Improve Your Pronunciation with /æ/ - British English Accent

The SECRET of pronouncing æ correctly. Many students get this wrong. Get it right and you will IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH ACCENT. Liz explains how to get the sound right, when the sound changes together with practice exercises.

0:00 Introduction
0:36 The Secret of æ
1:03 The Rule
3:01 æ compared to iː
3:33 Long & Sort æ Practice
4:44 Cat & Rat Poem

#BritishEnglish #pronunciation #Vowels

GET TO KNOW YOUR TEACHER LIZ
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NAME:- Elizabeth (Liz)

WHAT ARE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? - I am a Cambridge CELTA and the more advanced DELTA qualified English Teacher. I also trained in Speech & Drama at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) and LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts).

WHERE DO YOU LIVE? - England (UK)

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 5 WORDS? - ‘Outwardly innocent, but inwardly knowing’.

WHERE IS THE MOST INTERESTING PLACE YOU'VE TAUGHT? - That would be a one-to-one in a young Italian man’s flat in southern Italy. When he invited me to teach him at his home, I stupidly thought that Mamma would be there cooking the lunch, but no, it was a bachelor pad and no sign of Mamma! I eventually left having learned more about Italian customs than he had learned English!

BEST TEACHING MOMENT? - One of my greatest achievement was when a couple of very naughty teenage Belgian students were sent here to England to learn English. They had been expelled from several schools in their own country and this was their last chance to prove themselves. After a few months of playing around in different levels, and coming close to being expelled again, they eventually ended up in my FCE class. Now they had two chances – respect their teacher and learn something or go back to Belgium. Well, they did go back to Belgium but not before they had passed their FCE! They became my two favourite students of all time. I love a challenge!

HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE YOU TAUGHT? Over 10 thousand

WHAT'S YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING TEACHER MOMENT? - It happened during a DELTA observed lesson. One of my students happened to suffer from Tourette’s syndrome. Of course, I had no reason to worry, I had mentioned the fact in my lesson plan, and anyway, this student had never caused a problem before. However, today was different. Very different. Upon eliciting the required information from him – not wanting to leave him out – instead of answering the question in his usual fashion, he suddenly exhumed a torrent of swear words from somewhere deep within himself. After this cathartic experience he looked very pleased with himself but, unfortunately, this was not really the answer I was looking for. Everything went quiet, I looked over at the examiner who looked rather shocked. It certainly wasn’t your run-of-the-mill DELTA exam! BUT I passed!

[mdmohiuddin]

What an excellent teacher you are! I am an English teacher in Bangladesh. I always try to follow you.

[winnaingoo]

Thank you. You are the light of the world. You are an angel in the form of an English teacher. 😍

[sunday]

Dear Teacher. Thank you so much for your wonderful lesson.

[yurjip]

I shorten æ all the time. Thank you. Love the poem. The cat and the rat 🤣🤣🤣

[PlaYoR]

Every vowel sound, even diphthongs, lengthens before voiced sounds and shortens afore unvoiced sounds (I read this in phonetics)

[johnlie]

Hi again,

I have studied English for 30 and l have lived in UK for 20 years.
I didn't know about, but in some ways I had noticed.

Many thanks,

[hoangluu]

Love it, sure I will be watching this again and again until I get it right, thanks so much Liz.

[klementearte]

Thanks Liz. It is quite interesting and useful.😃

[muhammadkhalil]

Wow, since yesterday I kept trying to understand phonetics on different chanals but it was getting more confusing, but all of a sudden I came across to this remarkable teacher's chanal, my all confusion was blew up

[calmmusicforsleep]

Hello Liz! Awesome lessons! Thanks for sharing! Have a great day my friend!🌸👍

[dilyanaaleksandrova]

this video is an eye-opener for me! i have never heard about that difference before voiced and unvoiced sound! Thank you very much! 🤍

[changehealthcaresolutions-]

Hopefully that you are always safe& nice. You are my 1'st choice of pronunciation coaching.

[connieomalley]

Thanks Liz.This video is helpful especially for non-native speakers..❤️

[ademirj]

Hi teacher Liz. Good morning!
You are very competent and fun, by the intelligent teaching strategy. Thank you for your great classes and time you dedicate to teaching.

[zafarkurbonboev]

Thank you so much for your lively and helpful lessons. They are wonderful. You are one of the best teacher. Good luck!

[MrAliMAli-hfzn]

Thanks for your efforts. Big greetings from Egypt

[ndianaobongeshiet]

I always have difficulty with this sound . Thanks a lot more love from Nigeria

[marcross]

once I was told the best way to pronounce this sound is to open the mouth in a way as to pronounce the vowel A but pronounce the vowel E instead.

[tabarkhusain]

how did not I know this before?
thank you, Liz, you are incredible!

[josemariapina]

Regarding the content of this video it is the first time i heard that this front low vowel sound could be long.Very good.