Improve Your Accent

Improve Your Accent

I'm Luke, your British accent coach. I teach English learners speakers how to communicate more clearly and confidently. I lecture at UCL's Summer Course in English Phonetics and I've taught students from 90 countries around the world. You can find out more (and check out my British Council award-nominated course) on my website: www.ImproveYourAccent.co.uk

I'm a speaker of British English, but I also speak (to varying degrees of fluency) German, Italian, French, Spanish - and I'm learning Russian, Vietnamese & Tamil.

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  • @Anitaanni_Vlogs
    @Anitaanni_Vlogs8 сағат бұрын

    Wow

  • @ChiefSupreme6803
    @ChiefSupreme68039 сағат бұрын

    Thanks for the video! You're still pronouncing the Swedish "e" incorrectly. It is pronounced like the "ay" in "hay". So, it's "ee·kay·uh".

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent12 сағат бұрын

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  • @William_Fei
    @William_Fei16 сағат бұрын

    Sorry, I didn't get it, how should I pronounce "roll" or "table"? I cannot tell the difference , I think I would pronounce these words same as Chan

  • @mateusdesouza580
    @mateusdesouza580Күн бұрын

    Only 48 hours to give you some money 🤑

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccentКүн бұрын

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  • @etfluezu9161
    @etfluezu9161Күн бұрын

    italians piss me off

  • @scotthullinger4684
    @scotthullinger46842 күн бұрын

    The only thing this video really does is explain that Sophia Vergara speaks English with a Spanish accent. Big deal -

  • @tristanpottier5547
    @tristanpottier55472 күн бұрын

    Sorry, I’ve got to say it : macron is not French, he’s even not human, he’s betrayed the whole country and the French people !!!!! Please, avoid to put his face or his voice in any video or whatever, we (French people) can’t stand him at all !!!!!

  • @FatemehEshtiagh
    @FatemehEshtiagh3 күн бұрын

    It was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 🎉👌🏻😍

  • @user-om2ti8jj1f
    @user-om2ti8jj1f3 күн бұрын

    I hear you pronounce "year" /jɪə/ and not only you but most non-rhotic speakers. So Geoff Lindsey seems to be wrong that the NEAR vowel is the monophthong /ɪ:/ instead of the diphthong /ɪə/ nowadays. He claims it in his "These Symbols Are All Wrong" video. But it is true about the SQUARE vowel, in modern pronunciation it's /ɛ:/ and /ɛə/ is seldom heard these days.

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent4 күн бұрын

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  • @megarmango91218
    @megarmango912186 күн бұрын

    i like, because yogurt natural is poop, wow i'm disgusting this Thiago, complot melancholic, what the fuck is more

  • @Marina-ct6tv
    @Marina-ct6tv6 күн бұрын

    Guilty as charged 🤪

  • @user-yq7bi9so4b
    @user-yq7bi9so4b6 күн бұрын

    But Emanuel macron Zozote

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno16697 күн бұрын

    If I could have it my own way I would revolutionize the English spelling. In this case I would change the spelling from "architecture" to "aakitekcha". And "architect" to "aakitekt".

  • @conorgibbons98
    @conorgibbons987 күн бұрын

    As an Irish citizen, I always get these wrong cuz of accent. I’d say /arkətɛkt/ without any stressing or long vowels

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent7 күн бұрын

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  • @elenadecortes6394
    @elenadecortes63947 күн бұрын

    I prefer 'anarchy. Easier to pronounce as well 😉 Unfortunately we're not ready yet.

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno16699 күн бұрын

    As many of us know, English spelling is so confusing and often...how shall I put it?...Light-Years away from the pronunciation of most words, one of the best and clearest ways to learn the pronunciation right, or nearly right, is by looking at the phonetic transcriptions.

  • @AndreyRubtsovRU
    @AndreyRubtsovRU9 күн бұрын

    I think I hear stress on A when he demonstrates it 😂😂

  • @FM_0123
    @FM_01239 күн бұрын

    Me too 😅

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent7 күн бұрын

    You're hearing secondary stress. The primary stress is on the first syllable.

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent7 күн бұрын

    You're hearing secondary stress. The primary stress is on the first syllable.

  • @racosphinx
    @racosphinx9 күн бұрын

    I wonder if "yolk" is a British thing. I'm American (Indiana), I definitely pronounce the L every time.

  • @rossproenca
    @rossproenca10 күн бұрын

    I've mispronounced and didn't know that. Thanks a lot for your help.

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent11 күн бұрын

    This word can also be spelt with <-ize> at the end. If you want to learn more about word stress (+ games and practice), check out my British Council award-nominated course: course.improveyouraccent.co.uk/register

  • @HansDieter60
    @HansDieter6012 күн бұрын

    Can you do a pronunciation video about the word 'iron'?

  • @elisabettabubola4927
    @elisabettabubola492712 күн бұрын

    The second. I guess it s more American

  • @benedettobruno1669
    @benedettobruno166912 күн бұрын

    I like this "series" of shorts with the phonetic transcriptions Please keep doing it.

  • @carlosmc7304
    @carlosmc730413 күн бұрын

    Sofía Vergara is a comedy character, she speaks perfect English.

  • @rossproenca
    @rossproenca13 күн бұрын

    All of them

  • @yariyll4685
    @yariyll468513 күн бұрын

    3

  • @yariyll4685
    @yariyll468513 күн бұрын

    2 ( ✅ ❌ ✅ )

  • @virginiacampos8129
    @virginiacampos812913 күн бұрын

    I love these videos! I got all of them right 😄

  • @user-om2ti8jj1f
    @user-om2ti8jj1f13 күн бұрын

    But you've said /ˈɛlɪfənt/, not /ˈɛləfənt/ as the transcription says.

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent12 күн бұрын

    I'm definitely using a schwa here. In fact, I purposefully made an effort to use schwa in the recording (as using /ɪ/ is, of course, an alternative pronunciation).

  • @fwfeo
    @fwfeo13 күн бұрын

    Farsi has some similarities to Italian, but instead of pronouncing Sheet shit, we pronounce shit sheet! 😂

  • @youre_mom1
    @youre_mom113 күн бұрын

    what are your thoughts on noah webster

  • @plurimapaucis7944
    @plurimapaucis794415 күн бұрын

    So do I

  • @user-om2ti8jj1f
    @user-om2ti8jj1f15 күн бұрын

    The first one, like "palm", "calm", "balm", "psalm" and "alms".

  • @L-mo
    @L-mo15 күн бұрын

    cayern peppern

  • @susanf8900
    @susanf890015 күн бұрын

    No 1

  • @nunyabiznis1851
    @nunyabiznis185115 күн бұрын

    I'll see you in hell.

  • @aliazhar5754
    @aliazhar575415 күн бұрын

    Number 4 is the right way to say It

  • @alfonsmelenhorst9672
    @alfonsmelenhorst967215 күн бұрын

    Is it bad to have a German accent?

  • @rossproenca
    @rossproenca17 күн бұрын

    All of them

  • @NeveroOn
    @NeveroOn17 күн бұрын

    0

  • @alienwinters8473
    @alienwinters847317 күн бұрын

    Yolk got me confused

  • @emmanuelruellan825
    @emmanuelruellan82516 күн бұрын

    Me too, I thought of 'yoke'

  • @youre_mom1
    @youre_mom113 күн бұрын

    @@emmanuelruellan825 goated pfp 🙏

  • @yariyll4685
    @yariyll468513 күн бұрын

    Me too; I thought of "joke"'

  • @alienwinters8473
    @alienwinters847317 күн бұрын

    Two :D

  • @ImproveYourAccent
    @ImproveYourAccent17 күн бұрын

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  • @thaiphanvevo
    @thaiphanvevo18 күн бұрын

    Yeah nah, I emphasise the third syllable. Probably an accent thing

  • @zafergokselkaraaslan2055
    @zafergokselkaraaslan205519 күн бұрын

    I’m way way off! ( pom:graneıt)

  • @user-om2ti8jj1f
    @user-om2ti8jj1f19 күн бұрын

    Yes, I knew that "pomegranate" is pronounced /ˈpɒmɪˌɡranɪt/, but still thanks!

  • @theresacolosimo3523
    @theresacolosimo352320 күн бұрын

    You look like you are AI. This is very informative.