maybe you've worked on your vowels and consonants, but you still don't sound as smooth as a native speaker?  Sounding choppy and stressing every word is the surest way to have people tune you out.  Learn the secrets of smooth English, in detail, from this passionate instructor.  This course is her labor of love.   Learn the nature of English stress, how to energize and de-energize a syllable, which words to stress, how to stress them, what do do with words we don't stress and all sorts of tools for de-stressing a word, including reductions, contractions, linking and blending.  You'll even learn how to identify and produce the different types of T, which can make or break your rhythm.  This course has more detail than any other course on rhythm.   You'll learn how to connect past tense words to the next word and how to make "an" sound natural in front of a noun.  You'll learn the pronunciation difference between "built in 1990" and "built-in hot tub."  Lessons are varied so you won't get bored.  Pictures, stories and poems help illustrate the lessons.  Practice the lessons by listening to and repeating sentences over and over with the repetition audio recordings in the resource sections.  Repetition practice improves your listening and observation skills while it hones your muscle memory.   Print out the written material for note taking and guiding yourself through the practice audio.  Free monthly live Zoom office hour for students who have completed at least 50% of the course.  This course can be taken in conjunction with Word Stress and either of the courses on vowels or consonants.   What are you waiting for?  Learn the ins and outs of the American accent.

Content

Introduction

Introduction

Rhythm Basics

Foundations of English Rhythm
What to Stress
How to Stress
How to Squeeze Function Words
Rhythm Review So Far

Function Word Reductions

Function Word Reduction Overview
Reducing Can
Reducing Have & Has
Reducing You & Your
Reducing Prepositions
Reducing H Pronouns

More Reductions: Contractions

To Be Contractions
Will Contractions
Would Contractions
Have & Has Contractions
Future Perfect Contractions
Future Perfect Progressive Contractions
Had Contractions
Negative Contractions

Linking

Part 1: Linking Same Consonants
Part 2: Linking Different Consonants
Park 3: Linking Consonant to Vowel
Part 4: Trick Linking - T&D
Linking-part 5- Linking Long Vowel to Vowel
Linking-part 6-Linking Short Vowel to Vowel
Linking-part 7: Linking Review

Tricky T

Part 1: Tricky T- Clear T, Held T, TN, NT
Part 2: Tricky T- Fast D (Flap D)

Blending

What is Blending?
More Blending Practice

Review with Poems

Poem "Roses are Red"

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Reviews

Angelina
May 17, 2023
Thanks for explaining so well. Understanding the fast pronunciation of words should help with listening too.
Sam
May 16, 2023
Yes when teacher claps the rhythm and uses the hands, I understand. More about gestures and rhythm please
Koby
May 16, 2023
This teacher calls it rhythm. Some teachers call it sentence stress. It is the same but this class has more detail
Isla
May 15, 2023
I hope teacher will add more lessons about loud function words. Like question words. I didn’t see a lesson about that. But great help! Thank you!
Tim
December 14, 2022
It is so mesmerizing me to watch her do the rhythm and swing her hand to the beats. I hope I can learn the same. It is like music, but not music because it is just for talking.
Brian
December 14, 2022
It is quite an eye-opener if you take this course with the same teacher’s other courses because you are trying to squeeze and make function words quiet, but at the same time you have to know how to make the vowels and consonants clear. All the courses together is very well rounded pronunciation education. Highly recommend. It will take you a few months but worth it.
Shane
December 14, 2022
I met teacher and other students on zoom and we all swung our hands like a pendulum as we worked on the rhythm. It helps to feel the rhythm in the body. Then you can speak it better.
Kobita
December 14, 2022
Doing the rhythm is very challenging, but Sheila makes it seem so fun and easy. I think it is very important. If you want to sound good. Other classes I have tried don’t teach it as well.
Korlen
December 14, 2022
entertaining and educational. My spouse is native speaker and tought the class was very educational too.
Kristen
November 10, 2022
Excellent vocabulary and content. Basically everything you require in one English language course. Congrats.
Gary
November 10, 2022
Such a pertinent, rich, structured, and thorough education has never been discovered. For those who desire to grasp English in all of its facets, I wholeheartedly suggest it. Thanks
Jan
July 11, 2022
Brilliant course! Fantastic detailed explanations of the rhythm in English! The course was a huuuuuuuge help! ;-)
Giselle
June 4, 2022
This is an excellent course for improve your pronunciation, I really like hers approach, leaving extra audio records to repetition practice. Sheila is a great teacher, and she doesn't care spend all her effort and time for make this the best course of rhythm of English!!!!
Lesther
May 30, 2022
I've really noticed a great improvement since the last course I took from this teacher and I could say that my pronunciation is just getting better every time.
Karin
April 4, 2021
This course is amazing. I truly recommend the Rhythm of English course. The lessons are easy to follow, and so important to learn.

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