American English Pronunciation Podcast

40: ’been,’ not ’bean’: /bɪn/, not /bin/

Americans usually pronounce 'been' with a 'short i,' not a 'long e.'
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39: ’quit, quite,’ and ’quiet’

Learn to correctly say these three similar-sounding words.
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38: ’idea’--a troublesome little 4-letter word

A few tips about adjacent vowel sounds for this 3-syllable word that help for even more words.
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37: ’says’ and ’said’--two words NOT pronounced with ’long a’ /eɪ/

/sɛz/ and /sɛd/: be careful about mispronouncing these two high-frequency words.
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36: Japanese speaker special

Native Japanese speakers of English face special difficulties when speaking English.
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35: there, their, they’re: they’re all said the same!

Learn the correct way to pronounce these three homophones.
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34: consonant+y suffix (-cy, -ity, -graphy, -fy) word syllable stress

The consonant+y covers a wide number of suffix-based syllable stress patterns. Learn one and you learn many.
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33: -ate suffix word syllable stress and heteronyms

Words ending in the -ate suffix are stressed on the 3rd-from-last syllable, but the suffix itself can sound differently depending if the word is a noun, adjective, or verb. Advanced level ESL lesson.
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32: -ize suffix (as in ’recognize’ and ’prioritize’) word syllable stress

Words ending in the -ize suffix are usually stressed on the 3rd-from-last syllable.
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31: -ic suffix word syllable stress

Learn about -ic word stress (as in 'classic' and 'economic') and review the 2-syllable word stress rule and -tion/-sion syllable stress.
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