Improve Your American (and Canadian) English on YouTube

I've put together a collection of public YouTube playlists to support your English learning journey.

FULL TRANSPARENCY: I have A LOT going on and have extremely limited time to work on them, so this list and the playlists in them aren't exactly what I would like them to be right now (incomplete, not as curated as I would like, etc.). HOWEVER, I'm sharing them here because I believe they'll still be helpful to some people. This is a gradual work in progress that I tried to create fast to give English learners resources quick - even if there are typos... ;)

🎯 Each playlist is organized by topic—so you can focus on what interests you most at the moment!

Here are the playlists...

Based on Goals

💎 Speak like an American/Canadian

💎 Connected Speech Practice

💎 Focus on Stress, Intonation, & Rhythm 

💎 Spot the English Mistakes (Test Your English) 

💎 Accent Reduction TIPS 

💎 Ask an American Coach Series 

💎 "Judge My Accent" Series

💎 English Learning Tips

💎 English for Doctors and Medical Professionals

💎 Mastering -ed endings [id, t, or d?]

💎 Mastering the letter "O"

💎 Mastering Consonant Clusters

Based on First Languages

💎 Help for French Speakers

💎 Help for Portuguese Speakers

💎 Help for Spanish Speakers

💎 Help for Ukrainian Speakers

💎 Help for Speakers of Indian Languages

Playlists by Sound (Vowels)

💎 */ʊ/ vs. /ʌ/ (think Look - luck)

💎 */u/ vs /ʊ/ (think Luke - look)

💎 */ɔ/ vs. /ʌ/ (think caught - cut)
***note: I pronounce the /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ as the cot-caught merger (common in several parts of North American)

💎 */ɑ/ vs. /ʌ/ (think cot - cut)
***note: I pronounce the /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ as the cot-caught merger (common in several parts of North American)

💎 /æ/ vs /ɑ/ (think cat - cot)
💎 /ɑ/ vs /ɔ/ THESE ARE THE SOUNDS JESSIE PRONOUNCES THE SAME

💎 */ɪ/ vs. /i/ (think sh*t - sheet)

💎 */æ/ vs. /ɛ/ (think bad - bed)

💎 /æ/ vs./ʌ/ (think cat - cut)

💎 */ɪ/ vs. /ɛ/

💎 /eɪ/ vs. /ɪ/

💎*/eɪ/ vs. /ɛ/

💎*/oʊ/ vs. /ɔ/

💎 /e/ vs. /eɪ/

💎 /aɪ/ vs. /eɪ/

 ***more to be added. I still need to verify the videos in some of the lists without an asterisk beside them :)

Playlists by Sound (Consonants)

💎 the American R

💎 the TH

💎 TH /ð/ vs /z/

💎 TH /θ/ vs /f/

💎 the FLAP T
💎 /v/ vs. /w/

💎 L vs. R

💎 nasal sounds (m, n, ng)
💎 */m/
💎 /n/ vs. /ŋ/
💎*/ʤ/ J vs /j/ Y
💎 the H sound

💎 *SH /ʃ/ vs.CH /tʃ/

💎 */s/ vs. /z/
💎 */v/ vs. /b/

  ***more to be added. I still need to verify the videos in some of the lists without an asterisk beside them :)

Playlists on Services

💎 Client Problems & Questions

💎 More on Working with me (needs to be updated, so check out my website to see what I am currently offering)

Please note that these playlists are constantly being updated, so feel free to come back to them anytime.

I hope this helps you get closer to your English goals! 🌟

Take care,
Jess
American Accent Training with Jess

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