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Study how Americans use and reduce 'them' in conversational English.

Real English Conversation – on Brad’s Farm

Real English Conversation – on Brad’s Farm

You can speak English fluently!  It takes effort to learn English pronunciation but you can make huge improvements if you have the right pronunciation guide.  That’s where I come in!  The entire aim of my channel is to help you learn English and, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conversation, Videos Tagged With: BECAUSE Reduction, Dropped T, Real Life English, THEM Reduction, Wanna

ENGLISH CONVERSATION

ENGLISH CONVERSATION

English Conversation practice:  learn terms and phrases Americans use in conversation like “pulling your leg”, “just joshing”, the phrasal verbs “screw up” and “turn out”, and how we reduce words and phrases when speaking, like “suppose to”, “them”, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conversation and Speech Studies, Videos Tagged With: Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, Real Life English, THEM Reduction, Words that Begin with H Reductions

Visit Coney Island!

Visit Coney Island!

Come for a visit to New York’s Coney Island!  You’ll study real English conversation and see reductions in action. Plus, you get to see Rachel get scared on a ride! YouTube blocked? Click here to see the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conversation and Speech Studies, EE [i] as in SHE, in a Word, Most Popular, Videos Tagged With: BECAUSE Reduction, Culture, Most Popular, Real Life English, Silent Letters, THEM Reduction, TS Cluster, Words that Begin with H Reductions

How to Pronounce the Word THEM

How to Pronounce the Word THEM

Study the THEM reduction.  There are many reductions in conversational American English. It’s important to know what they are to improve listening comprehension, but also to use the reductions in speech yourself.  They are a key part to sounding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Videos, Words that Reduce Tagged With: THEM Reduction

How to make Pumpkin Pie + Idioms

How to make Pumpkin Pie + Idioms

Study conversational English and the idioms (what does ‘eyeball it’ mean??) that come up while I bake a pumpkin pie! YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_U-duZgaU Video Text: As it's almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conversation and Speech Studies, Most Popular, Videos Tagged With: Gonna, Idioms, Most Popular, Real Life English, THEM Reduction

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