Lesson 52: [kw] – Quiet, workweek, counterclockwise. Master the [kw] consonant cluster.
Your browser does not support the video tag. Relax and imitate the coach. Let your body and posture adjust so that you can make the sounds and pronounce the words comfortably. [kw] is a consonant cluster made up of two sounds in succession, the aspirated voiceless...
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Lesson 54: [ɾ] – Butter, ladder, water. Master the voiced alveolar flap [ɾ] in Standard American English.
Master the voiced alveolar flap — how /t/ and /d/ become a flap between vowels in natural American speech.
Lesson 55: [ʔ] – Button, mountain, uh-oh. Master the glottal stop [ʔ] in Standard American English.
Master the glottal stop — when /t/ becomes a throat catch in casual Standard American English.
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.