Rachel's English Academy

1 - Joe - Mandarin - Placement

2 - Ritsuko - Japanese - Clearer Long Words

Does Nervousness Affect Speech?

Linking: 'Study Vocabulary'

Maintaining Your Accent After a Break

Defining Placement Distance in Millimeters

Tips for Hearing Your Own Vowels

Light L: Alveolar Ridge Contact

Understanding Mouth & Lip Movements

The Final Step to English Fluency

1 - Rachel - Italian - Aw Vs. Uh, Oh Diphthong, Aw + R

2 - Katarina - Slovak - Nt Ending, To Reduction, Unstressed Syllables 3

Alveolar vs. Gum Ridge

Anatomy: Defining 'Tip of the Tongue'

Palatine, Rugae, and Incisive Papilla

Actor with a Perfect American Accent

How to Volunteer for Live Classes

Academy Modules: Time Commitment

Maintaining Rhythm While Thinking

Twang vs. Voice Placement

Defining 'Mid-Front' Tongue Part

Light L: Tongue Tip vs. Teeth

Pronunciation: The Word 'Can't

Definition: What is 'Speech'?

Light L: Roof Contact Surface Area

Pronunciation Breakdown: 'Didn't'

1 - Claudia - German - Lowering Placement and Pitch, Smoothness and Mellowness

2 - Monika - Polish - UH [ʌ] Vowel, Placement, INTO Reduction

Schwa vs. UH (Butter) in Isolation

How to Start & Use the Academy

Where is the tip of your tongue?

Lowering Placement Without Monotone

Reducing 'NOT' (n't) Contractions

Academy for Listening Comprehension

Does chest voice help low placement?

Tongue Tip vs. Front: Roof Contact

Practice: English Minimal Pairs

Understanding Nasal Sounds

Comparison: Sure vs. World vs. Server

This Has vs. This Is

Defining 'Speech' and 'Pitch'

How much tongue for light L?

1 - Paula - Spanish - Z Sound

2 - Inga - Russian - Lowering Pitch and Placement

Dark L vs. Light L: Tongue Position

Understanding Stressed Syllables

Tongue Contact: Light L, N, T, and D

How to Pronounce the NG Sound

Placements: R and W Sounds

Pronouncing 'Star' with a Flap T

Understanding the Path of the Voice

Definition of 'Speech' in English

Locating the Mid-Front Part of Tongue

Light L: Teeth and Tongue Contact

Light L: Tongue Tip and Body Position

Defining 'The Very Tip' of the Tongue

Reducing 'To' in Phrases

Reducing the Word 'Them' (Part 1)

Reducing the Word 'Them' (Part 2)

1 - Firuzan - Turkish - reductions

2 - Mira - Hindi - AA vowel, vocal fry, rhythmic contrast

3 - Q & A

1 - David - Spanish - UH [ʌ] vowel, Placement

2 - Alirezza - Farsi - IH [ɪ] vowel, Placement

3 - Q & A

1 - Swetha - Telugu - True T, V vs. W, R, Dark L

2 - Marian - Bulgarian - Dark L, Shaping the End of Phrases, Lowering Pitch

3 - Q & A

1 - Khin - Burmese - Longer Stressed Syllables, L Vs. R, Ur Vowel, Schwa

2 - Winson - Cantonese - Linking Vowel To Vowel, R Vs. W

3 - Q & A

1 - Milena - Bulgarian - Oo Vowel, Ay Diphthong, Reductions

2 - Mirko - Italian - Lowering Placement

3 - Q & A

1 - Vida - Farsi - W Sound, Th Sound, Linking, Lowering Pitch

2 - Anna - Russian - lowering pitch, smoothness, contractions and reductions

3 - Q & A

1 - Henrique - Portuguese - OH diphthong, Dark L

2 - Ozgen - Turkish - Exaggerating Stress

3 - Q & A

1 - Dana - Romanian - AT reduction, OH diphthong _ 1

2 - Rose - French - Dark L, D consonant, Dropping the H

3 - Q & A including the Path of the Voice

1 - Grace - Filipino - Lowering Pitch

2 - Sakirat - Yoruba - R sound, Lowering Pitch

3 - Q & A including the Path of the Voice

1 - Paulin - Haitian Creole - 2-Syll Words, Ih, Uh, R Consonant

2 - Emefa - Ewe-Gbe - Recording Yourself, Flap T, R Consonant, Ur Vowel, Oh Diphthong

3 - Q And A

1 - Eliza - Russian - Smoothing speech, IH vowel, Lowering Placement

2 - Lilia - Spanish - Lowering Placement And Pitch, R Consonant

3 - Q And A

1 - Shampa - Bengali - Flap T, FOR reduction, AT reduction, shape of stress

2 - Mika - Japanese - R vs L, FOR reduction, AT reduction

3 - Q and A

1 - Vitaliy - Ukrainian - To Reduction, Linking And Smoothness

2 - Tina - German - For Reduction, Your Reduction, R Clusters

3 - Q And A

1 - Murielle - French - Placement, Shape Of Stress, Lower Pitch, Dark L

2 - Emi - Japanese - Relaxing Uh [Ʌ], R Vs L, R Clusters, Ee Vs Ih

3 - Q And A

1 - Nina - Persian - EE vs. IH vs. EH, 'at' reduction, long words

2 - Koren - Hebrew - Schwa, smoothness, UR vowel, 'at' reduction

3 - Q and A

1 - Agnese - Latvian - Linking (My Own, Twelve Years, Etc)

2 - Yoshi - Japanese - Linking with reductions, greater pitch range, R vs L

3 - Q and A

1 - Guang - Mandarin - R Consonant, Dark L

2 - Manish - Hindi - True T, Flap T, Ur Vowel, Dark L

3 - Q and A

1 - Soliha - Uzbek - OO vowel, R consonant

2 - Andy - Vietnamese - Dark L, Ending D

3 - Q and A

1 - Soheila - Farsi - AA + N, R sound

2 - Anetta - Polish - Flap T, Linking, Placement

3 - Q and A

1 - Ella - Chinese - R consonant, Linking and Smooth Speech

2 - Elmer - Filipino - Linking and Smooth Speech

3 - Q and A

1 - Vanya - Bulgarian - Have Reduction, Simplifying Unstressed Syllables

2 - Selena - Vietnamese - Ur Vowel, Simplifying Unstressed Syllables

3 - Q And A

1 - Laurent - French - Shorter Unstressed Syllables, Dark L

2 - Maria - Portuguese - Smoothness & Linking, Reductions, -Ed Endings

3 - Q And A

1 - Jada - Thai - Connected Speech and Linking, Shorter Short Syllables

2 - Francesco - Italian - IH vowel, OH Diphthong, Dark L, Flap T, -er Ending Words

3 - Q and A

1 - Thui - Vietnamese - The R Consonant

2 - Adrian - Polish - Shortening Unstressed Syllables

3 - Q And A

1 - Weronika - Polish - The Aa [Æ] Vowel, Placement

2 - Winnie - Luganda - Ur [Ɜ] Vowel, R Consonant

3 - Q And A

1 - Zouhair - Darija - UH [ʌ] vowel, reductions to lower placement

2 - On the Academy's Method

3 - Johnny - Persian / Farsi - Longer stressed syllable with up down shape, linking and singing phrases

4 - Q and A

1 - Stephen - Igbo - Jaw drop, pitch change for clarity

2 - Tina - Russian - lowering pitch, R, L, lighter unstressed words

3 - Q and A

1 - Rie - Japanese - Shorter Unstressed Syllables, Simplifying Sounds, Dark L

2 - Elif - Turkish - More Jaw Drop, Posture When Speaking English, Relaxing The Neck

3 - Q And A

1 - Sachiko - Japanese - Clarifying R Sound, L Sound, And Other Consonants; Long Words

2 - Yoselin - Spanish - Unstressed Syllables

3 - Q And A

1 - Iryna - Ukrainian - W consonant, H consonant, -ing words, light flow of air

2 - Meng - Chinese - Uh Vs Ah, Ending N And Ng, Ih Vs Ee, Aa Vowel

3 - Haina - Haitian Creole - Uh As In Push Vowel, Shorter Unstressed Syllables

4 - Q And A

1 - Sarah - Chinese - Connected Speech, Dark L

2 - Regina - Russian - L, EE vs IH, R Consonant

3 - Q and A

1 - Elodie - French - R Consonant

2 - Liubov - Russian - R Consonant

3 - Leo - Spanish - Longer Stressed Syllables

4 - Q and A

1 - Paola - Spanish - Lowering Pitch, EE vs IH

2 - Elza - Russian - Rhythm and shortening unstressed syllables

3 - Q and A

1 - Olga - Russian - Lighter Consonants, Removing Effort

2 - Manami - Japanese - Ur Vowel, Dark L, Flap T

3 - Cristina - German - Lighter Consonants, Faster Unstressed Syllables

4 - Q And A

1 - Alex - Ukrainian - Uh Vs Ah, H Consonant

2 - Marilyn - Tagalog - Uh Vs Ah, Stress In Multi-Syllable Words

3 - Ansumana - Mandinka -  R, Vocal Fry, Pitch Change In Stressed Syllables

4 - Q And A

1 - Eyad - Arabic - Eh Vs Ih Vs Ee

2 - Lily - Chinese - Linking And Smoothness, Ee Vowel

3 - Clarisse - Fefe - Oh Diphthong, Ow Diphthong, R Vowel And Consonant

4 - Q And A

1 - Farida - Spanish - Ending N and M consonants, jaw drop, connecting words

2 - Roberta - Italian - Intonation going up for a stressed syllable, short unstressed syllables

3 - Q and A

1 - Marion - French - Stop T, Stronger R Sound, Diphthongs, Feeling A Lower Placement

2 - Natalia - Spanish - R Consonant, Dark L, Lower Placement

3 - Q And A

1 - Dinh - Vietnamese - Shorter Unstressed Words And Syllables, Linking And Smoothness

2 - Carolina - Spanish - Does Reduction, Shorter Unstressed Words, Lowering Pitch, Ending S Vs Z, Ending F Vs V

3 - Q And A

1 - Victor - Cantonese - R, Dark L

2 - Tsotne - Georgian - Placement

1 - Bo-Kai - Mandarin - Uh Vs Ah, Long Vs Lung, Ending N Consonant

2 - Katsia - Russian - Uh Vs. Ah, Eh Vowel And Eh Vs. Aa, Push Vowel

3 - Q And A

1 - Irine - Russian - R consonant, Dark L

2 - Lina - Vietnamese - R consonant

3 - Zsuzsanna - Hungarian - Smoothness and pitch change

4 - Q and A

1 - Pannapat - Thai - IH vowel, the word 'specifically', Rhythm

2 - Fabiana - Portuguese - IH vowel, OH diphthong, taking out nasality

3 - Q and A

1 - Ibrahim - Arabic - reductions, clear stressed syllables

2 - Andres - Spanish - Longer stressed syllables

3 - Patricia - Spanish - IH vowel, OH diphthong, speaking with a 'new' voice

4 - Moldir - Kazakh - Clear stressed syllables, jaw drop, UR vowel

5 - Q and A

1 - Irene - Twi - AA + NG

2 - Hanan - Amharic - Lowering pitch

3 - Ram - Hebrew - smoothness, stress

4 - Q and A

1. Myriam - German - Rhythm and linking

2. Monique - French - R, Dark L, rhythm and linking

1 - Chao - Mandarin - linking

2 - Carol - Spanish - smoothness, the American R

3 - Q and A

1 - Chiggy - Japanese

2 - Pradeep - Marathi

3 - Q and A

1 - Jiri - Czech - EH vs. AA, vertical vs. horizontal

2 - Vasyl - Ukrainian - quieter unstressed syllables

3 - Mijin - Korean - R vs L, EE vs IH, clarifying sounds

4 - Q and A

1 - Cristina - Portuguese - reductions, simplification, lower placement

2 - Silvia - Indonesian - building vocabulary

3 - Q and A

1 - Shannon - Mandarin - EE vs IH, Flap T, Dark L

2 - Josmael - Spanish - Ending Consonants

3 - Vanesa - Tagalog - Vowel Clarity, AA as in BAT Vowel, Word Stress

4 - Q and A

1 - Kristy - Chinese - vertical vs. horizontal, R Consonant

2 - Odelin - Haitian Creole-French - Dark L, long words

3 - Kyung - Korean - UR vowel, AI diphthong, IH vowel, placement

4 - Q and A

1 - Hugot - Creole, French, Spanish - UR vowel, Placement, faster unstressed syllables

2 - Sidhant - Marathi - Dark L, faster unstressed syllables

3 - Andrei - Russian - Overall Sound, EE vowel, UR vowel

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Alexander - Russian - placement

3 - Antonio - Spanish - EE vs IH, S as Z sound

4 - Joy - Chinese - Linking, Continuous Sound

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Valerie - Guin - Ending Ts, more clarity and volume

3 - Sarah - Indonesian - more clarity, volume, strength

4 - Caner - Turkish - EE vs IH, Flap T

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Hyslande - Creole - Pitch modulation, stress, UR vowel

3 - Jani - Tamil - peak of stress, linking, placement

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Georgina - Hungarian - Placement

3 - Orbel - Armenian - connection and flow, stress

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Marie - Georgian - Light L, Dark L

3 - Benjamin - German - Reductions, Stress

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Susan - Bahasa Indonesia - SH, R, [ʊ] vs [u]

3 - Iris D. - Mandarin - UR vowel, shortening unstressed syllables

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Husan - Spanish, Korean - pace, speaking quickly

3 - Can - Vietnamese - linking, smooth pitch change, reductions

4 - Monica - Swahili - R consonant

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Chihiro - Japanese - EE, IH, AY, EE vs IH

3 - Jayashree - Tamil - R Consonant, UR Vowel

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Ngan - Vietnamese - R, increasing speed

3 - Anna - Italian - R, IH, Placement

4 - Jaro - Dutch - TH

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Atanas - Macedonian - L

3 - Vlad - Ukrainian - Ending unaccented EE, shortening unstressed syllables

4 - Ajay - Hindi - UR as in BIRD vowel, shortening unstressed syllables

5 - Q and A

Aug 2020 - 1 - Intro

Aug 2020 - 2 - Balint - Hungarian - Flap T, W vs V, OO [u] Vowel, overall feeling

Aug 2020 - 3 - Ashishkumar - Gujarati - True T, R, Dark L, American Placement

Aug 2020 - 4 - Chiara - Italian - OH diphthong, IH vowel, TH, I'll reduction

Aug 2020 - 5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Mira - Turkish - Linking, Shortening, and Simplifying

3 - Magdalena - Ukrainian - Finding American Placement, shortening and simplifying unstressed syllables

4 - Gokcen - Turkish - Fixing placement, OH diphthong, UH as in BUTTER vowel

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Usman - Urdu - placement, relaxing face

3 - Younghwa - Korean - rhythmic contrast, R, Dark L, World, Girl

4 - Q and A

5 - Inge - Danish - placement, relaxing throat and face, vertical vs. horizontal

6 - Wrap up

1 - Intro

2 - Suhail - Malayalam - word stress (longer stressed syllables)

3 - Jewel - Bengali - reductions, placement

4 - Ahmed - Arabic - simplifying unstressed syllables, the R consonant

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Kayoko - Japanese - R, L, OH, simplifying mouth movements

3 - Karen - Dutch - placement, formal vs. casual voice

4 - Roxana - Romanian - Placement, how the throat can change placement

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Giorgia - Italian - shortening unstressed syllables

3 - Darya - Belarusian - shape of stress, longer stressed syllables

4 - Anna - Polish - Developing your American Voice

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Nabil - Arabic - simplifying reduced syllables, reduction strings

3 - Kostas - Greek - mindset, visualization, placement, speed

4 - Q and A - addressing mindset and how to work

1 - Intro

2 - Olga - Ukranian

3 - Justiliano - Spanish

4 - Q&A

1 - Intro

2 - Bruno - Portuguese

3 - Mizuki - Japanese

4 - Q&A

1 - Open

2 - Winnie - Burmese

3 - Alice - Cantonese

4 - Graciline - Portuguese

5 - Close

1 - Ebru - Turkish

2 - Eman - Arabic

3 - Shikhar - Hindi

1 - Opening

2 - Alejandro - Spanish

3 - Sirinda - Thai

4 - Sergey - Russian

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2- Mariia K - Russian

3 - Djordje - Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian

4 - Károly - Hungarian

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Summer - Cantonese

3 - Elmira - Russian

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Karina - Kyrgyz - OO, ending EE, Light L, forward motion, releasing

3 - Vanessa - Spanish - placement, feeling, 'brightness'

4 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Sue - Telugu

3 - Qilian - Mandarin

4 - Nathalie - Vietnamese

5 - Q & A

1 - Intro

2 - Tatiana - Ukranian

3 - Ilkka - Finnish

4 - Amadou - French

5 - Walaa - Arabic

1 - Intro - Individual Needs

2- Claude - French

3 - Fabio - Portuguese

4 - Wrap, Q & A

1 - Character, Actors speaking with Accents

2 - Kosuke, Japanese

3 - Serag, Arabic

4 - Viviane, Portuguese

5 - Q & A

1 - Student Choice

2 - Roxana, Romaian - R sound, ending untressed EE, forward flow, placement

3 - Kateryna, Russian/Ukrainian - Ending unstressed EE, how to pronounce EVERY (no flap R, just 2 syllables), R

4 - Sasha, Ukranian - W vs V - Flap T-schwa-R, L-lightening contact, THR

5 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Ekaterina - Russian - AA vs EH

3 - Michael Jose - Chinese - Longer Stressed Syllables, Long words, L Consonant, linking

4 - Gustavo - Portuguese - Placement

5 - Erpu - Chinese - Flap T, R sound (not ZH), L

6 - Final Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Ivan - Russian - V Sound, AH vs UH

3 - Ryutaro - Japanese - How to Speak in Groups, UR Vowel

4 - Htay Htay - Burmese - UR Vowel, R consonant, AH vs UH

5 - Vera - Russian - S vs TH, F vs TH

6 - Nikolay - Russian - How to Work on Listening Comprehension, EE vs IH

1 - Intro

2 - Yelena - Russian

3 - Windylyn - Tagalog

4 - Satoko - Japanese

5 - Q & A

1 - Intro

2 - Shihong - Mandarin

3 - Q & A

4 - Francisco - Portuguese

5 - Yun - Chinese

6 - Q & A

1 - Lecture

2 - Shikhar - Hindi

3 - Announcement

4 - Mia - Chinese

5 - Rodrigo - Brazilian-Portuguese

6 - Jack L - Mandarin

7 - Q & A

1 - Lecture

2 - Anna - Russian

3 - What is the Dark L?

4 - Buwei - Chinese

5 - Anisya - Bahasa

6 - Q&A

1 - Intro

2 - Joshua E. - Urdu

3 - Bing - Chinese

4 - Estela S. - Spanish

5 - Q&A

1 - Intro

2 - Preshant - Hindi

3 - Jefferson - Portuguese

4 - Jacqueline - Spanish

5 - Q and A

1 - Opening

2 - Ark F - Russian

3 - Vowels and Length

4 - Ajay W - Hindi

5 - Alexander - Russian

6 - Q&A

7 - Derui W - Mandarin

8 - Q&A

1 - Intro

2 - JeeYoung - Korean

3 - Milania - Italian

4 - Albina - Russian

5 - Q & A

1 - Intro

2 - Catalin T - Romanian

3 - Iris G - Mandarin

4 - Sergey D - Russian

5 - Wrap Up

1 - Welcome and Intro

2 - Olga C - Russian

3 - Magaly L - Spanish

Lam M - Vietnamese

5 - Wrap

1 - Intro

2 - Ceci - Spanish

3 - Krishana - Mandarin

4 - Sady - French

Follow up for Sady on the Dark L

5 - Anastacia - Russian

6 - Wrap Up

1 - Opening Comments

2 - Marian S - Bulgarian

3 - What is a Vocal Fry?

4 - Priscilla B - Portuguese

5 - IELTS Exam

6 - Jingyi L - Chinese

7 - Q and A

1 - Ronald - Spanish

2 - Veronika - Bahasa Indonesia

3 - Zhanbo - Chinese Mandarin

4 - Questions

5 - Satoshi - Japanese

6 - Naya - Thai

7 - Questions

1 - Intro

2 - Hai - Vietnamese

3 - Julia - Russian

4 - Elle - Thai

5 - Meggy - French

6 - Q and A

1 - Intro and Lecture

2 - Linda - Indonesian

3 - Q and A

4 - Lílian - Portuguese

5 - Ricardo - Portuguese

6 - Q and A

1 - Intro

2 - Fei-Kai - Chinese

3 - Nadin - Russian

4 - Things we Learned

5 - Bo - Burmese

6 - Wrap up

1 - Intro

2 - Zheng - Chinese

3 - Juliana - Portuguese

4 - Saber - Arabic

5 - Q and A

6 - Takashi - Malay

7 - Q and A, Wrap Up

1 - Introduction

2 - Dhandu, Nepali

3 - Sam, Tamil

4 - Sahar, Persian

5 - Syed, Urdu and Hindi

6 - Dalia, Arabic

7 - Final Q&A

1 - Stories

2 - Intro

3 - Matheus - Portuguese

4 - Miho - Japanese

5 - Satyendra - Hindi

6 - Jack - Chinese

7 - Q&A

About this Webinar

1 - How to Make the R

2 - Kátia - Portuguese

3 - Regina - Portuguese

4 - Việt Quốc - Vietnamese

5 - Nathalie - French

6 - Teruji - Japanese

About This Webinar

1 - Max - Russian

3 - Allan - Spanish

2 - Julia - Russian

4 - Questions

5 - Syed - Hindi

6 - Questions

About This Webinar

Intro, lecture

Adda - Spanish

Olga - Estonian, Russian

Dilrukshi - Sinhala

Eleen - Chinese

Final Q & A

About This Webinar

Q and A 1

Q and A 2

Bertha - Spanish

Fady - Arabic

Jin Peng Lee - Chinese

Mikhail - Russian

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