Hi Julie. You are an amazing instructor! Would recommend to anyone. Thank you :)
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ramzy-6566
3 жыл бұрын
i like R sound, easy for me. Thank you.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Usually the R sound is very difficult for many non-native speakers! :)
@tazi4690
2 жыл бұрын
Hello, I really enjoyed this video! I do find myself pronouncing the r sound quite efficiently; however, I do struggle sometimes with my tongue feeling weak or tired? I don't know if I'm using too much tension or putting too much force, but it's definitely making my speech a struggle. I want it to feel free and relaxed... Thanks, great video!
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Simo - Thanks so much for your comment! That's great to hear that you feel like you pronounce the R sound efficiently! (It's probably the hardest sound in American English.) It's difficult to know if you are using too much tension without hearing your speech and talking more about how it feels when you say the R sound. It's possible you might be tensing too much, which I think is OK when you're first learning how to pronounce the R sound. But as you get better at placing your tongue in the correct place for the R sound, it should feel easier to do it. I can make an R sound both ways: With a lot of extra tension, and with just the right amount of tension. When I use too much tension, I can feel some fatigue or weakness in my tongue (after awhile of saying "RRRRRRRR, RRRRRRR, RRRRRRR"). If you'd like, you could join my live, weekly pronunciation group called Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club). I'd be happy to listen to your R sound during one of the live classes and give you some feedback on how you sound. :)
@veranosol8138
2 жыл бұрын
you express what I feel, but this video is what we need with time it will just feel "natural" a word I try to avoid as is almost impossible to pronounced it for me as well
@ramzy-6566
3 жыл бұрын
i practice for your free mini-course. Thank you.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic - I'm glad you signed up for the free mini-course! Hopefully the lessons will be useful! :)
@ramzy-6566
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent it's informative materials, useful and amazing. i hope everyone sing up, it's free - for 10 days. Thank you so much, Mrs. Julie.
@kathygordon9627
Жыл бұрын
You are my favorite teacher! Thank you so much
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks Kathy! :)
@ccc-mi9gc
3 жыл бұрын
We must share ur channel, cz u are prescisely deserve 1 million subscribers or more. So, as I am university Eng student of this language ur accent is more than splendid. I wish u the best of the best and ur channel would be increased in a short time. Respect from Moroccan to American 🙏🙏🙏
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Abdelilah - Thank you for your comment! I'm so happy that my videos have been helpful! Good luck with your studies :)
@ccc-mi9gc
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent highly appreciated dear professor. So, i just wanna you give me your feedback about the way I write Englihs if it is advanced or itermediate...?
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
@@ccc-mi9gc I have to admit that written English is not my specialty, so I'm not able to accurately rank it as "beginner", "intermediate", or "advanced". I wouldn't want to give you an incorrect assessment of your English writing skills! I will say that I can understand your questions very well, even though you have a few spelling and grammar errors here and there :) But I can understand you just fine!
@ccc-mi9gc
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent I am not a native of English... maybe I did mistakes when used idioms ❤❤. Highly appreciated
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
@@ccc-mi9gc Of course - I'm happy to help! And I meant no offense at all with discussing the few errors that I saw - I hope I didn't come across as rude! :) Your English skills are very good!! Thank you for your comments :)
@jblusse
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I just watched another video, in which they recommend curling your tongue to produce the retroflex R. They also recommend sort of sliding into the R sound by starting at the L and then withdrawing your tongue. If you do that, you are also prone to curl your tongue back instead of just withdrawing it, as you recommend in the EA-RRR exercise. Wondering about your thoughts on this? I am actually not trying to improve my American accent, but learning what the retroflex R position entails because it is a key position in pronouncing words like zhao, chao, shao and ru in Chinese. So mostly trying to figure out where my tongue should be to create a variety of consonants that are characterized as retroflex in Chinese. Thanks for this helpful video!
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi jblusse - Thanks so much for your comment :) The American R sound is fascinating because there is more than one way to pronounce it, and the answer to "Which way is better?" depends on who you ask! I definitely prefer the bunched R because it makes a better American R (in my opinion). This would be a great discussion for my Conversation Club - if you're interested, here's the website to join: offers.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/juliesconversationclub. I think other people have the same question, so it would be wonderful if you joined the Club and asked this very question! I'd be happy to discuss the retroflex R vs. the bunched R in more detail! :)
@ccc-mi9gc
3 жыл бұрын
U are the best teacher i have ever seen on youtube. U and rechals.... Respect from Moroccan university Eng student
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi! Thank you for your comment - that is very nice of you to say! I'm glad my videos have been helpful :)
@ccc-mi9gc
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent I swear.... ur accent is supernatural... I love it so much.... U really have perfect American accent
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
@@ccc-mi9gc Thank you - that is very kind of you to say! :)
@ccc-mi9gc
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent i just said the truth as a university English student " Morocco" I fo love british accent more than American but when I heard ur accent, I decided to change it from British into American cz in the university which I study in most of students have American accent.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
@@ccc-mi9gc Oh, that is very nice of you to say! Thank you! :)
@ramzy-6566
3 жыл бұрын
4:26 is the sound you make in this time the same like flap T. thank you.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi! Yes, I was attempting to isolate the flap T and pronounce it by itself, but it is challenging to do :) It sounded more like an R sound in other languages! The flap T never occurs in isolation (by itself) in American English - it always occurs in the middle of a word - so it is difficult to pronounce it accurately by itself! Thanks for your question :)
@ramzy-6566
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent - still confused, for flap T . is the flap T sound like the second D in a word ( dad )
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
@@ramzy-6566 Even though I usually call it a "flap T", the D sound can also become a flap (I hope that isn't even more confusing!) It would be more accurate to call it just a "flap" and not a "flap T", but most people know it as the "flap T". The flap is like the T in "water" or the D in "madder". When a native speaker says a word like "dad" by itself, they will most likely use a true, released D sound for the second D in "dad". BUT, when the word "dad" is in a sentence, like "My dad is a doctor", the second D in "dad" will most likely become a flap because it is between two vowels, and it is unstressed. This is the same rule for the flap T - when T is between two vowels and it is unstressed, the T becomes the flap. The rule is the same for a D sound. So to summarize: The second D in "dad" can be a flap in certain contexts. When /d/ is between two vowels and in an unstressed syllable, it becomes the flap. I hope this was helpful! :)
@ramzy-6566
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Thank you.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
@@ramzy-6566 No prob! :)
@taherelsayed1865
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
Жыл бұрын
Hi Taher - You're welcome! I'm so glad you liked this video :)
@ramzy-6566
3 жыл бұрын
amazing vid.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Ramzy!
@ramzy-6566
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, what's the difference between retroflex r and bunched r. is the (retroflex r ) the front R, the first sound of a word, as in (red) and the R sound comes before a vowel sound, as in great. for the (bunched r ) the back R sound will appear towards the back of the word or the end of the word as in (car) or, before a consonant sound as in ( park ) Combination R sound of the front R sound and the back R sound. When R between two vowels sounds... as in sorry or Erin. Use the back r (bunched r) for the first R, for the second part use the front R sound (retroflex r) . kzitem.info/news/bejne/um583nmjhGlplKA is that right?
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the question and the video! I watched it, and she is teaching the R sound differently than I do. If you look at the mouth drawings that she uses, she is teaching the retroflex R for both the "front R" and the "back R" - the tongue tip is flipped backward in the mouth. That's the retroflex R, and I don't think the retroflex R gives you the best R-sounding quality (and I think it's harder to say!) She also uses different terms for the R sounds. What she calls a "Front R", I call the R consonant /ɹ/. And what she calls a "Back R", I call an r-colored vowel, like AR /ɑɹ/ in "car", OR /oɹ/ in "four", etc. And what she calls a "combination R" is really an r-colored vowel (like the AR /ɑɹ/ in "sorry" /ˈsɑɹ .i/) and the way the r-colored vowel transitions to the next syllable. In "sorry", you link the first syllable /ˈsɑɹ / to the next syllable /i/ by holding out the R sound and connecting it to the /i/ sound. I use the bunched R for all the R sounds - the R consonant /ɹ/ in "red", the r-colored vowels in "sorry", "Erin", "car", and when R is part of a consonant cluster (two or more consonants next to each other in the same syllable), like the /gɹ/ in "great". I don't curl my tongue tip at all for the R sound. My tongue tip stays neutral - it doesn't point up or down, my entire tongue pulls back into itself, and my tongue tip stays in the middle. The biggest difference in the way I pronounce the consonant R /ɹ/ like in "red" and the r-colored vowels, like the /ɑɹ/ in "sorry", is with my lips. My lips usually round more with the consonant R /ɹ/ (and the R-clusters) than with the r-colored vowels. So when R is at the beginning of a word or in a consonant cluster, I'll use the bunched R and my lips will round (she calls it "pucker" in the video). When R is after a vowel (like in an r-colored vowel), I'll use the bunched R and my lips won't round as much. I know the R sound is confusing! I hope this helped :)
@ramzy-6566
4 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent I use the bunched R and my lips rounded. My tongue tip stays neutral. yes very helpful. thank you and have a nice day.
@ahmedyamani7388
4 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Thank you so much for this incredible information! Reading this comment is alone is as good and sufficient as watching an entire video about the R sound. Thanks again so much 😊
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
@@ahmedyamani7388 Hi! Thank you for your comment - I'm so happy that my videos/comments have been helpful! :)
@ramzy-6566
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, i make the /r/ sound like you. but some people When they making the /r/ sound they opening their mouth a little and slightly rounding their lips. Then raise the front of their tongue toward the alveolar ridge behind their upper front teeth, without touch. Then curl back the tip of their tongue and slightly lower the center of their tongue and raise its back. And the tongue should be tensed. what do you think, are the Americans from California make the same.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
Hi! Thanks for this question! I find it very interesting that there are two ways to make the American R sound - the way that you and I do it (called the "bunched R") and the other way you described, with the tongue tip curled back (called the "retroflex R"). Both are acceptable in American English, but I think the bunched R is more common and sounds better than the retroflex R. I've asked many native American English speakers to show me which type of R they make, and I've never met anyone who makes the retroflex R, but I'm sure that there are people out there who do use the retroflex R! I also know that in school when children are learning how to make the R sound, speech therapists will teach both the bunched and the retroflex positions, and they will encourage the child to use whichever position is easiest for them. I teach the bunched R because that's how I make it, and I think it gives you a better R sound. Another reason to use the bunched R is because oftentimes, non-native speakers will have a tapped or trilled R in their language, and if they try to use the retroflex R in American English, they are much more likely to tap the tongue tip to the roof of the mouth, which isn't the American R sound. This was a long reply, but I hope it helped! :)
@ramzy-6566
4 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent thank you so much for helpful reply, i learned "bunched R" about ten years ago, because in Arabic we trilled R and then i learned th sound because we don't use but a little bit use th sound. and the headrest letter /p/ because we have /b/ only.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
@@ramzy-6566 Interesting - I didn't know that Arabic didn't have the /p/ sound! Clients have told me that the bunched R is difficult to learn, but it really is a better-sounding R, so I'm glad you were able to learn how to do it!
@MalikaMohinur-my3mq
7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
7 ай бұрын
You're welcome, Malika! :)
@dookiepost
2 жыл бұрын
As an American I always feel that our R sounds so harsh. Makes me feel like a pirate lol. "Park the car in Harvard yard"
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
2 жыл бұрын
Hi DookiePost - It's true - I feel that way, too, especially with words that have two R sounds in a row, like "wearer" or "clearer." :)
@ramzy-6566
4 жыл бұрын
Is that right? The /r/ never followed a vowel? that's because a vowel sound followed by the /r/ consonant becomes an r-colored vowel.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
Yes - that is correct! When the letter R follows a vowel, it functions as an r-colored vowel in the word, not as a consonant. So in the word "card", the R is part of the vowel /ɑɹ/, which means the word has only three sounds: The consonant /k/, the vowel /ɑɹ/, and the consonant /d/. But the R in an r-colored vowel sounds very similar to a consonant R /ɹ/, and the tongue position is also very similar. Thanks for the question!
@ramzy-6566
4 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent i love /ɹ/ and /t/ sounds a lot of rules. thank you. Have a nice day.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
@@ramzy-6566 That's true! So many rules!! :)
@LearnEnglishwithBrilliant
5 ай бұрын
I study English for five hours every day ❤🇮🇳
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
5 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Keep up the good work! I hope my videos have been helpful :)
@tricky_english
Жыл бұрын
Ran vs EARn. Is there a difference between these two Rrs?
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
Жыл бұрын
Hi! Thanks for your question :) The answer is a little too advanced to include in a comment, so it would be best if I answered your question during one of my live English classes at Julie's Conversation Club: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club That way I could give you a complete answer in real time! I hope to see you there :)
@zoozzooz9283
4 жыл бұрын
I love it!
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
Hi! I'm so glad my video is helpful! :)
@zoozzooz9283
4 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent you did a good job! Thank YOU
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
@@zoozzooz9283 :)
@shyam1280
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah helped but how to check I spoke correct correctly or incorrectly
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi PT Adarsh - Thanks for your comment! If you'd like me to listen to your speech and give you feedback on your pronunciation, let me know. You can email me at julie@sandiegovoiceandaccent.com, or contact me through my website: sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/contact. Thanks! :)
@ccc-mi9gc
3 жыл бұрын
First and foremost, this letter "R" would be like a shooting fish in a barrel, because I've watched this video nemerous of time . So I would be back to squer other letters, after finishing my grammar lessons because I am super occupied as mouse as a bee. Dear students, my advice for you is to watch her videos around the clock if you are really enthusiastic to improve your accent as I did. I wish you all the best. In addition to that👆, Never in a million years did I believe my accent is going to be better, but when those videos were explained by this professer my accent has improved more than you visualizing and has moved from intermediate to advance. So, I am still watching those splendis videos nine times out of ten Professor , u are my superhero on the youtube I wish if u were my professor in the university, but unfortunately because I would keep watching ur videos. ❤🙏🙏🇲🇦🇲🇦
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much - you're very kind! That makes me very happy to know my videos have helped you to improve your English pronunciation :) I hope I can continue to help you with my future videos! :)
@ramzy-6566
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, i hope you okay. have a nice day.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
Hi! Thank you :) I'm doing well - I hope you are, too!
@தமிழ்இலக்கியபூங்கா
3 жыл бұрын
Super R
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video :)
@arissaandasmachannel7062
3 жыл бұрын
Wow
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Arissa - Thanks for your comment! I'm glad the video was helpful :)
@kawaiiworld-
3 жыл бұрын
How to pronounce an "Avatar" .....plz?
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Kawaii World - Thanks for your comment! I'll consider adding "Avatar" to my word list :) And I'm not sure if you'd be interested, but I give live lessons each week on the American accent. Here is the website if you are interested in joining the lessons: offers.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/juliesconversationclub. Thanks! :)
@dookiepost
2 жыл бұрын
a -vuh-taar. If you search the word + "pronunciation" in Google, you can choose to hear the pronounciation in the general American accent.
@massnsen8158
3 жыл бұрын
Everything I did I could not pronounce it correctly 🥴🥴
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi - thank you for your comment :) The American R sound is very difficult to pronounce, and your native language may also make it harder or easier for you to pronounce. Keep practicing - don't give up! I'll try to make more videos about the American R sound, and hopefully soon things will "click" for you! Good luck :)
@dookiepost
2 жыл бұрын
Have you heard a stereotypical pirate in media? "Arrrrrrrrr"
@tauqeerahmed2719
3 жыл бұрын
It is really difficult pronounce these Ir Ur Or Ar Er
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Tauqeer - Thanks for your comment :) I agree - those R vowels are very challenging to pronounce! If you want extra help with pronouncing them, you can join my live English class at Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club), and I can help you there! I hope to see you at the next meeting :)
@tauqeerahmed2719
3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent thank you so much
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 жыл бұрын
@@tauqeerahmed2719 Happy to help!
@silvanamarinho7447
3 ай бұрын
It is too much hard
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
3 ай бұрын
I know the American R consonant is very challenging to pronounce, but don't give up - you can improve! :) Thanks for your comment :)
@briangriffiths3852
3 жыл бұрын
I have to laugh regarding the American accent when the letter R is so over emphasised particularly if the R is at the end of a word! Watching an American female cook on our UK TV is so irritating with over emphasizing certain letters of the alphabet and again with words like talking! being pronounced Tok-ing, or Wok-ing for walking! I need a Wok! I need to Tok to you! I appreciate that there are all kinds of accents, dialects as we have here in the UK, How the American accent evolved is quite a question?????? Answers please!!! from anyone! Thanks. BJG.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Brian - Thanks so much for your comment! I really appreciate hearing another person's perspective on accents in general, but especially the American accent, as that is the one that I speak. The American accent evolved just like any other language and accent. One person (or a group of people) starting pronouncing something a certain way - maybe from the influence of a non-native speaker or their personal preferences, who knows - and then other people starting copying that pronunciation. Maybe they were an influential person or an influential group of people in their community (??), and if they had a platform from which to speak, I'm sure their voice and their pronunciation were also influential to the people who heard it. Their children also spoke in the same way, as that is how spoken language is learned, so that particular pronunciation perpetuated throughout the generations, and so on. Of course, this was waaaaay before telephones, radio, and the internet, so areas of the world were much more isolated than they are now, so it was much harder for languages and pronunciation to change in any given area. Whatever was there at that time sort of stuck around, which makes sense, and then any changes to the language and its pronunciation happened over years / generations. One point I'd like to make clear is that there is no such thing as a "good" or "right" accent. One accent is not "better than" the other. So while you're perfectly welcome to laugh at the American accent if you want to (and I also laugh at my own accent at times!), I would urge you to consider the idea that all accents are equally valid, be they UK accents, Australian accents, Spanish accents, Chinese accents, South African accents, etc. It's a slippery slope when one decides to start laughing at another person's accent. Just something to think about!
@briangriffiths3852
2 жыл бұрын
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Hello there and a very good Morning to you. Thank you for taking the time and effort to reply to my question it's very much appreciated! Wishing you a "Merry Christmas" and a "Happy New Year" Let's hope that 2022 will be a good year for you? Keep Well and Keep safe! Regards, Brian.
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
2 жыл бұрын
@@briangriffiths3852 Thanks Brian! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well :)
@english4freedom
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! :) If you want extra practice with the R sound, make sure you watch my most recent videos on the R-colored vowels - each of those uses the R sound! Good luck with your practice :)
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