How to Pronounce /æ/ & /ʌ/ + "Rubbish" Explained

Remember, you don't NEED an RP British accent to speak English well... There are loads of accents out there! I'm just here to help people who have a love for modern versions of RP.
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In this episode of #asketj we cover the difference between the vowel sounds /æ/ & /ʌ/, which non-natives can easily get confused by. We will also learn some British vocabulary, and pronunciation tips, as always!
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  • @raziel3541
    @raziel35414 жыл бұрын

    The best English channel ever

  • @cero5469

    @cero5469

    3 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @emyeman4575
    @emyeman45754 жыл бұрын

    Hi Elliot 🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m in love with British accent 😍

  • @JunaidKhan-ny2sv
    @JunaidKhan-ny2sv4 жыл бұрын

    Hello Eliot, I am pronunciation teacher at The Queen's English House. I have been following you for about a year or so and I enjoy watching your pronunciation lessons.

  • @rujiratissarachot8398
    @rujiratissarachot83984 жыл бұрын

    I working in Phuket with my starter English .. I really like to use British accent.. This way I just like it.. But a few days ago .. I met Indian guy who got citizens he poked my heart by his words " the way your pronounce it's funny " but the way he push me want to back to your Chanel agian and agian I promise I never give up

  • @antoniomacedojr8797
    @antoniomacedojr87974 жыл бұрын

    And, of course, your voice is clear and beautiful! Congrats from Brazil! 🇧🇷👋🏼

  • @Maya-hs2zj
    @Maya-hs2zj4 жыл бұрын

    I love your ways of saying "Bye"! :) Thank you!

  • @rekhachoudhury2723
    @rekhachoudhury27234 жыл бұрын

    Your lessons are always interesting. Thank you Elliott!

  • @Michal.Kaminski
    @Michal.Kaminski3 жыл бұрын

    I think pronouncing /æ/, /ʌ/ and /ɑː/ is my greatest weakness in English pronunciation. After studying this for some time I hear the tiny difference, but it's still incredibly difficult to pronounce them correctly and show this difference. Some time ago I didn't even know there are so many different vowels, I wasn't aware of the difference between them and I thought it's the same, as in my first language we only have one "a" sound, so this is really tough to start noticing that they are not the same... I'm glad I've found your channel and course.

  • @djosdjos4967

    @djosdjos4967

    2 жыл бұрын

    What's your native language? Polish?

  • @AlexeiBocharovAlmih

    @AlexeiBocharovAlmih

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Now i know how to pronounce Pint, i like beer. \,, /

  • @Movingtogainesvillefl
    @Movingtogainesvillefl4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing! I'm learning and practicing British accent and your videos help a lot. Cheers!

  • @nataliasorina2434
    @nataliasorina2434 Жыл бұрын

    I am absolutely happy to listen to you, repeat after you and sound more and more like a native speaker! Thank you!

  • @RomanTokarenko
    @RomanTokarenko4 жыл бұрын

    Great and useful answers! It was a real pleasure to watch it. Cheers, Elliot!

  • @zineblamghari5527
    @zineblamghari55274 жыл бұрын

    I always enjoy ur courses Elliot!

  • @mustafamousoy9613
    @mustafamousoy96134 жыл бұрын

    I glad to listen your lessons, Best teacher

  • @rober1712ify
    @rober1712ify4 жыл бұрын

    I love the way you teach! Many thanks!!😉

  • @mariasellanburgos8198
    @mariasellanburgos81984 жыл бұрын

    Eres el mejor .... Te admiro por tu juventud y a la vez experiencia...!!

  • @ivanpetrov2517
    @ivanpetrov25173 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing teacher! Thank you so much! Big love!

  • @caninbar
    @caninbar3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for clarifying these points, Elliot. I, too, am very fond of pronunciation.

  • @melcnt18
    @melcnt184 жыл бұрын

    Best explanation ever! Thanks!!

  • @abdulsarfaraj9017
    @abdulsarfaraj90174 жыл бұрын

    Hi Elliot Your pronunciation make me better to other person. Thank you.

  • @chidjoumerveille7864
    @chidjoumerveille78644 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot this is really helping me making my English sounding better

  • @luceliaperalta5496
    @luceliaperalta54964 жыл бұрын

    Hello from Brazil

  • @johanmanuelbuenoalvarez5102
    @johanmanuelbuenoalvarez51024 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much crack, I'm from Colombia and l understand you almost perfectly, thank you for the information.

  • @mdrajaul6419
    @mdrajaul64192 жыл бұрын

    Your episode always very exciting.

  • @rashijha9224
    @rashijha92244 жыл бұрын

    I'm so in love with your videos they are just awesome !! Cheers :-))

  • @emmanuelmwazo7906
    @emmanuelmwazo79064 жыл бұрын

    Great vid

  • @vionliu9821
    @vionliu98214 жыл бұрын

    I could really learn British accent and improve my English from your channel Elliot 😊 Thank you, from Malaysia

  • @user-kj2rp3kd6j
    @user-kj2rp3kd6j4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for all your lessons! Keep going)

  • @glammriss
    @glammriss4 жыл бұрын

    I think, the difference accents makes it beautiful. I love to hear people with different accents, different slang, different dialects what you call it.. it’s interesting

  • @musicaddictzz
    @musicaddictzz4 жыл бұрын

    Rubbish? I remember Hermione Granger😃 -Her cat killed Scabbers! (Ron) -Rubbish! (Hermione)

  • @user-ri4fs6bc6x

    @user-ri4fs6bc6x

    4 жыл бұрын

    Her cat

  • @musicaddictzz

    @musicaddictzz

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@user-ri4fs6bc6x ohh thanks❤

  • @countrykawaikwok5184
    @countrykawaikwok51843 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to explain, Your video is very clearly.

  • @vitoriadiogo816
    @vitoriadiogo8162 жыл бұрын

    It makes me feel so good your voice

  • @abamnampeung239
    @abamnampeung2394 жыл бұрын

    You are a Great Teacher Elliot😊 it's been a while I have been following you. I am glad that I discovered recently, it is quite helpful. Can you kindly do a Pronunciation of some hard or common words which we non native pronounce wrong.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    I love your "cheers, byee!" haha awesome

  • @louisamendoza7249
    @louisamendoza72496 ай бұрын

    You’re awesome!! Love your voice

  • @javierduran3654
    @javierduran36544 жыл бұрын

    Nice class thank you so much

  • @yuxifan1898
    @yuxifan18984 жыл бұрын

    The British accent is so great and soulful

  • @pamelchowdhury
    @pamelchowdhury4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @openhands8341
    @openhands83414 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for ur lessons.

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Eliot you are awesome!

  • @Curlyjoe71
    @Curlyjoe713 жыл бұрын

    I love that you use IPA! Helps us visual learners.

  • @lingchen6422
    @lingchen64224 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 💜🧡

  • @AnnaBalakhnina
    @AnnaBalakhnina4 жыл бұрын

    Oh! This is a video of this century! I was waiting for it I don't know how long. Because in the Russian language we don't have a sound /æ/

  • @allakireeva6145
    @allakireeva61454 жыл бұрын

    I use your videos to get used to English speaking. Thanks a million!

  • @myway6507
    @myway65074 жыл бұрын

    Hi ETJ thanks a lot!👌🙏🙏👍

  • @bodyworkmarina
    @bodyworkmarina4 жыл бұрын

    I love British accent! I had grown up in London until 6, so the accent or I could say the atmosphere reminds me of my childhood. X

  • @eternalight9358
    @eternalight93584 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ❤️🌺

  • @vivianagambetta9197
    @vivianagambetta9197 Жыл бұрын

    Good video! Thank you

  • @ronenr1405
    @ronenr14054 жыл бұрын

    Great video! 👍🏻

  • @pedropetrucci2884
    @pedropetrucci28844 жыл бұрын

    I asked a half-pint yet at a pub and this video was pretty useful. The barman got it quick and easy. Now I just got drunk easier every Friday, here in Manchester. Thank you, Elliot.

  • @Lauraberlin1
    @Lauraberlin14 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @user-yv2hl9fk1v
    @user-yv2hl9fk1v4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Elliott please make videos about connected speech

  • @valeriocarpiochura9851
    @valeriocarpiochura98514 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful man.

  • @veronicalasteniacolladomar7095
    @veronicalasteniacolladomar70954 жыл бұрын

    I love your pronunciation

  • @reemshbair3571
    @reemshbair35714 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @md.saifulhasan5106
    @md.saifulhasan51064 жыл бұрын

    hello Elliot! You are amazing

  • @CaptianMactavish
    @CaptianMactavish4 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate all the effort you put in your videos, much love 💞

  • @yolandasanpedro5593
    @yolandasanpedro55934 жыл бұрын

    Love your pronunciation, your British accent, your videos ... Lots of love around here, right? Ha ha ha Thanks for your work!

  • @chiletraveladventures
    @chiletraveladventures4 жыл бұрын

    I am in love!

  • @luizaugustosoaresmoura5426
    @luizaugustosoaresmoura54264 жыл бұрын

    The best videos ever!

  • @divinedancer8342
    @divinedancer83424 жыл бұрын

    You are really expressive 👍👏👋

  • @divinedancer8342

    @divinedancer8342

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks you liked my comment

  • @euchariaeuchariaogbonna1313
    @euchariaeuchariaogbonna13133 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @hildanadjmabadi7419
    @hildanadjmabadi74192 жыл бұрын

    You’re very great 😊

  • @massimoianniciello6509
    @massimoianniciello65094 жыл бұрын

    Elliot, you are the number 1

  • @henrygarcia7536
    @henrygarcia75364 жыл бұрын

    Have a good weekend teacher .

  • @tracychampkin9741
    @tracychampkin97413 жыл бұрын

    Elliott, I teach TESL English and use your videos a lot because they are the best! Do you have a video with the 'a' sound for 'parents' please? Italians tend to say the word that sounds like parrents

  • @jubayeralmahmud3810
    @jubayeralmahmud38104 жыл бұрын

    Tnx a lot man

  • @rashakarkoura5740
    @rashakarkoura57404 жыл бұрын

    Hi Elliot, Can you please make for us an videos for the different between letter P and B and how to pronounce it it's really difficult for us to distinguish between each of them and thanks for your amazing videos it's really helpful for us please keep going.

  • @erikagutierrezcoach
    @erikagutierrezcoach3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, just subscribed to your channel and I love it! I used to live in the UK for 3yrs and half but now with my Italian and Spanish accent it's kind of losing my British accent lol

  • @vithalpatil2351
    @vithalpatil23513 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering how native speakers say the word 'very' so naturally but that's not the case with me. Now I got the logical reason from you. The mistake I have been doing so far is putting equal force irrespective of position of /v/ in the words. Thanks .

  • @JOSEMARTINEZ-kd6ne
    @JOSEMARTINEZ-kd6ne3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, Elliott. I'd like you to comment on the variations of phoneme /ʌ/. Depending on the following vowel sound, it may sound a bit different. Particularly before a dark /l/ (as in culture, indulge, dull, result) it sounds to me rather like a schwa.

  • @LouisBruh22
    @LouisBruh224 жыл бұрын

    I love British accent

  • @bashad.khalil3777
    @bashad.khalil37774 жыл бұрын

    Ohhh,,I love so much..I really do like British accent and I hope you to help me 😇😇

  • @wsgarts9281
    @wsgarts92813 жыл бұрын

    My idol!

  • @domeniconeri8306
    @domeniconeri83064 жыл бұрын

    Hi Elliott could please do a video about pronunciation of words ending wuth S and starting with TH such as "I waS THinking"...do I have to drop the S in connected speech? Thank you

  • @marybordalo659
    @marybordalo6594 жыл бұрын

    I love Eliot

  • @khaiunderattack5242
    @khaiunderattack52424 жыл бұрын

    4:20 it's okay, you can say "bullshit" to explain it. We'll still love you anyway

  • @user-qy8ph8tf3d

    @user-qy8ph8tf3d

    4 жыл бұрын

    I believe that would more likely be "bollocks" in BrE.

  • @sherlockbai9095
    @sherlockbai90954 жыл бұрын

    Actually, Elliot, I have been confusing about the differences in the pronunciation of /æ/ and /ʌ/ and /ɑ/. Can you help me out, explain a little more detail? Many thanks

  • @somnvm37

    @somnvm37

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm no elliot, but i can tell u how i learn wey tp pronounce vowels. For example sound from words "cut, run, fun". Can u just say one of those words like natives, u can just make a parody, not really serious.

  • @sherlockbai9095

    @sherlockbai9095

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@somnvm37 Thanks for your suggestions, but the thing is that I am studying the course of English pronunciation, and I need to differentiate these troublesome things

  • @linh3081
    @linh30814 жыл бұрын

    Please make a video of teaching all of vowels and constronants in British English?

  • @nomtbg
    @nomtbg4 жыл бұрын

    Szkoda, że nie miałem takiego nauczyciela w szkole, świetnie tłumaczy. It is a pity that I did not have such a teacher at school.

  • @carolbounce49

    @carolbounce49

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Nom Nomek What language is that?

  • @adamtm698

    @adamtm698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@carolbounce49 It's polish :-). A little bit more difficult than english.

  • @denisebadesso7599
    @denisebadesso75994 жыл бұрын

    Hi Elliott how can to be very very charmoso 💘 Stayed great this lesson ( video) rich in details

  • @joandelur4407
    @joandelur44074 жыл бұрын

    here we learn even if you do not wants! mastering Elliot! thank you!!!

  • @dmytroshved1395
    @dmytroshved13954 жыл бұрын

    Dear Elliott, Thank you for your cool British accent videos. I am interested in a number of approaches of how to teach best English pronunciation to students of some other origin with a mother tongue so different from English, there being Russian or Ukrainian, in my case, of the East Slavic languages. If you do not mind it, I would just like to discuss some thuoghts all about the middle, so-called murmur vowels: 1) [ə] the schwa sound, a neutral middle vowel, 2) [ɜ:], an open-mid central unrounded vowel, 3) [ʌ], an open-mid back unrounded vowel. It is a pity that NO BOOKS on English phonetics I have been encountering so far have offered any shorter, reasonable terminology for these two latter sounds I mentioned above for the students to easily remember them. You would come to know why I have been so regretful of that a bit later. The schwa sound is quite understandable and can be acquired very soon. Only on my fifteenth year of constantly listening to the BBC Radio (doing “shadowing” as a technique of repetition of what has just been said) did I realise exactly what was that that made these two last vowels stand so drastically weird to the Eastern-Slavonic ear. This WAS and IS- and this was immensely important - the use of some special muscles located in your oropharynx, which is behind the oral cavity, apart from merely laying your tongue flat and still at the bottom of your mouth, as all instructing guidelines might suggest to us. The muscles fell out of use in these Eastern-Slavonic languages long ago. With an epitomic loss of the sound represented by the letter «ѣ» (equivalent to Latin ě). It has gripped me by the throat actually. Therefore, in order to ease the process of coming to grips with this particular muscle group, all I could think of was to use a looking glass while producing these sounds. So I could clearly see and follow the movement of the superior wall of my oropharynx and control it by finding the proper way of operating it as the English do. I have found that wielding the muscle that operates this wall is KEY to acquiring a correct pronouncing model of the [ʌ] sound. I have called this sound “the little roof” because it helps my students remember it as they do their practice and always have it in mind. So this pharyngeal upper part consists of the inferior surface of the soft palate and the uvula. Only when a student can consciously move up this farthest part of the soft palate (together with the uvula) will he or she be able to produce the sound the way it has to be produced in English. Period. Secondly, although the IPA symbol for [ɜ:] takes its form after a reversed Latinized variant of the lowercase epsilon, ɛ, it does nonetheless look like the Cyrillic small letter (з) (which is a phonetic equivalent of “z”). There is something behind it, by the way, and well it might be one. So the word I have invented for the other sound [ɜ:] is “zievik”. It is a diminutive form of the Russian «зев» (“ziev”) which stands for “pharynx”. Students do find it useful when a teacher is representing it as having a name and appropriate meaning. Now, what is the actual difference between [ʌ] and [ɜ:]? I think the solution lies in the way you stretch your lateral pharyngeal muscles, so to say, further sideways, making it a more oval and wider throat. You can’t see how wide it is in the looking glass, though. The training method for this is so simple that one wouldn’t believe it. YAWNING. The exercise is this, a student makes a conscious attempt at yawning, stops this process as fast as he can and remember how the muscles of the lateral walls are positioned at the moment of yawning. Learn to repeat it without making any yawning. The soft palate and the uvula being not so high as in the little roof [ʌ], you will get the zievik [ɜ:]. Period.

  • @otis9503
    @otis95034 жыл бұрын

    Hello Elliott , love your voice and your pronunciation a lot , here is the thing , i can easily tell the difference of the pronunciation between CAN&CAN'T in American accent , but i am little bit confused of it in British accent , is that ok you put it in your video maybe next time please?? thanks a tons.

  • @otis9503

    @otis9503

    4 жыл бұрын

    OMG I forgot to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!😂😂😂

  • @duoduoto2289
    @duoduoto22894 жыл бұрын

    I won't miss any of your video! hhhhh

  • @antoniomacedojr8797
    @antoniomacedojr87974 жыл бұрын

    This goes beyond an English course! 🙂

  • @daouadchaabne5899
    @daouadchaabne58994 жыл бұрын

    I love you mate

  • @natalylevin1047
    @natalylevin10473 жыл бұрын

    Finally a normal haircut and (a?)good shaving! always shave your beautiful face! thank you in advance :) still, a struggle for me when to use 'a'...:( and yes, your lessons are great! subscribed!

  • @hernandoguaquetapaez3042
    @hernandoguaquetapaez30424 жыл бұрын

    Hello! I really apreciate it, thank for share, your knowledge. By other hand I need to any sugestión to pass level A2. Today I am studing for an online oxford pleacement test. It's a pain in the neck then I don't have a good level of british listening. Could you please help me! Regards from Bogotá-Colombia.

  • @anthonyanekwe9853
    @anthonyanekwe9853 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Elliot, I just came across your helpful pronunciation tutorials and I liked the lessons on Rubbish, Negotiate, Schedule etc. Please could you say when we could use the sound /a/ and /ei/. How do we say the words in this sentence. "Elliott is a great Pronunciation teacher". Is it /ae/ or /ei/

  • @mennamuhammed7422
    @mennamuhammed74224 жыл бұрын

    Could you please make a video for the difference between "B" and "P" ?

  • @EnglishwithBilal
    @EnglishwithBilal4 жыл бұрын

    Hello again 😃

  • @Selfloveyoga1111
    @Selfloveyoga11114 жыл бұрын

    How to properly pronounce called and cold, please? I'm still trying to get it right and would appreciate your vid on that. Many thanks. PS. Love your channel

  • @alisajjad9551
    @alisajjad95514 жыл бұрын

    Eliiot can you please tell me that do we say aie or ay as in snail or eiy or ey as in snail I am confused with this particular vowel

  • @guesswhoiam1875
    @guesswhoiam18753 жыл бұрын

    I feel happy as people speak Cantonese 😎💖

  • @elizasan37
    @elizasan373 жыл бұрын

    Dear Teacher! Is your course one-by-one class? Or is it just available video for us to study ? ?

  • @nikolastube7090
    @nikolastube70904 жыл бұрын

    Etj I have been following you for a while I just want to thank you for all my question is I would love to speak like a native speaker specially Uk 🇬🇧

  • @RenataSantos-qw4pz
    @RenataSantos-qw4pz4 жыл бұрын

    The English vowel sounds are my biggest struggle in my learning journey.

  • @zzt5282
    @zzt52824 жыл бұрын

    Is there any PERFECT KZread channel like this for American accent?

  • @zzt5282

    @zzt5282

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mario Thank you, Mario! 🌹 To make my English better, I've been watching vidoes on KZread for a long time! 'Rachel's English' & 'The English Coach' are very good & I learnt a lot from them, but when I found this amazing channel (ETJ English) on KZread, I thought to myself maybe there is an American version of it with the same quality.

  • @azizraghdi9049
    @azizraghdi90493 жыл бұрын

    Hello, How do I know the letters' sounds of a word especialy when I'm pronunciating it for the 1st time?

  • @musicismyradar16
    @musicismyradar164 жыл бұрын

    Te amo