Main vowel sounds of American English
Review of /I/ and /i/ sounds
Review of /e/ and /ae/ sounds
Review of /u/ and /u/ sounds
Vowels followed by the /r/ sound
Forming American consonants
Voiceless and voiced consonants
Vowel length and voiced and voiceless consonants
4: Problematic Consonants
Various t sounds of American English
Understanding /I/ versus /r/
Understanding /b/ versus /v/
Understanding /v/ versus /w/
Stressed and reduced vowels
Dangers of stressing the wrong syllable
General rules for stress placement
Words ending in -tion and -ate
-ate endings of verbs and nouns
Reduced vowels for review
Proper stress with adjectives
Noun forms of phrasal verbs
Abbreviations and numbers
Names of places and people
Word stress within a sentence
Lengthening the main vowel in stressed words
Which words should I stress?
Content words in detail: verbs
Stress nouns but not pronouns
Content words in detail: adjectives
Reducing vowels in unstressed words
Thought groups and focus words
8: Sound Like A True Native Speaker
Linking words for smoother speech flow
Linking consonant to vowel
Linking consonant to same consonant
Final stop between consonants
Linking vowels within a word
Commonly contracted words
Conditional tense and contractions
Casual versus formal speech
Rules and patterns of casual speech
9: Memorizing The Exceptions
Same spelling, different pronunciation
Two correct pronunciations
Especially difficult words
Words with dropped syllables
Words with silent letters
