Sound like a Native English Speaker: Tapping

thank you

hussein al attabi

nice video

peng22

Hi, Emma, That’s really interesting. I’ve noticed that English speakers used to don’t pronounce the “r” for example “Peter” sounds like “Pita”. Is that correct?

Faustino de souza alves

Thanks Emma for this lesson!

It’s interessing to know the rules to pronounce “t” in North American English speaking. To me, as a portuguese speaker, it sounds that this “d” is pronounced a little like “r”. Something like “warer”, for example.

Fabio Cicerre

Hi, Emma! It was a very interesting lesson. Thank you! Greetings from Brazil!

Júlio César L Sousa

Yeah, Understood , I got it how to pronounce..
Nice lesson Ms.Emma.. Anyway thanks..

Sivakumar

Interesting! Thank you, Emma :)

Happy04

Thanks a lot.

HeroSony

10/10 thank you Emma

gansukh

Hello. I want to practice my english so please someone add mee in Skype. My Skype is ronofreb :)

ronofreb

nice emma

Imtithal Saeed

I think the same, I can also notice a little ‘r’ instead of a ‘d’ sound. But anyway, it was really helpful

alehandrs

Thank you for your interesting lesson!

Sang Huynh

Awnsome tips! Thanks Emma!

condeoftalmo

thank you emma

ann ann

10/10 excellent Emma

Kharlanov

all right /t/ sounds like /d/ sounds is North America typical…
Thanks Emma ^^

novi trilisiana

Thank you, Emma, for your educating video lessons. By watching your videos we find out what shortcomings do we have in our English. And it feels perfect when you discover and correct them. Learning English or a language is like learning math. You need to learn everything step by step, otherwise you will limp.

Regards,
Roya.

Roya Seferova

Thank you very much Emma ;)
Cheers from Spain

knopfler86

Austrian accent isn’t my cup of tea.
Thank you Emma :)

Engvid84

very fantastic for this babareddu

fedemarino11

Thank you very much, I have learnt many things from you! No matter where you are, I always love you.

VietNam1984

Thank you, Emma I got 10 correct out of 10.

Ukrit

this was a amazing lesson. thanks emma.

shruti shirke

Great lesson, Emma. You are amazing.

Danddan

usefull, just for us to take care about our accent as non-native english personn. thanks

marienba

Thank you Emma. Great lesson.

pia100te

It is really helpful and very important for our English pronunciation.

badrio

I’m also learning German and I’d be glad if there was anyone who speaks German as first language to help me. Let me know and I’ll give you my whatsapp number.

henry19

thanks Emma.

CaoNgoc

Thank you very much for your help! In your opinion, it’d be better to practise only one accent or more than one?

Thanks again!

Cinosarge

Thanks.

eduardoelorrieta

its really awesome to learn north american accent and i thank emma

navneat

thanks Emma nice video.

TASNEEEM

Much interesting.
Thank you Emma

Luke

yeah, I got full marks in Quiz

Fatema Al Harbi

Thank you so much

Fatema Al Harbi

i had complaint regarding this lesson..i dont know you u didnt reply..
u had two mistakes.first bristish pronunciation of water..wota..as it contains double vowel…
second regarding tapping t..it depends upon position of the t..not on the stress..you ought to justify f u think u r right..

abdul manan khan

Thank you

Steph ue06

Thank you Emma! It was a very interesting lesson. 10/10

Aissabaizid

Thank you :))

asukakirinado

9/10 thanks :)

muratdemir

Thanks,Emma

sokdavid

I love this simple rule

t = D when unstress.I do miscellaneous accent just because that what I’ve heard.
cheers Emma have a good day :)

WAHYU WIJAYA

Thank you very much. This is a great lesson for me to find new way of pronouncing the letter ‘t’ when it’s appeared in the middle of a word.

Mettaysan

Jade, Thanks for your 8 Tips post of 2/23/2015. I’m a singer and actor and visited your sight to improve my British accent. Your comments on the ‘r’ and the difference between ‘ae’ and ‘a’ are very helpful. However, I must take issue with your instruction on “wh”. Just because a specific pronunciation has been adopted by a majority of speakers, we shouldn’t blindly capitulate. I know language is living and ever evolving, but maintaining a standard pronunciation can also be important. “wh” pronounced at “hw” provides clarity in expression. Learning pronunciation also helps one climb the social ladder. I’m an example of that. My Dad was miner with barely an elementary education. Through education and working to erase a parochial accent I was able to rise much higher than my Dad would have imagined.

lpvoit

realy it is intresting lesson and i like the way of teaching

engxasanshiine

Very interesting, Emma!

ameliamorgado

nice one

Jenish

10/10.Amazing :D thanks so much.

wolfboy94

Thank you for making this video.
You have really great lessons on Engvid.
And Sorry for this question EMMA,you look so sweet and like a pregnant,is that true or I am just confused ? :)

bakhtiyar ali

That is a great way to learn English, thank you.

Bahaa@

Hey Emma!
Please provide us with lesson of ‘Pronoun and its types’
and don’t forget about its rules.
Yeah I know it might be quite long but we(learners) really nred that . Please make it for us.

Chetanverma

Hey Emma!
Please provide us with lesson of ‘Pronoun and its types’
and don’t forget about its rules.
Yeah I know it might be quite long but we(learners) really nred that . Please make it for us.
I’ve watched your vedios and even subscribed to your channel.
Its kinda request.

Chetanverma

Hello Emma .
Thanks for this lesson . I have two questions : i cannot find a word with a t at the middle of it that is unstressed so that it is pronounced with a d sound in North America. Could you show me a example , you did not in this lesson .
My second question is : you wrote on the white board the short phrase ” when unstress ” . Should we not use the past participle of ” unstress ” rater than the base form .
Thanks for all . Bye

tsamp

Thanks

Ghostman506

Thanks teacher!

Crystal

hello emma.thank you for your lessons.
i have always had a big problem in english.i can’t explain that exactly but i can give some examples.i hope you understand me.for example;
1.my bedroom’s door or the door of my bedroom?
2.people convenience or people’s convenience or the convenience of people?
in summary i have a big problem to order the related words.
plz help me.
thank you so much

rahzan

Very nice lesson. Thank you.

Regina009

Sounds interesting!

Sassy

Hi all,

I remember a trainer who taught me that several years before. Nice to brush it up once again with Emma.

When I look up on wikipedia, “flapping” and “tapping” seem to have the same meaning, so don’t they ?
Also both seem to concerns only /t/ (unvoiced) and its obstruent counterpart /d/ (voiced).
But enough theory now… Let’s do as if there were no more obstruents (/f/ vs /v/”, or “/s/ vs /z/” etc.) lol

If I put aside “tapping” and move to silent t”.
As far as I can rely with my “terrible” listening,
I’d say – as soons as a native speaker speeds up, “t” can be “eaten” -.
This applies in BE (as mentioned by Emma), but also in NAE.
Thinking especially to the words in(t)ernet, in(t)erview or wa(t)er…
Is somebody else to agree with it ?

Thanks Emma, your videos rocket our english.

Nico ESL for ever

THANKS Emma. ..! Very good..!

Ljpocholo

10/10 thank you, Emma

haiv2

wow I understan.
thank you so much for your support.
it is nice video.

Hector castro

Thanks a lot ! It’s very useful !

Jessicadai

Great thanks for you Ema

Mohamed Elsherbiny

Very good!

viacheslavkr

thank you so much, you’re one of my favourite teachers here! I often understand quickly when you explained about english lesson

Adiazairtif

Thanks Emma for this lesson thats is gonna help me a lot with American pronunciation

famosochino

I love this! Thanks a lot

jared7

Interesting sound

Aweis

hellow my dear teachers and my classmates
how are you?

abdiwahabSomalo

Your lesson is very usefull. I thank you so much ^^

quangnguyen97

Thanks so much!
You are a good teacher.

shao0617

I got 100% Marks. Thanks Emma.

Joshisadanandan

Excellent lesson

You’r awesome teacher

just-me

Hi Emma

Thank you for the lesson!

Could you teach us a lesson about the differences between American and Canadian English?

Thanks!

audrysilva

i love Ema

madison trang tran

Thank you

mohamedbilal

Hi Emma
You are an excellent teacher. It possible to have connection with by Skype.?
I enjoy your classes very much

Pedro Esquea Tineo

Thankyou Emma !
could you please help me to understand the difference between OF ALL and FROM ALL ?
Exemple :__???___ all those applying,Mr. Jamison was the most experienced applicant.

imazzor

hi to all

Isroil

I thank you, that was extremely helpful

YEdward

Very useful lesson, thanks a lot Emma.

kermed

Your lesson is so interesting. Thank you!

Sebert

I have passed.I have a hundred.Emma is the best!!Grettings from Seville

manusev

It was kinda nice lesson.I hope that you make more lessons of pronunciation. Anyway it was clear and understandable . Thanks Emma.
Elyas Adel

Elyas Adel

Thanks for precious lesson emma…

ko htet aung

Thanks a lot Emma! Your pronunciation is clearly and so easy to understand

Suca

thank you .Emma. this is a good video

huangxiaozhen

thank you, Emma :)

Gui Simoneti

Mrs. Emma,
How to use the adverbs: fairly, quite, rather, pretty before adjectives?
This room is fairly tidy.
This room is rather untidy.
The new teacher is rather nice. I’m surprised -he didn’t look very friendly.
Thanks.
Explain how to use these adverbs before adjectives.

gag

I really enjoy the American English pronunciation !Thaks for your good tricks !

claire26

thank you <3

hoaho94

Congratulation Emma!

Lee

Thank you very much Emma! Your teaching is perfect as usual!

What about words like “thirteen” and “fourteen”?
In these words, the “t” doesn’t turn into “d”, does it?

guycn1

Thanks emma, it helps me to understand more about english

ichwanph

Thak Emma.

Akphichnny

very informative! nice lesson..

arlynports

Thank you Emma

mohamedbadr2311

Thank u Emma.Excellent lesson

AlexanderEnglish

Excellent explanation, thank u madam.
If u dont mind, it will be a great help if could explain the differences among Regarding, related to, with respect to & On behalf of..
1. I am calling you regarding your interview.
2. I am calling you related to your interview.
3. I am calling you with respect to your interview.
4. i am calling you on behalf of your interview,
Which one is true from the above 4 examples and why?
I am getting confused of these….

junaidchithari

Got 9/10 not bad….thankyou

yelxuh02

Great Lesson! Thank you so much, I really liked it! :)

XimenaSH512

Thank you :)

Florizel

thanks emma

emadadel

Thank you!

Elenkaaaaaaaaaa

Hi,
This lesson is very usefull

high score

I dit it great!

cesar.sjo

thank you emma

miladnj

Thank you very much teacher.

Gustavo82

Thank you very much Emma!

John B

Thank you! It really helps.

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mohamed@naser2020

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edfrans

oh really iam happy to have this lesson with u Emma i have learned alot from it. thank you <3

Apricota

I got 10 correct out of 10!
Now I know the secret of North American accent.
Thank you Emma!

Kairat Tabynov

Good learn, Thanks

Alexanderoliv

nice video

mustafa. elmekawy @yahoo.com

it was an mind blowing experience , love you emma , for your awesome lesson

jobayer jisan

thank you emma

houssam.ing

Thanks a million.

Fatima-G

Love you Emma! nice lesson nice girl !!!

baishufan

Quite informative and useful!

leesc311

10 correct out of 10, Thans, Emma.

not3bf

Thank you Emma.
Do you have any examples when the “T” is stressed ?

stepByStep

Hello Emma I hope you are well thanks so much the lesson it was great! :)

valerieflorez

awww yiss perfect score B)

helpmeimpoor

Emma is my favourite teacher, regards from Colombia.

laugisellarc

thank you Emma , it was really interesting

Anna@325

Thank you Emma

gozisik

Thanks, Emma I got it. It’s very interesting.

sirantha

Thanks for this lesson it is really important for me, because I am a North American.

chouchou1

Dear Emma! Would you answer my question? Is “tapping” refer only to letters t and d? Or other letters too?

DashaBond

very helpful video . thank you :)

shirin boby

thanks you emma!

luoyong6

I love your lessons Emma, I passed all the day see them

Celeste Escalante

thank you EMMA its really interesting

mkhass

Useful lesson

abufag

Thanks. I like how you simplify things.

zahraenssaif

Hi Emma, I really feel great to take your lesson, in spite to my English level I think is beginner ,!

Jhonny1

love Emma’s lessons

grace0211

Thank you for letting me know the difference among American, British and Australian.very interesting. I want to know that’s kinda thing more next time.

Nari-Yoon

Hi Emma thanks for the lesson, I love how you do this. However, I agree with some people here on the comments, the sounds for spanish and portugues native speakers is more like a “r” sound instead of “d” sound.

Davitozul

hi ,excellent video ,but i have a question ,why i listen that the prononce its sounds like a (r) and not like a (d) ?

zuza27

Great !

GermanGuy

very nice, i’ve got 10/10 this time.
thanks EMMA your english is very clear

souam.zouhair

Hi Emma,knew send me a video lesson pronunciation

chirathon

Thank you

Shahadz

Thank you, Emma.

Lfabian2013

Thank you. It really helped me.

Ericles Henrique

Thank You,Emma,now i’m understand)

Nick King Of the Pillow

hi.emma.
nice to meet you.
i got 10 out of 10.
but actually, pronunciation is really hard for me.
my tongue keeps going deeper becaese i am english beginner.

noah

Thank you Emma, That was great video that make me more understanding of NAE’sound..

SaratV

Thank you Emma, for the test. Seemingly there is a bug happening on my test. When I clicked on British, in the result report showed that I clicked on North American. But, It doesn’t matter for me. I still like your test.

zack-rey

Thank you, Emma!!!!!

Sérgio

got 10 correct out of 10 :)

figo

thank you

MohammedN

“You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D”

Thanks a lot Emma :)

ImenTN

thank you that’s a bettr way i have seen in my life

Doaa Saad

Thank you Emma，You always make us easy to understand the knowledge of English

Nelson

This lesson was sooooo useful for me, thanks a lot Emma.

Maliban

Thanks Emma. 100%

Sus

Thank you so much, Emma! <3 I hope you will continue making some useful videos for us!

Kylie K

Thank you for your lesson Emma.At the first time i talked with American guys i said “butter” in British accent.He didn’t understand at all that what was i say “><"

k0rnnny

thank you Emma! nice video

verisca

what can i say Allah bless you
all the best to you anshallah

good smile

Thank for your effort

eng.mervat

Very good lesson. Thanks.

vincekumar

Good! Thanks

MikePark

this time 10/1o , i feel like a genius now

whysoserious

I can’t say thank you enough Emma !! Very usefull tip

fabio9silva1012

thank you .. I really understand the lesson and got 100 % score

Amal87

Thank you emma i love your way in explanation you are so nice

Batoot

I am indeed learning from u Emma…thank u so much..
i am learning a lot..

AquaLyn

I live in North America,it was very interesting.
I always remember you with gratitude .
Thank you Emma.

Ahmad Asaad

10/10 Thanks

Winai saisud

I got 10 out of 10 I feel like I’m already a natev speaker?

Ahmed haki

I prefer in North American English sound instead of the other counties sound. Did I make sound right, Emma? Thanks :D

Tammyjang1

emma u r very nice teacher

adnanm331

Another fantastic lesson for English students.
I’m an Indo-Australian, a big fan of engVid and Emma’s lessons. I’m wondering if you have some tips on how to speak more like an Australian. I love Aussie accent and trying hard to reduce my Indian Accent as I want to sound more clear to local people.

Please don’t feel obligated to answer this query but your consideration will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

Nick.Syd

Scored 90 Missed One ….My Mistake but it was cool Thanks

dev0786

Thank you teacher :D Scored 100!!

GabrielaDG

thanks a lot

thepretender

I got score 100. Thank you so much Emma

aliamelia

Thanks, Emma. I got 10/10

nickandr

nice lesson emma

carlos1987

Thanks,Emma its very interesting:)

mansosur

I appreciate your lesson. Now I know the meaning of tapping. Thanks.

zar1235

That is a good lesson. And now i know what “tapping” means!!

changchinfeng

A useful video, thanks :)

EricChen415

A great effort

Mohammed Alzaeem

Emma, your lessons are lovely..!
They are fantastic..!

thotanaresh222@gmail.com

Thank you for the valuable information about American English.

Bhramarambika

Thanks Emma. Interesting lesson.

krunu

It was really useful ,Tank you Emma:)!

sho17ooq

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Herman75

Thanks Emma, your lessons are very good. Regards from Spain.

capi007

Thanks Emma, your lessons are very good. Regards from Spain.

capi007

Thanks Emma,that helps me a lot

ifrah90

You got 10 correct out of 10.your lessons are very goodThanks

M kartal

Thanks alot emma you’re one of the best teachers in the world you give us awesome lesson i’ll never forget your tips

Waayoarag

Thank you so much, this help me to fix my accent

maria.recinos

Always Awesome … tks Emma ….

wilkertavares

thank you

aarrapaty

Thanks Emma!

Alex-1956

Thank you Emma for this useful lesson!
But I have a question:

The word “internet”, which pronunciation is correct:
a) in_a_net (to drop the t. As like the pop-group “The cainsmokers” in their song “Paris”: “…Posting pictures of yourself on the internet…”
Actually I hear it “soft” like a “a”-sound

or

b) in_d_a_net with a “d”-sound?