Lesson 56: [j] – New, tune, duke. Master yod-dropping of the voiced palatal approximant [j] in Standard American English.
Master yod-dropping — when /j/ disappears or coalesces in American English pronunciation.
Lesson 57: [ɫ] – Milk, full, bell. Master dark L and L-vocalization of the velarized alveolar lateral approximant [ɫ] in Standard American English.
Master dark L and L-vocalization — how /l/ changes at the end of syllables in Standard American English.
Lesson 58: [ɑ/ɔ] – Don/dawn, cot/caught, stock/stalk. Master the cot-caught vowel merger in Standard American English.
Master the cot-caught merger — the low-back vowel merger in Standard American English.
Lesson 59: [ɪ/ɛ] – Pin/pen, him/hem, tin/ten. Master the pin-pen merger before nasal consonants in Standard American English.
Master the pin-pen merger — when [ɪ] and [ɛ] merge before nasal consonants.
Lesson 60: [eɪ/ɛ/æ] – Fairy/ferry, vary/very, Mary/marry. Master the Mary-merry-marry merger before /r/ in Standard American English.
Master the Mary-merry-marry merger — how r-coloring collapses three distinct vowels.
Lesson 61: [ɪ/i] – Fill/feel, mill/meal, still/steal. Master the fill-feel merger before /l/ in Standard American English.
Master the fill-feel merger — when [ɪ] and [i] merge before /l/.
Lesson 62: [ɛ/eɪ] – Fell/fail, sell/sail, tell/tail. Master the fell-fail merger before /l/ in Standard American English.
Master the fell-fail merger — when [ɛ] and [eɪ] merge before /l/.