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How do you know that someone is a native speaker of American English? Is it because of his or her pronunciation? Gestures and facial expressions? Intonation? Sure, all of those things can tell you!

But there's something else in the voice that gives it away, and that's voice placement.

What is voice placement? And how is it related to an accent? You'll learn the answers to those questions in the video, plus you'll practice the placement of the American English front vowels with me at the end!
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[alevtina]

Your voice is terrific!!! You sound like a singer.

[MajokGarang-wu]

That's the best topic I didn't know before

[douglasmarinho]

I recognised her voices! I like her videos!

[araobrito]

Thanks for your great lesson! You are awesome ! Congratulations!!!!

[fighter_vy]

Hi! Julie.
It's excellent and great this theme
Voice placement. It's really meaningful.I have love it.❤
My name is Elieser.

[patipedra]

Thanks im from Brasil i speak portuguese in Brazil

[nina]

Question: æ is a front vowel, what does that exactly mean? Isnt the back of the tongue tensed? A as in father is a back vowel, for example, can you elaborate on what principle are vowels classified as front and back on the chart according to?

[naina]

Thanks a bunch for this informative lesson!!
I appreciate it!!
I just wanna know how can I find out whether my voice placement is correct or not.
Can diaphragmatic breathing help us to get that correct placement?
Are deep voice and lower voice placement same ??Looking forward to your reply!!
Thanks in advance!!

[山口シオマラ]

I live in Japan, and I think the vowels sounds are very alike to the Spanish language, that’s why It’s easier for them to speak Spanish. My husband speaks Spanish and English and it’s difficult for me to understand when he speaks English. But his Spanish is better.

[edo]

I wonder if the placement is the same for men and women? Probably is it deeper for men? Placement is such a complex and abstract concept, I feel more research needs to be done to find a precise and concise method to achieve proper placement

[davidrock]

How do you pronounce words that end with ths, such as months, cloths and moths?
My American friend told me to just say monts, clots and mots, and that most people don’t stick out their tongue to pronounce th. Is it true?

[Seraphina_Belle]

I feel like when I speak with more air in my throat and use force from my belly my accent is much better

[pandaonlinehero]

I can't speak like a native untill i translate in my head

[kirill]

dont take this the wrong way, but your voice sounds too robotic. it feels like im getting a call by a survey bot or i just called some companies customer support and your about to tell me to press 1 for english. native speakers dont over express all the sounds like what your doing. sure its very clear and would be good for like recording a message that thousands could hear but it sounds a bit creepy if you were to speak like htat to me in a casual conversation

[jeffy]

You speak too much. Please get to the point faster. Thank you for the video though.