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Rachel's English
How to Pronounce INTERNATIONAL -- American English
Learn how to pronounce INTERNATIONAL in this Word of the Week video!
Curated Video
Breaking Down Tricky Words: Using the Bossy E Strategy
In this video, the teacher explains how good readers can tackle longer, multisyllable words by breaking them into syllables and using the bossy e strategy. The teacher also highlights the different sounds that vowels can make and...
Curated Video
Counting Vowel Sounds to Recognize Syllables
This video explains how to recognize the number of syllables in a word by counting the vowel sounds. It highlights the common mistake of adding more syllables when there are multiple vowels and provides three rules to keep in mind: every...
Curated Video
Decoding CVC Words in Text: Segmenting and Blending
In this video, the teacher explains how to decode CVC words in a text. The steps are outlined, including finding the word, segmenting the phonemes, and blending them together to read the word. The teacher emphasizes the importance of...
Rachel's English
American English: T Pronunciations
American English Pronunciation: Understand the rules on how to pronounce T in American English.
Rachel's English
Placement and American English Pronunciation
Learn about placement in American English.
Rachel's English
English Vocabulary - Words for Fruit! - American English Pronunciation | Rachel's English Vocabulary
Learn English vocabulary words for fruit! I will teach you the American English pronunciation for fruit common in the US. You can use this English vocabulary video as a training guide, reading along with me and practicing your...
Curated Video
Mastering the R-Controlled Syllable: Reading Words with 'er
In this video, the teacher explains how to read words with the R controlled syllable "er." They emphasize the importance of not separating the syllable into two separate sounds, but rather creating a whole new sound. The teacher provides...
Rachel's English
Idiom: Ripped Off -- American English Pronunciation
Learn how to use and pronounce the idiom 'ripped off' in this pronunciation video.
Rachel's English
How to Pronounce 'gonna' and 'gotta': Reduction and Linking in American English
"How to" on lots of reduction and linking in this video! Gonna and gotta, reducing CAN to "kn", THEM to "em", and a still shot of the [_] vowel! All while making a delicious bowl of ramen noodles. What could be better?
Curated Video
Forming Irregular Plural Nouns: Dropping Y and Adding IES
In this video, the teacher explains how to form irregular plural nouns that drop the Y and add ies. They emphasize the importance of checking if the word looks right in the sentence to determine the correct spelling. The teacher provides...
Oxford Online English
English Spelling Rules - Learn Spelling Rules and Common Mistakes
In this lesson, you can learn about English spelling rules, and see some of the most common spelling mistakes that English learners make.
In this lesson, you’ll see four of the most useful rules that can help you to...
In this lesson, you’ll see four of the most useful rules that can help you to...
Rachel's English
It's Hot! Idioms and Expressions -- American English Pronunciation
Learn different idioms and expressions to say IT'S HOT!!! in American English. Phrases: hot as Hades, hot as hell, it's a scorcher, it's so hot, you could fry an egg on the sidewalk. Ridiculously hot. Super hot. Wicked hot.
Curated Video
Decoding Words with Long O Sounds at the End of a Syllable
In this video, students will learn how to decode words with a long vowel sound O at the end of a syllable. The teacher explains the difference between open and closed syllables and emphasizes that open vowels make the long vowel sound....
Rachel's English
Do NOT say the T in these 11 Common Words | It's not just Californians!
In this English lesson I’ll show how Americans drop the T in many common words. It’s an important lesson on American English pronunciation—even native speakers are shocked by this! I’ll also work with you on how American...
Curated Video
Decoding Words with Long O Sound at the End of a Syllable
This video is a lesson on decoding words with the long vowel sound O at the end of a syllable. It explains the difference between open and closed syllables and how they affect vowel sounds. The video provides examples and teaches...
Rachel's English
English Pronunciation CHALLENGE | 3 Exercises to Improve Your American English
In today's lesson, we are reviewing how to repeat and pronounce vowel sounds in American English with three simple exercises. I love it when my students don't know what I'm saying. This forces them to listen and repeat words & sounds...
Curated Video
Reading Words with the R-Controlled Syllable 'er' in Context
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step approach to reading words with the R controlled syllable "er" in context. By using keywords, highlighting the "er" syllable, blending sounds, and rereading the text, students can...
Curated Video
Reading Words with the R-Controlled Syllable AR: Strategies and Practice
In this video, the teacher demonstrates a step-by-step approach to reading words with the vowel followed by the letter R, specifically focusing on the AR syllable. The teacher emphasizes the use of keywords, highlighting, blending...
Curated Video
Reading Words with R-Controlled Vowels in Context
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step approach to reading words with vowel followed by an R in context. The teacher emphasizes the use of keywords to remember the sounds that R controlled vowels make, and demonstrates how to...
Rachel's English
Speaking English: vertical vs. horizontal speaking
Learn about two different ways of speaking English: one is more horizontal, where you pull your lips wide, and one is more vertical, where you drop your jaw. Which one sounds more natural? Find out in this video.
Curated Video
Using the Bossy E Strategy to Solve Tricky Words
In this video, students learn about the bossy e strategy for reading tricky words. They are taught that when a word follows the vowel-consonant-e pattern, the "e" at the end of the word is silent and the vowel says its name. By following...
Curated Video
Decode 5-phoneme words that start with 3-consonant blends in a text
In this lesson, you will learn how to decode five-phoneme words that start with three-consonant blends in a text by segmenting each sound and blending them all together to make words.
Wonderscape
Phonological Awareness: Building CVC Words
This program meets Common Core kindergarten reading standards. The teacher explains phonological awareness and how to build three-letter CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant). The students learn about vowels and consonants, and...