by Annie Ruden, M.S.CCC-SLP | Oct 16, 2021 | Accent Reduction
If your past tense verbs come out as “work-id” or “play-id,” you are adding a syllable English does not use there. It is a very common pattern, and it is easy to fix. Put two fingers on your throat, say the last sound of the root verb, and let that sound choose the...
by Annie Ruden, M.S.CCC-SLP | Oct 2, 2021 | Accent Reduction, ProTip Fast Track Your Accent Reduction
If you searched short ee, you are looking for the small American vowel in sit and this. That sound is the short i. The long ee is the brighter vowel in seat and these. A lot of English learners use long ee for both. Then sit sounds like seat, and this sounds like...
