English Pronunciation Listening Exercises: Vowels - Part 1

In this English pronunciation video lesson I teach you how to pronounce long vowels and how to pronounce short vowels. I also provide you with listening exercises that will help you learn what vowels sound like in correct American English pronunciation. This is part 1 of the listening exercise. Enjoy!

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VOWEL RULES
Short Vowels: when there is 1 vowel letter separated by 2 consonants then you will pronounce that vowel letter with a short pronunciation. For example: “jet”, and “pepper”.

Long Vowels Rule 1: when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking. This means that when there are 2 vowels together, the first vowel will pronounce its letter name. For example, in the word “please”, the letter ‘E’ in the word is pronounced, not ‘A’.

Long Vowels Rule 2: when 2 vowels are separated by only 1 consonant, then the first vowel gets the long pronunciation. For example: “Pete”.

COMMON WORDS MISPRONOUNCED IN ENGLISH LISTENING QUIZ
In this section of the video I provide you with a vowel listening exercise. This listening exercise will help you hear the difference between vowels that nonnative English speakers have a hard time distinguishing.

I hope you enjoy watching and practicing this video! You can watch PART 2 here at: https://youtu.be/oZutUANtFRw

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