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Complete English Pronunciation
0. Welcome!
0a. Welcome to the course! (1:19)
0b. What to expect (4:26)
0c. How to succeed (8:54)
0d. Getting started practicing (25:12)
1. Introductory concepts
1a. About this section (0:28)
1b. The way you speak (7:08)
1c. Articulation: How you make sounds (17:52)
1d. Phonology: how sounds interact (3:37)
2. Simple consonants
2a. Simple static consonants (0:37)
2b. /h/ as in "hat" (2:09)
2c. /j/ as in "yay" (2:21)
2d. /w/ as in "wow" (2:28)
2e. /ɹ/ as in "roar" (2:58)
2f. /m/ as in "mom" (3:03)
2g. /n/ as in "nine" (1:58)
2h. /ŋ/ as in "eng" (4:35)
3. Voiced & voiceless consonants
3a. The voiced stay voiced (1:24)
3b. /f, v/ as in "five" (8:54)
3c. /s, z/ as in "size" (6:26)
3d. /ʃ, ʒ/ as in "shush" & "beige" (5:25)
3e. /tʃ, dʒ/ as in "charge" (5:36)
3f. /b, d, g/ as in "bib", "did", and "gig" (10:05)
4. Reactive consonants
4a. When sounds react (English phonological processes) (2:16)
4b. /l/ as in "lull" (the dark L) (9:36)
4c. Flapped /t/ as in "water" (2:31)
4d. /p, t, k/ as in "Pope", "tote", and "Coke" (9:26)
4e. Final -s (why it's [s] in "cats" but [z] in "dogs") (3:05)
5. Strangely spelled consonants
5a. Spelling is not sound (Why English spelling sucks) (1:52)
5b. /θ, ð/ as in "thin" and "then" (5:44)
5c. /z/ when it's not spelled "z" (2:29)
6. Front vowels
6a. English vowels (4:21)
6b. /i/ vs /ɪ/: the "beat" and "bit" vowels (4:38)
6c. /ɛ/ vs /æ/: the "bet" and "bat" vowels (5:45)
7. Back vowels
7a. What are back vowels? (1:21)
7b. /oʊ/ & /ɔ/: the "boat" and "bought" vowels (4:27)
7c. /u/ & /ʊ/: the "book" and "boot" vowels (3:59)
7d. /ɑ/ & /ʌ/: the "bar" and "but" vowels (5:15)
8. Diphthong vowels
8a. What are diphthongs? (1:02)
8b. /aɪ/ the "bye" vowel (1:04)
8c. /ɔɪ/ the "boy" vowel (1:09)
8d. /aʊ/ the "bough" vowel (1:46)
8e. /eɪ/ the "bay" vowel (1:24)
9. Word stress & reduced vowels
9a. Intro to word stress (5:16)
9b. /ə/: the schwa, the reduced vowel (4:07)
9c. /ɚ/ or /əɹ/, the r-colored schwa in the words "fern", "fir", & "fur" (1:34)
10. Prosody (sentence stress, intonation, and rhythm)
10a. What is prosody? (1:17)
10b. Sentence stress (what words are stressed?) (4:18)
10c. Intonation (how & when does your pitch rise and fall?) (4:17)
10d. Rhythm (what is the beat to the music of your speech?) (5:49)
11. Congratulations!
11a. Your journey so far, and what's ahead (6:48)
11b. Thanks, let's keep in touch! (3:52)
4d. /p, t, k/ as in "Pope", "tote", and "Coke"
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