This is one of the best lectures on English Pronunciation I have ever seen. And I have been an EFL teacher for 30 years now.

my brother-in-law speaks english with strong german accent for 40 years and never want to change it. Every one in America understands him and reciprocally. Never had any problem.

@TileBitan

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i don't know what's the problem with this. If people don't understand you it's most likely your pronounciation, not your accent. If i were a french dude i wouldn't want to lose 100% of my sexy accent

@LKpixels

3 жыл бұрын

It's probably for people who want to get the American accent like me, or native English people already get familiar with foreign accents.

The most strange and funny think is that in my head, right before I start to speak, the words are so "native", all of them with a perfect accent. Than I open my mouth. Kkkkkk

@dashavike8579

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, the same in my headspace)

@tonyrod4388

4 жыл бұрын

lol...OMG! You are so funny.

@andrzej1978gda

4 жыл бұрын

If you have the native sound of the words "in your head", then a good way to improve is regularly reading aloud

@veronicavazquez9853

4 жыл бұрын

I can relate😀

@studyinginthedesert7690

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good sign, though! You have a good model of a native accent in your mind, a precursor to noticing and improving.

The weirdest thing to practice pronunciation is to discover that there are muscles in your throat that you are not used to exercise, so when you practice English as a non native speaker, your throat will hurt haha

i love the way she teaches, she's open and honest sharing her intentions.

29:27: The best demonstration ever of the rythm of English.

I'm definitely working on reducing my accent. I was born in the US, in the south ( never left the country) but I just hate the way I and most people around me talk. I often mispronounce words even though I'm a born English speaker. I never realized how much my peers ( North Carolinian's ) butcher words until I listen. this video was really helpful. thanks

She is fully correct: If you cannot hear it, you will not be able to produce it.

@bennozappenduster8557

4 жыл бұрын

Especially when you hear sounds that do not exist in your native language. Trying to speak tonal languages when your native language is not one.

@rogerinkeywest

4 жыл бұрын

The lady is correct to a certain extent; for one, our vocal cords will be fully develop by the age of 9 or 10. Which makes learning a second language easier before that age in regard to those sounds that do not exist on your language, i.e. a person from Thailand trying to roll the first "R" in any word in the Spanish language. Or the sound of a "TH" for a Hungarian person when speaking English.

@brendon2462

3 жыл бұрын

You can pick up sounds eventually. But you have to listen for hundreds and even thousands hours.

@testingsomething5280

3 жыл бұрын

@@fattiger5953 we saw it the first time

@ImranKhan-ob7gz

3 жыл бұрын

@@rogerinkeywest to ci

My Spanish accent attracted girls like flies to a candy, but I lost it after so many years in the Army, today I dont even know what accent I have. It was a charm.

@kaylahyang1712

3 жыл бұрын

It might has to do you were so handsome years ago, but you are not as handsome as before. The charm was washed away by time not the absence of a spanish accent.

This is briliant. Its like she is articulating my thoughts. It's great to know they have done so much study on the spoken language, and almost every aspect of the spoken language is documented and categorized. The best part is when she talks about how people bring the phonetic rules of their native language, and impose it on the second language. This really helps you understand why people speak a certain way. Its always good to have a teacher who is enthusiastic about the subject material, practices it in daily life, and is always trying to find new ways of making their students assimilate the knowledge.

@isisbrunabruna533

9 жыл бұрын

@HuaJarry

9 жыл бұрын

daSuperChunk it realyy is.

@abbyw9782

7 жыл бұрын

You said exactly what I want to say. Great course! thanks go to the teacher and all the teachers in the world!

@Elijah100k

4 жыл бұрын

why is you writing so much?

I feel that... when I speak English I feel like a different person it is not as if my personality changed but it's different and also my voice tone changes...

@gerabadillo7889

8 жыл бұрын

+Dilo Rodrigues +Dilo Rodrigues Lo mismo me pasó, pero al inicio; pero con más práctica después lo puedes integrar a tu personalidad en español y viceversa; aparte que dominar un segundo lenguaje te puede dar mucha más confianza, y la verdad eso está super padre; siento que voy en esa parte; pero te digo hermano, se trata de practicar el idioma machín, machín; lo más recomendable con nativos; y despues tu entonación también la podrás modular en cualquiera de las dos con el mismo dominio.

@kevinpopescu9741

8 жыл бұрын

+Dilo Rodrigues me too! Even though I'm quiet an sometime a little bit socially ackward with people I don't know, I suddently become extroverted and full of conversation subjects when I speak english or japanese. My voice is lower too. I don't know why though

@teacherdilo

8 жыл бұрын

This is awesome isnt it? I think our challenge is to bring it to our life when speaking our own language because it's great to comunicate freelly leting our ideas out regardless languange we're speaking...

@maues14

8 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. By the way, I speak Brazilian Portuguese.

@jerfersonmatos28

7 жыл бұрын

Bruno Levy Flamengooooo

I was 16 when I had the chance to get to the United States. I wanted to pick up the Southern drawl in Dallas, Texas. The way I spoke was close to a native speaker's performance. My first language is German. That makes the acquisition a little bit easier. It was a great lecture, seminar and practice unit at the same time by this great instructor.

Thank you 🙏🏼 It was very helpful. I have lived in the States for 30 years since I was 10 & I still have an accent. I’m a profesional & I will like to internationally work on reducing it for better communication. PS: if I were in class physically I would have given her a very good rating as she presented very valuable rules & she was easy to follow & appeared respectful of all cultures which it’s always important especially when we are talking about languages.

@ed1476

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 😂

I cannot believe how clear her pronunciation is and I can feel that it's tremendously helping me understand her lecture, also much easier to focus on the subject.

@pinklady7184

4 жыл бұрын

She probably has learned vocal training in actors' workshops. There, she would have learned their vigorous tongue movements, breath control exercises, ear training with eye masks, etc.

She is a great teacher. She's so polite and patient. She reminds me of my high school ESL teachers when I first came to the USA and started learning English.

In my opinion, this is the best accent reduction course. !!! Glad I find this video

@user-zr2cs5zg6q

4 жыл бұрын

But where is the rest of the course?

"Seychas" meaning "now" is used in Russian language most of the time. "Shas" is more colloquial, shortened and informal way of pronouncing "seychas" and will be frowned upon in the formal conversation. "Chas" meaning "hour" is pronounced differently from "shas" meaning "now". It starts with "ch" as in "chair" or "chips", as oppose to "shas" which starts with "sh" as in "she" or "shower". That is if you are still interested.

@MR-jx8dv

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the explanation :)

@lembergsohn

4 жыл бұрын

well, the russian word "seychas" is pronounced quickly as "shchas" with the sound "shch" that English doesn't have. however , there is something more to the example she gives here. the thing is that it would be just incorrect to answer the question "when does the concert start" with "chas" in russian although it's correct in English. If the concert were to start at 1 pm you would have to answer the question "when does the concert start" with "AT 1p.m" or in russian words " V chas". so in reality you just can't mix these two up, really.

@BelRusMikalai

4 жыл бұрын

Volodymyr Panat хорошо ответил

@zamanium7517

4 жыл бұрын

Женщина сказала 'час' . Ей полюбому говорили 'щас' а не 'час'. Она на слух не различает эти звуки . Плюс она не правильно переспрашивала , надо было сказать 'в час ?'

@enclave2k1

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know how interested I was until I read this comment. Thank you.

I wish I'd had a teacher like you in high school teaching English

Exellent academic teachers, who touches every aspect of studying in slightly boring, but profound manner.

She sounds like an amazingly cultured instructor/ teacher and well tuned professor! Terrific!

i know its been eight years. but i really hope i could come to this teacher's class. if anyone know who she is, and where i could find more classes of hers, i'd be really thankful. i have been searching for videos about accent reduction. and there are many here on youtube. but this one, is so far the BEST one i have ever came over with. thank you, lady from sc university.

@m3c4nyku43

2 жыл бұрын

0:08 : Dr. Kay Herbert

"If you learned a second language later in life, you're always going to have an accent." ...How ....reassuring.

@lordmono9986

4 жыл бұрын

That's not true

@M96520

4 жыл бұрын

That's bullshit

@Stuit3rb4l

4 жыл бұрын

Actually your accent changes with every new language you study, because of new muscle-movements you acquire, so the pronunciation of your first language changes too!

@eugenvataman7726

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you all. I just quoted what she said in the vid (beginning).

@pascale110

4 жыл бұрын

The truth is an accent can only be changed by putting one on and by practicing regularly using that accent then the accent will be naturally used over time.

great class! 15 years in the US and now I have a system to work on the accent. thanks!

Fantastic professor. Problem is many of us wrestle with the idea of admission that we have an accent. It is almost as if a stigma to have it. But love how she completely disarmed us from the beginning and made us feel accepting with stressing the fact that an accent doesn't reflect the intelligence of a speaker necessarily. Thank you for the video.

Great teacher and not ashamed of learning to use technology as she teaches. KUDOS to her!! Theme extremely important in language acquisition - where accent reduction will help intelligibility. As concerning intelligence perception other cultural factors will also play a role.

Something none of my teachers taught me before. great video!

One of the best lectures on youtube. People are fortunate to listen to the lecture.

I never could pay attention in classes like this when a teacher was speaking this way.

I am famous for switching videos but believe me i watched this at a stretch(taking notes),AMAZING and interesting :) I like this Lady's teaching,most of all ,her commitment is Extra-ordinary :)

6:58 I am sure she now enjoys writing on the screen and tells her new students, It is funny eight years ago we didn't have this :)

The teacher is very good. I've watched many methods and this video shows one of the easiest to learn and pass along. Thank you.

As i'm thai,I commonly find difficulty of accent yet thai is tonal then when i'm about to speak, it brings my English the same tone without intonation.So i'm willing to say this video is very remarkable and effective for my practice. Big thanks for you!

She’s a great teacher! Thank you!

Excellent!!! Thank you so much! I haven’t realized that the T, D or C sounds have more “air” in English than in Spanish... is so useful to know that kind of stuff... also the American rhythm! Very important!

I loved it. The teacher is great and clear in everything she said.

What an amazing explanation! She's really enthusiastic and concerned on student's understanding. Wow!

excellent professor.

I've been through bunch of courses/youtube tutorials and whatsoever.. man this one is the best one!

Very accurate and informative. Best accent reduction class IMO. Thank you.

Fantastic. Thank you Kay and University of South Carolina for sharing this material

Mam.. This is the best lecture about accent mastery!

VERY clear and comprehensive presentation. So proud hearing English explained so well. Thank you.

I think she´s great. In such little time she went through all the main aspects of phonetics.

I love this video. This is the most helpful accent reduction course i have seen so far, and you can actually learn something after watching it. I wish I could be in the class.

Such a wonderful explanation of the proper stressing of the new information! I learned to copy the intonations , but I have never thought about the logic behind it

Adorable teacher! And very helpful this video. Thank you for posting it!

This is so helpful! Best accent reduction class I have ever seen. Wish I were one of those students there!

College profs. are like that. I like the way she explains it and I've been dealing with this language for way too long. It's always good to enjoy a simple class like this. I speak 3 languages!

I lived in US 20 years, I tried best to make word by word correct and people still say "I don't understand your English". But this amzing teaching gievs me the reason and solution. Best of best Englisg teaching vido I had watched

@jamesclay9527

2 жыл бұрын

You can run but you can't hide

@jamesclay9527

2 жыл бұрын

You can run but you can't hide

@jamesclay9527

2 жыл бұрын

You can run but you can't hide

Thank you for sharing this helpful primer on speaking English to be understood from the East Coast USC. While the speaker has a strong Southern accent and tends to wander a bit more than ideal, this accessible presentation shares revealing personal stories and shares several practical tips to help international students and ITAs feel more confident and become more competent in speaking English in common academic contexts.

she is brilliant , as a polyglot I also agree that a correct pronunciation is something that you need to develop gradually. Being able to pronounce almost as if you were a native speaker can take some time . However with a lot of exposure and practice you will acquire the sounds that do not exist in your native language.

What an awesome lesson! Thanks for sharing your teaching experience in a systematic way. I've learned a lot from the video.

Great Class! Very useful and opened my mind!

she's an amazing theacher. enthusiastic, self-motivated all teacher should be like That.

Thank you for a wonderful lecture which I have greatly enjoyed. Here is what I have noticed and would like to comment on because it contradicted my knowledge and experience: 1. It IS possible to master a foreign language pronunciation and sound native after age 12, but it takes several thousands of training hours and an expert phonetician. 2. the Russian "Seychas" becomes reduced to a palatalized or soft sibilant fricative [SH'] but not to [s + CH], so it sounds like [SH'a:s] or [SHja:s] but no way [sCHa:s]. 3. The English pronunciation, phonetics, and IPA transcription are widely taught in the departments of foreign languages of most universities and colleges (except for that in English-speaking countries). 4. Any actions that involves a physical manifestation requires this three-stage components of Knowledge, Coached Skills, and Automated Skills. First, you learn that something exists, then you are controllably coached to use it, and finally it becomes your automated and unconscious skill. 5. None of the world's languages are spelled the same way they sound but differ in a number of rules or exceptions between spelling and pronunciation, so English is not complex or ideographic but just another language. 6. Stressed are not words but nominal parts of speech which in turn follow a fixed hierarchy (nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, preposition, etc.) when there are several nominals together and only within their own syntagma (or "thought group"). 7. IF is a conjunction of condition. 8. There are 3 kinds of syllabic stress: intensity, length, and pitch, the last of which involves a tone or lilt, and native speakers of tonal languages (as Chinese, Vietnamese) impose a rising tone but neither intensity nor length. 9. In the example "John said Joe is lazy," it was not a matter of stress but that of pause between syntagmatic borders. John | said Joe | is lazy. VS John said | Joe is lazy. 10. English makes much distinction between syntagmatic borders or pauses because English is an analytical language with a set word order and without any other distinctive grammatical markers, so the SPEAKER does not decide on how to break up syntagmas because most borderlines are sufficiently predefined by both syntax and pragmatics (by means of punctuation marks, adverbial modifiers, prepositions, conjunctions, sentence borders, etc.). At best, the SPEAKER can read two-three syntagmas together at the expense of intelligibility.

@2chill2

4 жыл бұрын

You are very knowledgeable, thanks for sharing. It would be great if you have videos to reach more audience.

Glad I find this video! Awesome! Thanks!!!

Thank you so much for what you did and your enthusiasm. I really appreciate it. It helps me a lot in English pronunciation.

I would love to be on live classes with her. She explained so clearly... Thank you

Students of a second language normally imitate the pronunciation aspects of the target language. In my opinion, teachers should teach most of the characteristics of the second language phonology so that learners could have a major counsciouness of the sounds in that language.

I found very interesting the aspects you are making us aware of. It helps a lot, I think.

Excellent teacher!

Awesome video! It makes me realiaze the issues I have for my speaking. Thanks a lot!

Wonderful, excellent presentation! I wish I were in this class!

@thaonguyenthithu7403

7 жыл бұрын

me too :)

@leonardoferigutti9039

6 жыл бұрын

You were in the class, even now. KZread is a magic tool

What an awesome teacher! Thank you

Thanks. God bless you. Best teacher ever!!!!

I know plenty of people who were able to eliminate their accent way after the age of 12. Just my father sound native in like 5 languages learned from his 20s to his 50s

@cetinsadik7969

3 жыл бұрын

With all due respect, he may be super fluent but eliminating the accent in its entirety is not possible. It is a natural thing.

@SeanOCallaghan0106

3 жыл бұрын

@@cetinsadik7969 no my dad sounds absolutely native in italian (i'm native in italian)

@silvanamarceca170

3 жыл бұрын

your father is a genius

@jenziezane8488

3 жыл бұрын

@@cetinsadik7969 no, it is possible. It’s much harder because of muscle memories. I know many people who have totally changed their accent after the age of 12. It’s difficult, but doable.

@testingsomething5280

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenziezane8488 Exactly. If you don't believe your accent can't change then it simply won't change.

Thanks for your teachings!

Yep, a link to the handout would be super! Excellent teaching!

wow! This teacher is doing an awesome job teaching.

Thank you very much Theacher Nicole Janes from Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)

@ramanansui629

4 жыл бұрын

Dimmi Dimmi.

She is right when stating that, as a general rule, you cannot lose the accent if you start learning the language after around ages 10-12. No matter how hard you practice, for the great majority of us (I'd say 99%) the accent will remain. It might be almost negligible but it will be there and it is enough for a native English speaker to identify you as non-native. And I also agree that, unless it hinders your ability to communicate, having an accent is not a bad thing at all.

@thomasjust2663

Жыл бұрын

mm I have to disagree, my friend is from Sinaloa Mexico, he just has a few years in the states and he speaks native English, I have asked him if he ever lived in the US before and he says he did not, people don't believe when he tells them he was born in Mexico

@Demondzeta

7 ай бұрын

@@thomasjust2663 its not true, that just depends on how much you are willing to practice, it has nothing to do with age

Thank you doctor , your lecture is valuable .

I was impressive deeply by the basics sentence stress and prominence for new information !! These are also techniques which I think can improve my listening comprehension.

Thanks for this. I'm currently working on losing/toning down my Southern Accent.

What a great lesson! Thanks for sharing!

Fantastic video. We all have been taught wrong. First, we have been taught to read and write, while it is more correct to start leaning with listening and speaking skills.

Nice Class. Very clear to understand what she is saying.

Thank you for the lecture.

I think this video is very important to Vietnamese learners who want to improve their English. Thank you so much for this interesting lesson.

Wow! what a interesting and excellent explanation this presentation was. More than I had expected.

Thanks professor for this nice & useful lecture

This lecture is an eyeopener!

really amazing lesson and great teacher ❤

Very VERY interesting. I wish I had enough time to watch all of these videos.

Very very helpful video, thanks so much for publishing it. I didn't know sentence stress despite that I'm a very long time English learner.

About talking two languages and have a different "self" for each one is something that we see a lot in Catalonia. One of the most amazing examples is the Catalan from Mallorca: they speak Catalan and Spanish like people in Catalona, but their Catalan has a really different accent (one characteristic is that they change many vowels with schwas). The funny thing is that when they speak Catalan, you hear that rare and strange accent, but when they speak Spanish, the accent disappears completely, and they speak the same Spanish than you do. It looks like two people from two different origins in the same person.

what an awesome video!! Thanks for sharing

That's exactly what we need. Thanks a lot.

A brilliant lesson!

Are there more videos from this course? I mean, this is called "introduction", so there may be more. Thanks in advance!

Thanks. This is what I was looking for. I’m Cuban American

What a fun video to watch!! It's not everyday that I'm able to watch a two hour video without struggling to pay attention... She's awesome, quite pleasant to listen to, very clear speech and explanations. Could anyone tell me if these ''rules'' apply to british english or other forms of english?

She is awesome . I learned a lot about pronunciation from this video even though she was going back and forh . thank Q For the hard work .

Native pronunciation is also different . Yours is wonderful!

I'm improving my listening here!!!

Her voice sounds so much like Julia Sweeney it's crazay, hahah. Also, I'm a native English speaker and this is super fascinating to me . What a great teache!

Thank you so much!! Very helpful. Thank you the tip for Chinese.

what good teacher she is very clever and clear sound waw i love her

hi aoa,,,,daily some of the lectures im attending again and again and thank ful for this opportunity thankyou all good soft spoken english teachers im listening tooo thank you

Wonderful, excellent presentation! I wish I were in this class! I wish we can see handouts.