Adjust Your Ears to FAST English (in 25 Minutes!)

Having difficulty understanding fast spoken English? I tried to fit as much information as I possibly could into 25 minutes today -- I hope it helps! xoxo ✔️Improve your English for free: 0:00 Listening test/quiz 0:43 5 reasons you might not understand fast English 1:34 Let’s talk about reduced function words 2:00 The special rhythm of English 2:42 CONTENT words vs FUNCTION words 2:52 What are CONTENT WORDS? 3:18 What are FUNCTION WORDS? 4:52 Movie example - reduced function words 5:42: “Can“ in weak/reduced form 6:19 “Them“ in weak/reduced form 7:32 “To“ in weak/reduced form 9:00 Connected Speech 10:31 Consonant sound vowel sound 11:20 Did you/Who did you (assimilation/patalization) 12:50 Vowel sound vowel sound 13:45 Contractions 14:25 Shoulda, coulda, woulda 15:10 “Will“ in contractions 16:03 Pronouncing final consonant groups/clusters 17:40 Why the vowels of English are hard 19:22 Let’s practice TENSE vs LAX vowels! 19:56 TENSE vowels practice /iy/ /ey/ /uw/ /ow/ 20:40 LAX vowels practice /ɪ/ /ɛ/ /ʊ/ 21:30 LAX vowel /ɪ/ VS /ɛ/ 21:57 Mini quiz /ɪ/ VS /ɛ/ 22:25 Minimal pairs (tense and lax vowels together) 23:55 I am so sick :( See you soon! 💛A little about me: -I am a Cambridge CELTA certified English teacher -I have a Master’s degree in Language and Literacy Education -I am American but I live in Canada -I’ve taught English in the U.S., Canada, Japan, South Korea, and France! ✔️Subscribe and learn English with me and my family! @EnglishwithBrittany/videos Reference: Avery, P. & Ehrlich, S. (2008). Teaching American English Pronunciation.