Todaywearelearningsomesecrettipstohelpyouachieve a Britishaccent.
Hello, everybody, andwelcometoanother e T J EnglishBritishPronunciationLesson.
Andas I mentionedjustnow, we'regoingtobelearningsomesecrettips.
Sometips.
Whichpoolhelpyousound?
Mawr, British.
Nowwhen I sayBritish, I dohavetosaythisbecause I getpeoplefromplaceslikeScotlandandupinthenorthoftheUKandvariousotherareascomplaining, sayingthat I'm teachingonlyoneBritishaccent.
Ifyouwant a Scottishaccent, goandfind a Scottishyoutuber.
Okay, sojust a disclaimerthereforthoseofyousensitivepeople.
Sothesesecretssecrets, whatarethey?
Well, thesearethingswhich I thinkarevery, veryimportanttotheBritishaccent, thingswhichyouneedtodoifyoureallywantpeopletothinksuddenlyalltheysound a bitBritish.
Therearemany, many, many, many, manydifferentsecretsandtips I couldgiveyou, butthesearejust a few.
IfyouwanttolearnallofthetipsandallofthewaysofsoundingBritish, you'llneed a fulllengthcourse.
Andthat's why I have, ah, BritishEnglishcourseavailablepronunciationcourseat E.
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Butjustforthesefewkindoffreetips, I hopeyoufindthemuseful, and I reallyhopetheyhelpyouwithachievingyourgoals.
Solet's getstarted.
Thefirstthing I needtotellyou, infact, istothinkaboutwords.
Forexample, ifyou'respeakingwith a Britishaccentoryou'retryingtospeakwith a Britishaccent, butyousay a wordliketrashinsteadofrubbish, thenyou'regoingtostillsoundAmerican.
You'regoingtosoundlike a BritishpersonwhoisstrugglingwithvocabularyandusingAmericanvocabulary.
So, as I said, insteadofsayingtrashsayrubbishandofcourse, youconfinedvariousotherwords, which, whichissimilarwherewehave a BritishversiononAmericanshavetheirownversion.
Maybe I'llmake a videoaboutthatinthefuture.
Now, anotherreallyimportantsecret I haveforyouisdon't forgetyourteas, theletter t thatsound.
Firstly, let's checkthatyoucanpronounceit.
Let's say a wordliketotonow.
Inthebeginning, ifyoufinditdifficult, youmightfindthatyou'respittingthesoundoutquite a lot, too.
Butweneedtolearntorelaxittosound a bitmorenatural.
Nowrememberthatthetonguerisestothetopofthemouth.
Wecreatesomepressureandwereleaseit.
Makesureit's niceandrelaxed.
Don't do a bigbecauseyoumightblindsomeonewithyourspitondo.
Sowhenwehave a T, whichisbetweentwovowels, whetherit's in a wordorit's betweentwowords, wepronounceitas a teaorwecanuse a lottaLTEAmericanstheyuse a D tojoinit.
Butlearnyourvowelsbeforeyoulearnyourdefthongs, a soundwhichisreallyimportant, aswellastheSchwannsoundtosoundingextremelyBritishor, in a word, likehot, notpot.
SoinAmericanwouldsayheart, wesayhotthisveryroundshapewiththemouthwhereweliftthetongueinthemouthareitcreatessuch a Britishsound.
Youknow, forexample, it's hottoday, righton.
Americanssayit's hottoday, butwesayit's hottodayonthiskindofAATsoundreallydoescreate a Britishsenseaboutyou, somakesurethatyougetthissoundrightandyou'renotdoingthekindofouropenmouthsoundyou'redoingMawroftheroundshapearepushingyourlipsout.
So, as I said, therearehundredsandhundredsofsecretsandtips I couldgiveyouabouttheBritishaccent.
Thesearejust a few I wantedtogiveyoutodaybecause I thinkthey'requiteeasytounderstandontheirthings, whichyoucouldstartlookingatandstudyingrightnowandtrainingyourselftodowhenwegetsomemorecomplicatedthingslikestressandintonation.
I mean, that's whenthingsget a bitmoreconfusing, andthat's whenyoureallyneeddirectcontactwiththeteacher.