Name: Improve Your Pronunciation with /æ/ - British English Accent
Uploaded: 2022-09-25T10:49:32.000Z
Duration: 5 min 52 s
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Hi, did you know, there's a little known secret about the vowel sound, æ.

It's responsible for so many students having bad pronunciation.

Get it right, and you can improve your pronunciation overnight.

And the good news is, there's an easy way to remember it.

So you don't have to learn individual words, want to know more, come with me.

The short vowel sound æ, can actually be as long as the vowel sound iː What?

That's what I said, but never fear, because it's so easy once you know, how.

Now, first of all, the traditional sound of æ, is short like this.

æ, æ, as in the cat sat on the mat, but this sound is often

Don't panic, you all know what a voiced consonant is

So here's a few of them, /b,d,dʒ,g,v,ð,z,ʒ/.

Well, the æ sound often has special length before a voiced consonant.

When æ is before an unvoiced consonant, like in the word map.

But now listen to this, when it's before a voiced consonant, like in the

Listen to this map, man, map, man, I have a bad back.

Bad longer æ before voiced consonant /d/ and back, short æ

Well, you need less air to produce voiced consonants than unvoiced consonants.

I'll say that again, you need less air to produce voiced consonants

So more breath is needed for an unvoiced consonant, like /k/ compared with voiced

consonant, /d/, this means after producing the æ sound before an unvoiced consonant,

the mouth and tongue quickly get ready to block and produce a burst of air

Now, let's compare the length of æ, with a traditional long vowel

Now, I want you to see if you can hear if there's any difference.

man, mean, mad, mead, bad, bead, can, keen, have, heave.

Not much difference in length is there, but stay with me because now we're going

to practice long and short æ sounds before voiced and unvoiced consonants.

fan, fat, ham, hat, spam, spat, crab, crack, man, map.

Now tell me in the comments below, if you already knew about this.

But the point is that, æ, can often be as long as a long vowel sound such as / iː/

It's probably a good idea to say a few sentences of your own, just to

You may find that your æ sounds are a bit too short in some words, but

remember, don't get too hung up on this, as long as you can be understood.

Try this little rhyme to notice the difference in the

Sam sat on his ham and jam sandwich, feeling sad.

He went back to his flat for a snack and to see his pet rat, Stan,

only to find his pet rat Stan, in the jaws of his black cat, Dan.

Sam shouted at his bad black cat Dan, to drop his pet rat Stan, but his

black cat, Dan just couldn't understand and swallowed Sam's pet rat, Stan.

Sam's black cat, Dan licked his lips and ran.

Hope you enjoyed that .For more practice with other vowel sounds ,go here.

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