Welcome to another shadowing exercise, which will help you continue to expand your speaking and pronunciation abilities in American English! Listen and repeat what you hear during the pauses.

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American English Listening and Speaking Practice

American English shadowing exercises are for people interested in expanding their American English accents, whether you are located in the US, North America, or other areas around the world. For the best use of shadowing exercises in American English, listen to a section of audio, pause, and repeat what you hear. Try to use the same pronunciation, intonation, stress, pitch patterns, and linking that you find native English speakers use; record yourself and compare the differences.

American English Shadowing Practice

Dictionaries do a horrible job of showing to actually say words in a natural American English accent. This is largely because they are not actually reducing words in a way that sounds natural, especially when there are multiple syllables. So, this episode will show you how to pronounce 120 of the most common words in English in a way that sounds like a native speaker.
Find a video version at www.youtube.com/fluentamerican