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 very limited time to work on these, so this list and its playlists are still a work in progress — incomplete, not as curated as I’d like, and yes, there may be a few typos. 😅 

BUT I’m sharing them now because I believe they’ll still be helpful. I wanted to get useful resources into your hands quickly, rather than wait until everything is perfect. 💕

🎯 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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