Now, the first thing I want you to do is throw spelling out the window when it comes to the American
accent, we are not concerned about associating how something is spelt and how it sounds.
It will drive you crazy.
There are so many inconsistencies.
If we were to look at the word how and lo.
They're spelled almost identical, yet they have two different sounds or book and moon, same vowel
combinations, but two different sounds or daughter laughter, two completely different sounds with
almost the same exact spelling.
We can't rely on spelling.
We have to rely on our sensory perceptions in order to know the differences and the targeted sounds
by sensory perceptions.
I mean how they sound.
How they feel.
And memory recall, so, for example, if we focus on the sound of book, moon book, oh oh book, book,
book and moon, if I really close my eyes and I really focus on these two different sounds book moon,
the differences are clear that we also want to focus on how they feel.
What I mean by feel is the same technique that singers use when they sing.
Every single note a singer sings has a placement in the mask.
It's the bone structure of the face.
If they sing, oh, two different placements.
We use this same principle for the feelings, sensory perception when we feel book oh oh oh book.
Oh I feel more sort of in my throat.
I feel my mouth opening up just a tad, sort of like oh sound book.
Hey that's the same as cook look shook took and then moon.
Oh I feel a tightness in my lips.
Oh I feel my tongue tightening up a bit.
Oh and I feel the vibration more sort of in my teeth and the front of my lips and the third perception
memory recall.
I mean you've been in America long enough to know or have seen enough American movies or TV to know
that if we switch these sounds around using the same examples, moon and book, it doesn't sound right.
Doesn't sound like something you would see in a movie.
For example, let's use George Clooney in a scene switching these sounds.
Hey, I love reading this book.
This book is so interesting.
I got this book in the library book.
I don't know.
Doesn't sound like something I remember in a movie book.
Oh oh oh.
I remember that target.
Oh I remember that feeling.
I remember that sound.
It's that target book just like cook and look the same thing if you were to switch around the other
way.
Moon Munna.
Hey that's a beautiful moon in the sky.
The moon is so round and bright tonight isn't it honey.
Moon man.
Oh man.
Does not sound like the right target moon moon.
So the more you know these differences with all of our three sensory perceptions, the easier you'll
be able to recall them and know the difference.
We are isolating these targeted sounds by physical them into existence over and over again, just like
you would when you're training at the gym.
And with enough practice, you'll be able to call up on these targets instantly.
Now, once we've identified these twelve targeted sounds, we then come in and out of these targets
with the consonant sounds from Buck.
We're going to go through all of these combinations, so don't worry about it.
I know certain accents have problems with the sounds of consonants, but guess what?
In our practice sheet, we combine every single consonants into each target.
We come in and out of them.
So by the end of the exercise, we would have done almost every possible combination of sound.
So there's nothing you will come across that you have in practice.
It's like preparing for a boxing match.
The boxer needs to know every possible combination.
So everything you come across in the American accent, you'll be prepared for.
So let's get ready to hit the gym.
I hope you're excited because I am, too.
Let's get these muscles trained and ready for these targets and combinations.
See you in the next video.